Let's see your color oddities!

shammus · #1 02-10-2023, 10:36 AM

Oh man oh man oh man. Where do I even begin with this....

I've been hunting these sort of oddities down for a couple decades now. If you saw my post in the recent REA pickup thread, you might recall me saying that discovering a new color variation / oddity is my absolute favorite part of the hobby.

I suppose I'll start with "Color vs. B&W" variations. As in, here are cards that should have color but instead turned up B&W....

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shammus · #2 02-10-2023, 10:37 AM

And for good measure, here's a w572 that SHOULD be black and white but actually somehow got a good dose of red....

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Will try to dig out some more favorites later on today....

jsfriedm · #3 02-10-2023, 10:53 AM

Salmon-colored T205 Speaker:

brianp-beme · #4 02-10-2023, 10:57 AM

Here is an 1910 Odbakdity. I like to call it my Color Missing Persons.

Brian (his one white collar also really causes me confusion)

Jay Wolt · #5 02-10-2023, 11:08 AM

Here's 8 diff 1955 Armour coins Reynolds

riggs336 · #6 02-10-2023, 11:15 AM

This is the only one I've seen that wasn't green.

brianp-beme · #7 02-10-2023, 11:18 AM

Here are some additional coloddities that were more resistant to having a new word coined for them. Featuring E90-1, T202 end panels, and the ever popular T206 red/orange dynamic duo.

Brian

bnorth · #8 02-10-2023, 12:02 PM

For many years the weird colored cards were my favorite. Then I learned that 99.99% of cards that are missing yellow or red, the area that should be green is now blue, and the cards that should be red but are now orange are faded.

After I figured out how to tell the difference between faded and a real rare color variation my huge collection of oddballs turned into very few real non faded weird color variations.

G1911 · #9 02-10-2023, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bnorth

For many years the weird colored cards were my favorite. Then I learned that 99.99% of cards that are missing yellow or red, the area that should be green is now blue, and the cards that should be red but are now orange are faded.

After I figured out how to tell the difference between faded and a real rare color variation my huge collection of oddballs turned into very few real non faded weird color variations.

Same boat. The vast majority did not leave the factory that way. Glue or sun created most of these. I have very few I think stand a legitimate chance of being legitimate.

Orange instead of red (and the others) should sell for less, not more. It�s damage.

DeanH3 · #10 02-10-2023, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by G1911

Same boat. The vast majority did not leave the factory that way. Glue or sun created most of these. I have very few I think stand a legitimate chance of being legitimate.

Orange instead of red (and the others) should sell for less, not more. It’s damage.

I have had these same thoughts as well. But then I wonder, why is the color fade so even across the entire card? Wouldn't the color fade be "blotchy" instead of even if it were due to glue or a foreign substance on the back?

And with the sun faded cards I've seen, all of the colors are affected. Yes, some more than others, but the entire card is noticeably faded.

Another thought. If these oddities where due to glue, wouldn't we see more copies since so many cards from this area were stored in albums?

obcmac · #11 02-10-2023, 01:01 PM

Love this one...

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