N172 Old Judge - Thin Paper Stock (help needed)

[h2oya311]

So I recently bought this Old Judge Mike Dorgan on ebay. When I received it, I was floored to find that it was on THIN paper stock, almost as if the card had been removed from the usual hard carboard backing that you find on most Old Judge cards, but the back damage isn't horrible. Note that you can literally bend the card as if it is paper-thin.

Can anyone help me figure out what I have here? Are there any Old Judges on thin paper stock, or do I have some crazy reprint? Everything on the front suggests that this is original. Perhaps it was completely skinned?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Derek

[Matthew H]

It's not a reprint, it's just skinned. If you see a raw OJ with a front scan only you can tell if it's skinned by looking at the edges. The edges will tend to appear brittle. Also skinned cards rest differently on the scanner bed. After looking at a ton of scans you can just tell when the thickness isn't there, although its hard to explain how.

[h2oya311]

sorry for my ignorance. I always see "skinned" in people's descriptions, but never really knew that the cards were truly skinned down that much...I thought some of the cardboard thickness would still be there, but there's none at all.

Thanks for the quick response. I'll try to pay attention to the edges going forward to see if I can spot the difference easily on ebay.

Derek

[Matthew H]

If you are going to keep the card you can reback it. I'm not the one to ask how as I've never done it, but I do keep a small stash of beat up actress cards to use as donor backs in case I need them.

[drc]

The photographic print was pealed from the cardboard back. You see skinned Old Judges like this every once in a while.

[oldjudge]

Good info from Matt and David. The card may have been originally glued into a scrapbook and this happened when it was haphazardly removed?

[bbcard1]

Originally Posted by drc

The photographic print was pealed from the cardboard back. You see skinned Old Judges like this every once in a while.

You mean like the actress cards I have currently on the auction board of the BST section which will be closing tomorrow night? Oh, was that self-serving?