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

[savedfrommyspokes]

Found this 71 T Hisle card with what looks like some non-factory ink spilled on the card while out in circulation. However, it seems to be a print variant afterall as I was able to locate another copy of this card with what appears to be the same print anomaly but with far less ink. It almost looks like during the printing process someone tried to but was not able to remove all signs of this anomaly in subsequent printings. Anyone else have a copy of either?

[Cliff Bowman]

Battersbox on eBay has a nice copy of the lighter version... well they did two minutes ago anyway .

[irv]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Just picked this up. Busted yellow plate

Notice the white area of where cardinals logo should be yellow, is the same as the yellow in the white name box.
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Hi Ted.

What's your take on my recently purchased Walker Cooper card? Not near as much yellow as yours but I assume the same/similar story?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Found this 71 T Hisle card with what looks like some non-factory ink spilled on the card while out in circulation. However, it seems to be a print variant afterall as I was able to locate another copy of this card with what appears to be the same print anomaly but with far less ink. It almost looks like during the printing process someone tried to but was not able to remove all signs of this anomaly in subsequent printings. Anyone else have a copy of either?

That's a crazy one. There must have been something spilled on some part of the camera equipment for it to have ended up on both the black and magenta plates (maybe others too? )

[Cliff Bowman]

I posted this 1977 Topps recurring print flaw a few years ago on this thread, I figured I would have an update of it with new additions. I still haven't found examples of Charlie Williams, Larry Biittner, Andres Mora, Jim Bibby, Bruce Boisclair, Gaylord Perry, and I am always looking for better examples and upgrades of the ones I have.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Cliff, since you first posted about this, I have found a few....the Roberts, DaVanon and Bibby I had not seen before. What is interesting is that some copies of the same card have varying levels of this anomaly showing. The Foster I show has much less than yours and on the two Dobson cards the difference is quite noticeable. The Bonham and Reed are non-related variants.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Cliff, since you first posted about this, I have found a few....the Roberts, DaVanon and Bibby I had not seen before. What is interesting is that some copies of the same card have varying levels of this anomaly showing. The Foster I show has much less than yours and on the two Dobson cards the difference is quite noticeable. The Bonham and Reed are non-related variants.

You are right about the varying degrees, ideally I am trying to end up with examples that are 50/50 right down the middle. My Alan Foster goes a little too far and I would like to end up with one closer to yours. I have a Boisclair but it doesn't match the pattern at all, too large and it wound up on the wrong side. Your Bibby would fit in perfectly because it is roughly 50/50, and your Dobson would be a better example than mine. I believe you also have an Aurelio Rodriguez that is a better example than mine. The Roberts and the DaVanon are from different sheets, I have some that are from different sheets but they are so rare and random that I haven't been able to pick up patterns of which cards are affected on those sheets. The Bonham is on a different sheet and is recurring. It also affects the Tiant next to it, but it is much less on the Tiant.

[Exhibitman]

Takes a lot to impress me given that I've been chasing printing flaws for years, but these two definitely got my attention:



1971 Topps blackless



1972 Topps flipped stock.

Best of all, got 'em here on the BST.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Takes a lot to impress me given that I've been chasing printing flaws for years, but these two definitely got my attention:

The 1971 looks like a progressive proof to me.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

You are right about the varying degrees, ideally I am trying to end up with examples that are 50/50 right down the middle. My Alan Foster goes a little too far and I would like to end up with one closer to yours. I have a Boisclair but it doesn't match the pattern at all, too large and it wound up on the wrong side. Your Bibby would fit in perfectly because it is roughly 50/50, and your Dobson would be a better example than mine. I believe you also have an Aurelio Rodriguez that is a better example than mine. The Roberts and the DaVanon are from different sheets, I have some that are from different sheets but they are so rare and random that I haven't been able to pick up patterns of which cards are affected on those sheets. The Bonham is on a different sheet and is recurring. It also affects the Tiant next to it, but it is much less on the Tiant.

Thank you for letting me know about the Bonham, I did not know that was recurring. The Meyer card below has a near equal amount of coverage... I also came across the second Meyer with the hat distortion variation/one-off. The Pablo card is interesting because both copies have the recurring mark on the hat, but only one has the has this recurring anomaly. I wonder if a copy exists with the print anomaly and no mark on the hat? I have two with the anomaly and both have the hat flaw. The Hartzell card has what appears to me to be an unrelated spill, but I am not sure it if is part of this anomaly or not....

[Cliff Bowman]

I’ve never seen that 77 Dan Meyer with the print defects on the hat before, it freaked me out when I saw it. Every 77 Pablo Torrealba that I have ever seen with the ink washout flaw also has the lightning bolts by his head, I have never seen with the washout without the bolts.