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Posted By: Mike Campbell

I met for an hour and a half this morning, with two scientists from the Minnesota Historical Society concerning the authenticity of this newly discovered issue. I had never been in a laboratory before. Very interesting. Anyway..they put this card through many tests. Looked at it through many different machines. Looked at many scientific journals concerning print processes, photographic processes, and now want to look at the paper fibers. I was just a Commercial Banker in my career, so much of the scientific lingo was way over my head. Because I want this study to be somewhat conclusive, no conclusion was reached yet. I may have to take this one out of state, to personally meet with a paper pulp expert.( If this sounds crazy, it might be) but I love this kind of thing. I have the time and the resources to take this one all the way. We even called an expert over the phone during all this. Her expertise is in printing processes. She was surprised that anyone would go through all this for a baseball card.

I will continue to keep those who are curious, apprised of the findings. I want to try and get a definitive answer. Once again, I am only interested and curious. I have no vested interest in this outcome. I own a card, but only have $200 into it. Nothing major. So if anyone thinks my judgement is clouded by the outcome, they are wrong. I am a collector of vintage cards like most of us here, and just want to know the truth. There have been some individuals who have voiced an opinion, without even holding or seeing one of these. I don't think that is the kind of verdict we want to rely on in this hobby.

All final results will be put on paper, and sent to Bob Lemke. He then can make the final decision. This may take a few months.