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Originally Posted by orly57
I am surprised no one has mentioned that it is rumored the population report on this card may actually be inflated due to psa mistakenly slabbing the very similar 1926 Gehrig in a 1925 holder. The tint on the two cards are different and Gehrig's name is in a box on the '25, but the rumor is some 26s ended up in '25 holders.
I own a rough psa 1, but I am glad I got it before it started sky-rocketing.
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This is not a rumor. I have definitely seen some 1926 Gehrig's in 1925 holders for both PSA and SGC. You have to be careful as they look exactly the same except for the color tints. The 1925 version should be gray while the 1926 one is light blue. The 1926 card is actually much rarer than the 1925 one, but of course the 1925 one is selling for much higher prices these days. The strange thing about the Memory Lane one currently at auction is that it looks greenish colored, not sure that's due to the lighting or what.
For example, the card on the left looks like a proper 1925 Exhibits, but the one on the right looks light bluish, so probably a 1926 Exhibits. Again, it's possible that the color tint looks different when seeing in person, but everyone should be very careful.