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Posted By: masimm

I think the real questions should be - Where did Alan Ray get the card from? Did Alan Ray cut this card from a sheet? If so, prior to 1985 - where was the sheet for the last 76 years? Was it sitting in some abandoned tobacco factory warehouse? You would think someone would come around and say, "Hey, Alan Ray bullied me into selling this card sheet to him for $100. And he cut it!" LOL! Was this card stolen - which would be the only explanation for the secret where-abouts before Alan Ray? I've read where Jefferson Burdick's collection at the museum had some cards stolen over the years when the public was allowed to actually pull out the albums and look/hold the cards. This of course way back in the 1940's and 1950's. Could it have come from there? Rather than dwell on whether the card was touched up, I wonder if the card is even real? Maybe a reprint? Also, what about the other cards Ray had to throw in to Mastro to make the 25k deal? What players were they and were they cut from the same sheet?