Italian The Dark with White Backs
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 5:28 pm
Italian The Dark exists with normal fronts and blank white unprinted backs.
These cards look very much like artist proofs, however, NO artist proofs were made for this set, which means these are definitely misprints.
The card back was simply not printed on them.
I've seen every card in the set with this misprint except for Angry Mob, Diabolic Machine, Goblin Wizard, Preacher, Rag Man, & Scarwood Bandits.
Each of those cards would have been on the uncommon sheet. (The Dark was made with 2 sheets, common & uncommon.)
I've seen 2 copies of the cards Reflecting Mirror, Riptide, & Wand of Ith. Each of those cards appeared on the sheets multiple times, so there isn't any evidence that more than one of each sheet exists.
Most of these cards that I've seen came from a man in Portugal who purchased them at a flea market because he had not seen cards like these before. They seem to have come from someone who had tried to collect them all.
Separately, I've also seen one (Reflecting Mirror) that a man in Italy had purchased in a collection.
(Edit: A third source of these has been found, more info on that later in the thread.)
I've thoroughly checked the cards under magnification and compared them to regular Italian The Dark cards, and other white back (artist proof) cards I own. These misprints are definitely real cards with unprinted backs. They've not been falsely manufactured or chemically wiped in any way.
I am keeping the Scavenger Folk for my global set, but I want to sell the rest of these.
If anyone is interested in purchasing the whole lot, please let me know.
Yes, Blood Moon and Maze of Ith are included.
If no one contacts me about purchasing the whole lot soon, I'll start auctioning them off one at a time on Facebook and eBay, starting with the cheapest cards and ending with the most expensive cards.
If you're interested in a single card, but not the whole lot, let me know which card(s) and I'll notify you when that card comes up for auction.
If I end up auctioning them one at a time, it may be quite a while before a card that you want gets auctioned.
These cards look very much like artist proofs, however, NO artist proofs were made for this set, which means these are definitely misprints.
The card back was simply not printed on them.
I've seen every card in the set with this misprint except for Angry Mob, Diabolic Machine, Goblin Wizard, Preacher, Rag Man, & Scarwood Bandits.
Each of those cards would have been on the uncommon sheet. (The Dark was made with 2 sheets, common & uncommon.)
I've seen 2 copies of the cards Reflecting Mirror, Riptide, & Wand of Ith. Each of those cards appeared on the sheets multiple times, so there isn't any evidence that more than one of each sheet exists.
Most of these cards that I've seen came from a man in Portugal who purchased them at a flea market because he had not seen cards like these before. They seem to have come from someone who had tried to collect them all.
Separately, I've also seen one (Reflecting Mirror) that a man in Italy had purchased in a collection.
(Edit: A third source of these has been found, more info on that later in the thread.)
I've thoroughly checked the cards under magnification and compared them to regular Italian The Dark cards, and other white back (artist proof) cards I own. These misprints are definitely real cards with unprinted backs. They've not been falsely manufactured or chemically wiped in any way.
I am keeping the Scavenger Folk for my global set, but I want to sell the rest of these.
If anyone is interested in purchasing the whole lot, please let me know.
Yes, Blood Moon and Maze of Ith are included.
If no one contacts me about purchasing the whole lot soon, I'll start auctioning them off one at a time on Facebook and eBay, starting with the cheapest cards and ending with the most expensive cards.
If you're interested in a single card, but not the whole lot, let me know which card(s) and I'll notify you when that card comes up for auction.
If I end up auctioning them one at a time, it may be quite a while before a card that you want gets auctioned.