Are these two cards the same?

[Oil Can Dan]

Forgive my ignorance but I am interested to hear from more schooled collectors on the impact of a scanner on the appearance of a card. At the risk of sounding accusatory, which is not my intent at all, I am wondering if these two cards are the same:





The colors are obviously different but could the be due to the different scanners/camera? The bottom card sold on ebay on Jan 16 and the top card with the same PSA # is currently listed by the person that won the auction.

Again, I'm not accusing anyone of anything and this is more out of my own ignorance than anything else. I emailed with the current seller and he stated that he's just looking to flip it.

Thanks,
Dan

[Exhibitman]

Probably a scanner setting and/or a scan background difference. Having white behind one card and black behind the other will affect perception of the color.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Agreed that it's just the scanner settings. If you're considering buying it, I would hold out for a better card. Looking at that top right corner ding, no way should that card have ever graded an 8.

[gregr2]

It's either a scanner setting or they loaded it into any number of photo editing software packages and hit the "auto correct" button and it enhanced the color and adjusted the exposure.

[Volod]

I agree - here is a view of the two images side-by-side for easier comparison, along with another shot of the first image, to which I added a slight red overlay. I think a scanner with its color tone shifted a little toward the red end could produce the same change.

[MBMiller25]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, at least when it comes to scan settings. I too believe its the same card. Is it yours, or are you buying it?

[Zach Wheat]

I believe they are likely the same card. It is hard to compare various shades and tones of color with different scanners.

Z Wheat

[Oil Can Dan]

Thanks everyone. It's not mine, I'm considering buying it. But that top right corner does have me wondering though.

I appreciate everyone's input. Like I said, I really have no idea how scanners work and while I didn't think someone was trying to pull a fast one I just wasn't sure why the colors would look so different.