I have a theory that Paddy Livingston had these black and white T206 cards, complete with black Piedmont backs, made up for purposes of autographs. I got one of these about a year ago, and then the next one about a week ago.
But then I started thinking more about it, and the fact that these were signed in different places, and one of them was cut down to the same size as a normal T206, makes me think these were not created by Paddy at the same time, if at all. In addition, the fact that the "L" in Livingston was written in because the copy was too faint the same way on both means these were obviously from the same print run. I'm also confused by Paddy's use of the word "catcher" on each -- on one the ink is the same; on the other the ink is different from the signature's ink.
So, what's going on here? Paddy died in 1977. Is anyone aware of a black and white reprint collection of T206 cards that pre-dates 1977? Has anyone ever seen any other cards from this "set"? Where did these things come from? And why are the only ones I've ever seen both signed by Livingston?