I have some albino boarder cards all from base set and I am trying to figure out the value have no idea atm hoping someone can help
a picture would help
Heres something you can use for a reference
the problem with these cards is they can easily be faked, personally i dont value them at all and i’d give that advice to anyone wondering
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I think we all know what they look like but he hasn’t even stated what card let alone put a picture for condition or even authenticity
A boarding school for albino cards? Is that a new PSA service?
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Worthless I’d think.
Interesting, never seen such a border before. you’ve got a “priceless” treasure. what I mean is that it’s probably not gonna hold much value. but you never know, there might be a collector who is after very odd errors, etc. I’d just hold onto it and tell cool stories. Albino card has a weird ring to it though…
Sorry to sound harsh, but Albino is not a thing. A white border is not a natural occurrence. Even if it were, they are extremely easy to forge.
I’ve never heard of this “Albino” thing. They must be counterfeits?
How to make an an “albino” card 101:
and a few months of direct sunlight.
Obviously you would cut the paper better but you get the point. Since there’s no way to differentiate a “real” albino card from a “fake” one, some may designate it a so-called dead collectable.
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Right on the money… 100%
They used to be an interesting and unique “error” card that I set aside as I’d find them, but now they are worthless. Too many kids trying to profit from fakes errors, proxies and whatnot. Darn meddling kids these days… 
Dead collectible for sure.
Do you believe there are any “real” (legitimate) albino cards? The ones I’ve come across have been pretty easy to classify as sun fading and not a printing error.
As far as “albino” cards completely missing a specific color, I’m sure some existed. There used to be a member here that had a Zapdos that seemed like a legitimate copy (was it darkrai?), but you really can’t say 100% nowadays given the changes market has made and the potential value imposed by even supporting the possibility of them being legitimate. Too many fake card makers out there.
“Faded” or reduced border color cards did happen from WOTC. I had pulled several packs of commons of them years ago. I remember reading some plausible hypothesis that the top sheets of the pre-printed border stock were exposed to overhead lights in the warehouse. All of this doesn’t matter though as there are too many fake “errors” floating around now 
Interesting…
Yeah, I’ve definitely seen the color variances of the borders found in shadowless/ base 1st. Seems too common to be only the top sheet of a stack but who knows for sure, it’s an interesting theory. Not sure how faded the cards you pulled were but I have a number that vary from Yellowy Orange to light Yellow in color. Very noticeable next to one another. I always chocked it up to color inconsistencies before they had the process and standards figured out.
Agree with your other points. Sadly albino cards, square cuts and things like these all fall into the same category for me. Won’t touch any of them, even if they are legit.
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Unfortunately those cards are all in storage right now so sharing them would be infeasible.
There are a few variations I’ve found. The cards I pulled had a mustard color that went into ecru, but others have normal printing variances from citrine to canary yellow and golden yellow. They very well could have been a printing defect as opposed to sun fading. It was an interesting hypothesis to consider, and fun to think about 
Agreed. I have some unique errors that I will never sell or even post because of the consequence of asserting value into a card that is replicable.
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Any error you can create yourself like bleaching isn’t an error, its damage.
I consider ink blotches damaged as well but I’m sure people disagree