Blank-Backed 1934 Goudey card?

[leftygrove10]

I picked up a blank-backed 1934 Goudey Grove card recently -- mainly because of the novelty of it. The seller claimed that the card was half the thickness of a normal 1934 Goudey. I compared the thickness of this card to the thickness of a normal 1934 Goudey card and didn't see a significant difference. I almost think that the two cards are the same thickness. I do not know exactly how 1934 Goudey cards were created, but I assume that it was one piece of cardboard with printing on the front and back. I do not believe that two pieces of cardboard were glued together to make the front and back. If that were the case, then I could see someone pulling off the back part of the card. In that case, though, the thickness of the card would be reduced.

Either way, please see scans below of this blank-backed card and a normal 1934 Goudey card. Any ideas? Could this blank-backed card have been purposely produced without print on the back? I see some discoloration in the top right of the back, but I'm not sure what to make of that. Is it possible that this card once had printing on the back, then was glued to a book/album, then later removed with the complete loss of the printing on the back? Do any of you have any blank-backed 1934 Goudey cards?

[fkw]

I believe the stock is many thin layers of paper and can be skinned.

The color of the card stock on back is not the same... looks like it missing the whiter top layer??
Im thinking skinned?? Maybe

[HRBAKER]

Brad,
I have had this Bill Terry for several years. Like Frank mentioned, I have always assumed it was just a skinned back.

[old-baseball]

I bought this several years ago as a blank backed proof (printers scrap maybe?). Only paid about $10 for it so it was not big deal. The paper on the reverse looks very similar to Brad's. It really doesn't look like it was pulled apart, but who knows??? If it was pulled apart someone did a heck of a job in being neat. It is much thinner than It was a novelty to add to my 1935 Goudey collection.

[rhettyeakley]

Along the lines of what Frank said... Goudey cards are not like T206, E121, etc. cards (ie the ones that are easily soaked). The back is a very thin layer of paper that includes the printing on it--and it is lighter than the underlying card stock that makes up the bulk of the thickness of the card.

I know this as many years ago I got a scrapbook with several Goudey cards in it and those 1934 Goudey's do not soak worth a dang due to their construction. I ruined a common or two before I threw in the towel and sold them "as is". The glue was not the right type to really soak well either.

-Rhett

[steve B]

Yep, what Rhett said.

Pick up a Goudey in really bad condition. You can flare out the corners like a deck of cards. The front surface and back surface are separate.

I think the front and back were on the cardboard before printing, but not positive. I've never seen a paper Goudey. But... Some Jigsaw puzzles are printed on paper then glued to the cardboard before die cutting. it cuts down on wasting the more expensive cardboard.

Steve B