I will refer to T206 in this post.....but all scrap are the same when it comes to cardboard/printing...
This is right up my alley....I have been differentiating "scrap" vs. "crap" for the last 15 or so years.....
Printer's Scrap.......is sometimes HARD to differentiate, but most are very obvious...the real deal scrap deserve mucho scratch/cheddar what ever you want to call it ,
THEY ARE UNIQUE CARDS UNTO THEMSELVES....alternative T206 cards, if you will....(I am almost surprised Mr. Ullman is not all over them, they are almost , essentially "bizarro" T206 , the exact opposite of T206)...
THIS is why I love ' Em....they are not the mundane, same 'ol cards.....these are unique unto themselves "snow flakes" "gems"
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usually, with scrap, no one else can own the card you do....a special card....
even similar scrap are different from each other....
I enjoy the FREAKINESS of them....they are aesthetically SICK.....and with no disrespect to the players pictured, almost SPOOKY
a "tweener" scrap (as I have termed them), are almost positively scrap, but can not get the 100 % positive confirmation.....I will touch on this later...
first off....AL BROWN OLD MILL ARE 1000 % SCRAP! O Ya....they are hand cut from a sheet that NEVER MADE IT INTO FACTORY PACKS/ CUT...they are a rare , non issued back...basically a F up
ALL SCRAP WERE not distributed in ANY packs. RE- PEAT SCRAPS WERE NOT ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC....they are essentially not even production cards......they are any cards that WERE NOT inserted into packs/or distributed to the public.....they were only privy to the people involved in the print process/distribution/ or design.....or the dumpster divers
....they were mistakes/ or sheets used to set up the print machines for the production cards....hence, the printers created works of art without even knowing...
they give clues on the process of the lithography(which was beautiful I might add)....
PHEW...
1000% scraps are HAND CUT......true SCRAP is always hand cut....there may have been a factory blank back sheet that was factory cut, but I truly doubt it...
ALL SCRAPS ARE HAND CUT....the real obvious are the oversized hand cut......
most scrap have something wrong with it(ghost, missing ink, color, registration problem, miscut, ect, ect)....BUT NOT ALL OF THEM DO...
"tweener" scrap are most likely scraps, but can't be 100 % verified( cut short, ect)
if you need an opinion on a T206 Scrap/ or tweener....please email me.....
scrap are big bux, if someone tries to pawn one off on you as scrap, and your not sure, email me(I will not bother you to sell it unless your willing
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Peace