Another T206 Old Mill Blue Back??

[Ronnie73]

Here are some additional photos taken with the USB Microscope. Pictures are for name color comparison. Pictures include:

Jack Powell - Sovereign 150 - PSA 2
Jack Powell - EPDG - PSA 1
Jack Powell - Old Mill Blue Back (Print Group 1) - Ungraded, in card saver
Red Kleinow - With Bat - Old Mill (Print Group 1) - Ungraded, in card saver
Wid Conroy - Fielding - Old Mill (Print Group 1) - Ungraded, in card saver

Here is my shared Google Drive link.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...HT?usp=sharing

[tedzan]

Hi Ron

I do not find this unusual. I examined the Walsh card closely under magnification and it looked real to me.

This Powell is just another case of a printer's mistake. The printer was running PIEDMONT back print runs.
Followed by OLD MILL back run, in which he forgot to change the ink to Black. Realized his mistake upon
checking the first printed sheet and stopped the press. And hung up the Blue OLD MILL T206 sheet to dry.

Both Powell and Walsh are from the 150 series. In the future, it wouldn't surprise me if a few more T206's
surface from this series with Blue OLD MILL backs.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hi Ron

I do not find this unusual. I examined the Walsh card closely under magnification and it looked real to me.

This Powell is just another case of a printer's mistake. The printer was running PIEDMONT back print runs.
Followed by OLD MILL back run, in which he forgot to change the ink to Black. Realized his mistake upon
checking the first printed sheet and stopped the press. And hung up the Blue OLD MILL T206 sheet to dry.

Both Powell and Walsh are from the 150 series. In the future, it wouldn't surprise me if a few more T206's
surface from this series with Blue OLD MILL backs.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Sounds reasonable to me.

[RedsFan1941]

and it took only 100+ years for the first one to surface. in the most popular baseball card set of alltime

[MichelaiTorres83]

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

[packs]

I've said it before but I am surprised no one finds it a little too coincidental that the blue Old Mill just happens to be printed by mistake 100 years ago in the same color as reprints made in the 80s. I even found examples of blue Old Mill reprints that were printed with and without the word "reprint" on them. As the old saying goes, if it looks like a duck....

[RedsFan1941]

lots of people find it odd. and those people actually held the card in their hands too

[tedzan]

I'll reprise what I said earlier. And, add to it.

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hi Ron

I do not find this unusual. I examined the Walsh card closely under magnification and it looked real to me.

This Powell is just another case of a printer's mistake. The printer was running PIEDMONT back print runs.
Followed by OLD MILL back run, in which he forgot to change the ink to Black. Realized his mistake upon
checking the first printed sheet and stopped the press. And hung up the Blue OLD MILL T206 sheet to dry.

This was most likely only one such sheet (or perhaps two); therefore, I don't expect us to find duplicates of given subjects.

Both Powell and Walsh are from the 150 series. In the future, it wouldn't surprise me if a few more T206's
surface from this series with Blue OLD MILL backs.
.

Incidentally,
Here's a Lundgren with a Blue OLD MILL back, an obvious reprint (I acquired this one back in the 1990's).


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TED Z

T206 Reference
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[RedsFan1941]

totally possible theory

[packs]

I hate to beat a dead horse BUT I think it's worth pointing out there is a shared characteristic between that Lundgren, the Walsh, and this Powell card: all three have that large space at the bottom of the card, and from what I can tell, the same space.

One is a known reprint, the other two are believe to be authentic. Again, could all be a total coincidence. That's a lot of coincidences though.

[MichelaiTorres83]

Who owned the first one found and where did this card come from?

Was the first one found in 2015?

[MichelaiTorres83]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hi Ron

I do not find this unusual. I examined the Walsh card closely under magnification and it looked real to me.

This Powell is just another case of a printer's mistake. The printer was running PIEDMONT back print runs.
Followed by OLD MILL back run, in which he forgot to change the ink to Black. Realized his mistake upon
checking the first printed sheet and stopped the press. And hung up the Blue OLD MILL T206 sheet to dry.

