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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
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It's kind of interesting how badly beaten up some people think a card from that era needs to be for it to look "authentic". I think I still have a 1974 Fleer Pioneers of Baseball card of Ned Hanlon that I got back in the early 1980s or so from some neighborhood kid. That set depicted stars of the 19th and early 20th century, with old black and white photos. Here is the Hanlon card (not my copy):
But my copy of the card is in terrible shape, despite having been less than 10 years old when I got it. It looks like somebody crumpled it up numerous times and maybe stomped on it, apparently in an effort to make it look like it was really from the 1890s (despite the 1974 copyright date on the back).