Minor, minor, minor 1962 variation

[ALR-bishop]

Good post Ted. Always good to have another printing guru on here. Steve has been great on this stuff

[ALR-bishop]

Carlton mentioned the Bressound as another example of a possible scratch.

This is it. It is not hard to find

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-Topps-2...item258aa106d6

[MuddyMules]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Carlton mentioned the Bressound as another example of a possible scratch.

This is it. It is not hard to find

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-Topps-2...item258aa106d6

Another scratch in the plate, which looks like it turned into a nightmare of an attempt to repair on the press. A new cyan plate was made, which is why the color differentiates from the card on the left to the card on the right (two different make-readies on the same job).

[steve B]

Could be two different places on the sheet.

The ones that don't show the scratch don't have the nick in the top border just above it either.

The color seems to be all over the place, tough to tell from most Ebay scans if it's different, or just looks purple or grayish blue because of inking or registration.

There are a lot more with the scratch than without. Maybe 2/3 of the ones on Ebay have it. Makes me wonder if it wasn't on the mask.

Steve B

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by steve B

Could be two different places on the sheet...There are a lot more with the scratch than without. Maybe 2/3 of the ones on Ebay have it.

Steve B

I found that fewer than 10% of the examples on eBay had this printing error on the day I checked. I believe it was February 24, 2014...however...might be mistaken about the date.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I found that fewer than 10% of the examples on eBay had this printing error on the day I checked. I believe it was February 24, 2014...however...might be mistaken about the date.

That's cool.

I was talking about the Bressoud, but getting an idea of the ratios on the others is good too.

Today's a good day for the scratches. 35 without, 7 with and 8 green tint. Still, only 20% makes it a pretty good one to pick up.

Steve B