What is a T206 Wet Sheet Transfer???

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

Also Steve. Along the right, white border of the Overall front. There appears to be the outer edge, border line (red?) from an adjacent SC card from the sheet? Very mysterious, this t206 business is.

That line in the right border appears to be where the edge of the card with the Sweet Cap back stopped covering the Overall when they were stacked. The border closest to the image that was covered by the other card is whiter and the outer edge that wasn't covered is more toned as it was exposed.

[Anthony S.]

I found a scan of one of the Beantown Old Mills to which I was referring.

[Abravefan11]

This image is Iggy's card with a Sweet Cap example overlaid to match the transfer. It illustrates pretty well the line Steve was referring to down the right border.

[Leon]

So the hours and hours I spent making this were wasted?

[tedzan]

I am in agreement with Adam W. The inks on most vintage cards do not "run" upon soaking these cards.

Here is my 1949 LEAF "wet sheet tranfer" of Johnny Hopp. It is quite a clear example than most wet sheet tranfers.



Iggy's T206 Overall card most likely occurred when the printer was at the end of a POLAR POLAR press run and
then switched to printing SWEET CAPORAL (SC) sheets.

It's too bad that we can't identify if the SC overprint reads "350-460 Subjects", or some other Series. If it reads
"350-460 Subjects" then it most likely is a wet sheet transfer....since this card of Overall is a 460-Only T206.


TED Z

[iggyman]

Just for the record, the card is not mine. Someone finally pulled the eBay trigger, so here is the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/T206-Polar-Bear-...-/120755153351

By the way, a few years back I was lucky enough to purchase a small scrapbook which had a couple of glued-on T206 cards. I soaked the cards and to my surprise, one of the cards left a wet sheet transfer on a piece of the scrapbook paper. I will post a pic later tonight.

Yes..........I really did put the small piece of scrapbook paper in a top loader for prosperity sake.

Lovely Day...

[atx840]

A few I have picked up over the last few months, personally I just think they are a neat way to collect backs. But no real premium was spent above normal card value.

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by tedzan

It's too bad that we can't identify if the SC overprint reads "350-460 Subjects", or some other Series. If it reads
"350-460 Subjects" then it most likely is a wet sheet transfer....since this card of Overall is a 460-Only T206.

TED Z

Though blurry it can be determined that it is a 350-460 back. The text above "Subjects" is wider than three numbers like "150" or "350" therefore it has to be "350-460."

Also: I don't believe that it makes it "most likely" to be a wet sheet transfer because both the original card and the transferred back were printed during the same series. If the two had been from different series it would have made ruling out a wet sheet transfer easy but in this case it just makes it plausible but IMO still not likely.