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RobertSOn eBay most of the fakes in the pre-1950 category simply are color photocopies or laser print paste-ups that reproduce real cards, not fantasies or "broders" of cards that never were.
As for the Henry Johnson, I own one of those, as well, and think the jury still is out. A very believable story surfaced about an elderly gentleman who remembered how they were printed in sheets and then rubber stamped on the back. But the cards still feel funny when you hold them and examine them. I probably agree with you, Frank, that they are real, but still think they are a little off.
As for the Kendigs I examined a couple of years ago -- they really looked way off in person. The paper was way off, strangely aged with bleed through from the reverse and you could tell the ink had been added after the aging processs.
This is not to say that the card offered now on eBay is definitely fake -- maybe the Kendigs that reproduce American Caramel images are real and those that have Collins-McCarthy are fake?
I would be very interested to hear from the winner after he examines the card.
Anyway...