Another Nice PSA Graded Card - T207 Lewis

[oldeboo]

Woof. Looks like it was maybe soaked in gasoline then hit with a blow torch for a few seconds. Wonder how they determined it's a no emblem with that amount of alteration. Aren't the emblems simply an overprint that could be removed with that amount of damage? Meaning it wouldn't leave a void where it should be, could be wrong on that.

[steve B]

The emblems would be under the gloss, so mechanical removal would leave a dull spot, just like erasing something from a modern card.

Red also fades really easily, but the "Boston" on the uniform is ok, so maybe not faded.

What's more concerning is how ragged the printing of the border around the name is. The inks of the time weren't water soluble, so just water wouldn't do that.
If you look at the name boxes on other examples, they are lighter than the borders. On this one the color is uniform.

Overall, either a complete outlier, or very iffy.

[Leon]

Scrapbook pics...

[ullmandds]

So likely the combination of whatever glue was used...combined with whatever happened to these cards while in storage...combined with the chemicals/methods used to remove these cards caused the card to look this way. Definitely not just water!!!

[Popcorn]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

So likely the combination of whatever glue was used...combined with whatever happened to these cards while in storage...combined with the chemicals/methods used to remove these cards caused the card to look this way. Definitely not just water!!!

Distilled water

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Popcorn

Distilled water

chris...so did you remove these cards yourself?

[Popcorn]

Yes I did.. I do not know why they look different.

Leon I sent a couple more pics...

The lady I bought it from didn’t want very much for them so I gave her the sale price plus extra $$

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

So likely the combination of whatever glue was used...combined with whatever happened to these cards while in storage...combined with the chemicals/methods used to remove these cards caused the card to look this way. Definitely not just water!!!

Why is the front printing different than all of the others in the same album? That is my main concern. But again, I am definitely not sure of anything on that card.