I still remember when going to card shows in the 80's and seeing these vintage cards and even as a kid, I knew many of the cards didn't look natural. That was one of the reasons I stayed away from pre-war for so long. At the time, I was more experienced with coins and there were so many cleaned coins even back then. Currently a majority of older coins on eBay are cleaned or altered in some way. I'm guessing older baseball cards follow a similar percentage of being altered also.
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Ron - Uncle Nacki
T206 Master Monster Front/Back Set Collector - www.youtube.com/unclenacki
T206 Basic "The Monster" Set 514/524
T206 Advanced "Master Monster" Front/Back Set ?? ??/5258
COMPLETE T206 BACK SUBSETS
Old Mill Southern Leagues - Black Ink 48/48
Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 30 Full Color "No Prints" 28/28
NEAR COMPLETE T206 BACK SUBSETS
Polar Bear 245/250
Sovereign 460 50/52
Sweet Caporal 150 Factory 649 Overprint 31/34
Piedmont 350 "Elite 11" 9/11
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