T206 Cobb Wet Sheet Transfer...??

[Exhibitman]

I held it and studied it at the National too. It sure as hell looked genuine under a 30x loupe. The only thing that mystified me is how they got a multicolor ghost since they are normally one color wet sheet transfers. I have no theory on that one.

[FrankWakefield]

multicolor transfer plus centering, that isn't a wet sheet transfer. It is the product of cards that have been removed from a cigarette package long ago, collected, then stacked atop one another, and then getting wet.

[drc]

Per what Frank said, each color was printed at a different time, so would seem unlikely all of the inks would have been originally wet at the same time. This explains why wet transfers tend to be one color.

[Bigb13]

Remember guys he stopped the Bender ghost image a few weeks ago so I do not expect it to go the whole way. Rob

[geor952]

I was kidding about watching it to buy. I am pretty sure the seller is not the same owner who had it at the national. I was told, by the dealer who had it at the National, that it was going on ebay, starting at $0.99 on Monday Aug. 3. That is what I wanted to watch, I finally found the auction and was shocked at the price.

[Jantz]

"This explains why wet transfers tend to be one color".

According to Frank, there are no such thing as wet sheet transfers.



Jantz

[FrankWakefield]

There are, Jantz. But every time someone sees a card image on a card, there's a fair chance it is from something other than a wet sheet transfer during the printing phase. Many folks aren't objective about that, they have a card and want it to be some printing variation with an associated boost in value. That isn't what folks want to hear, but that's the reality of it.

[Rob D.]

I think I have a Page's Milk wet-sheet transfer somewhere.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jantz

"This explains why wet transfers tend to be one color".

According to Frank, there are no such thing as wet sheet transfers.



Jantz

I am sure there is no such thing as a wet sheet transfer. They don't exist...This non-wet sheet transfer came from the Mike Berkus collection....

[slantycouch]

Originally Posted by Leon

I am sure there is no such thing as a wet sheet transfer. They don't exist...This non-wet sheet transfer came from the Mike Berkus collection....

Cool! I definitely prefer an inadvertent color run or "monoprint" type example over a wet sheet transfer.

[slantycouch]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I held it and studied it at the National too. It sure as hell looked genuine under a 30x loupe. The only thing that mystified me is how they got a multicolor ghost since they are normally one color wet sheet transfers. I have no theory on that one.

That was exactly my thought. Each color transferring wet, and aligning with perfect registration would have to be a 1-in-a-million chance.

[T206Collector]

a) Whenever you see something like this and it involves Cobb or another major player, you have to be skeptical (check).
b) If you were going to fake this item, you would start on the back of a low grade common (check).
c) The alignment is too good and should be one color.