T206 Bates Variation?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

It's also possible that Wazoo is right. I've just seen so many cards missing the red that also have glue residue on the back, that I assume the glue removed it.

Another thing that I didn't think of initially is that red backgrounds came out looking differently on Hindus than the other 150 series print runs. A lot of the red background cards like Chance and Elberfeld came out looking orange. So, actually your red was probably pretty faint on the Bates to begin with.

I'm including my Chance Hindu to show what I'm talking about.

I think that I was the underbidder on that Chance. I'm glad you got it. You need it for your Hindu HOF set, much more than I need it.
Here's another example of a Hindu missing the red pass:


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[Sean]

I can't be sure about the Bates card, but I don't think it got the red pass.

[bnorth]

I am not sure if it got the red pass or not but that card is definitely faded.

[Laxcat]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I am not sure if it got the red pass or not but that card is definitely faded.

Thanks for the help, Ben. I agree that it is faded. I still believe that it didn't get the red pass to begin with. I am going to get it slabbed Authentic and keep it. It does none the less look cool. Thanks for everyone's input.