E90-1 Dots Miller "sunset" variation

[marcdelpercio]

I just picked up a lot of E90-1's and noticed that the Miller card has an unusual variation that I haven't seen before. As you can see in the scan, the card on the right has a red "sunset" pattern that is completely missing from the card on the left. What is strange is that the red print extends well onto his uniform and glove so, if it is intentional, it is some pretty sloppy artwork. The colors throughout the rest of the card are identical on both.

I did a quick search and was able to find only one other "sunset" example. It is identical to my card which would suggest that mine is not just a print freak or anything like that. All the rest I found (25+ other examples) had no red whatsoever, so it would appear, from my brief search at least, that the "sunset" variation is much less common. This also seems strange as, if it was just the case of a missing color pass, I'd think that the correctly colored version would be much more common.

Just wondering if anybody else had noticed this or had other examples or thoughts to share.

[shammus]

It looks to me like you've got a legit variation here. At first I just thought it was a smudge from a red marker or something but if you do a google search for "e90-1 Dots Miller" and then click on the "Images" link, you see a bunch of pictures of the card. I noted several pictured with this variation.

Also, you do that same search for the e92 or e102 Miller, oddly enough, I couldn't find ANY that DIDN'T have the red blotch.

Nice detective work!

[Leon]

Not sure if there is any correlation but my Cocoa, Red Candy and blank back all have the sunset....

[caramelcard]

Interesting Marc. I hadn't noticed that before. Nice pickup!

Rob

[jp1216]

Interesting that all of Leon's have the blue shadow. Neither of Marc's do.

[x2drich2000]

Very cool observation. If you look closely at both of Leon's Crofts, it is slightly red extending above the glove as well. However, neither Leon's blank back or Marc's appears to have any red shading above the glove. Here's my Nadja that clearly has red shading above the glove arm. I know this card exists in a number of other sets. Does anyone have any of the other sets that they could show other than E92 or E90-1? By the way, does anyone have a list of all the sets this card appears in along with a comparison of the difficulty for each?



dj

[ullmandds]

Interesting observtion...I have never noticed! I collect this pose in as many sets as I can. E102 is definitely one of the toughest...if not...The toughest next to e92 red croft or maybe the mino...in my opinion. I was the underbidder on the red crofts in REA...Baaaahhhhh!!!!!

I have 2 of the e90-1's...both sans sunset!!!

For some reason my scans won't upload?

I have e90-1(2) both no sunset
e92 crofts candy(blk), cocoa
e101
e102
e106
t216 mino

I'm missing e92 red crofts, blue crofts, blank, nadja, t216 kotton, VE?