1952 Topps Images of All Variations <Rolling Thread>

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Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Irv,

I was not aware of the Wilson or Lopat variations. The House yellow Tiger variation comes in both a normal tan back and gray back. The House yellow Tiger version appears to have a green neck version, similar to the one you posted but more pronounced. Your thoughts on rarity of this version are consistent with my understanding, although I am certainly not an expert.

To keep it simple, there are 3 house variations of the yellow tiger

One has varying degree of red loss/green throat most commonly found since shills will sell anything missing a little red as a yellow tiger and psa will label as such easier to track. Topps created this error by hand.

One has normal red on throat but yellow tiger. Rare this is the error/variation on the sheet


One is a gray back with yellow tiger. Extremely rare. First few sheets printed as gray backs with either house NO RED in logo, or RED in logo. No green throat anomaly found in the gray back series. Nobody knows how many gray backs exist, but if house was printed 3x, likely 1 has yellow (no red), other 2 are red