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

[JoeBoo]

Not sure this would be considered a "variation" but i always thought the 1979 fronts with 1978 backs were interesting. i am a Winfield collector so wish i had Dave on the front but oh well. I never found much info about these but there's always a few on Ebay. I have seen wrongbacks before but never different years like this.

[ALR-bishop]

Welcome Boo. Most do not consider wrong backs variations, and normally not as sought after. But there are wrong back collectors, usually involving major stars, and wrong year backs are a big plus I would guess. Some have posted wrong backs from non baseball issues. ( baseball on front another sport or non sport issue on back, or other way around)

If you are a Winfield guy here is an odd one

[JoeBoo]

Thanks Al. gotcha. That is an odd one!

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Welcome Boo. Most do not consider wrong backs variations, and normally not as sought after. But there are wrong back collectors, usually involving major stars, and wrong year backs are a big plus I would guess. Some have posted wrong back from non baseball issues. ( baseball on front another sport or non sport issue on back, or other way around)

If you are a Winfield guy here is an odd one

That 86 Topps Winfield isn’t in my top ten of screwups where I had a chance to get something on eBay and didn’t pull the trigger, but it might be #11 .

[swarmee]

Yeah, topps printed some 1989 Football backs with a baseball front as well. But yours is really neat since it's from two different years.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Yeah, topps printed some 1989 Football backs with a baseball front as well. But yours is really neat since it's from two different years.

Back in the mid eighties Baseball Card Magazine had a picture of a badly miscut 1968 Topps baseball card with the top 25% of the card being a 1967 Topps football card. That card freaked me out for about 20-25 years until I learned about Milton Bradley Win-A-Card game cards either here on eBay.

[ALR-bishop]

Freaked out for 20 + years, wow. That explains a lot Cliff

[4reals]

Originally Posted by JoeBoo

Not sure this would be considered a "variation" but i always thought the 1979 fronts with 1978 backs were interesting. i am a Winfield collector so wish i had Dave on the front but oh well. I never found much info about these but there's always a few on Ebay. I have seen wrongbacks before but never different years like this.

I’ve collected blank backs and wrong backs for a long time and 1979 is the only year I’ve seen the wrong year on the back. Mine are 78 as well. As Al mentioned, you can also find some with non-sports from the same year. I’ve personally seen star wars and mork and mindy on the back on 1979 Topps. People paid about $50 a pop for those about 4 years ago if my memory serves correct.





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[steve B]

Originally Posted by JoeBoo

Not sure this would be considered a "variation" but i always thought the 1979 fronts with 1978 backs were interesting. i am a Winfield collector so wish i had Dave on the front but oh well. I never found much info about these but there's always a few on Ebay. I have seen wrongbacks before but never different years like this.

Those are cool, they came from a find by a dealer in 79.

The story I heard was that they routinely visited the dump near one of the printing plants. One day they found a bunch of strips of these.

I bought a strip, but it wasn't packed well at all, just coiled into a box and it got a bit crushed. Still have it somewhere.
All were vertical strips the full sheet height.

78-79 they were using a lot of leftovers for other stuff.
79's with 78 backs
Some with Mork and Mindy "stickers" on the back (I forget if they are 78 or 79)
Sheets of both 78 Baseball and Black hole backs are used to print Bazooka boxes- grocery store verions, about the size of a mac and cheese box.
Probably one or two others I don't know about.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Finally....
While going through another overgraded ebay lot I received today, I finally found the one variation I have been searching for over the past 15+ years. I was muttering to myself about the condition of the cards being 2-3 grades lower than stated when I see the nicest card in the whole group, the 67 Spiezio missing the "Spie". Many of you probably have multiple copies, but this was my first copy of this card. More than got my money's worth out the lot afterall.