[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jaybird

I think it's real. There I said it. The arguments against are not convincing. I've held many blank backs. If the scuffing on the back is the only concern, I don't buy it. The scan is terrible but that doesn't make it a bad card. When you see cards with back damage, what do you normally see? Glue residue surrounding areas of non-damage. On a blank back, these will show through as smooth areas surrounding scuffed areas. The glue residue is present on the Goodwin card as well as the scuffed areas. It seems to have been removed from a scrapbook hastily is all. Basically what Leon has been saying. But it's easy to form a conspiracy theory. As long as we're doing that, how about the conspiracy theory of people keeping the price low?

Seven hours before this thread was started, I told Dan this in an email...though, as stated I am not positive..


"That texture you see on the back could have easily been from scrapbook removalﾅ..I think I can see mostly smoothness, which is a good signﾅ..not saying it's one way or the other for sureﾅﾅﾅ.as too hard to tell from the scan, for me"