Jason, great questions actually most of the dozen or so SC 350 Factory 30 cards all have had very deep rich colorful images. The later more obscure backs such as Lenox, Old Mill seem to be a bit more on the grainy side.
One thing I have noticed is the layer printing. Example on Murphy’s side burns they added a black strip to the tip, on most cards where the deep brown in his hair transitions into the tip of the side burn you can sort of see it. On others where the brown is less pronounced it almost looks like there’s he died the tips of his burns. LOL
Huge image here
http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn.../Murphy-32.jpg
As for why Murphy, no reason upon going thru some 1000+ T206’s I noticed I had a few versions of him. I also had an older scan in my set and upgraded him twice without realizing I already had nice versions of him. Then when I went thru the extras with the intent to sell I made the joke to Jim I should collect all of his backs…all I would need now is the easy ones Lenox, Drum, BL460 etc. Within a few weeks Jim came up with a few contacts of folks that had these and thanks to the superset Scott B sold me the Lenox. As with most any T206 project before I knew it I was in too deep to back out!
God help me the guy who finds the Red Hindu or Brown Lenox will have me by the short and curly’s after I posted this picture LOL.
All joking aside everyone was awesome and fair I never once felt like anyone was taking advantage of the Murphy addiction, in fact some folks were almost excited to help out.
Cool hobby with good folks even with all the gloom & doom of Pat Chan’s, corner pulls and auction house FBI parties.
Cheers,
John