N172 Old Judge - Thin Paper Stock (help needed)

[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?

[h2oya311]

re-backing seems like a logical choice, but perhaps unethical?

How many OJ rebacked cards do you think exist out there? Is it easy to tell when an OJ has been rebacked?

[drc]

I forgot to add that it would be cards like T206s and Allen & Ginters that are thinner cardboard when skinned, as you imagined skinned meant. Those cards were printed directly onto the cardboard.

If you want, you can keep the OJ in it's current state. Depends on how you think it looks.

[Matthew H]

Rebacking is not unethical IMO. Yes, it's easy to tell. I would use a period back but that's just me. I have a maroons card with modern card board on the back and it bothers me a little bit. But not too much

[Matthew H]

I'll add that some people wear down the edges of rebacked cards to hide the fact so be on the look out for that too