Anyone know what these cards are?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Trust me, you can do all of the research you want, handle them in person, high res scans, etc., a fake is still a fake..........

[Exhibitman]

That's a bit of the cart before the horse, Phil. If there is a way to examine the items there are ways of determining when they were made that cannot be ascertained from a scan. Unless you have specific information that these items are fakes, which it doesn't sound like you do, it seems more sensible to evaluate them if possible before concluding about them. Would I pay big bux for them without a firsthand examination? No. But I'd at least want to check them out first before writing them off.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Trust me, you can do all of the research you want, handle them in person, high res scans, etc., a fake is still a fake..........

Really? If I handled these in person and determined that they were real, they would still be fakes?

You are probably right about them being fakes, but you also had the percentages behind you when you responded to my original post about the early Stengel postcard. In fact, yours was the first negative response posted in that thread, and, as with this one, you posted before doing any research.

I don't believe in taking stupid chances with things that have a high likelihood of being fakes, but Hank's original post that he couldn't locate these images anywhere was kind of a clue in favor of these possibly being real (like my not being able to locate images of the Stengel postcard). The next step was higher-res scans, which the OP provided...still looking good.

The next step is to examine them in person. If the OP is unwilling to let anyone do that, then end of story. If he is, then we look at them and we probably find that they are fakes. But perhaps not.

[Runscott]

And by the way, I frequently disagree with Adam.

[jerseygary]

Did the matting come with that Gibson photo? If it did I would be seeing red flags because of the even wear and damage on the photo which shouldn't be there on the edges because they would have been saved by being protected by the matting.