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Posted By: davidcycleback

Are the cards real photo? Leon's appear as if they might be.
If so, reprints would generally be easy to identity as the
reprints will have dot pattern in the image while real photos
do not. Also, period photo paper was thin and matte backed, and
you can't find that kind of photo paper anymore. The fronts of
period photos are usually glossier than the backs.

If the originals are real photo, collectors should be able to tell
the difference between genuine and reprint.

Movie studios had their own photography studios to make publicity
and still photos, and a lot of their promotional releases were
real photo.