T206 Leach - oddity

[Marslife]

Hey All, I picked up this card today at the Pittsburgh card show. I bought a bunch of beaters of pittsburgh players from a dealer and this was in the lot. I bought it because it had a Piedmont back. All told the cost per card was cheap.

I brought it over to SGC with my other cards I was submitting and noticed the PB back underneath! What in the world?

The card appears authentic, SGC rep and I agree on that. It is obviously trimmed, but it has two backs!?!

has anyone seen anything like this?

thanks for any comments.

Cliff

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[auggiedoggy]

Its moulting! That is rare in a card.

That's a new one on me!

[Cardboard Junkie]

Looks thick.....is it 2 whole cards stuck together? Then trimmed?

Skin job piedmont back pasted on polar bear? Then trimmed?

Are you getting it slabbed by tpg?

[Marslife]

the card appears to be one card width thick, it seems as though it is a Leach polar bear back, that has a thin paper Piedmont back over it? it must have been trimmed afterward because the edges all conform?

I was in the process of writing up cards for grading with the intent to have it slabbed. When I bought it I thought it was a black stain in the upper back corner. At the SGC table looking at it more closely I noticed the polar bear back underneath. The SGC rep stated that the Polar Bear back is more desirable, and I might want to try and soak the Piedmont layer off. He said he had never seen anything like it. So I brought it home. I will wait and see what the experts here say about it before doing anything with it.

thanks for your comments!

[Cardboard Junkie]

Good idea! Don't "mess" with it until some heavy hitters weigh in. Dave.

[steve B]

Since it would only be an "A" I'd keep it as-is for now.

It's certainly a curious thing, probably a skinned piedmont over a PB, but why? It's not a combination that would be more desirable, if anything the reback made it marginally less desirable, even going back a few years. PB isn't tough, but If I had two equal cards in hand I'd go for the PB over the piedmont.
It also seems odd that someone rebacking wouldn't use enough glue to keep the back on securely.

I wouldn't mind studying it, I think there's something to be learned even of it's just something about how the rebacking was done.

And if you've got to have graded I'd be happy to swap my Leach for it. (SC 350-30 probably grade a 20-30, creases but not trimmed)

Steve B

[thehoodedcoder]

how would you even slab it properly. what back do you give it? should it be real that is.

kevin