1910 Punch Cobb with backing - New Discovery??

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I highlighted what I'm talking about in see-through red...

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I would agree, definitely some kind of transition going on there, especially in the lower right corner.

[swarmee]

I think it's an optical illusion, because there is the sleeve that the slab is in, plus the plastic of the slab, plus the possibility of an internal "baggie" inside the slab, whether it's a PSA slab or a BGS one. At first I thought I was seeing through the card, but I realize that's the poorly cut photograph that was pasted to the backing board.

I am not saying anything about the authenticity of the card, just the illusion that the Cobb piece is inside a sleeve and then pasted (or situated on top of) a backing board.

[Hankphenom]

Why would they hide the PSA part of the slab? I don't get it. By the way, anybody know who came up with the term "slab?" Whoever it was, I'm guessing they weren't a fan.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

By the way, anybody know who came up with the term "slab?" Whoever it was, I'm guessing they weren't a fan.

Unless they were also a fan of concrete slabs and/or slabs of meat.

Brian