[tedzan]

Most in the hobby call these altered T206's...."re-backed". I choose to call them "re-fronted" DRUM's, red HINDU's, LENOX's, etc., etc.

Anyhow, before you dismiss my re-fronted claim, consider the following. These fake T206's were not simply made by laminating a care-
fully sliced Cobb front with a carefully sliced DRUM common, and by applying a thin layer of glue (sandwich style) in order to produce a
rare front/back combo. If this were so, these fakes would have easily been detected by any of the Grading Co's. However, as we know,
many of these altered T206's were graded 10 years ago by PSA and SGC.

I offer the following as a possible scenario for my "re-front" argument. Check-out the following scans....the lower part of the Donlin card
shows the start of image disintegration, typical of white-bordered cards that have been affected by adverse conditions. I have seen this
ink-flaking effect moreso on E-cards (E98, etc.) than T206's. In any event, the Piedmont 350 card (center) was a T206 Peaches Graham.
It had extensive image disintegration. I carefully scraped the ink flakes off it, resulting in a "Blank Front" T206 (seen in the right scan).

I tell you this in order that you can appreciate the thin-film like laminate that constitutes the front image of most of the white-bordered
cards. So my contention is, that a professional paper restorer can remove (or reproduce) the front of a T206 and very precisely applique
this paper-thin image onto a carefully prepared Blank Front. There are adhering mediums that are virtually undetectable in this process.




Now, we have had some debates on the authenticity of the (one & only) T206 red Cobb with the red HINDU back. If the above scenario,
as I have described here, has any merit, it could explain why this card was undetected by the graders. A scan of this Cobb card is found
in the following thread in Post #14......
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ight=Hindu%27s

The following subtle flaws on this Cobb may be indicative of a re-fronted Red Cobb laminate onto a red HINDU card's (blank) front........

(1) There is a rough line, that ever so slightly descends across (and just below) the top border, that looks like a possible laminate edge.

(2) A suspicious vertical line on the top white border (1/6 in from the left). In that location, it cannot be a "proof" hash-mark. What is it ?


Furthermore, if this re-front scenario is valid, it explains why only white-bordered cards are altered. The gold-bordered cards (T205's, etc.)
would be virtually impossible to alter....using this technique.


Please feel free to post your comments on any aspects of this thread ?


TED Z