Variation, Errors, Oddities, Variants and Print Dots
Once you get beyond Becketts, SCD and the Registry, the debate you want to avoid about variations versus print defects is unavoidable.
Dick Gilkison put out a publication in 1989 called The Baseball Variation Book, which he updated through 1995. It is very good. I have seen other on-line lists and on this board , Richard ( brightair) has a good list , as does Doug Goodman, also here. I also have one.
I have reviewed all of them, and they all tend to have the basic catalog regulars and many of the well known not in the catalog items. After that they vary quite a bit because everyone has a slightly different definition of what constitutes a variation, or variant, or print defect, or an error. or a glorified print dot that should be considered part of a master set, or just collectible on it's own merit
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