T206 Freaks Beware

bn2cardz · #1 10-31-2012, 08:06 AM

This thread got me thinking about how easy it would be to make a freak. At the very least a WST.

So this morning at work when our printer was idle I ran a very quick test. I used a cobb t206 portrait and printed just the black layer.

As soon as it came out of the printer I put a piece of paper on top and pressed down on the wet ink.

Here is what I got:

The scanner I had quick access to didn't show it very well, so I took a photo with my phone. The photo isn't great but it gets the point across.

The left one is the first press. The right one is the second press. I looked under my loupe 8x magnifier and didn't see any discenrable printing pattern due to it just being a wet ink transfer.

My thought is that if it only took me 10 minutes to do this, how many "Wet Sheet Transfers" could be fake. Or maybe other t206 printing anomalies.

ullmandds · #2 10-31-2012, 08:18 AM

Awesome!!!! Now u should take a t206 beater and repeat your experiment on the card?!

bn2cardz · #3 10-31-2012, 08:31 AM

I had thought about it.
My thought is to really make it look right the card can't have any creases or surface wear. Because if the card had creases or wear and the ink ended up in parts of the card that it shouldn't have ended up would give it away. So the card would have to be an already altered card or at the worst a VG.

Since I would never want the card on the market (or anyone else's hands) I couldn't bring myself to ruin a card just to experiment.

ctownboy · #4 10-31-2012, 10:54 AM

bn2cardz,

Instead of a T206 why not experiment on a newer card? Maybe take a real nice condition 1980 Topps common (as an example) and see if you can recreate a WST on it.

David

Runscott · #5 10-31-2012, 12:00 PM

Did someone say Cy Young?

bn2cardz · #6 10-31-2012, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ctownboy

bn2cardz,

Instead of a T206 why not experiment on a newer card? Maybe take a real nice condition 1980 Topps common (as an example) and see if you can recreate a WST on it.

David

Good Point. If only I could find one...

Leon · #7 10-31-2012, 01:20 PM

This one was a bit more difficult..

bn2cardz · #8 10-31-2012, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

My thought is that if it only took me 10 minutes to do this...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leon

This one was a bit more difficult..

Leon that must have taken at least 20 minutes

bn2cardz · #9 11-02-2012, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ctownboy

bn2cardz,

Instead of a T206 why not experiment on a newer card? Maybe take a real nice condition 1980 Topps common (as an example) and see if you can recreate a WST on it.

David

An 82 Carter DK with a 2012 WST.

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