T206 - Mystery Reprints

[earthprime]

Looking at my authentic T206 - I can see what you mean that the portrait side is glossy while the logo on the back is a softer material.

For my mystery cards, both sides have the same 'portrait' glossy feel. An inspection under a magnifying glass suggests the card is one single piece of paper - the best description is having a thickness almost (but not quite) as thick as a real T206. Intense magnification suggests that there isn't a seam anywhere around either card where two cards may have been connected in some way.

I'm considering sending them off to PSA - just to have a forensic look at them. Its possible they were made for some personal enjoyment, but they have a professional production quality. My best guess is they may have been part of a larger sheet of two-sided cards, possibly as a special in a sports magazine sometime in the early 90s. However, the cut doesn't appear as if someone used scissors to separate the cards from a larger sheet.

Has anyone ever submitted to PSA - and is it possible they encounter cards like these where they can't figure anything out about them?

[jcmtiger]

From a book of t206 cards in the1990's ?

[earthprime]

Book of reprint cards.

I'd like to think they came from some printer's proof sheet of portraits for the original T206, but I doubt thats even remotely possible. I also don't know the process for the original printing, if proof sheets were even used like this - like there's no point to print a portrait on both sides of the card.

[packs]

I asked about the blue old mills because I believe them to be reprints as well. There are several reprinted series that feature blue old mill backs. Odd coincidence or source?

[earthprime]

Are there any distinguishing features (telltale signs) of a Blue Mill reprint? I can pull out the scope again to distinguish color or ink patterns, to see if they match. By any chance, are there known Blue Mill reprint cards for one of the four players I have (Bender/Mathewson/Waddell/Walsh) where I could compare images?

[packs]

I think only the Walsh blue old mill isn't considered a reprint. But there are many different sets that have reprinted T206s with a blue old mill back.

[Tao_Moko]

I have a physical copy of this book somewhere(sorry for no hyperlink):.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/202868755800?...app-cvip-panel

These were the most recognizable reprints to me and later a full set that came in box form. What you have looks 100% like a reprint to me. I worked in card shops from the '84-'92 and have seen alot of reprints but never a two sided T206 like you have. The stock appears thicker than I would expect so maybe they're maticulously adhered.