T206 Krause Scrap Insane!!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by boneheadandrube

"quality control was quite good back then"
I have to disagree with this, or at least how its worded. Maybe "quality control was decent for its day" would be my thought.

"New ways to collect T206's because of bad quality control back in the day"
-no name cards
-name on top cards
-two name cards
-completely misscut cards
-miscut backs
-wet sheet transfers (ooh lala)
-missing colors

"Traditional ways to collect T206's because of bad quality control back in the day"
-typographical errors
-dirty print plates (Shappe/Nod)
-missing colors (Sweeney "no B on shower cap")

"Future ways to collect T206's with bad quality control for those trying to be different"
-registration so bad it almost looks like a ghost print (you can tell friends it is)
-registration so bad it has a cool "trippy" look to it
-background color faded (you can tell friends its a variation)
-diamond cuts (bling for newer collectors)

To each his own with this set...
GB

Nicely done.

I've been meaning to write an update to the attached article - at the time it was written, there wasn't as much interest in scraps. I was interested in them from a research perspective - I collected T206's and these cards provided clues as to the origins and 'life' of the set. I never was all that crazy about the wild-looking scraps, as I mainly collect for aesthetics and thought they weren't as great-looking as the executed-as-designed production examples, but I grabbed them and studied them whenever possible. Same for the brown/yellow ones - not a great color combo IMO, but these examples taught us some things.

http://t206themonster.com/Articles.html