1965 World Series Program Help

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by Simmons Nation

World Series programs are not in my usual collecting wheelhouse, but I recently picked up a 1965 program because I love the cover artwork. Afterwards, I saw reprints on ebay like this one....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-WORLD-S...#ht_526wt_1086

and then realized that I have no idea how to tell original 1965 programs from these seemingly identical reprints.

In the case of the seller whose offering was cited by the original poster, I'm familiar with his offerings because I bought a few from him. They appear to be scans from printed copies, printed on long paper and (manually?) folded. They appear - I don't know how accurate a word this is - "fluffier" near the spine than a "real" copy, but the "fluffiness" doesn't affect its readability. Sometimes his reprints include a blue rubber stamp identifying it as a reprint, but generally I don't think a seasoned collector will be fooled. The only drawback with this guy's stuff is that sometimes there may be pages missing - his reprint of the 1964 Mets yearbook, for example, is missing pages 5, 6, 43, and 44 (which is frustrating to a ballpark buff because page 43 is the second half of a feature of Shea Stadium under construction, and page 44 has photos of some of the other National League parks).