79 Murphy
 

Recurring print defect in yellow banner. Would love to know of any other variations/defects with this specific card.

"The Blue And The Grey"
 

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...I was assembling some newly-arrived partial sets into a complete set and came across the card in the middle ; very distinctly blue in hand...I searched E-Bay and it appears to be about two out of ten have that blue hue; there's a gorgeous overpriced "8" with this shade on there now-it even extends to the uniform....he was a great guy and athlete and died 'way 'way too young...

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Musial Rookie Misprint
 

Received this from a recent collection, sent in to PSA and they confirmed it was a misprint. Put card on EBay asking $2500 or best offer just to see who is interested.

Focus , Grasshopper , Focus...
 

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...his last name is really butchered ; a lot of the white lettering is just pure missing as is a lot of the yellow print from "THIRD BASE"...It received a "PSA 6" and is obviously without the Q for faulty registration/focus....might it actually be a PSA 8 (OF) ? but they requested "no Q's"...

..it was already graded when I bought the "some raw/some graded partial set" to play around with..you have to wonder what some people were thinking when they spent $10-$12 dollars plus insured shipping to have a sketchy example like this graded ? Maybe it was a centering weenie ; you know how strange they can be...

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Actually, with that cert number, it was probably graded 15 or so years ago. Might have only been $4 at the time? And their standards on (OF) cards may have changed over time. Definitely think it would be an OF qualifier if submitted now.

Yes , very old serial number
 

Great 48 Musial. I once saw a white background one but couldn't afford it.

1976 Dennis Eckersly: two black dots in bottom border.
https://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/...ersley/1853797

The 1969 #529 Ed Kirkpatrick comes with and without an obvious black mark on the bill of his hat (neither version appears to be more scarce than the other)...

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And it seems that every one of his cards has some pink splotching on the uniform, but the amount of saturation varies greatly.

Here's another minor, but interesting, variation nonetheless. It's actually a variation within a variation...

These cards are traditional 1969 Topps White Letter (WL) #485 Gaylord Perry Variations...

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While these cards are traditional 1969 White Letter (WL) #485 Gaylord Perry Variations with an extra thick blue line present and floating to the right of his cheek...

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They are wickedly tough to find.