Opinions on bleaching

[Matt]

Odd to me that someone would attempt to bleach that card - it has a big crease, so even if it got the ink out, you're not really making out. Also, it's my understanding that bleaching doesn't make the card whiter then it was originally, so just because a card has a clean border, doesn't mean it was bleached - it might just be less circulated.

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by Matt

Odd to me that someone would attempt to bleach that card - it has a big crease, so even if it got the ink out, you're not really making out. Also, it's my understanding that bleaching doesn't make the card whiter then it was originally, so just because a card has a clean border, doesn't mean it was bleached - it might just be less circulated.

Those are good points and thanks. Seems though that the back would be just as white as the border if it were just uncirculated.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by tonyo

Those are good points and thanks. Seems though that the back would be just as white as the border if it were just uncirculated.

One of the T206 gurus should correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that a T206 back was cream colored out of the package.

[ethicsprof]

i'm with Matt W.
arguments are cogent.


best,
barry

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by Matt

my understanding is that a T206 back was cream colored out of the package.

If confirmed by a guru, I will have learned 2 (more) things today. 1. Out of the package, T206 backs are cream colored while the borders are white (Thanks Matt), and 2. The definition of the word cogent is "appealing forcibly to the mind or reason" (Thanks Barry!)


T.O.

[Tsaiko]

Smelling and tasting your cards are very important, sure, but I can't stress strongly enough the importance of listening to your cards. Just the other day, I put a Bowerman up to my ear and I swear I could hear Fenway Park.

It smelled like rotten hot dogs, so I didn't taste it

[FUBAR]

you can chew on the card and if your teeth get whiter, then it was bleached!

[teetwoohsix]

It is nice to know other collectors also smell their cards (I only do this with T206's).......nothin' like the smell of a 100 year old tobacco card

I'm not an expert, and have never bleached a card, but I would tend to think that card isn't bleached. It may be possible the backside was more exposed to the "elements" than the front? Just a guess,,,,,,,nice card by the way.

And Jim--wow--I didn't realize Sammy looks like that now
What happened? Is that for real?

Clayton

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

you can chew on the card and if your teeth get whiter, then it was bleached!

Now that was clever (not to mention cogent)