T206 Stephens- color missing or?

[bobbvc]

Has this one been covered here before? Any thoughts?

[irishdenny]

Hey there Bob,

imho... Absolutely! Because of the shift in the registration of the one on the right, we can see his farmers tan on his non~glove hand strong by his wrist. Also, notice his buttons, the wrist area of his glove hand & of course his face (Even the glove has the normal color!) All show the color present, as opposed to the one on the left with the absence of what I believe, would be its final stage of Color... I even think this missing Color might be the cause of why the Yellow background to be a bit brighter...

I do want to add that I don't believe that these differences could be caused by anything but that a missing stage of color.

Doesn't jump right out at Ya, but missing color non the less!

"Nice Card Bob"

[steve B]

I also think it's possible.

It's a tough call from a normal scan though whether it's missing a color - Probably pink- or has a different pink layer.

Are the backs the same? There seems to be some differences between brands.

What makes me think it's a different pink layer rather than missing is that the wrist of the glove hand is darker on the one that might be missing pink. I'd expect it to be lighter. There also seems to be a bit of pink in the uniform which shouldn't be there if it's missing rather than different.

If you do a scan at either 800 or 1200 dpi you'll be able to see the individual layers in some areas.

Steve B

[bobbvc]

Backs are both Piedmont 350's.

[bobbvc]

Interesting that one of them has a darker shade of blue on the back.