Both Powell and Walsh are from the 150 series. In the future, it wouldn't surprise me if a few more T206's
surface from this series with Blue OLD MILL backs.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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You make this sound like fact while I believe there is still a lot more info needed to conclude your opinion is correct. In a world where an infinite series of events could occur you nailed it down perfectly not withstanding down to what he had for lunch that day?

[DerekMichael]

That was a cool presentation and a really fascinating find. Who knows, maybe this will turn out to be the new Brown Lenox of T206 rare backs. I am excited to see if all of this materializes into something. I would slab it!

Good luck!

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by MichelaiTorres83

You make this sound like fact while I believe there is still a lot more info needed to conclude your opinion is correct. In a world where an infinite series of events could occur you nailed it down perfectly not withstanding down to what he had for lunch that day?

I worked part-time in a print shop back in my High School days. I do know what goes on in the course of producing printed artwork.


Did you ever work in a print shop....Mr. Torres ! ?


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[atx840]

[packs]

Ah, the photo. Compare that space on the bottom of the back on the Walsh to the same space on the Lundgren and the same space on the Powell.

[MichelaiTorres83]

Originally Posted by tedzan

I worked part-time in a print shop back in my High School days. I do know what goes on in the course of producing printed artwork.


Did you ever work in a print shop....Mr. Torres ! ?


TED Z

T206 Reference
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In fact I did. That doesn't mean that because I have a theory, that is what happened. I am intelligent enough to know the difference. Are you Mr Zandikas !

[MichelaiTorres83]

Originally Posted by tedzan

I worked part-time in a print shop back in my High School days. I do know what goes on in the course of producing printed artwork.


Did you ever work in a print shop....Mr. Torres ! ?


TED Z

T206 Reference
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dOHEw8izno

[mrvster]

I have been on the fence with this one from the first one.......I , for the first time , not really sure???

I have always sided with "NO" .....but, it is plausible....



I'm 60 % no and 40 % yes

[Ronnie73]

Great discussion so far, along with humor lol. I think I had chicken wings that day. I'll try to get some large scans of the card front and back along with comparing the blue ink with Piedmont and Polar Bear ink later tonight. As I hold the card in my hand, what do I personally think? Well, if it had black ink on the back, I wouldn't question it as a 100% real T206. Now factor in the blue. Still looks real.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by MichelaiTorres83

You make this sound like fact while I believe there is still a lot more info needed to conclude your opinion is correct. In a world where an infinite series of events could occur you nailed it down perfectly not withstanding down to what he had for lunch that day?

That being said, I believe Teds explanation is either what happened, or very close to it. Personally I've leaned more towards a poor cleanup of a mistake causing dark blue from contamination.

The time to remove the piedmont stone, install the Old mill stone, then setup and adjust would probably lead to having a mess with dried ink messing things up.


(I also worked in a print shop, one that cross trained us so I eventually got to do each step in the process for a short time. Not much had really changed between 1910 and the 1980-81)

[MichelaiTorres83]

Originally Posted by steve B

That being said, I believe Teds explanation is either what happened, or very close to it. Personally I've leaned more towards a poor cleanup of a mistake causing dark blue from contamination.

The time to remove the piedmont stone, install the Old mill stone, then setup and adjust would probably lead to having a mess with dried ink messing things up.


(I also worked in a print shop, one that cross trained us so I eventually got to do each step in the process for a short time. Not much had really changed between 1910 and the 1980-81)

I do not disagree it is possible. It might even be probable but it is all just conjecture. My only point was that it was written as fact and it shouldn’t be. Next thing you know you have an auction house using it in a description so on and so forth.

He then proceeded to bold font exclamation point some holiday inn type whack ass credentials in a pit bull fight type manner about how he is more right than me like a child. It is not the first time I have seen this behavior. Hey. If he wants to measure weiners with other people to make people think he has won an argument that is fine. When it happens to me I will not tolerate it and I will point it out for what it is.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by MichelaiTorres83

I do not disagree it is possible. It might even be probable but it is all just conjecture. My only point was that it was written as fact and it shouldn’t be. Next thing you know you have an auction house using it in a description so on and so forth.

