I bought mine to study.
I don't often see a supposed missing color where a big chunk of it's history is known. The recent ones from Ebay supposedly had around 40 years of light exposure. So I assume fading. I did pay a bit extra.
It's interesting to hear some passed grading.
Some of what's interesting is the differences. For example, One of the ones I got was Downey. And it looks just like the one above. No Bright red team name but a pink team name and belt.
The Oakes shown above Shows no pink where the team is, but does have it in the face and background. (Most of the backgrounds intended to be orange are done as pink over yellow.)
Both are normal as far as the pink layer goes.
That's interesting because the pink under the red makes a brighter red. And from these two subjects appears to be something changed to partway between 350 and 350-460. I'll have to look at others to see if that's consistent, as it's a fairly major change that added quality but was also a bit more expensive. That tiny bit of ink over a lot of sheets adds up.
Steve B
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