"...so much so that they fooled the graders"
Must've been real good to get it by those guys.
Kidding Barry but couldn't help myself. I know what you're saying, but I must say I've never seen any of this group of T206 cards that Ted refers to that have been rebacked so well that very seasoned T206 collectors can't tell.
I've seen many rebacked T206 (including more than one Cobb/hindu combination) that are completely obvious and show staining or darkening around the edge.
Are you sure it's "quite easy" to make these rebacked cards undetectable? I would think it's quite difficult. I assume that you mean for a handful of people in this country who are paper experts it's "easy?"
If these are virtually undetectable to us, than the only time we would even ask the question with any issue is if the front/back combo wasn't established in the hobby yet. That's scary.
Ted (or anyone else),
Could you tell us a bit more about
:
"The numerous T206 re-backed cards in 1999-2000 era that were graded by PSA and SGC were very professionally re-backed."
How were these cards identified? Because the front/back combos didn't exist or because the rebacking was evident from looking at the cards?
Do you have any examples of what you're talking about?
Thanks.
Rob