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05-10-2005 04:55 PM |
1952 Topps Variations
Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>Ok, just for starters, you have 407 different cards with Red<br />Backs; 80 - 1st series cards with Black Backs (#1 - 80); and<br />included in the Black Back run you have interchanged back bios<br />with Joe Page (#48) and Johnny Sain (#49). Then you have the<br />3 - Double-Printed Hi#s - Mantle (#311), Jackie Robinson (#312)<br />and Bobby Thomson (#313). There is a subtle difference on the<br />front of the Mantle cards (his arm has a sheen on one of his<br />two cards and the gold braid which borders his name box is some-<br />what ragged as compared to the other card of him. On the backs<br />of these 3 Hi#s the baseball stitching is different between<br />the two printings.<br /><br />So, if you want be a real serious collector of this set, the<br />above total is: 407 + 80 + 2 + 3 = 492 cards.<br /><br />Furthermore, there are an additional 60 cards cards from this set that<br />qualify as true variations and they are extremely RARE. These<br />60 cards were reprinted from the 3rd series (#131 - 190). These cards<br />were at some time later issued with GRAY cardboard stock (in the<br />initial printing, Topps used bright white cardboard stock).<br />I know only of two collectors who have all 60 of these GRAY back variations;<br /> and, it has taken them over 20 years to acquire all 60 cards.<br /><br />Add these 60 to the 492 and you get 552 cards.
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