Name Boxes on T207 Cards

[Cozumeleno]

Just realized my full Austin photo never posted. Here it is.

I'll have to check my others once I get home to see if there's a cleaner one with the darker box. This card has a distinctly different color than the rest of it. I'd be inclined to believe it was just darker due to aging/cleanliness if the color matched the border. But this one does not and it's distinctly 'more orange.'

But point taken - I'll check the others I have once I get home tonight to see if there's a brighter one with the darker box.

[Luke]

Just based purely on the scan, I think that Austin just has some unusual wear. The name spot looks like pink/beige to me, and seeing the mold dots on other parts of it makes me think the pink is mold coloration.

I realize you have it in hand and may be seeing something different than I am just looking at a scan. I'm going to take a look at all mine now.

[Cozumeleno]

Thanks, Luke - it definitely could be that. I appreciate you checking yours and I'm going to take a closer look once I get home. I wanted to bring it up in a thread as I've seen probably a dozen such cards. I'll see how pronounced the others may be and try to compare the wear on those as well.

[GeoPoto]

I am not at the same location as these cards so I can't look at them. The scans I have are probably too poor to tell, but I thought I would post them just in case.3601412_11944752_1[2].jpg

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[Cozumeleno]

George - I can definitely see the difference in yours. I can see how it would be hard to tell but having seen mine in person, it's probably easier for me to see it. Were you aware of the difference in them before?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I can see the difference too, but again it is the entire card, which to me is just the vagaries of the printing process as opposed to a variation. Everything on the 2nd Wajo is "browner"

[Cozumeleno]

That could be, Scott. I guess in that case I'd expect the box to simply be a browner shade and not a brighter orange/peach but your point on the print on particular cards vs. the print in the box is well taken.

Just to muddy the water, here are two Birmingham cards. The raw one is mine and the PSA one is not mine (from their site). The PSA one has a darker appearance to me but both boxes are still pretty white. I'll have to see if I can find other examples of cards with darker print but white boxes.

[GeoPoto]

I was not aware. The WaJo appears (again working from scans) to be the only one I have (out of 9 cards across 7 players). I think you just convinced me to hang on to both WaJo's.