Another T206 Old Mill Blue Back??

[CW]

Ron, just curious if you plan to hold onto it or sell it or not sure? If you'd rather not share that here, that's obviously fine, too.

It's interesting because being more of a collector than a dealer, you may be torn between having a nice payday or keeping a super rare T206 back oddity in your collection. Either way, it's a good problem to have.

Also, I'm not sure I could wait until the National in July. It would be hard to resist sending it off to SGC to get their opinion on it.

Thanks for the additional scans.

[Ronnie73]

Originally Posted by CW

Ron, just curious if you plan to hold onto it or sell it or not sure? If you'd rather not share that here, that's obviously fine, too.

It's interesting because being more of a collector than a dealer, you may be torn between having a nice payday or keeping a super rare T206 back oddity in your collection. Either way, it's a good problem to have.

Also, I'm not sure I could wait until the National in July. It would be hard to resist sending it off to SGC to get their opinion on it.

Thanks for the additional scans.

Not really sure what I will do with it, if it's graded real. Just being a small part of T206 history is actually enough for me. I'd probably enjoy a nice T206 Plank a bit more. As far as oddities, I have plenty to keep me busy. Owning a majority of the Sweet Caporal No Prints.

Only thing is, I'm more of a PSA guy but question if PSA would even get involved in grading it. If selling it, it would probably be easier to grade with SGC.

[ullmandds]

sure looks legit to me...congrats Ronnie!

[Ronnie73]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

sure looks legit to me...congrats Ronnie!

Thanks Pete!!

[MVSNYC]

When we first discussed the Walsh here in 2012, we (the ones who held it) had said it looked like Polar Bear blue (as noted, it was darker than Piedmont). Appears the same with this Powell.

This hi-res overlapped photos are incredibly detailed. Very cool analysis and presentation.

[Ronnie73]

Here's one more. This is on the flatbed scanner at 1200dpi.

[Ronnie73]

One more on the flatbed scanner. It's odd that it looks closer to the Piedmont on the Flatbed and more like the Polar Bear on the microscope.

[Rhotchkiss]

That last pic is great Ron. It sure does look polar bear(ish) and pretty much proves it’s not piedmont blue.

Now I am no expert (not even close) at when certain backs are issued, so this is a genuine question - were polar bears printed with the same subjects as old mill? Does it matter? I guess my question is, as Ted suggested with Piedmont, is it plausible, based on print groups, that they could have run polar bears and then switched over to old mills without changing ink?