He then proceeded to bold font exclamation point some holiday inn type whack ass credentials in a pit bull fight type manner about how he is more right than me like a child. It is not the first time I have seen this behavior. Hey. If he wants to measure weiners with other people to make people think he has won an argument that is fine. When it happens to me I will not tolerate it and I will point it out for what it is.

I can see that.


Ted and I disagree on some T206 stuff, sort of agree on others. I take a really technical approach which isn't always as useful. Ted has the advantage of having handled … Thousands? maybe more than 10,000 having been a collector and dealer for along time. I've gotten used to stuff being stated as absolute. It's not optimal for me, but works better for some. The failing I have is couching stuff I'm quite sure of in less than 100% certain terms.


It is true that we can't always really know just how something happened. But knowing how it usually happened, we can eliminate the very unlikely and focus on the more or most likely.

[Luke]

Great detective work Ron! I saw this video on youtube yesterday and had no idea it was your card. Knowing it's yours and not some random person trying to make a few bucks lends a ton of credibility to it. And it's hard to argue with the scans.

[Ronnie73]

So here are the results!!! 100% no question the ink is the same as Polar Bear ink. Even the Polar Bear back, under a microscope, has small black areas within the blue, just like the Old Mill Blue I have. Here are some comparison pictures.



Here are two USB Microscope pictures of the blue Old Mill and a black Old Mill.


The next picture is of the Old Mill Blue and a Piedmont 350.

And finally, 2 pictures with the Old Mill Blue and a Polar Bear back.


And here are some last minute scans of the front and back in 1200dpi that were requested by Chris (atx840). For some reason they were resized maybe by the webpage. Here are the front and back links.
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...pst3rtbtn1.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...psgqutvylr.jpg


The proof is in the pudding... and I don't have much more pudding than the above. But will still take scanning requests and comparison photos.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

So here are the results!!! 100% no question the ink is the same as Polar Bear ink. Even the Polar Bear back, under a microscope, has small black areas within the blue, just like the Old Mill Blue I have. Here are some comparison pictures.



Here are two USB Microscope pictures of the blue Old Mill and a black Old Mill.


The next picture is of the Old Mill Blue and a Piedmont 350.

And finally, 2 pictures with the Old Mill Blue and a Polar Bear back.


And here are some last minute scans of the front and back in 1200dpi that were requested by Chris (atx840). For some reason they were resized maybe by the webpage. Here are the front and back links.
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...pst3rtbtn1.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...psgqutvylr.jpg


The proof is in the pudding... and I don't have much more pudding than the above. But will still take scanning requests and comparison photos.

You will have to email people the larger high resolution scans. They are too big to upload here. You can post a small section of a high resolution scan though.

[Ronnie73]

The links in my post for the 1200dpi scans should work. I know it won't show the pictures in 1200dpi here. I can also email front/back scans to anyone requesting them. Just PM your email to me.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

If that Powell is fake I'm going to dig a hole and pull the dirt in after me because I clearly can't tell the difference between real and counterfeit anymore.

EDIT: This was based on the hi-res scans

[MichelaiTorres83]

Originally Posted by steve B

That being said, I believe Teds explanation is either what happened, or very close to it. Personally I've leaned more towards a poor cleanup of a mistake causing dark blue from contamination.

The time to remove the piedmont stone, install the Old mill stone, then setup and adjust would probably lead to having a mess with dried ink messing things up.


(I also worked in a print shop, one that cross trained us so I eventually got to do each step in the process for a short time. Not much had really changed between 1910 and the 1980-81)

I will say right now I do not believe it is real but I can be convinced by something more than guessing about how it could have happened then concluding it is real for that reason. I would like to see a full front scan before. I mean, I think that is warranted before carving it in stone as real right?