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Posted By: fkw

Brian, If you handled one of the Herpolsheimer cards there is no way you would compare it to a Kendig's, they are nothing alike as far as the paper stock, print quality, and design.

The Kendig's and Opie Dildock cards are on a thinner flimsy card stock, photo quality on front is darker, the stock is yellowish, and the back printing is stamped on in a fake washed out looking purplish ink.

The Kendig's/Opie's fakes are not even based on E121's. They are really reproduced E135's with the card numbers on front removed (design change), so the caption font (E135 style) is totally different compared to any E121 group card like the Herpolsheimer's.

If you actually handled a Herpolshiemer card in person I cant see how you can NOT think it was authentic.

Where did (and why would) this mystery card faker get one of the 2-3? known 1921 D350-3 Dave Davenport cards to use in his fake Herpolsheimer set? Thats one rare card to locate to make the set . Why not use one of the other common card found in E121-80.

I wish I had a raw card to scan a super close up picture of the print, but all 10 of mine are graded by SGC or PSA and my scanner sucks on focusing on slabbed cards.


Maybe someone can super closeup scan a Herpolsheimer card