1971 Topps Blue Border Steve Garvey?

[bnorth]

On my phone but looks to be missing the black ink to me.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by bnorth

On my phone but looks to be missing the black ink to me.

I agree, just like with the "blackless" 82s, the facsimile signature is not present on this card

[mrmopar]

I missed that fact.

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

I agree, just like with the "blackless" 82s, the facsimile signature is not present on this card

The Beckert seems to be missing more than just black, or the Garvey just had a better base color scheme and comes across more colorful w/o black?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

The Beckert seems to be missing more than just black, or the Garvey just had a better base color scheme and comes across more colorful w/o black?

You're right, I didn't notice that. The Beckert definitely has more issues . The Garvey is just missing the black, the Beckert is missing practically every color.

[swarmee]

The Beckert looks like a "Cyan Color Progression Proof." The Garvey just looks like it missed one color pass, but the distinctive one for this issue. Any possibility it's just sun faded or altered?

[Mark70Z]

I believe it's a progression proof.

[mrmopar]

Is that yours? That is cool either way.

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

I believe it's a progression proof.

I did buy it. It was quite hard to pull the trigger at that price, but I really liked the look of it and figure that there can't be too many like that out there, whether it be a printing proof, printing error or other. If it turns out to be fake, well that would just plain suck, but it won't put me in the poor house!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by swarmee

The Beckert looks like a "Cyan Color Progression Proof." The Garvey just looks like it missed one color pass, but the distinctive one for this issue. Any possibility it's just sun faded or altered?

I would say the Steve Garvey is 100% legit. Sun fading would never remove the black and leave the other colors perfect. Also can't imagine any technique that could remove the black ink and leave the cyan under it.

[brob28]

Not sure I like the way that flip looks, appears to me the entire right side is cracked.