Show...me...your print variations!

1928 Harrington's with and without the apostrophe. Also the backs can be different by an extra offer

[begsu1013]

just picked this up. lower left quarter panel is entirely white...

[variation-man]

looks like it sat in the sun and is faded

[ALR-bishop]

Finally we have a real variation man in this thread

....welcome

[variation-man]

thanks I do many variations and the miscut, faded, etc. are not variations. those are factory errors and mainly worthless. example of a true variation is the 1967 bolin white streak. a miscut card of a 1968 johnny bench rookie card showing half his face is worth zero unless you use it as a conversation piece showing on how bad quality control was back then.

[ALR-bishop]

What is your personal definition of a "true variation " ? Do you think the Bolin was an intentionally corrected error or an unintended recurring print defect, and in either event how could one tell....or does it matter ?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Do you think the Bolin was an intentionally corrected error or an unintended recurring print defect, and in either event how could one tell....or does it matter ?

+1. Nearly all of the 1967 Topps "variation" cards are actually just printing flaw error cards. These include the frontal errors of Bolin, Spiezio, Nen, G. Brown, and the back errors of Marichal, Queen, Belinsky, Phillies Rookie Stars, and Gomez.

[Tripredacus]

Originally Posted by variation-man

looks like it sat in the sun and is faded

red fades first, don't forget.

[Sliphorn]

I know everyone is aware of the green bleed on the back of some, but here is a frontal version difference. The left version has a short blue line to the left of Podres' head and a black mark of some kind in the upper right margin. There is also a border break at the top.

[savedfrommyspokes]

I had not come across this recurring print variation until today....Del has a dark blue line extending from the "M" on his cap across the bill of his cap to his forehead. Found one copy on ebay in addition to my copy.

[ALR-bishop]

Picked some of these up after seeing them on a web site devoted to the 1959 set. Apologize for dark scans...having scanner issues. All are recurring

The Grammas may be a real variation, since the blob appears to have been airbrushed before being eliminated. The Hall has a couple of errant yellow dots. The Finnigan has a black dot on his chin that looks like it is part of the auto but is not and is not present on most cards. It would be clear on a better scan. 198 Davenport...bad back scan, has distinct line extending through back # into bio below. Bessent has a blue line through the 2nd S in his name. Burton 231 (dark scan) has a red tail at the top right of bio box on back. Wise has a red mark under cartoon on back. The Senators card ( dark scan) has a divot out of the W in Washington, a dot above the players to right of Senators and some dark marks right of the logo. These three things are recurring and occur together. On Burdette the L in his name has a tail and on Throneberry there is printers mark, which differs in dimensions, in lower right front border