PQ and tanning???

[The-Collector]

I have heard it said that cover color/brightness is a poor indicator of pq but is there any correlation? If a book had significant tanning in a scan can I assume it more likely has cream pages? Or are the two phenomenon caused by different things and hence unrelated?

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

Sincerely

 

 

Jake

[Jeffro.]

I imagine there can be some correlation but to what degree I cannot say. I have seen comics with cover tanning that did not have cream (or worse) pages.

 

Given that the cover is a different paper type than the interior, I can see how one would age differently than the other.

 

 

 

[rodan57]

I have heard it said that cover color/brightness is a poor indicator of pq but is there any correlation? If a book had significant tanning in a scan can I assume it more likely has cream pages? Or are the two phenomenon caused by different things and hence unrelated?

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

Sincerely

 

 

Jake

 

I think the causes are the same but the cover is better paper stock than the newsprint insides -- but then the cover has greater exposure to some destructive elements than the insides.

 

This reads a bit like a cop out answer but the scenario is complex.

[jimbo_707]

I've seen books that have very bright outer covers and very fresh, white pages yet exhibit significant tanning on the inner covers, so I believe there may be slightly different causes. I'd love to hear from more board members on this!