Have Collins McCarthy or Boston Store cards been reprinted?

[nolemmings]

I wanted to keep this on the front page in case any other e135 collectors have not seen it. I understand all that was posted, but find a couple of things interesting. First, I too have not seen any strips or panels of uncut E135s, real or otherwise, and find it odd that someone reproducing it would choose to eliminate the card numbers. Second, at least two cards are very slightly different in their presentation around the nameplate. Below are scans of “real” e135s--Milton Stock and Dick Rudolph. Note how the bottom line in the frame that surrounds the photo is interrupted or overlapped right above Stock’s entire name and Rudolph’s surname. This differs from what is shown in Scott’s cards.

So how would someone reproducing/counterfeiting the cards “correct” or change them in this way, and for that matter, why? As for the authentic e135s, we know that there were two printings of the set, since changes were made to cards for Judge, Morgan and Russell. Maybe the scans I just showed are of one printing and Scott’s of the other, in which case his still could be repros or fakes. I would guess that Scott’s cards are from the latter printing, since I believe his Reb Russell card shown is a corrected photo of a follow-through pose believed to really depict Mel Wolfgang. This would also account for the Stock and Rudolph cards having their frame lines changed. I realize this does not resolve the issue of whether the cards are period or fake, and it is probably wise to go with the gut and say no, but I still find pieces like these interesting.