Thinking of starting a W554 set

[glchen]

Yea, I revived this thread because earlier Brad said that all sepia's were captioned and all b/w were non-captioned, and wanted to show an exception.

[leftygrove10]

Originally Posted by glchen

Yea, I revived this thread because earlier Brad said that all sepia's were captioned and all b/w were non-captioned, and wanted to show an exception.

Gary:

Do you have sepia captioned and b/w non-captioned images that you can show next to the Gehrig -- preferably from the same camera or scanner that was used to make the Gehrig image above? I want to see the sepia vs black and white differences.

Thanks!

Brad

[glchen]

Brad,

Unfortunately, I don't have a B/W W554. I did also recently pickup a W554 Ruth and Gehrig from ebay with captions, but I sent these to PSA along with the SGC one above. (Basically, I was going to keep the SGC one in its holder, but when I received it, the holder was cracked open during shipping, so I sent it w/ the others to PSA.) I'll post back in a month since it typically takes PSA a month real time for 10 business day submissions. (Note the previous scan was taken from the Baggers auctions, and the ones included here are directly from the ebay auctions.) I do have a 1929 R316 5x7 Gehrig that's B/W that might be able to make a bit of a comparison that I can include.

[glchen]

I've gotten the cards back from PSA, so here are the cards from the same camera. I also have scans if needed from the same scanner. I think the W554's are both sepia, and I've used as a comparison a Kashin 5x7 Photo.

[leftygrove10]

Gary:

Your two Gehrig's do look sepia. It begs the question, "Does a no-caption Gehrig exist in black and white?"

I have two Grove's with caption and they are both sepia. I have two Grove's with no-caption and they are both black and white. So maybe there is a third variation that is sepa without the caption...

That's a nice R316 5x7.... They are hard to find....

[x2drich2000]

Gary,

Do you know why the one Gehrig came back as altered?

dj

[glchen]

Hi DJ, for that Gehrig, the card stock on the W554 is very thick, so that crease down the middle is really a fold that nearly breaks the card in half. On the back side of the card, I had to add tape to make sure that the pieces don't come apart, which is the reason for the Altered Qualifier from PSA.