Opinions on bleaching

[FrankWakefield]

I agree with fkw about white finished surface on the fronts, and ever so slightly cream cardstock on the back, on the white border tobacco cards. And with what he said about the Cracker Jacks.

A worn T206 could be bleached... someone could have been testing or practicing with it. And smelling he card is a good easy test, although long term soaking with repeated water changes can dilute it.

So Tonyo, have you held that card, smelled it?

[bbcarddan]

I have the other version of Tinker and think it may have been bleached.The colors on mine just don`t seem right.Maybe they were bleached by the same person experimenting just to see the results before attempting it on more valuable cards.Now all we need to find are bleached Evers and Chance and we could have a new subset Tinker to Evers to Chance to Clorox!



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[tonyo]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

I agree with fkw about white finished surface on the fronts, and ever so slightly cream cardstock on the back, on the white border tobacco cards. And with what he said about the Cracker Jacks.

A worn T206 could be bleached... someone could have been testing or practicing with it. And smelling he card is a good easy test, although long term soaking with repeated water changes can dilute it.

So Tonyo, have you held that card, smelled it?

I pulled the trigger and bought the card. I'm at the beach now but it should be waiting on me when I get home. I'll give it a good bleach smell test then.

May even chew on it for FUBAR then I might drop it in a pot to make some soup out of it

I appreciate all the advice and humor!

Tony

[asoriano]

In my opinion, I think it looks fine.

And I also smell my cards.

[WillowGrove]

Educational and pretty hysterical thread - good luck with your purchase.

And btw a few years back I actually swallowed a T206 Art Fletcher and got into 3 fist fights and 6 shouting matches in one day! Crazy.