T206 Tinker yellow background

[Bpm0014]

Was looking through my cards and came across this T206 Tinker. I'm assuming it's either missing the red ink OR was one of the latter ones printed during the end of the printing run when the machine was running out of red ink. Is this rare? I've included a picture of a normal "red card" for comparison. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Bpm0014]

Any information at all on this card?? Anybody see one like it before??

[t206blogcom]

There are a number of somewhat recent threads about this, so I'd suggest doing a search as there's a great deal of information about these. There are a number of different opinions from missing ink to sunbleached to chemical reactions (from scrapbook glue or purposeful bleaching). Each example of this would yield clues that one could use to determine the potential cause for the color change.

Here are two examples I recently aquired. Some might say these are missing a color run such as red while others might say it's a chemical reaction from the heavy glue used on the back to place the cards in a scrapbook. Whatever the case (draw your own conclusion), they're neat cards to find and there's a good deal of them out there.

[Runscott]

Here's one I had:

[iggyman]

I'm the wrong person to ask, since I sit on the side of the fence which is convinced that alot of the color variations we see did not come out of the factory that way. Thus, since you want an opinion, your T206 Tinker "in all probability" did not come out of the factory that way. The color red faded, it is as simple as that. Your Tinker would probably sell in the $60 to $75 range on eBay (perhaps a little bit more, since T206 cards are currently hotter then both Barbara Eden and Raquel Welch), no premium should be added for the missing color.

Lovely Day...

[Runscott]

Rich, there are some of each.

Here's a weird one that we discussed about ten years ago. I think it was caused by glue, but it sure looked cool:

[Bpm0014]

Thanks all for the helpful information! Although I am certain that this was not caused by glue or paste (as the back is relatively clean and shows no signs whatsoever of having been in a scrapbook). Maybe the red just faded over time. Thanks again!

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Any information at all on this card?? Anybody see one like it before??

Brendan- Cards that have red backgrounds are commonly found with color variations. I have a Tinker that is Orange/ pink.