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Old 03-12-2023, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Pat R View Post
It's possibly missing a red pass but I really don't think so. I've become very skeptical of these type of cards over the years of seeing them and owning some of them. The chemicals and sun have a different effect on different cards. Besides the red to orange the ones effected by chemicals/sun also all tend to have fading in the lips and face while some of the other colors are effected differently notice how the letters on Armbruster's shirt are blacker on the faded example and Beckley and Pickering's eyes are brown instead of blue in the faded examples.
+1. It's just damage, but it makes for a cool affect and a cool card to pair with a normal one. I love misprints and would like to believe, but almost none of these are 'real'.

These red-to-orange damaged cards are fairly easy to make, for the less honest folks.
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