1962 "Bucks" aluminum proof plate

[steve B]

Looks like a portion of one of the plates for a promo flyer. Is it a B+W scan or is it actually black? Pretty odd if it is black. The blank area at the top would be the lower half of a players face, and I'd expect some halftone there.

I might be interested.

Steve B

[mmcgruff]

It is black with a gray bottom.

[bbcard1]

that would square with the printing technology of the time.

[drc]

The black would just be the ink on it. Nothing errant about that. You'll see aluminum proofs for Topps cards from the same period.

[steve B]

But that's exactly what seems odd to me. I'd be surprised to see the promo flyer with a solid black background, but with no shading on the picture sections. It certainly does look like that's what they did though. Thin aluminum with a gray surface on one side is what the plates were like (And probably still are)

Anyone have a pic of the actual flyer?

Steve B

[drc]

I'm confident it's genuine.

[mmcgruff]

I appreciate all your comments on this guys. I paid $30.00 for it off of ebay several years ago and still have the note attached to it from the seller.