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Originally Posted by D. Bergin
Hard to tell from the pictures, either here or on the Goldin site.
Was the photo paper (and other blank backs listed in the auction), used as mounting for the cards (ie. the cards are glued to the photo paper), or were the Gould cards...holes, creases, folds and all, simply printed on the paper?
Obviously it would be easy to tell in hand, I just can't tell from the pictures.
Even if they are real cards, glued on makeshift backing boards, that should have been revealed in the auction...rather then giving a general VG/EX condition representation.
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What I suspect happened here is that some enterprising collector took pictures from online, printed them out, and then pasted some of them onto a cardboard backing. For the 6 that are included in the pictures above, they didn't bother to mount them onto cardboard, and just left them directly on the photopaper after printing them.
The cards, creases, rubber-band notches, corner wear, and other attributes are entirely printed onto the paper. In some cases, the cardboard backing doesn't even match up very well with the edges of the photopaper. To make it even more exciting, the color of the cardboard on the back is of completely different quality and color from card to card. I've attached some additional pics here to hopefully show some of the details, since inquiring minds need to know.
If we want to be charitable, perhaps the person who originally constructed this set did so simply for their own collecting enjoyment. Later, perhaps after their demise, a relative decided to consign them in an auction. Certainly that would be a better fact pattern than the creator of these items consigning them directly after their creation.