December Pick ups

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Finally, after months of searching, I found a copy of this HOFer's card with the Band-Aid on the forehead

I never knew about this. Is there a story to it?

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

I never knew about this. Is there a story to it?

Several other variation collectors pointed this card out in another thread.....my guess is sometime during the early print runs of these 73s, someone at Topps noticed the BandAid on Al's head. Before more print runs were completed, one of the air brushing guru's at Topps jumped all over the opportunity to artfully "heal" Al's forehead. Not exactly sure how limited this card is, however, just on ebay alone, I looked several times a day for 3+ months for a copy to show up, so my guess is that Topps caught this early on. Another similar variation is the 66 Don Landrum button/no button card.

Thank you Ben.....

[jb67]

savedfrommyspokes, Congrats on landing that Kaline card. I remember reading the thread that someone had started. For sure not an easy one to find.

Here is my latest addition to my Johnny Bench collection. Very happy to find one that is nicely centered both front and back.

[pokerplyr80]

Thanks Chris that is a better picture. Guess I should have just used the one from ebay. The Orange Cal has a total pop of 19 now, 16 unqualified whole grades, a 3.5, and a qualified 5 and 6. I don't know about SGC or BVG but 25-30 total graded sounds about right. Pretty rare either way. Especially for a modern card. There aren't many cards from the 60s or 70s that are worth anything in a 1 or a 3, let alone 1980.

[RCMcKenzie]

That 73 Kaline is awesome...now I want one....here's a 56 Berra I got today...