Help with strip card identification

[steve B]

Here's mine. Brooklyn, blue, light cardboard......hard to tell if it's scuffed where the reprint text would be, but I'm starting to suspect it's been skinned. Assuming it's a reprint, and that the wear was faked they did a beautiful job of it.

Ebay purchase of course, but from maybe 10 years ago?

Steve B

[glchen]

These do come in blue. Here's a past lot from REA: Link

[FrankWakefield]

Steve, let me ask my constant question... have you illuminated that with uv light, does it fluoresce?

[steve B]

No, but I'll be doing that as soon as the new UV light arrives.

The old one stopped working after I dropped it. One of those odd moments of "darn! it's not like I use it all that often" Then the realization that it's more than 20 years old and has probably seen more use than it was designed for.

Steve B

[FrankWakefield]

20 years old... glad to see you're a believer in the use of a black light!!! From your scan I think the card's good, but a little black light would be good.

[steve B]

I bought the blacklight originally for stamps. There are a few varieties from when they started making them flourescent for the facing/cancelling machines. Plus errors where they left the tagging off.

I've found lots of uses for it since then.

The old one did both short and long wave, I don't think the new one does. But the new one is much less expensive. The old one was something like $60 back in the 80's.

Steve B

[nolemmings]

Just saw this thread again when Frank referenced it in another. Yes I agree the correct or at least most likely date is 1925. My prior post of 1922 was purely a typo--knew the set and buzzed in without checking the keys. Sorry if I caused any confusion or consternation.

[steve B]

Interesting, both the cardstock and ink are totally dead under longwave UV.

I'm thinking it's real, but I'll hold off till I figure out fixing my big UV light which does both short and long wave.

Technical stuff follows, if it bores you stop now.

US stamps only react to shortwave UV, while most other things react to longwave. I tried a few other items, and it looks promising, but not conclusive
2011 topps -reacts
2011 Topps allen and Ginter - do not react!
1981 topps - cardboard does not react, yellow ink does.
most envelopes - react
T206, real allen and ginter,e90-1 --Do not react.

Steve B

Originally Posted by steve B

Here's mine. Brooklyn, blue, light cardboard......hard to tell if it's scuffed where the reprint text would be, but I'm starting to suspect it's been skinned. Assuming it's a reprint, and that the wear was faked they did a beautiful job of it.

Ebay purchase of course, but from maybe 10 years ago?

Steve B

[Brian Van Horn]

To celebrate finally recovering my scans from my old computer:

[Brian Van Horn]

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[Brian Van Horn]

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[fkw]

some of Brian's Brooklyn cards show blue ones too ...

Those Washington cards are real tough, wow
have they even completed the checklist in the SCD for the Washington players???

My SCD catalog is a few years old and only shows 9 players IDed

cool thanks for posting the scans

[bcbgcbrcb]

Fantastic collection, Brian, thanks for sharing.