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Originally Posted by Simmons Nation
World Series programs are not in my usual collecting wheelhouse, but I recently picked up a 1965 program because I love the cover artwork. Afterwards, I saw reprints on ebay like this one....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-WORLD-S...#ht_526wt_1086
and then realized that I have no idea how to tell original 1965 programs from these seemingly identical reprints. |
In the case of the seller whose offering was cited by the original poster, I'm familiar with his offerings because I bought a few from him. They appear to be scans from printed copies, printed on long paper and (manually?) folded. They appear - I don't know how accurate a word this is - "fluffier" near the spine than a "real" copy, but the "fluffiness" doesn't affect its readability. Sometimes his reprints include a blue rubber stamp identifying it as a reprint, but generally I don't think a seasoned collector will be fooled. The only drawback with this guy's stuff is that sometimes there may be pages missing - his reprint of the 1964 Mets yearbook, for example, is missing pages 5, 6, 43, and 44 (which is frustrating to a ballpark buff because page 43 is the second half of a feature of Shea Stadium under construction, and page 44 has photos of some of the other National League parks).