Blue E98 Old Put

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Posted By: <b>robert a</b><p>Bought this one on ebay the other day. Great condition huh.<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/caramelcard/e98/websize/e98old1.jpg"> <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/caramelcard/e98/websize/e998.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Steve f</b><p>Too bad it's got centering issues.

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Posted By: <b>peter ullman</b><p>nice...but ugly...find! It's actually kinda purty!<br /><br />pete in mn

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Posted By: <b>quan</b><p>very nice robert, you want me to send you the OP stamp i made recently? <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> Soon Old Put will be found in all the colors!

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Posted By: <b>robert a</b><p>Quan,<br /><br />This is a wierd card. It's missing a color (red) on the front which causes the black and white look. He should have pink on the face, hat, and hands.<br /><br />rob

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>If you add the missing red color to the background, you get purple. Are Old Puts (or E98s) known in purple?

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Posted By: <b>Brett</b><p>Rob, yeah that was pretty nice of you to outbid me with one second left in the auction.

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Posted By: <b>robert a</b><p>Paul,<br /><br />The old put ink is purple, but wasn't part of the printing process. E98s are found in blue, red, orange, and green only.<br /><br />Here's another blue dooin with the red:<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/caramelcard/e98/websize/e98dooinblue.jpg"><br /><br />Brett,<br /><br />Did you notice the old put on the back?<br /><br />Rob

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Posted By: <b>Brett</b><p>Ofcource. Thats why I was watching the card from the very beginning of the auction. I also tried to get the seller to end the auction early. <br /><br />This sniping crap on ebay really pisses me off. I've lost so many cards due to this....

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>This makes only the second non-red Old Put I have ever seen. Leon's blue Clarke being the other.

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>The redish color (missing on top card) would only be printed on the hat, face, hands, sleaves, socks, and glove, not the background.

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Posted By: <b>robert a</b><p>Frank,<br /><br />Here's another one missing the red over the body of the player:<br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/caramelcard/e98/websize/e98tennyblue.jpg"><br /> <br />Rob<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>MW</b><p>I'm not so sure a color is missing on this one -- at least not due to a printing omission. The variance could be attributed instead to water damage/fading. I've seen a similar effect on various T206s.

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Posted By: <b>Dylan</b><p>I didnt even notice it was an old put when i glanced at it on ebay i was wonderin why it sold for so much

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Posted By: <b>nbrazil</b><p>"but ugly"<br /><br />I think you forgot a t somewhere in there.<br /><br />ziiinggggg....

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>I agree with Steve; the 20/80 centering bothers me. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Welcome to armpit collecting <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>. It's the backbone of the hobby !!. <br /><br />For the record I have seen one other blue background Old Put card besides this one and mine.....they are rare though....almost all are of the red background variety....<br /><br />edited to add that I am glad to see this one be a non-hof'er. For some reason the great majority, that I have seen, seem to be HOF'ers...

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Posted By: <b>robert a</b><p>Leon,<br /><br />Care to share who the other blue old put player was?<br /><br />By the way, I've existed in the "armpit" for many years. <br /><br />Rob

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Posted By: <b>Harry Wallace</b><p>I agree with MW, the missing color could certainly be from water/moisture/light damage.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Rob- it was a HOF'er but I forget who. The gentleman had 2 Old Puts...1 red and 1 blue...and was not interested in parting with either. At the time, about a year or two ago, it was the only other blue one I had seen....best regards