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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

MATT

My impression is that the T3 Matty is essentially the same artwork found on the White Cap Matty.....
in that his hair color is light and the eye area coloration is the same. The only difference is that they
added the NY lettering found in the Dark Cap pose on his chest and sleeve. And, I think the fuller face
appearance on the White Cap Matty is due to the lack of "reddish rouge" that makes the face of the
Dark Cap Matty to appear thinner.

What really puzzles me here, in comparing these three pictures, is that the White Cap Matty card was
designed as early as 1908. While the T3 was issued in 1910-11....so why didn't they use the Dark Cap
Matty artwork for the T3 ?


Turkey Red (T3) card of Christy Mathewson





TED Z