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Posted By: Joann

David,

In your publication on authenticating cards, I think I remember you saying that modern half-tone printing methods result in dots appearing in all areas under magnification. In authentic cards, some areas including printed names, white borders, etc. will not have the dots but will be solid for that color.

In this seller's rebuttal, he specifically states that the light/white areas on counterfeits will be without dots, and that actual cards will have dots in all areas. This is the exact opposite of the general rule described in your book.

When you said (in a post above) that these cards used a technique now obsolete, did that mean that Fro-Joys originals used a method that actually did leave dots in all areas? Or is this seller somehow reversing the descriptions, so that a buyer finding dots in borders will mistakenly conclude that they are real when in fact they are not?

I'm a little twisted around on this one.

Thx,

J