I think the fact that games like the Lajoie game and the 1884 Lawson's game and others came in their own storage boxes greatly helped their condition.
Some of these boxes likely were never opened, and even games which were opened and played with were likely stored back in the box when not in use, which (along with the already rounded corners) would help to account for the large number of high grade cards now.
T and E cards had no built-in storage unit, and were more prone to be stored loosely, accounting for more wear.
I have no doubts regarding the 1913 production date on these.
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