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Posted By: scott brockelman

as the winner of one of the early auctions of one of these "questionable" cards, i will state my brief opinion.

they are NOT N172's, i do believe them to be pre 1900, probably reproduced by photographing authentic old judges to be used for this particular merchants use. all of them have blurring of the photos and appear to have flaws or degrees of wear on the host card that was used. i don't think they are a modern reproduction as the stock, albumen photo and back stamp all appear contemporary.

regardless as non N172's i would place the value at about 10% of the real thing. again they appear to be of the 1890's era and would/could have more value if perhaps tied to the merchant and his history.

scott