Opinions on bleaching

[tonyo]

Never had the urge to taste one of the cards.

I sorta helped derail my own thread here. Anyone think this card is bleached? Would anyone care?

[HRBAKER]

It's very possible unless it's a poor scan and yes I would care if I were to pay a non-bleached price for it.

[FUBAR]

it does look like it might be bleached

[Matt]

Odd to me that someone would attempt to bleach that card - it has a big crease, so even if it got the ink out, you're not really making out. Also, it's my understanding that bleaching doesn't make the card whiter then it was originally, so just because a card has a clean border, doesn't mean it was bleached - it might just be less circulated.

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by Matt

Odd to me that someone would attempt to bleach that card - it has a big crease, so even if it got the ink out, you're not really making out. Also, it's my understanding that bleaching doesn't make the card whiter then it was originally, so just because a card has a clean border, doesn't mean it was bleached - it might just be less circulated.

Those are good points and thanks. Seems though that the back would be just as white as the border if it were just uncirculated.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by tonyo

Those are good points and thanks. Seems though that the back would be just as white as the border if it were just uncirculated.

One of the T206 gurus should correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that a T206 back was cream colored out of the package.

[ethicsprof]

i'm with Matt W.
arguments are cogent.


best,
barry

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by Matt

my understanding is that a T206 back was cream colored out of the package.

If confirmed by a guru, I will have learned 2 (more) things today. 1. Out of the package, T206 backs are cream colored while the borders are white (Thanks Matt), and 2. The definition of the word cogent is "appealing forcibly to the mind or reason" (Thanks Barry!)


T.O.