No name T206 Frill - share your thoughts

[brianp-beme]

After looking at it under some magnification and at angles, with a little more touchy feely action, those extra white areas seem to be missing the top layer of paper, almost as if having been scraped away. The fact that these areas are so white still make me think the card was subject to some sort of whitening bath, something that did not adversely affect the background coloration.

And like I mentioned previously, the back is much less bold than what my scan seems to have made it, leading me to believe the card was at one time used as a floatation device.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

One further note...that white spot in the background left of Frill's neck, for example, also appears to be missing paper.

Brian

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

After looking at it under some magnification and at angles, with a little more touchy feely action, those extra white areas seem to be missing the top layer of paper, almost as if having been scraped away. The fact that these areas are so white still make me think the card was subject to some sort of whitening bath, something that did not adversely affect the background coloration.

And like I mentioned previously, the back is much less bold than what my scan seems to have made it, leading me to believe the card was at one time used as a floatation device.

Brian

Even here along the border Brian? It looks like maybe some of the pieces that "flaked off are stuck in this area.

You might be right about some kind of chemical that it was soaked in that caused some areas to "flake" off I've seen T206's that were "flaking" that if you wanted to you could probably remove most of the image.

What does caption area look like because as you said there are areas where you can see faint letters.

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[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Even here along the border Brian? It looks like maybe some of the pieces that "flaked off are stuck in this area.

You might be right about some kind of chemical that it was soaked in that caused some areas to "flake" off I've seen T206's that were "flaking" that if you wanted to you could probably remove most of the image.

What does caption area look like because as you said there are areas where you can see faint letters.

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Hi Pat, looking at the bottom border and the bottom right border, those areas also have a somewhat rough and scuffed up appearance. I did have a member PM me that they not only believe that the card was involved in some sort of chemical bath, but that perhaps a cotton swab or something similar was was used to clean the white areas while still wet, and thus perhaps scraping away surface layers.

To me this seem like a very likely scenario.

Brian

[jingram058]

I find myself in agreement with the diagnosis, also it's good that you know the OP well...

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I find myself in agreement with the diagnosis, also it's good that you know the OP well...

I know him just well enough to understand that he does not suffer from a split personality disorder.

Brian

[jcmtiger]

Nice wide borders on that card.

[steve B]

If I remember correctly, silverfish will eat paper often skimming off the surface.

That seems possible here.