Full bordered m101-6s

[nolemmings]

M101-6 Mendelsohns are fairly scarce--ask anyone who collects them. I have been lucky to have seen more than a hundred or two over the years, and have not seen them with anything more than a slight stripe of a border on one edge or end, and very rarely one that has both a side and end stripe. Now on ebay is an m101-6 with three large borders and a fourth smaller, and the seller has sold two similar in the past couple days. Has anyone else seen these cards with borders?

I have no qualms with the seller, who is a board member and who shared with me that these measure more than 1/4" larger in each direction than the m101-6s I own, which would appear to account for the borders. Still, I'm wondering if others here have these bordered m101-6s in their collections.

Here are the Wingo on Ebay next to mine and the Rice that sold next to mine. I also include my Hooper, which although showing two thin striped borders, bears little resemblance to these others.

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[Jaybird]

Hmmm. Interesting. I can't tell if it's the image quality but I don't like the noise in the text of the Full Bordered versions. To me, seeing patterns there or any noise makes me think dupe. But again, I might just be seeing artifacting caused by the quality of the image presented above.

That being said, the images look pretty good. So maybe this is just another printing? I don't know this issue well, so take my comments with a grain of salt.

[Leon]

Interesting Todd. It's almost like there were 2 different printings, one with and one without borders. My only example has no borders...

[the-illini]

Nice catch Todd - I have one that has the full borders you have shown, and a couple others that have the thin border.

Here is a scan of my full-bordered example - I remember thinking something was different about it when I got it, but I never really paid that much attention to it.

[nolemmings]

It does seem as if there was a second printing. Chris, can you tell me whether the stock on your Donie Bush is the same as the other m101-6s? Both yours and the Rice have small chips out of them--I've seen m101-6s creased and otherwise damaged before, but don't recall seeing these small edge tears. Just wondering if the stock is somehow less sturdy and/or more paperlike.

[the-illini]

I will Check when I get home Todd - I don't remember it being markedly different than other M101-6's I own, but I also wasn't really comparing the two.