PWCC auction - OJ Bid McPhee

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

My issue is how do you tell the difference between faded, something that occurred after production, and poorly developed, which is how the card came originally. Remember we're still in fairly early days of photography in general and the VERY early days of mass-produced photography.

Scott, it's an interesting and complicated topic. Here are 2 Bradley's from my collection. These were presumably taken on the same day. One is very faded, and one is very sharp. It does seem that some photoshoots produced sharper images than others, but in this case, I think my Bradley with bat has faded over time.

In keeping somewhat on the original topic, for a free DQ coke at the next National held in Texas, name this n172 subject without looking it up...

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Scott, it's an interesting and complicated topic. Here are 2 Bradley's from my collection. These were presumably taken on the same day. One is very faded, and one is very sharp. It does seem that some photoshoots produced sharper images than others, but in this case, I think my Bradley with bat has faded over time.

In keeping somewhat on the original topic, for a free DQ coke at the next National held in Texas, name this n172 subject without looking it up...

Since these cards are, in essence, photographs it wouldn't be the shoot so much as the development, which is why even identical cards can be so radically different.

I think the good news is that OJ buyers that I have sold to are much more interested in image quality than numeric grade. I've sold 1's for more than 4's.

[RCMcKenzie]

I am certainly not an expert on 19th century photography. I took a photojournalism class in junior high and they had a dark room where we developed the b/w photos we took with 35 mm cameras. If you've ever seen the Columbo episode with Dick Van Dyke, that's about how we did it.

Do you believe that the Bradley with bat that I posted was placed in a pack 130 years ago with the same faded image quality that it has today? I know this topic has come up before, I guess I should go back and look for some old threads.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I believe it's possible, certainly not definite.

[Fred]

That is just so sad and sloppy. It would have been interesting to hear what PSA would have done about it if the person that unwittingly would have paid a grand (or more) would have made a claim on PSA's complete lack of competence in something they are supposed to prevent.

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by Fred

That is just so sad and sloppy. It would have been interesting to hear what PSA would have done about it if the person that unwittingly would have paid a grand (or more) would have made a claim on PSA's complete lack of competence in something they are supposed to prevent.

The claim would have been denied because it should have been obvious to the buyer that the card was not as labeled.