View Full Version : Strange T206 Southern Leaguer "brown" OLD MILL card....check-it-out
tedzan
03-08-2018, 06:37 PM
I was sorting thru a stack of T206's this past weekend, and this Frank King card caught my attention. The OLD MILL back appears to me to have a brownish tint.
It's not the usual fading of the black ink which can appear to look "brown".
If indeed this card's back lettering is actually brown, then it is a very unique T206....since this subject is not one of the 34 possible Southern League cards which
this printing error has been confirmed.
I showed this card to T206 collectors at the Philly Show this weekend. The majority of opinions ranged from a "hint of brown" to "faint brown" to "may be brown".
So, what say you ? ?
http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/KingBreitensteinOldMillBx.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/KingBreitensteinOldMillB.jpg
TED Z
T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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bnorth
03-08-2018, 06:44 PM
From the scan I would also call it hint of brown. As a T210 collector I have seen several T210s with that hint of brown backs.
Blunder19
03-08-2018, 06:46 PM
I can tell you want graders would say... that card will never slab as brown OM. It’s black.
Rhotchkiss
03-08-2018, 06:47 PM
Ted, do you have a Brown OM you can put it against in a pic? Or maybe try a brown Hindu for comparison
MVSNYC
03-08-2018, 06:55 PM
Hi Ted- Judging purely from these scans, I think it’s faded black...you’re comparing it next to a rather dark/bold black example, try to scan it next to Hindu or a true brown OM, if you have, as Ryan suggested.
For your sake, I’d love for it to be brown for ya!
Sorry Ted, it looks like a faded black to me. :(
Pat R
03-08-2018, 08:27 PM
Ted, the Old Mill southern leaguers vary quite a bit and some of the faded
ones have a brownish look to them. Your king is one of the brownish
variations.
Here it is next to a true brown Old Mill.
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charlietheexterminator
03-08-2018, 08:29 PM
The white of the card has a brown tone, the printing is clearly faded black.
Ted, the Old Mill southern leaguers vary quite a bit and some of the faded
ones have a brownish look to them. Your king is one of the brownish
variations.
Here it is next to a true brown Old Mill.
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Great comparison. Personally, I have a hard time telling between the light blacks and the browns.
darwinbulldog
03-09-2018, 07:24 AM
Great comparison. Personally, I have a hard time telling between the light blacks and the browns.
To me the true browns have a red tint, and there's no hint of that in the light black ones. If your eyes work like mine just ask yourself, "Does this brown look a little bit red?" And if it's no, as is generally the case, it isn't the brown you're looking for.
Bpm0014
03-09-2018, 07:37 AM
If you have to ask "Is this brown?"....then it is black.
tedzan
03-09-2018, 07:54 AM
OK guys....thanks for your inputs.
At the Philly Show 6 of 8 guys that looked at this Frank King card said it appeared to have a hint of brown lettering.
Two of the 8 said it was faded black. Perhaps, the florescent lighting in the showroom made a difference.
Or, perhaps my scan isn't the best.
In any event, I guess it really ain't brown. Case closed.
TED Z
T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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