Opinions about a strange m101-4/5 card

[buymycards]

Hi Todd, it does seem strange that most of the card is discolored/toned except for the white area under the team name. I would vote "altered" but I would want to see the card under a 100 power microscope and a black light before making a decision.

Hope it is real.

Rick

[Jason Carota]

If it isn't altered, any chance it could be tied to the 1916 unnumbered Successful Farming set (as mentioned above?) Granted Cady isn't on the checklist. My thoughts lay along the lines of the existing teams available in the unnumbered set (Philadelphia AL & NL, Chicago AL & NL, Boston NL, and New York AL.) Could there exist the outside possibility that cards featuring Boston AL and New York NL were to be produced, but later scrapped?

[smtjoy]

Interesting card and thread Todd. The color difference where the numbers were would be a big concern for sure, imo the money difference between his M101-4 and m101-5 is huge and the temptation to alter would make a lot of sense. The matte finish also bothers me as I have never seen one like that, Leons reply in another thread had me wondering about soaking these. I have never tried it so no idea on what would happen. I also know others will soak cards in chemicals and have great success removing stuff. It makes me wonder if it could lose the gloss in a chemical bath, I dont know but seems possible to me.

I think its a cool card and at what you paid well worth keeping in your collection. I do think it warrants letting experts look at it, I personally would not attach much more value to it than you paid as I think it has two big red flags.