T206 Mathewson dark or white cap?

[Throttlesteer]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

I have always preferred the dark cap. The refined artwork is a great way to phrase it. Plus, I think the NY logo on the sleeve adds a lot as well. Both great cards and come down to your personal preference.

Agreed. This is the quintessential Matty card in my opinion. Double-printed or not, it's my choice. A nice, bold copy is one of the most beautiful cards out there...period.

[sreader3]

White Cap is 250/524 in terms of scarcity while Dark Cap is 522/524. As others have alluded to, the scarcity difference is due to White Cap being in the tougher 150/350 subject group whereas Dark Cap is one of the six superprints that received enhanced printing. The price disparity between the two in PSA 5, on average, is more than the $100 you state in your original post. It's more like $500 (with White Cap commanding the higher price, as you might expect). I would say that if you are in the market for a PSA 5 and like the artwork of both equally well (or nearly so), go with White Cap if you can find a nice copy for less than a $500 premium over Dark Cap.

Approaching it a different way, I started pursuing the 520 set in PSA 5 in 2003 in a price-conscious manner and got to 440 before abandoning the project after a dozen years for a more modest HOF subset minus Wags and Plank. I picked-up Dark Cap quite early in the process (in 2006) but never found a copy of White Cap that fit my budget, even though I was willing to pay a decent premium over Dark Cap.

[Mozzie22]

As someone that has neither I definitely prefer the dark cap. Actually looks like him.

[drcy]

dark cap looks better to me