Brown Old Mill -- This must be a mistake, no?

[Rhotchkiss]

I just saw this on Ebay. I dont want to scuttle someone's auction, but as a Brown OM owner and someone who may want another (especially at this "negotiable" price), please let me know your thoughts.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-T-206-O...QAAOSwpuBZwn8q

First, how is it graded numerically? Second, where is the hand cut? Third, and I compared it to mine, the back does not look brown like mine - at best its a funky brown and more likely its a faded black.

[bnorth]

I agree, it looks like the faded/dull black and not brown.

In hand and with good lighting they are fairly easy to tell apart. I had a fellow member send me a few brown backs by accident once. He was in a hurry and had bad lighting in that room of his house. Lucky for him I am honest and returned them because he never noticed the mistake.

[Rhotchkiss]

Apologies for the bad pics, but this is best I can do right now. The Card on the left is my Sid Smith Brown Old Mill, and the one on the right is the Ebay "Old Mill Brown" -- although, the Ebay version looks lighter on the ebay scan and my pic does not do it justice, so please see link for better view.

[Sean]

You're right, it's a mistake by PSA. The brown should be lighter, matching the brown on a Hindu back. And it should be hand cut, so it couldn't get a numeric grade.

The expression "buy the card, not the holder" was never more applicable than on this card.

[Sean]

Funny thing, he looks like a good seller with some experience with T206 cards. I hope that he took this card on consignment.

[MVSNYC]

Faded black. (Really bad) PSA mistake.

Let the seller know.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I just saw this on Ebay. I dont want to scuttle someone's auction, but as a Brown OM owner and someone who may want another (especially at this "negotiable" price), please let me know your thoughts.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-T-206-O...QAAOSwpuBZwn8q

First, how is it graded numerically? Second, where is the hand cut? Third, and I compared it to mine, the back does not look brown like mine - at best its a funky brown and more likely its a faded black.

Personally I have never cared for the brown color varieties of rarities. They look too much like black to me .