1963 Topps Kaline oddball question

[swarmee]

Most likely just left in the direct sunlight too long, which bleached out the yellow hues. Could have missed the yellow color pass, but I would guess sunlight damage, personally.

[ALR-bishop]

Here are some other examples of what is likely the fade of green to blue mentioned by John. If you do a frorum thread search for Blue Aaron there are a couple of threads discussing this color transition/degradation

due to sun or other lights

[Mark70Z]

I’d think sun faded as well.

[bnorth]

Do you have a way better picture? Looks sun faded to me as well.

[Exhibitman]

Faded. You can make your own with a little time and sunlight.

[Tripredacus]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Faded. You can make your own with a little time and sunlight.

That reminds me to check on my "window cards" experiment.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Tripredacus

That reminds me to check on my "window cards" experiment.

Depends on your windows. Crappy windows will fade a card in a few months, decent windows will take several months to a year with the card placed directly in the window.

Cards faded this way stick out like a sore thump compared to real missing color cards.

Please report back with pics if possible of your experiment.