Here We Go Again!!

[ajw9356]

Thanks for the info, it's been two years since the guy has removed the card from a safe deposit box. Known him for 6 years, only knew about it after 4 years.
The one and only time I saw the card he had it in one of those super thick acetate slabs and refused to take it out, so I'm going to talk to him about looking it over again. I was able to look at it for about a half hour and I've seen some of the T206 before, I was pretty sure the back was consistent with a real card, so when you say the Piedmont backs weren't regular issue I'm assuming that the printed ones were all supposedly or supposed to be destroyed, if you could elaborate open the issues with them that would be great. Any idea if it would smell like tobacco? I know it was a fairly worn card, so the corners were well rounded, but I can't recall all the damage it had sustained. The biggest thing I could see was that there was definitely a coating but the part that had chipped off revealed what appeared to be fairly consistent with a real issue as well. I just didn't think that real good quality fakes were made more than 30-35 years ago. If it's a fake, it's top quality other than what ever was put on the surface, that was the other thing I didn't understand was if someone took the time to protect the surface why find it in a box of tools. I believe there were a small number of other vintage in the same box, but that doesn't mean whichever auction house didn't put them there. Ever heard of anyone using a shellac or varnish to protect cards? I've seen those reprints, was nothing like that, wasn't modern cardboard. Was there ever a reprint with rounded/cropped corners, I recall the card looked like the old bicycle spokes got ahold of them like so many other vintage cards, though there were no creases if I recall. I had dismissed the card as a fake because of the surface issue, but would really like to see it again.