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Originally Posted by triwak
I almost always agree, with regard to cut-outs NOT being cards. But in the case of the NY Clipper and Harper's woodcuts - doesn't the collecting custom of the time matter? In other words, if people in the 19th century routinely cut the woodcuts out, and then collected and displayed them, perhaps even traded them, does this not impart a card-like quality? What did the publishers intend? I'm on the fence. Sure would save the modern collector money, haha!
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It imparts a collectability, but as Jay eloquently said, it's not a card. And I happen to like woodcuts and think they are underappreciated.