Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisJOE D
The PINK Chase was printed in the 150/350 Series; and therefore, was the 1st image. The BLUE Chase is in the 350/460 Series.
They used the same photo; obviously, the cropping is different.
PAUL M
To your original question, in the White Cap Matty (150/350 series), Matty's eyebrows are thicker and his hair is a lighter brown.....
and, these subtle printing differences create an image variation from his subsequent Dark Cap version (350/460 series).
I have noticed that Portraits in the 1st Series that are reused in the 350 and 460 Series have subtle differences. A good example of
this is the Elberfeld portrait where he has Brown eyes in the NY version and Blue eyes in the Washington version (350-only Series).
DITTO...... for the brown eyes of the Green Cobb (150/350) vs the bluish eyes of the Red Cobb (350/460).
Indeed, in the 1st Series of 156 cards, they printed with PALE BLUE ink (Waddell is the only exception). In the 350 and 460 Series they
printing with a rich deep BLUE ink....e.g. all three Chase's, Joe Doyle, Dygert, Knabe, Knight, Krause, Lord, Murray, O'Hara, Speaker, etc.
The only difference in the Chase (throwing) cards is the use of White vs Brown coloring. The White Cap version has a White ball in his hand,
while the Dark Cap version has a Brown ball in his hand.
To summarize....I don't really think the image differences are due to different artistic renderings; but, are attributable to the difference in ink
colors in the 1st Series vs the 2nd and 3rd Series, and how these colors were applied.
TED Z