Strange looking pre-war cards on ebay

[steve B]

Yes, very thin. I'd call it more of a thick photo paper. And it's usually pretty brittle.

Which is part of what makes these look wrong. To be stained that badly, but to also have no creases or cracks, no loss of the surface and sharp corners is just weird. I'm not saying it couldn't be, but a couple of them really look like photo reproductions that have been exposed to coffee or something.

Of course I'm comparing to a small sample of the two I own, one team and one player. Both of which are pretty beat, but not stained.

Still not quite sure on these, part of me says fake, part of me says not fake, but I can't think why. The sellers history gives no clues either. Some books, a doll, a calendar, and a bunch of "private auctions" where there's no info about the item.
The fatima reprints are actually someone elses.

Steve