Opinions please on 6 Ungraded cards

[bobbyw8469]

Also compare the colors of the Anson to a real one. No way. That card shop should be ashamed of itself.

[bobbyw8469]

[bobbyw8469]

[Snowman]

The Gehrig looks real to me. It just looks like it's faded, either from the sun or from chemicals. Who is going to glue a fake Gehrig to a scrapbook?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Snowman

The Gehrig looks real to me. It just looks like it's faded, either from the sun or from chemicals. Who is going to glue a fake Gehrig to a scrapbook?

A guy named Larry.
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[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Leon

A guy named Larry.
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When I was in the Navy, I was on two different ships (Midway and Independence) home ported out of Yokosuka and shore duty at Atsugi. Learned to speak Japanese fairly well, and even read/write some kanji and katakana. They can't pronounce our r. So Larry got pronounced "Laddy" or "Lawdy".

Who is Larry?

Being a raw cards only guy, and knowing what Mr. Reality seems to be about from his many net54 posts, I think they're real. Just faded for whatever reason(s).

[Leon]

Originally Posted by jingram058

When I was in the Navy, I was on two different ships (Midway and Independence) home ported out of Yokosuka and shore duty at Atsugi. Learned to speak Japanese fairly well, and even read/write some kanji and katakana. They can't pronounce our r. So Larry got pronounced "Laddy" or "Lawdy".

Who is Larry?

Being a raw cards only guy, and knowing what Mr. Reality seems to be about from his many net54 posts, I think they're real. Just faded for whatever reason(s).

Quite the interesting thread. It's a rabbit hole so have a few spare minutes...

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...t=larry+harris

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[brob28]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

The Gehrig #160's are typically less vibrant than the #92's, that said, the one posted in the OP is very washed out, it looks like someone soaked it in the past to try and remove the glue and paper.

[mrreality68]

Hi Everyone

I took alot more photo's to the best I could

I put them all on my Flickr Account(IN LINK BELOW)

and they are in the "RAW FOLDER"

Let me know what you think.

Then I am moving forward with moving them 2 way or another

appreciated

[bobbyw8469]

That Anson looks 1,000 times better in the Flicker account than it does on here. To the point, I reverse my "fake" statement. Still not sure about the Gehrig.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

That Anson looks 1,000 times better in the Flicker account than it does on here. To the point, I reverse my "fake" statement. Still not sure about the Gehrig.

And while I didn't care for the way the Gehrig borders' colors looked in the first picture they look fine in this one.

[toledo_mudhen]

definitely appears to be glue on back - I'm guessin a good soak would remove most of that old type glue - yes?

[brianp-beme]

What a difference a clear image can make...both the Anson and Gehrig appear to be nice authentic cards. Congrats on your 5 year ago pickups!

Brian

[BobC]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Also compare the colors of the Anson to a real one. No way. That card shop should be ashamed of itself.

I'm not saying you, or anyone else, is emphatically wrong in questioning the authenticity of the OP's posted cards. Don't know about the rest of you, but the scanned image by the OP appears to me to show all of the cards as a bit more "monotone" or faded than you would normally expect. Could it possibly be due to a bad scanner or image setting? The T205s definitely look faded, but oddly, that only appears to be the case on the top half of the T205 Mathewson, but on all of the T205 Clarke. Kind of reminds me also what could happen back in the day at outdootr flea markets when sellers would leave cards out on their tables in direct, bright sunlight. In looking further though, the bottom half of the T206 Young card may also appear to be a bit brighter and less faded than the top half of that card as well. And upon closer inspection, I then realized that on just the backs of the Mathewson and Young cards that there is a bluish discoloration or stain of some sort, that pretty much corresponds exactly to the portions of those two cards that appear to be the normal, brighter images on the fronts. I'd definitely like/want to see these cards in hand before making a final determination.

[mrreality68]

I will pull the cards out and try getting better pictures for the group

[Luke]

The backs of both the Gehrig and Anson look good and that adhesive residue would be hard to fake. The fronts look a little faded, which is to be expected given the backs. I'm far from an expert on either set, but I don't see anything in particular to worry about as far as either being fake.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Luke

The backs of both the Gehrig and Anson look good and that adhesive residue would be hard to fake. The fronts look a little faded, which is to be expected given the backs. I'm far from an expert on either set, but I don't see anything in particular to worry about as far as either being fake.

Are you saying that it is impossible to mount a fake card in a photo album?? That's a new one on me. Also that doesn't bother you that the Anson is missing at least 3 colors on the card??

[BobC]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

I will pull the cards out and try getting better pictures for the group

Thanks Jeff.

And any idea what that weird bluish tint is on the backs of the Mathewson and Young cards? The fact they seem to correspond exactly with what looks like brighter colored sections on the front of those two cards has me thinking some liquid or chemical got spilled on those two, and was absorbed into the cardboard to where it affected their fronts and backs.

I really hope all these cards turn out to be legit for you. (Here's where I'd place a "fingers crossed" emoji, if we had one.)

[BobC]

Or here's a weird twist that just occured to me. Could it be that there was some liquid or chemical that got spilled on all those cards, causing them all to look faded and not be so bright, except it somehow missed the bottoms of the Mathewson and Young cards, leaving them normal?

I'd really like to see these cards in hand, alongside other clean, authentic versions of cards from each of the same sets. That could really help.