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davidcyclebackForgot to add that antique shelaqe or varnish or whatever will likely get darker with
age, often quite dark. If the covering is clear and bright, like laminate at the drug
store, it likely is recent ... I would think few if anyone would varnish a genuine
T205 Cobb in recent years. I would think if you gave a genuine T205 Cobb to most
people, even if when they weren't card or baseball fans, the idea of varnishing the card
wouldn't even cross their minds. Now, there may be someone out there who, when given
a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle for Christmas, proceeds to the local Kinko's to laminate
the card but he would be a rarity.