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Posted By: cmoking

Bob, there are two different type of cards. One is the Registration card which I showed scans of. The others are actualy Goudey cards that were sent to the Copyright Office. These Goudey cards were handcut and often look butchered. The stampings on the back have the date and the copyright id number. Also, there are often checkmarks done to make sure everything was correct (I'm not sure if it was Goudey or the Copyright Office that did the checkmarks)...and to top it off, many cards had paper clip indentations in them.

Here is a front and back scan of two different Goudey cards sent to the Copyright Office. Note how butchered the card on the left looks. Two of every card was sent. Bob, do the markings on your 193 and 205 cards look similar on the back?



Also, I believe the Authors on the Copyright card refer to the person(s) who wrote the back, not the artists. The 1934 Goudey cards had the same copyright cards, and in the REA auction, it is noted that the authors were not Lou Gehrig and Chuck Klein, even though the front of the card has "Lou Gehrig says..." and "Chuck Klein says...".

Bob - the original owner of these cards searched for them since the early 1970s. I talked to him about it after the auction (thanks to Rob Lifson for putting me in touch with him). He mentioned how he would go to shows, card shops to search for these even though no one else understood them. He also mailed out hundreds of flyers to shop owners and dealers around the country with a copy of the back of one of these cards asking "do you have something like this". It was a lifelong pursuit for him. Apparently you were able to get two of the cards that he didn't find! When and where did you pick up your two cards?