Recurring Print Defect - 1969 Topps 585 Ron Swoboda

[Harliduck]

Picked up a large lot of 69 Topps this weekend (going for my 5th set, obsessed with 69s...) and I noticed a weird streak through the top of #585 Ron Swoboda's card, running through his face. Didn't think much of it...then I had a second Swoboda card...SAME streak. I know this lot of 200 or so cards came from a collector that opened these from packs, so these two cards were most likely from the same wax box...

I went on to Ebay and there are 38 1969 Ron Swoboda's...TWO of them have the same streak...(one is an autographed card). So clearly there is a recurring print defect...probably not super rare but I think it's pretty cool. Was happy to see at least one on Ebay.

Is this a known print defect card? Am I late to this party, and now lucky to have found a couple? Seems a sizable defect...

[Harliduck]

Went to the "SOLD" listings of the card...41 more examples listed, none have the streak...


Here is the autographed card on Ebay...

[savedfrommyspokes]

Nice find John, hadn't seen that one before.

[G1911]

Just picked one up, good find. Thank you!

[Harliduck]

Well...I bought the autographed one cause why not...

Looked through COMC and found only one of all the Swoboda's they have listed (on ebay anyhow)...I'd buy that too but don't want to wait 6 months...




Edit to add - both the COMC and the other raw example I originally saw are both gone...I'm assuming G1911 got one, hope another net54er got the other...now there are none on Ebay...

[G1911]

Guilty, I bought the COMC one @ $3.75 for my lazy master (all genuine variations + recurring defects like this, not doing the white vs. cream stock though).