Missing Ink

[thehoodedcoder]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

I looked at a few of these, including the Willis and decided to pass because they all had glue residue on the backs. I figured that may have caused the color variation. I'm far from an expert though, and would like to hear from some others.

exactly. they all had glue residue. the seller said they bought it from someone that had them hanging up. the sun faded the red away.

sorry man. they are a no go or I would have snatched them up.

kevin

[Jantz]

So I guess the sun faded the red off of this Niles too?

[thehoodedcoder]

Not necessarily. It depends on the card. Some are actually missing the ink run and others are just missing because of fading or what have you.

There were about 9 to 12 cards in the guys lot that 'appeared' were missing red ink. Its not like the guy had a card shop, or even had more than a handful of baseball card items for sale. What are the odds? Did you buy your lottery ticket?

Not every card was missing completely. Almost all had a faint remnant of red. I discussed this with some other people and everyone was in agreement that they were printed with red and now its gone. The only question was if the grading company would slab them the notation or not.

The one in your screen shot appears legit. There is no staining on the back, no paper loss and zero evidence of red ink any where on the card.

Kevin

[atx840]

Haven't figured this one out yet, back is fairly clean, front has issues...but not sure it was glue.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by atx840

Haven't figured this one out yet, back is fairly clean, front has issues...but not sure it was glue.

There's a group of 350's that come with odd shading or lack of it. I haven't really kept track of which ones yet, but they do turn up often enough that I think it's a particular run that was eventually corrected.

Steve B

[z28jd]

Don't have a scan available Chris, but I have an orange McGinley too.

[steve B]

I bought one group of cards from that batch that also showed missing red, but weren't listed that way.

Obvious glue and back damage, plus the lengthy exposure to sunlight.

I don't totally buy the glue explanation. Especially if the red on the back isn't faded or removed. The same for chemicals used in soaking. Obviously that would only apply to cards with red backs.

What I found interesting about the batch from Ebay is that there's no other fading. The seller had or maybe has a group still on the cardboard that has apparently faded cards next to cards that appear unfaded.

The ones I got have no color at all from the bright red, but the pink is there, and normal as are the other colors.

I looked at them on an angle, thinking that the difference in gloss between the inks and the cardboard surface would show for sure.
But that wasn't definite when I looked at them. (Both Cincinnati players) One showed gloss where the red on the uniform was, one didn't.
I finally found my high power magnifier, so I can take a better look today.
(The kids are fascinated with the 40X , and regularly take it and lose it)

The red from cochineal is colorfast for washing cloth, but isn't good at dealing with light. Unfortunately the time period for T cards was also one when the use of cochineal was changing to newer synthetic pigments. Some of the new ones were worse, but much cheaper, some were much better. And the exact makeup of the ink was a trade secret, so even if we knew what brand ALC preferred, we couldn't know what pigment was used

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Part that will probably draw some negative comments -
It's becoming possible to figure out some approximate ink formulas. There's a group that's begun using spectroscopy to look at the inks used for some stamp issues. The difference between some shades can be thousands of dollars in a few cases. And differences in the hundreds aren't uncommon.
It's still not cheap, but they've already found some surprises. Like a rust brown ink that was assumed to contain rust as the pigment has proven to contain almost no Iron at all.

I know some get down on technology and with good reason, since it's often used by scammers to support their claims. But properly used it can answer a lot of questions.


Steve B

[Gradedcardman]

Well let me say I was intrigued by these in the beginning when first posted. The seller had very good communication with me when I asked questions or requested more scans. Based on that alone I decided to grab a few and see what the pros had to say. All I had graded came back as missing red ink. Specifically the Niles, Spencer and Lindaman. I took the shot because I paid via PayPal and could always of filed a claim should they of been deemed altered. There were also the Cincy players missing the name coloring as well as some St Louis players. Just too many for me to of thought they were chemically altered.

Anyway I am glad I got them and would take the shot again if it came up.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by steve B

There's a group of 350's that come with odd shading or lack of it. I haven't really kept track of which ones yet, but they do turn up often enough that I think it's a particular run that was eventually corrected.

Steve B

It's interesting that you said this Steve because for awhile now I've contemplated starting a thread about the Bill Abstein T206. The majority of them (fronts) that I've seen have a red background, but quite a few, like this one I have, are clearly orange. I don't have a red background Abstein, but will post another card with a red background for comparison purposes.

This Abstein with the orange background is a Piedmont 350 Factory 25. My question is- was this orange background intended to be orange? If it's just missing the red pass, could this possibly be placed on a sheet of other cards from the Piedmont 350 series that are legitimately missing the red pass? Also, since red is a primary color, would they lay down orange just to put red over it? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Sincerely, Clayton

P.S. I posted the back to show there was no glue residue-clean back.

[Jantz]

Now Wonka

If you are going to crop your scans and not show us what it says on the flips, then you cannot play.


Jantz