Variation Hounds - the one that got away...

[ALR-bishop]

Bill-- the L in Larry on both seems defective, and it looks like some red ink went astray as well. I would have kept it

On more than one occasion I have thought I saw something in a scan that turned out not to be there

[4reals]

I, too, have made a purchase only to find the scan was poor. Usually, in reagrds to a color tint (yellow, green). What I've found helps with that now is to look at the seller's other cards listed and see if the tint is consistent through all of their scans.

[hcv123]

I had something like that happen in reverse sort of -

A guy had told me he had a 1962 Bazooka box 20 piece variation with Clemente - It is a box I have seen only seen once. When I met him he told me he had made a mistake and the box he had was Aaron, not Clemente. I was DEEPLY disappointed. He asked if I was interested in the Aaron box. I wouldn't have been except it was one of the nicest condition 1962 bazooka boxes I had seen. I was on the fence for a while about buying it. Finally I decided the condition was too good to pass up. I sent it in to PSA to get graded. It graded an 8. BUT WAIT A SECOND! PSA had mislabeled it according to the posted grades as a 1960 box - when I received it, in fact IT WAS a 1960 box! I was so disappointed that it wasn't Clemente, I neglected to notice the fact that in addition to being Aaron it in fact was the MUCH scarcer 1960 Bazooka issue and NOT the 1962!

[brob28]

Originally Posted by hcv123

I had something like that happen in reverse sort of -

A guy had told me he had a 1962 Bazooka box 20 piece variation with Clemente - It is a box I have seen only seen once. When I met him he told me he had made a mistake and the box he had was Aaron, not Clemente. I was DEEPLY disappointed. He asked if I was interested in the Aaron box. I wouldn't have been except it was one of the nicest condition 1962 bazooka boxes I had seen. I was on the fence for a while about buying it. Finally I decided the condition was too good to pass up. I sent it in to PSA to get graded. It graded an 8. BUT WAIT A SECOND! PSA had mislabeled it according to the posted grades as a 1960 box - when I received it, in fact IT WAS a 1960 box! I was so disappointed that it wasn't Clemente, I neglected to notice the fact that in addition to being Aaron it in fact was the MUCH scarcer 1960 Bazooka issue and NOT the 1962!

Now that's a good story Howard, nothing like a pleasant surprise!

[brob28]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Bill-- the L in Larry on both seems defective, and it looks like some red ink went astray as well. I would have kept it

On more than one occasion I have thought I saw something in a scan that turned out not to be there

You're right Al, they are "smeared" - funny how variation hounds find different variations desirable or not. I was all worked up over the "filled in A" such that I overpaid a bit for the card, hence the return. I can get you the ebay sellers information if you're interested.