2017 Topps Certified Autograph Issues (non signed errors?)

[yanksfan09]

Not sure what to make of the Ted Williams. I don't know if there's possibly any sticker signatures left of his hat the card companies hold maybe for future releases. Obviously he's not making any on card sigs these days. But the Trout card I posted before was a sticker auto. I just am not sure if any unused sticker auto Ted Williams exist or not?

[steve B]

Or maybe intended to be cut and used as the front of a card including a cut sig?

Starting to look like a production problem where the signed cards were used normally, or some regular cards were run through the setup to print the auto info. Is it part of the overall printing or an overprint?

[yanksfan09]

It's part of the card not printed or stamped on top. The print is seamless with rest of image.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

Not sure what to make of the Ted Williams. I don't know if there's possibly any sticker signatures left of his hat the card companies hold maybe for future releases. Obviously he's not making any on card sigs these days. But the Trout card I posted before was a sticker auto. I just am not sure if any unused sticker auto Ted Williams exist or not?

You are right, that card does make no sense at all.

I can't remember any sticker autos of Ted's existing. I don't think the card companies have an issue I can remember them on prior to 2002.

[yanksfan09]

Yea, that card is so weird that I'd think if these cards were totally counterfeit, which I can't see being the case, but if they were any counterfeiter with half a brain should know enough not to make an autograph error like this of Ted Williams in 2017!

Makes me think something weird happened at Topps factory. But again, I really have no clue with these at all!

[yanksfan09]

Just looked now,again for more on ebay saw a Roberto Clemente!

I just bought it...

Maybe I'm crazy, time will tell I guess.

[bnorth]

I find it strange that not a single person on BO has pulled one. Some of those guys bust crazy amounts of wax. Plus there are a few players showing up that there is no way to even have a autographed sticker for let alone on card autos.

This would make sense back in the late 80's/early90's when error cards were popular. Most younger collectors now see them as complete trash. So I find it hard to believe Topps would be doing it on purpose.

I did find the bridge post funny.

[mrmopar]

Maybe these particular cards were configured on a sheet in such a way as to have accidentally received the autograph notation, with no intention of having any signed versions (Clemente & Williams as subjects all but confirm that thought). Seems like a printing error to me.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

Maybe these particular cards were configured on a sheet in such a way as to have accidentally received the autograph notation, with no intention of having any signed versions (Clemente & Williams as subjects all but confirm that thought). Seems like a printing error to me.

Too many things to be a printing error IMO. There is text on the card back about autographs. Not only is there the extra printing on the front there is also a lightened area on the cards for an autograph.