73 Topps Baseball Border Gap questions
 

I have been on the lookout for the following 73 Topps cards with border gaps:

128 Ted Sizemore
504 Ed Williams
508 Gates Brown
596 Red Sox Team Card

So far, I have not run across any of the gapped versions. My questions to the variation experts here are:

For 128, 504, and 508. Are the border gaps on these respective cards the same type of many of the others? Double gap or single gap, or is the gap completely different for these cards?

For 596 is the border gap on this card the same as it is on the Giants Team Card or is the gap break in another location on the border?

Have not seen any of the above so far and am wondering, frankly, if I am looking at the cards wrong or assuming that the breaks are basically the same.

A little help please.

Thanks,

Butch

And if someone here has some extras hanging out on their end, I am happy to entertain a trade or a purchase. Along with the Reuss and Fosse smudged versions. Condition is not a condition for these specimens.

Regards.....

I think the Williams was listed in the SCD Standard Catalog before Bob Lemke quit doing border gaps. By Gates Brown do you mean 508. On Williams and Brown the gaps are on both the left and right as is the case for many of the 73 gap issue cards

I do not have a gap for Sizemore, maybe Cliff does. I do have the two below. Note the cleaner version has a green streak in upper left just below white border

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Thanks Al. My finger did not go far enough to the right to get Gates card number. 508 is correct.

Thank you for posting these pictures, this helps quite a bit. And now that I see the Boston Team Card, I can pick that one up pretty quickly. I had seen that variation previously but just was not sure that was it. Most appreciated on my end.

Cheers,

Butch

I’m not aware of a border break on the Sizemore but I have seen several plagued with ink issues, many cards on the first series sheet have ink problems. I always thought of the 73 Red Sox Team card as more of a ‘comet’ streaking across the card but I guess it could be considered a border break.

Thank you for your input Cliff. I think I will stop looking for the Sizemore and refocus on the Williams and Brown. The Boston Team card is a quick get from what I have seen so far. The other two are gonna take a while. Not as easy to come across.

Regards,

Butch

Hi the Williams and Brown are the same; a black gap on the mid bottom left and right side. I have the brown listed in a border break lot on ebay. I probably have the williams around somewhere as well.

I believe the Sizemore error is the red laser across the top?

I am not familiar with the red sox error but I will look into it.

Best,
Ed

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Rather it's the Simmons w the laser top right

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Thanks, I sent you a PM.

Butch,

I went through all of my doubles and found these 73's, I can send you any you need and/or want. The first nine are double border breaks from the fourth series, the next nine are ink errors of Fingers, Alou, Harrah, double border break on Ozark, partial border break on Frisella, ink blob on the Dodgers Team, laser line on Simmons, red ring on Hooton's cap, red dots on Harris, border break on Bahnsen, border break on Bell, slash on Tatum, slash on LaRoche, yellow circle on Carty, A and S missing in TEXAS on Carty.

Cliff, please check your DM inbox. I’m interested in a few of the cards you have posted.

Regards,

Butch