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Originally Posted by oldjudge
Great set, but I think some of these blank back 8s may have come from uncut sheets that were later cut up. Blank back 8s are around but ad back 8s are virtually non-existent. I think part of this reflects post production sheet cuts.
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I don't know that I would agree. My thought is that the blank back and Sporting News cards were most likely distributed via mail in promotion, similar to the 1915 Cracker Jacks or M116 cards the Sporting News also produced.
But an advertiser like, say, Gimbels,, would have likely given them out by hand on location, which might explain the inherent condition issues and lack of high grade examples.