Old cardboard fronts and backs

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

Hello,

semi weird question here but how many have had issues with old cards having the back of the card separate from the front of the card? My wife has about 90 old actor and actress cards from the American Caramel company where the front of the card literally separated from the back of the card. Is this a common problem, or are these possibly cards that are reproductions? I collect E121 baseball cards from the early 20's and have never seen this. When these cards "separate" the paper feels thin and almost looks like someone took photocopies of the front of a card and glued it to a photocopy of a back of a card to make one card. Has anyone ever seen this in cards that are originals?

Thanks,

Kmac

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Posted By: leon

I am not familiar with that series seperating that way. Maybe someone else has studied them a little more....but I don't remember these being made like that...I thought they were "a" sheet printed on front and back?

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

that's what I thought when I saw them. I have been collecting caramel cards from the 20-s for a while and have never seen this either. Some of the cards are definitely legit, but some I think are reproductions. The cards in general were really cheap comparatively so not overly concerned. Fun to see the group anyhow.

Kmac

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I've never heard of this happening to original cards back and front, at least not through a group lot. If it was an isolated card that had been stored or treated unusually it might be explainable, but for an entire grouping that doesn't sound good. Sounds as if someone picked the wrong brand of glue.

There are genuine 'skinned' cards, often an Old Judge where someone pealed the photo from the cardboard backing or a T206 or Goudey yanked from the album page it was glued to. However, someone has to physically skin, or pull apart, the card. Cards don't skin themselves.