Greg-so many questions in such a shorts post. Let me try to answer a few. First, value will depend on image quality, not color. Often pinkish images have lower clarity so they are worth less than cards with normal images. I have some cards with purplish images that have excellent photo clarity. I would expect these to sell at levels consistent with this clarity level. As to why cards have these tints, the only thing I know is that during this period photographers were experimenting with adding tints to photographs. This may have been Goodwin's foray into this area. I have observed, as you have, that certain players are more likely to come with tinted cards than others. I could only guess that they were on the sheets when these tests were taking place, but this is just a guess.
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