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05-14-2020, 06:16 AM
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Hey Adam! The Howser is definitely a flexichrome "painting" of an original (likely) B&W photo. The notes visible appear to be instructions on how the picture was to be painted, with instructions like "Red KC" and "Black and red stocking - Red Stripe" for the cap insignia and the stripe on the socks. I think they would generally note fine adjustments in the printers proof process, as I have seen proofs where notations on the colors were made. But I will let others more versed on the process chime in!
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05-14-2020, 11:16 AM
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Yup, flexichromed. What they did after I don't know exactly but they cropped it up top (note the top horizontal line on the right side tape) and also (unindicated) a little on each side before adding the neatline and player and team name plates below. It's the best example -- and certainly the most colorful -- of an original Topps flexi I can ever recall seeing.
Last edited by toppcat; 05-14-2020 at 12:53 PM.
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05-15-2020, 09:21 PM
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I think the unissued Pumpsie Green I have is from the same year as the Gentile - I am guessing 1959. Looks like they both would have been suitable in style to the other Sporting News Rookie cards, many of which look to have been flexichromed. Pumpsie did get called up later in 1959 breaking the color barrier for the Red Sox, the last team to do so.
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05-16-2020, 09:47 AM
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My blog post on the Howser is up-thanks again to Rob:
http://www.thetoppsarchives.com/2020...bout-that.html
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05-16-2020, 10:50 AM
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61 Howser
Nice blog post, Dave, I enjoyed reading it and learned a lot from this thread and the blog.
I received the Howser from Heritage. They did a nice job packing and shipping it. It is in a frame with paper-backing from a New Jersey frame shop. I'm hanging it in my office, so I don't want to tear into the back. I'll leave that to the next owner down the line. Rob
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Want to buy or trade for T213-1 (Bob Rhoades) Other Louisiana issues T216 T215 T214 T213 Etc
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05-16-2020, 02:13 PM
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