No name T206 Frill - share your thoughts

[brianp-beme]

I am pretty sure this T206 Sweet Caporal of Frill in my collection was bleached at some point, causing the blinding white borders, loss of detail on the uniform, the lack of name at the bottom (though if you strain your eyes, a partial imprint can be seen, especially the 'FR' directly under his hand, and the 'ER' of 'AMER'), as well as the fading on the back. In my opinion the scan of the back makes the printing seem bolder than its actual faded condition to the naked eye.

My question is...would the blue and green in the background still maintain such deeper hues after bleaching? The surface in those areas seems to have some glossiness intact, while the white areas feel rough to the touch (advantage raw cards that provide touchy-feely options). Did the bleachist just work the white areas on the card? But the back is evenly faded, as if it was floated in pool of bleachy water. Or does bleach affect printed colors differently? What say ye?

An image of a beat up Frill with normal coloration has been added for comparison.

Brian

[bnorth]

That is weird looking. From just a picture I would have guessed a horribly altered reprint/counterfeit of some kind.

[jingram058]

It would be very difficult to just bleach the borders. That would spread no matter how carefully it was done. Perhaps it was soaked in some mild solution other than bleach?

[Pat R]

I don't know what they used on it but it's strange what it did to different parts of the card. You can see the FR in FRILL and the AMER at the end, it also removed a large portion some of the color on his uniform.

Looking at it closer it looks like some kind of white coloring was added to it.

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[philliesfan]

To me......and I am no expert, but it looks like some type of chemical bath.
Bob

[Eric72]

Perhaps it was an attempt by someone to create a fake "T206 Printing Error." Not suggesting the OP did this, of course. However, it doesn't look like anything that would occur naturally with the T206 printing process.