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Old 04-03-2005, 09:58 AM
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Default HOF Rookies from 1886

Posted By: Hal Lewis

I love the cabinet!!

It is perfect for my collection in that it is CHOCK FULL of HOF'ers!

NOTE:

The one currently for sale in Lew's auction has a genuine photograph...

but as you can see from the picture, it has been removed from the original backing and RE-MOUNTED on a plain piece of cardboard with no lettering on front or back.

One can only surmise that the photo was also "cleaned and stabilized" when it was separated from the original mount.

Nothing wrong with this... if they had just stuck the photo BACK on the original mount.

There must have been something terribly wrong with the original "J.Wood" mount... which leads me to wonder if perhaps the photo itself was not torn at one time and then "repaired" by an expert.

Lew's is cool and someone will grab it and love it... but I just wanted one with the original mount.

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