Caught Sleeping. Who got Tom Jones?

[Pat R]

I would say they're from the same plate but not the same sheet.

[RCMcKenzie]

Pat, can you explain further? I've seen T205's that are o/c with different players, and one's with the same player. I don't know much about the printing process and assumed a sheet was made with an extra dose of green ink. Did they make one sheet at a time and check the quality, or run multiple sheets before looking at the product? Just wondering how many cards were thrown away over the years. I thought a plate was separate from the inking process?

[Exhibitman]

[Pat R]

Hi Rob, the one that Michael posted and the one on ebay have the same
stray print marks that would have come from the same plates so they were
likely in the same sheet position but not on the same sheets but they may have been printed back to back or pretty close to the same time.

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Here's another jones from the same plate that doesn't have the extra green.

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[RCMcKenzie]

Thanks, Pat. I see what you are saying now. It makes me wonder about the BODA examples on blowout that say cards are the same card, when they could be different cards from the same plate. BTW, great card, Adam.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Thanks, Pat. I see what you are saying now. It makes me wonder about the BODA examples on blowout that say cards are the same card, when they could be different cards from the same plate. BTW, great card, Adam.

I think they do a pretty good job of outing most cards but even some marks that seem unique are actually factory marks like the black mark on these Mitchells.

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