Mr. Burdick's Collection at the Met!

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by Jobu

I disagree, I think the top left is yellow, not orange. And the evidence is that the red and the orange on the upper left are perfectly aligned, which is because they are the same layer. For the upper left corner to actually be orange, the border of the orange pass would have to be non-linear and shoot way left at the top, which it didn't do because that isn't how the printing worked. The fact that the yellow is shifted left explains why there is a light pink slice down the right --- the yellowless red on the right faded to pink, the red and the yellow overlap faded to orange, and the yellow on the left faded to a lighter yellow. The second card posted just shows that there are two sun-faded Cobbs.

Fun discussion, even if we are derailing this thread a bit.

Interesting, but unlikely observations...
Were Sun to bleach/fade ink, it would not pause to decide to attack red-only pigments, but would equally take or lighten sections not colored by the red pass. So you would see the greys and black of the uni also heavily faded, the orange of his hair, certainly to a degree that would be obvious in comparison to other red background cobbs. Even the borders would show difference in tone from sections that were unexposed to heavy enough sunlight to remove a layer of color.
To boot, I've seen at least 4 examples of the 'orange' cobb including mine and the Burdick example, as well as a number of other T206 orange variations from their usual red. LOTG has a nice Chance up right now in their auction that also either got a lighter than usual pass of red or missed altogether.

It will take time for the community to come to agreement, just like with this Aaron, but they'll get there.

[Jobu]

There are definitely cards that are missing color passes and I am not saying that there aren't. And T206 inks weren't always mixed the same either - probably the most famous examples of this are the Hindu red background portraits that are actually red-orange. However, those cards are red-orange with strong colors throughout the card.

On T206, the red ink is the "weakest" - it is the first to change when a card is faded or exposed to chemicals. Black is the most resistant and stays fine through a lot of punishment. The fact that the yellow along the left border fades from top to bottom at the same point the red does makes this a pretty rock solid case of fading. I think all of the colors on both of these Cobbs (minus the red strip at the top of Burdick's) are a bit washed out (though unevenly watched out, as the colors don't fade at the same rate), which suggests sun exposure.

Here are more examples of cards that the sun has washed out only parts of and which are not print goofs. One Cobb clearly shows the outline of an album hinge on the corner. The other Cobb shows that there was something that covered the top and a sliver of the right side, though some light still was able to get under it. The others either had some sort of a clip, tape, or something else that protected that one section and made it fade slower than the rest.

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[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by Jobu

There are definitely cards that are missing color passes and I am not saying that there aren't. And T206 inks weren't always mixed the same either - probably the most famous examples of this are the Hindu red background portraits that are actually red-orange. However, those cards are red-orange with strong colors throughout the card.

On T206, the red ink is the "weakest" - it is the first to change when a card is faded or exposed to chemicals. Black is the most resistant and stays fine through a lot of punishment. The fact that the yellow along the left border fades from top to bottom at the same point the red does makes this a pretty rock solid case of fading. I think all of the colors on both of these Cobbs (minus the red strip at the top of Burdick's) are a bit washed out (though unevenly watched out, as the colors don't fade at the same rate), which suggests sun exposure.

Here are more examples of cards that the sun has washed out only parts of and which are not print goofs. One Cobb clearly shows the outline of an album hinge on the corner. The other Cobb shows that there was something that covered the top and a sliver of the right side, though some light still was able to get under it. The others either had some sort of a clip, tape, or something else that protected that one section and made it fade slower than the rest.

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There are definitely cards that are faded and I am not saying that there aren't ().
I'm just grateful the sun left her sunkissed imprint on the cheeks and lips of these fine young men when all else was blast asunder....