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Posted By: Todd Schultz

and I'll look again, but I haven't seen a complete response from Ryan as to the findings, by a disinterested party(ies) no less, that the cards were manufactured in the late 50's. Instead the thread mostly devolved into a pi$$ing match. Ryan, I believe you are saying that someone recently got old paper from the 50's and then produced the cards on that old paper? While that is certainly possible, I am not convinced that your arguments are even presumptively correct, much less demonstrated. I do not know whether the experts Mike consulted did more than just research on paper dating, maybe more information is out there or I just didn't read closely.

If the cards were produced in the late 50's, then I'm hardpressed to figure the motives for this scam that everybody wants to curse. I'm not saying that I'd blow my yearly card budget on any of these cards, and I understand Ryan's (and now Frank Ward's) cynicism, but I will echo others in saying I'm glad Mike took the time and trouble to have the matter researched and I will remain, at least for now, on the fence.