Posted By:
robert aJay,
Whether the grading co's recognize it as a variation or not, your e90-3 hofman is unique and very interesting. I still don't understand how it could occur on only one? Perhaps, it was corrected very quickly or they used some kind of turnstyle text printer and the letters were miscalculated.
Concerning the t206 red cobb. You do see different shades of orange/red with different examples. The red ink might have been applied once, but not again or not a third time. The difference between the cobb and sweeney (for example) is that sweeney and some of the other boston players received no red ink whatsoever during the printing process.
I personally believe that the sweeney and others get variation credit from the graders (and collectors who go by what the graders say) cuz' the lack of ink causes a clear distinction for collectors (no letter on cap, jersey, etc.) kinda like the t207 mentioned earlier in the thread.
Maybe, both the sweeney and cobb should be called variations because in reality both are caused from a similar printing error, right?
Either way, I've seen many different issues that have slight variation in color from e98 to t210 and definitely e90-3. Should orange t210s be called variations? I personally think that's silly.
Although, for you guys trying to get SGC to grade your orange cobb portraits...just ask SGC what the difference is between an orange cobb and the e90-3 payne and tinker color "variations" that they have graded in the past.
I'd sure like to know.
Robert A