T206 - Sun damage?

[steve B]

Missing yellow at least, Maybe another color too.

I really have to get mine out. I compared the scans, and I think yours might be different in a few ways. Either dark blue is missing as well, or the light blue layer is different. And the black layer may be different as well.

I have a couple cards that I'm nearly certain are sun damaged and the only layer that faded was the bright red. Not that others couldn't have, but that's how it seems (The ones I have could also be missing the red, but there was a lot of light exposure, cards near them didn't fade the same way, and a few other things make me unsure.

Chemical exposure can affect different colors, but usually leaves a lot of clues.

Steve B

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Another dumb question, would chemical exposure affect the back, too? I'd think so.

The back might be the cleanest of any of the 40+ T206s I own. I'd suspect I'd see something there, too, but, it's clean as a whistle.

It really is striking how different this seems to be vs. "regular" versions of the card. The yellow is completely gone from mine it seems.

Example of a normal version:

[steve B]

The answer -And it's not a great answer- is maybe.

It would depend on whether the chemical affected the color on the back. So if there was something that would just remove yellow, it wouldn't bother any of the T206 backs. Something that took out blue would affect only a couple backs.

Another thread has an example of a chemically damaged PB where the blue has been removed from part of the back leaving just the black from the dark blue.

I do think your card is missing yellow and isn't damaged by light or chemicals.

Steve B

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I have no idea what I'll do with this information except that it's a good story to tell my kids. So I thank you for your continued feedback.