T206 Christy Mathewson blurry?

[TVBC]

Hi everyone,

Can anyone give me some info on this card? It’s a bit blurry on the face and was wondering if that was an issue and if it affects value?

1664771.jpgThank you!

[Casey2296]

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Welcome to the forum.

The registration would affect value for me, I'm a color, registration, centering, eye appeal collector so that card wouldn't appeal to me.

Some guys just buy the number on the label so it does have value.

[bnorth]

It is blurry because they all the colors did not align properly. It is at the point it might get a little less money than one with good registration. If it was way off they actually bring a good premium.

[Lucas00]

Lots of t206 3s have noticeable creasing and overall look much worse than this card. I don't think you would have any trouble selling this 3 for whatever a standard 3 goes for.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It's relatively minor and in hand would be less noticeable than on an image many times larger than life. I wouldn't expect much of an effect on price.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It's relatively minor and in hand would be less noticeable than on an image many times larger than life. I wouldn't expect much of an effect on price.

Here's a vote for it going a little lower than regular.
But you never know, two people might really want it in auction because of the offset.
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[MVSNYC]

Regardless of the off-registration, your Matty is very nice.

As mentioned above, it's a result of the colored layers being printed offset, not aligned. That Matty is very minor, and likely would sell for a little less than one that has good registration (alternatively, if a card has perfect registration, it'll "sing", and typically command a slight premium). If the offset printing is drastic enough, a "ghost" image is created...and collectors tend to pay a lot for such examples...like this one...