Let’s rehash the Bond Bread controversy.

[Johnphotoman]

I was thinking, I don’t mean to imply that the 1980s Festberg - discovered in NJ. are not good cards to have. On the contrary, anyone who has these cards has a piece of baseball history. Only that they are not from the 1947 cards issued. And they are not Bond Bread cards, since they were not but in the bread, this is what makes the Bond Bread issue so special. And again I do agree we cannot tell the Bond Bread cards from the Sports Star cards. John

[ullmandds]

To clarify...I was never under the impression mine is from the festburg find...nor is it an original bond bread. I always thought it was some other issue with a vintage from the 50's or so.

[Johnphotoman]

My best guess is you have 1947 cards, " Aarco Playing Cards 1947". Not having the cards in hand is hard to tell, but the quality is what one would expect and paper stock looks right, if there where re-prints from the 1950s, I believe we could tell just by looking at them. John

[Johnphotoman]

Here is what a copy or counterfeit card could and should look like in my opinion. The thing about the 1980s Festburg find is no one calls them fakes or counterfeits, just re-prints of 24 Bond Bread cards. Poor quality card looks like, I didn't mean to say counterfeit. John

[Johnphotoman]

Look at the back, the front set off on the back, I would say just stay away from cards that look like this one, again this is just my opinion.John

[Johnphotoman]

one more image on a card I would stay away from, could be a fake. John

[Johnphotoman]

Originally Posted by Johnphotoman

Here is what a copy or counterfeit card could and should look like in my opinion. The thing about the 1980s Festburg find is no one calls them fakes or counterfeits, just re-prints of 24 Bond Bread cards. John

I do not mean to call this card a fake / forgery, I was trying to show a poor quality of a printed card. I need to slow down and get everything right. Sorry for any misunderstanding. You can tell it is not a fake by the dot pattern, which I will go over in How baseball cards were printed, in report number 3. Thanks John

[Johnphotoman]

This is the copy of the card with set off on it. It is not a copy of a forgery. John

[Johnphotoman]

This is the image I was supposed to use to show a forgery, John