The Mays ink dot is on the back left part of the card. I forget if all of them have this or just some, however? (bottom left)

Another Mantle with the same spot/ink dot.
The one beside it doesn't have it so I assume there were different runs of this card?
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...Auction-120115
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...Auction-120115

At the risk of Al mocking me endlessly for wandering into this thread (Hi Al!), here is a scan of my 1970 Topps #454 Ron Santo AS card. Note the orange background on the "ALL-STAR" square. I'm going to go look for other examples, but I figured I'd share first.

https://caimages.collectors.com/psai...S_Original.jpg

Found another. I'm sure that the next post will be "Wow, stupid. Have you not read the previous 82 pages of this thread where all we've done is talk about the oh-so-common 1970 Topps orange Ron Santo variation. Geez Louise." It will be as if my post was on the U.S. postage stamp message board and I started with "Have any of you ever heard of a stamp with an upside down aeroplane?"

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/uuYAAO...k5/s-l1600.jpg

Nice find Bob on the orange vs red box....now I will have to go check my copies.

I do think Bob only wanders in here when he is between bridge tournaments.

Bob-- where does the term Geez Louise come from anyway ? Do you watch Thelma and Louise a lot ?

I don't know where it's from, but it's way older than the movie. I wonder if it's a regional thing? I've heard it pretty much my whole life from older family members.

Steve B

I had a friend from my first job (yes, I actually have friends) who was very religious but said "Cheese and rise" rather than J.C. That always amused me. :rolleyes:

71
 

I just bought a nice lot of (500) 1971 BB cards, any expensive/rare variation I should look for?

I wouldn't categorize any of the 71 variations as rare or expensive....most are plentiful IMO

Below is a list of 70s variations that Richard Dingman maintains:

https://sites.google.com/site/richar...ns-1970---1975