Since a can of worms has been opened and it's kind of slow here at the corporate level. The fact that the Dahlen is missing the color red (or faded), is most certainly due to exposure to light/vapors/chemicals as opposed to something done at the factory. Since it cannot be determined with 100% accuracy whether this statement is actually true, it unfortunately renders the value of the card at the level of a normal beater T206 Dahlen (without any sort of a premium added).
On the other hand, the T206 Speaker "partial missing red" looks cool and probably deserves a small premium (since, in my mind it could conceivably happen at the factory level). However, the missing red could also have been caused by exposure to light/vapors/chemicals/ or even doctors. The fact that at least three cards are known to exist, doesn't add that much credibility, since all three cards could have certainly been together in someones shed from the Roosevelt through Reagan years or worst yet, had been together in Pat Chan's museum.
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Last edited by iggyman; 01-13-2012 at 07:41 AM.
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