1966 Topps Don Landrum - Button Trouble
 

I'm putting together a master 1966 set, and the "in between" version of the Landrum card is a bit of a mystery - would appreciate it if someone could possibly post a large, clear scan to show me what exactly I'm looking for - I have the non-airbrushed original version, the fully airbrushed version, but finding the partial is challenging - I assume it's the rarest of the 3?

Speaking of rare 1966 variations - it seems the Indians team without the dot is considerably harder to find than either the Braves or Pirates varieties?

The Indians dot variation is an absolute pain - I still need one. It's far tougher than the other teams.

Deans has a bunch - but those prices...

There's a reason he has several. If one wants to overpay by several multiples, most anything is available at any time!

And therein lies the state of the hobby: the haves, and the have nots. The haves will willfully overpay, gleefully even, but only if it's graded. The have nots, like myself, stick with lower quality raw. There are an awful lot of us have nots. Pretty much a mirror of society, I think. I could not be any happier with my have not collection.

I think Deans pricing is just loony, not a reflection of the price runs in the hobby. Deans has always added a multiplier. I don't know how it works for them, but it clearly does somehow. It's a bizarre business model to make work - charging multiples of what a card sells for elsewhere, of primarily common material, with no gain to the buyer over other reputable sellers.

The first one is the full button version, the second one is the partially airbrushed button, the third one is the completely airbrushed version. The partially airbrushed version looks like a thin O to me.

A bit of a tangent, but I recently had my 'partially airbrushed button' autograph verified...

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Thanks! This helps a lot.

I sure have a lot of neat recurring defects for 66. Anyone interested in creating a common list ?

I was aware of the Indians Team card with and without the dot but I didn’t know that the missing dot was difficult to find. My favorite 1966 Topps recurring print flaws are the Clay Dalrymple ‘pie face’ (very difficult), Jerry Zimmerman ‘green streak’ (not too difficult), and Bob Heffner ‘pink trees’ (very difficult).

Al -

I would love to see a common list put together.

My list is set up similar to Richard Dingman's listing but only contains variations I actually have. For 1966 I have 64 variations on 50 different cards. This includes actual variations such as the trade/no trade cards and many printing variations.

Mine is on an excel spreadsheet.

Mike

Me to me too……..:)

I’m 10 cards away from finishing this set. I like to pick up the variations as I go…. And I almost put together another 5th and 6th series for the fun of it. I’m crazy

Have at least one variant for 1 ,25, 32, 34, 36 (3) 41, 51, ,58 ( 3), 62, 73, 91, 95, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 113, 142, 158, 161, 178, 183, 195, 202, 214, 219, 234, 237, 246, 255, 260, 261, 267, 273, 275, 279, 282, 290, 303, 306, 313, 319, 322, 326, 368, 371, 378, 381, 404, , 428, 432 (3), 435, 437, 444, 517, 522, 582

Thanks for the list Al.

Here is mine: 16, 32(4), 34, 43(2), 48, 51(3), 56, 58(2), 62, 91, 99, 101(2), 102, 103, 104, 113, 125(2), 133, 142(2), 161, 177, 178, 183, 184, 202(2), 226, 238, 260, 261, 274, 279, 290, 303, 306, 313, 319, 326, 371,378, 381, 404, 415, 428(2), 432(2), 437, 444, 517, 522(2), and 582.

Mike