t206 color missing errors

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>I won this Willett card and thought it looked like the red color was missing. Today I got it and it is certainly pale orange. How do we come up with a value for cards missing a color?<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=250292396742" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=250292396742</a>

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>I'm not offering a direct answer to your pricing question, other than to offer it on eBay and see how it sells.<br /><br /><br />But I'd think that card has been soaked a bit... I'd suggest studying it to see if the red is there, only faded a bit. I've bought cards from this seller that had been in the storm and in the scrapbook. I was quite happy with what I got, but I'm sure he soaked them to get them free from the pages and each other.

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Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>I don't see any factory info on the back. Are we sure this isn't a reprint?<br /><br />(And I agree with Frank. The back looks orange also. Looks like it's been washed.)

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Posted By: <b>Doug Bacon</b><p>The factory is very light. It's factory 30, 2nd dist ny. It doesn't appear to be faded cause there is still a good bit of gloss despite being beat up.

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>...and has an orange background. This is a fairly common printing issue with red background T206 cards. There may be some small premium for these, but the missing red is more compelling when it wipes out a "B" in a hat, like Sweeney. <br /><br /><br><br>_ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ _ <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for Net54 T206 archive, signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p><a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1086483103/T206+Orange+Background+Portraits" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1086483103/T206+Orange+Background+Portraits</a><br><br>_ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ _ <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for Net54 T206 archive, signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!

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Posted By: <b>doug Bacon</b><p>I placed the card on a red background so you can see the color the card should be<br /><br /><img src="http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc343/bacon0000/willett004.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>I think most Willett cards have a touch of red along the left<br />cheek, near where the nose is. Yours has ink there that looks<br />the same color as the background.<br /><br />That could be because of a lack of red in the printing process,<br />or because there was much less red ink than is normal, or because<br />the card has been soaked multiple times or for a long time, and<br />maybe a bit of bleach was used...<br /><br />I agree that his background is not the deep red normally encountered.<br /><br /><br />FW