1989 topps Frankline Stubbs - Team name in "white"?

[deweyinthehall]

Thanks to all for the insights.

2 questions - what is this Gilkeson Guide and how does one acquire it?

Also - It would seem, then, that what happened in the case of Stubbs and the other affected Dodgers, WASN'T that the cards were shipped to the printer with white sections (such as the Tigers and White Sox cards in the same set were), but rather the cause of the variations was something to do with what happened at the printers/in the printing process. Does that sound most plausible?

[ALR-bishop]

I do not know if Dick still publishes his Variations book. He first put it out in the mid 80's, I think, and updated it for several years. It covered football and basketball as well.


But there is currently an effort underway by several people to update his work. I started a thread here in the pre 80 section with a link to it. It is available on line and free, and contributions and additions are welcomed

https://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=277792

Also, another poster here, brightair, has some very extensive checklists of baseball variations, although I can not recall what year he stops his listings

https://sites.google.com/site/richar...riations-lists

And Dylan, Jacksoncoupage, has some great listings for more modern cards on his Junk Wax Gems site

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0ge...g0yoZdh5Xhh9o-

[Rich Klein]

I think it's been at least 25-30 years since Dick last did his works. As you have seen, I've been happy to add legit variations to the COMC data base in the past few years so keep them coming. And I'll keep adding them.

Rich