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Originally Posted by mrvster
that's a great question....
theoretically, no scraps ever made it to a factory pack( but maybe a fluke that a few got packed in a cig pack, but the probabilities are very slim) 
most, were taken home by the original printers, designers, or factory workers......some may have literally been picked out of the trash bins at the factory in manhattan....
these cards eventually made it into collections...
collectors had no idea what they were 100 years ago, and still don't today..
they are like finding little gems in a mine.....
they are incredible and give little clues into how the set was produced...
even after over 100 years ago, new discovers occur and really are incredible.. |
Thanks so much for the response... I completely agree about amazing they are. They are quickly becoming my FAVORITE thing about card collecting. They're the "Land of Misfit Toys" of cards... and every one is unique.
I guess the reason I assumed that a lot got in the pack is because I've seen some of the shabby quality control in card manufactures today and figure they were probably similar. But your response seems more apt.
One final question: I see the words "Overprint" on listings that I just see as registration problems. Clearly the colors didn't line up... so is "Overprint" just a handy dandy term to stick all misprints under?