1934 Butterfinger color variations
 

I picked off a 1934 Butterfinger Lou Gehrig off ebay recently. However, I noticed that the color seems to be different than most other Butterfingers that I've seen. The one I won seems to be more black/white, while the typical Butterfinger seems to be sepia. According to Old Cardboard and the 2010 Standard Catalog, there is only b/w. Is this true or are there two variations? (not counting the ad types of course). I guess it's possible that the sepia color is because the newspaper like paper stock is exposed to light, but wanted to confirm if that would really be true.

The card I won is on the left, and a "sepia" version which I do not own (but grabbed the picture off google) is on the right.

Looks like you got a nice one that has been protected from aging.

And the other one from the google search may look worse because of the photo/scanning. The only one I've had looked like the one on the right, but it was clear that it was from aging.

Not the best pic. but here is my Butterfinger Ruth which is still in a scrapbook ( the book was probably put together from the 1930's thru early 1940's). I seriously doubt it ever saw alot of light and the color is closer to sepia then b&w.

Lovely Day...

I don't know if this is a different type, or if I'm completely reaching, but I saw this Gehrig/Ruth combo from an old Legendary listing: Link

This one seems to have "whiter" borders, but a sepia picture with better constrast. Again, it's possible these just went through the printing process better.

Is it possible that the scan of the "black & white" Gehrig was done in black & white? I know that sounds confusing, but sometimes when I scan something that's black & white but has a tint to it — like a Batter-Up — my scanner reverts from color mode to black and white mode because the scanner doesn't recognize any color. I end up with a black and white image, even if the card is tinted red, green or sepia. The same thing happens when I scan old black and white snapshots. I end up rescanning them in color mode so I get the sepia or yellowed tint ...