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Posted By: Scott Elkins

You guys are talking as if these people in the 1950's were printing Wagners and other cards to make money - THEY WERE NOT! They would print some cards that were unattanable to fill holes in their collections and their friends collections. These people were NOT trying to deceive anyone or make a fortune (If you look at any price guide in this period, baseball cards were not worth a fortune and collecting was really looked upon as a kid's activity). At least these people "fooling around" with the printing presses were honest and put different backs on cards they did print. I am certain if these people were dishonest, cards were worth a fortune in the 1950's, and these people had these presses at their disposal, they would have printed Wagners with Sweet Caporal backs (that is IF all of this were true and they were trying to deceive someone for financial gain).

Again, for those of you who think you are experts, I have the front/back scans of the #106 1933 Goudey Durocher that came from Woody Gelman (who was friends with a lot of these printers and employees at Goudey and Bowman and obtained a lot of "stuff" from his friends). I would like to see if you can tell the difference between this Goudey printed by the Goudey printers and another Goudey, besides no bleed through (but some Goudeys don't have the bleed through on the back). You cannot tell the difference! This card was probably printed at Goudey in 1933 - just not a print run that would have been inserted into packs - and was later obtained by Gelman.