1970 Topps 303 Brant Alyea - Baseball is missing from cartoon on back. Very tough.
1970 Topps 303 Brant Alyea - Baseball is missing from cartoon on back. Very tough.
1970 Topps 537 Joe Morgan - “Pinhole” at top. Extremely tough.
1970 Topps 343 Checklist - Red bat on front. Tough.
1971 Topps 42 Boots Day - Light stanchion airbrushed green. Tough.
1971 Topps 42 Boots Day - Light stanchion airbrushed green. Tough.
1971 Topps 85 Billy Grabarkewitz - No red spot to the right of his cap. Tough.
1971 Topps 85 Billy Grabarkewitz - No red spot to the right of his cap. Tough.
1971 Topps 206 Checklist - Larger distance between top of white box and names. Tough.
1971 Topps 265 Jim Northrup - With dark scratchy area. Stupid tough.
1971 Topps 265 Jim Northrup - With lighter scratchy area. Stupid tough.
1971 Topps 306 Jim Nash - With black blob. Stupid tough.
1971 Topps 306 Jim Nash - With black blob. Stupid tough.
1971 Topps 619 Checklist - With copyright and a wavy, curved black line on helmet. Stupid tough.
1971 Topps 619 Checklist - With copyright and a wavy, curved black line on helmet. Stupid tough.
1972 Topps 18 Juan Pizarro - Green under "C" and "S." Very tough.
1972 Topps 29 Bill Bonham - Green under "C" and "S." Very tough.
1972 Topps 29 Bill Bonham - Green under "C" and "S." Very tough.
1972 Topps 45 Glenn Beckert - Green under "C" and "S." Very tough.
1972 Topps 45 Glenn Beckert - Green under "C" and "S." Very tough.
1972 Topps 117 Cleo James - Green under "C" and "S." Very tough.
1972 Topps 473 Dan McGinn - Top border sheared off. Very tough.
1972 Topps 534 Jim Hickman - Green ‘missing’ from “CUBS.” Stupid tough.
1972 Topps 534 Jim Hickman - Green ‘missing’ from “CUBS.” Stupid tough.
1973 Topps 12 Don Zimmer - Brown background. Tough.
1973 Topps 81 Whitey Lockman - Natural background. Tough.
1973 Topps 96 Doug Griffin - Green streak between legs and “BASE” is partially obliterated. Very tough.
1973 Topps 179 Dick Williams - Natural background. Tough.
1973 Topps 179 Dick Williams - Orange background with all coaches’ ears showing. Extremely tough.
1973 Topps 257 Yogi Berra - Dark background. Tough.
1973 Topps 257 Yogi Berra - Light background with a piece of Yost’s hat brim protruding. (Hardest of the Berra variations to find.) Extremely tough.
1973 Topps 257 Yogi Berra - Light background with a piece of Yost’s hat brim protruding. (Hardest of the Berra variations to find.) Extremely tough.
1973 Topps 280 Al Kaline - Bandage on his forehead. Stupid tough.
1973 Topps 280 Al Kaline - Bandage on his forehead. Stupid tough.
1974 Topps 77 Rich Troedson - Washington. Very tough.
1974 Topps 250 Willie McCovey - Washington. Very tough.
1974 Topps 599 Rookie Pitchers - Washington. Very tough.
1974 Topps 654 Jesus Alou - No position shown. Tough.
And to add a little bit of fun, these guys:
1989 Fleer Bill Ripken - “Fuck Face.”
1989 Fleer Bill Ripken - Partially obscured “Fuck Face.”
Graded Vintage Errors and Variations 1:
1962 Topps 124 Bill Pleis - Green tint. Very tough.
1962 Topps 126 Al Cicotte - Green tint. Very tough.
1962 Topps 137 Babe And Mgr. Huggins - Green tint. Extremely tough.
1962 Topps 143 Greatest Sports Hero - Green tint. Extremely tough.
Graded Vintage Errors and Variations 2:
1962 Topps 146 Don Demeter - Green tint. Very tough.
1962 Topps 173 Chico Fernandez - Green tint. Very tough.
1962 Topps 184 Haywood Sullivan - Green tint. Very tough.
1962 Topps 185 Roland Sheldon - Green tint. Extremely tough.
Graded Vintage Errors and Variations 3:
1962 Topps 458 Bob Buhl - No emblem on hat. Very tough.
1966 Topps 43 Don Landrum - Button partially airbrushed. Stupid tough.
1966 Topps 104 Alex Johnson - No trade statement on back. Stupid tough.
1969 Topps 468 Pirates Rookies - White letter. Stupid tough.
Graded Vintage Errors and Variations 4:
(Granted, the Pafko and Kaline cards aren't graded by legitimate TPG's, but they are in slabs, so I've included them here.)
1952 Topps 1 Andy Pafko - Black back. Off the charts tough.
1967 Topps 223 Mike Ryan - No dot on the "i" in his signature. Very tough.
1973 Topps 280 Al Kaline - Bandage on his forehead. Stupid tough.
