Help Needed - W575-1 Henry A. Johnson Set Builder

[mikemcgrail]

Greetings All,

If memory serves me well, there was someone active here years ago building this set.

If that person is still active and doing that, I'd like to get in touch with them as I have a Hughie Jennings PSA 2 that they may be interested in.

PMs welcome if you can help!

Otherwise it may show up on the BST in the weeks ahead.

Gr, Mike

[Leon]

It was probably Al C, of LOTG Auctions. I don't know of too many others doing the set. Good luck

Here are some backs from my previous collection....because every thread.....

[autograf]

I think HRBAKER user here (Jeff Drum) may also be collecting them.

[rhettyeakley]

I collect them (as I collect all E121-like cards) but think I may already have a Jennings, I don’t have my list in front of me at work so I can check later.

Al C. did collect the Henry Johnson backed cards but I’m not sure if he is still actively collecting them or not since he began LOTG.

[Al C.risafulli]

It was me. Thanks for thinking of me!

A couple of years ago I broke down and sold my Ruth, so I'm no longer working on the set and will probably sell it off bit by bit. Hopefully someone else will consider trying to put it together, though, as it's super-interesting!

-Al

[Jobu]

Let's get another card in here too.

[nolemmings]

My lone remaining:

[Kris19]

While this thread has the eyes of the experts on it, I would appreciate your opinions on these cards. They came out of a collection built in the 1970's - 1980's, but I have read there were fakes of these cards floating around back then. Do any of these look legit? I have assumed they were fakes. Thanks!

[RCMcKenzie]

Here's one I have...

[ValKehl]

I'm always up for an excuse to show these, including a rare HAJ variation:

[Al C.risafulli]

Kris, the Henry Johnsons in that group you posted are bad. Sorry.

If you compare the back stamp to the others in this thread (except Val's green one, which is different - and authentic, and super rare), you'll see that the "Henry Johnson" in yours is a non-serif typeface. "Henry Johnson" on the authentic ones is a serif typeface. My understanding is that yours came out of the 1970s.

-Al

[qed2190]

I agree with Al, there were a lot of fakes made in the '70's of those cards. I have several of them.

[Kris19]

Thanks, Al and Larry. As I suspected, but glad to have it confirmed.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by Kris19

While this thread has the eyes of the experts on it, I would appreciate your opinions on these cards. They came out of a collection built in the 1970's - 1980's, but I have read there were fakes of these cards floating around back then. Do any of these look legit? I have assumed they were fakes. Thanks!

All those are fake.

They all originated from a woman in the 1970’s that made her own fakes and ripped off the collectors of the day. Her name was Linda, nearly all 1970’s collectors were ripped of in some way by her.

[brianp-beme]

I don't have any of these suspect Kendig/Johnson cards, but I do have a question. Are the cards legit W575's, and just have a stamp applied, or were the cards created in the 1970's by this nefarious Linda woman? (I used 'nefarious' because I remember a 1970's hobby publication that used this word in conjunction with the obviously evil Linda).

Looking at the image provided, they seem to possibly be authentic cards (minus the fake stamping).

Brian