TPGs segregating color backgrounds for e98s and others

[brianp-beme]

Back in the distant collecting day, most collectors didn't think of the set in terms of background colors, so when the TPG's began to make their inroads, it wasn't even thought of or considered...collector's for the most part were just glad to get an example of each card on the checklist. It wasn't until some advanced collectors here on Net54 began showing/telling us about their specific color sets and master color sets did it start to become part of our general collecting consciousness. Then the Black Swamp find (wasn't that an incredible discovery!) made it so we just could no longer ignore the colors anymore. Like you mentioned, T206 cards didn't always have brand/series designation on the flips. It is just another example of the progression of our hobby to more minute aspects and niches, like printing errors, etc. If the TPG's still don't include that info (I don't pay too much attention to the grading game), it certainly reveals that they are still sluggishly behind in responding to the pulse of the hobby.

Brian