t206 Ghost Image Help

[dbaks]

I've seen people post ghost images on here for sale. I'm still somewhat of a t206 rookie, especially with oddities. What constitutes a ghost image?

I recently picked up this card....it appears to have a slight ghost image around his nose and head, but I'm not sure. I've seen others of the same card on ebay that don't appear to have this ghost image. Am I looking at it correctly? What sort of value does that add to the card, in general?

Thanks

[shammus]

It appears that the registration for the pink color pass is off ever so slightly. If you look at the right border of the photo area, you'll see that the pink background has a tiny sliver of white next to it between the pink and the black border line....

[Sean]

Originally Posted by shammus

It appears that the registration for the pink color pass is off ever so slightly. If you look at the right border of the photo area, you'll see that the pink background has a tiny sliver of white next to it between the pink and the black border line....

Yes, it's a slight color shift. I don't think a shift that small adds any value.

A more pronounced shift might add a little to the price, but not much.

[Sean]

Sorry I don't have an individual scan. The card on the right, Downey, has a pronounced color shift. You can see that the green color was misaligned when it was applied. A similar thing happened with your card, just not as pronounced. It is not uncommon with these cards.



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[swarmee]

Yeah, that's just a slight misalignment of the sheets during the color process, normally called "registration".

A ghost is when another card is transferred onto a card (normally due to the sheets being set on top of each other while wet).

[dbaks]

Ok cool.....thanks for the info guys! I didn't think I hit the jackpot or anything. Something just looked off when I got it in and looked at it.