Some stuff has been accepted for a really long time. The Herrer and Bakep were listed in Ralph Nozakis variation guide in 1975.
Once something is recognized it's difficult to get it unrecognized. Now that I've seen a few examples of each of those I'm with those who consider them printing errors.
I have a more broad definition of variation, and aside from major ones prefer the term varieties. Many of the ones I've found are very minor but are differences similar to the Mantle etc where a card is doubleprinted and there's a small difference between them.
In other hobbies those minor differences are left to specialized catalogs. So there's the catalog that might for instance list all the Topps cards, except that "all" means all the ones from the main Topps set for each year no variations except for really major stuff like the two 79 Bump Wills cards. no inserts, no test or stand alone issues. Then there's catalogs like the standard catalog that list as many of the additional issues as they can and usually more varieties. Then there's stuff available if for instance you wanted to REALLY get into 52 Topps. That one would essentially include every bit of info known to the authors. Like what cards are doubleprints, how to tell the doubleprints apart, every minor variety they can find and what it might be caused by. Like is that frame break a consistent thing from one particular plate, or just a missing bit of border when something got in the way. The first would be listed, the second wouldn't.
Baseball cards has very few pieces written of that last type. A few articles here and there, stuff like footballdudes website, The so far partly private 62 green tint guide, that sort of thing.
I think that's gradually changing as collectors realize that collecting a basic set in mid grade is fairly easy for most sets. Trying to find all the varieties as well adds a bit of challenge and since we're collectively just beginning, the thrill of discovery on occasion.
Steve B
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09-14-2014, 08:48 PM
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