1955 Bowman #48 Error Card (new discovery?)

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Smanzari

Neat Find!

I think this is a known error, unless I'm missing something - https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...-back-48/43977

Tigers Bolling front (2 bats) with Tigers Bolling back is only on card 204, not 48. That's the card he's asking about. So he's got a skinned error 48 Tigers back with the front of a different Tigers Bolling.

[savedfrommyspokes]

For those still confused. There are 4 different "Bolling" cards in the 55 Bowman set.

The light wood Red Sox (one bat) card, #48, has both a Milt (correct) back and a Frank (error) back.

The dark wood Tigers (two bat) card, #204, has both a Frank (correct) back and a Milt (error) back.

If you have a light wood one bat card with #204 on the back, this is a created card and not an error.

If you have a dark wood two bat card with #48 on the back, this is also a created card and not an error.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

For those still confused. There are 4 different "Bolling" cards in the 55 Bowman set.

The light wood Red Sox (one bat) card, #48, has both a Milt (correct) back and a Frank (error) back.

The dark wood Tigers (two bat) card, #204, has both a Frank (correct) back and a Milt (error) back.

If you have a light wood one bat card with #204 on the back, this is a created card and not an error.

If you have a dark wood two bat card with #48 on the back, this is also a created card and not an error.

Thanks Larry

[Volod]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Tigers Bolling front (2 bats) with Tigers Bolling back is only on card 204, not 48. That's the card he's asking about. So he's got a skinned error 48 Tigers back with the front of a different Tigers Bolling.

Hey John, I guess I have missed some advances in the card counterfeiting industry. How exactly is "skinning" accomplished? Is there a high-tech device that can precisely remove the front half of a card? That is, peeling off the front without damaging it? I would like to see that process taking place. Puzzled.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Volod

Hey John, I guess I have missed some advances in the card counterfeiting industry. How exactly is "skinning" accomplished? Is there a high-tech device that can precisely remove the front half of a card? That is, peeling off the front without damaging it? I would like to see that process taking place. Puzzled.

It has nothing to do with counterfeiting. If you look at a card from the side it is 2 pieces glued together. It is fairly easy to remove the top thin layer the front is printed on from the cardboard stock that makes up the majority of the card the back is printed on. The white front thin layer is to get a much higher quality picture.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Volod

Hey John, I guess I have missed some advances in the card counterfeiting industry. How exactly is "skinning" accomplished? Is there a high-tech device that can precisely remove the front half of a card? That is, peeling off the front without damaging it? I would like to see that process taking place. Puzzled.

It's been used for decades in the T206 world, because of the major value differences for some front/back combinations. But basically, there are layers of glue holding together the different layers of most cards. Sometimes they come apart while soaking (Ramleys) or get torn off being ripped out of scrapbooks. Then it's locating the front or back you want to attach to it. You can see on the one shown here that there are two creasese running top to bottom on the back of the card, but not visible on the front of the card. Those were another way I detected the skinning/rebacking. Someone peeled off the back of an error #48, causing the creases. Then they took off the front of card 204, and glued them together.