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RobertSOdds are these are real -- why would someone go to the trouble of trying to intentionally mislead by manufacturing a Springfield set with all unknowns?
Yes the Scranton players are highly scarce, but someone would surely realize inventing a new team set would raise eyebrows. Also, non-collectors would never realize the Scranton commons were rarer than the MLBers and would likely believe the big leaguers were more valuable.
As for the waviness of the borders -- they may or may not be trimmed -- but anyone who ever scanned in a whole bunch of postcards knows they almost never lie flat on the scanner without a weight coveirng the entire card and thus appear wavy. Remember, postcards are larger than baseball cards and more easily warp or bend slightly -- even when stored correctly.
That said -- this certainly is an odd discovery. Has anyone asked the seller what else was featured in the "scrapbook" and where they were discovered? I haven't, because I certainly can't afford this group!
One last thing -- I've seen some previopusly uncataloged Rose cards before -- with promotional text instead of photos, with drawings instead of photos and even the odd unreported player (but never Springfield players).