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Posted By: davidcycle

The common sepia is due to age. The images were originally closer to black and white, though had some light color to them. A couple of years ago, BMW cards pulled one or two N172 cards from unopened packs, and they had the original, non-sepia colors.

Believe it or not, the image surface of the Old Judges, Four Base Hits, Gypsy Queens, Lone Jacks, etc are covered in chicken egg whites. That's what they used to hold the photo chemicals to the paper surface and what causes the Old Judge gloss. So aging of some sort can be expected.