T206 Christy Mathewson blurry?
 

Hi everyone,

Can anyone give me some info on this card? It’s a bit blurry on the face and was wondering if that was an issue and if it affects value?

Attachment 653325Thank you!

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Welcome to the forum.

The registration would affect value for me, I'm a color, registration, centering, eye appeal collector so that card wouldn't appeal to me.

Some guys just buy the number on the label so it does have value.

It is blurry because they all the colors did not align properly. It is at the point it might get a little less money than one with good registration. If it was way off they actually bring a good premium.

Lots of t206 3s have noticeable creasing and overall look much worse than this card. I don't think you would have any trouble selling this 3 for whatever a standard 3 goes for.

It's relatively minor and in hand would be less noticeable than on an image many times larger than life. I wouldn't expect much of an effect on price.

Here's a vote for it going a little lower than regular.
But you never know, two people might really want it in auction because of the offset.
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Regardless of the off-registration, your Matty is very nice.

As mentioned above, it's a result of the colored layers being printed offset, not aligned. That Matty is very minor, and likely would sell for a little less than one that has good registration (alternatively, if a card has perfect registration, it'll "sing", and typically command a slight premium). If the offset printing is drastic enough, a "ghost" image is created...and collectors tend to pay a lot for such examples...like this one...