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Old 07-14-2007, 05:08 AM
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Default Card Bleaching - examples and what to look for

Posted By: Dan Koteles

this is why Iam careful of any Cracker JAcks...especially 14's.

If a 14 is pure white ,it's toast. These should be creamy in border color and have a Jack stain at least somewhere on the card or caramel coloration.

The test would become important on the 15's cause of the mail in coupons and I imagine some would be bleached to believe that it was a fresh mail order card. I like a liitle stain on my JAcks and the T206 Polar Bear cards for the vintage ambience that they give. I would never buy a Polar Bear w/o a stain somewhere due to that I would believe that the card HAS been cleaned.

Adios !

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