1991 Topps Baseball Error/Variations question

4reals · #1 10-31-2021, 09:45 PM

Since the price of junk wax went up over the recent hobby surge I stopped looking. I could get an unopened box for less than $20. Now it�s not worth the cost IMO. Over the last 6-12 months I started focusing on the Desert Shield cards to familiarize myself more with those and see if I could identify any similarities, variations, etc.

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deweyinthehall · #2 11-01-2021, 06:52 AM

And in all of that ripping of 1991 Topps, did you ever come across a vintage card or an expired redemption card?

I remember when this stuff was new - every time I'd go into a LCS (there were a LOT more back then) some one would be saying "my friend in Peoria found a '67 Yaz!" and then someone else would say "My friend in Billings said he pulled the '75 Yount and HIS buddy in Texarkana found a '78 Ryan AND a '71 Munson!" - sounded a lot like the college stories of the mythical girlfriend in another state.

Me? I opened a few boxes and didn't find anything. I always thought with my luck, I'd probably get a '90 checklist.

judsonhamlin · #3 11-01-2021, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

And in all of that ripping of 1991 Topps, did you ever come across a vintage card or an expired redemption card?

I remember when this stuff was new - every time I'd go into a LCS (there were a LOT more back then) some one would be saying "my friend in Peoria found a '67 Yaz!" and then someone else would say "My friend in Billings said he pulled the '75 Yount and HIS buddy in Texarkana found a '78 Ryan AND a '71 Munson!" - sounded a lot like the college stories of the mythical girlfriend in another state.

Me? I opened a few boxes and didn't find anything. I always thought with my luck, I'd probably get a '90 checklist.

I actually got a 1990 Joey Meyer. And that�s out of about 30-40 boxes.

butchie_t · #4 11-01-2021, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by judsonhamlin

I actually got a 1990 Joey Meyer. And that�s out of about 30-40 boxes.

So you are saying that I got a chance........

Not a fan of those odds unless the boxes are a buck a piece or less.

Cheers,

saucywombat · #5 11-01-2021, 10:38 AM

About 10 years ago, looking for AB print code variations and the other abundant errors in this set I did pull a 1962 Dallas Green from a wax pack.

JoeDfan · #6 11-01-2021, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

And in all of that ripping of 1991 Topps, did you ever come across a vintage card or an expired redemption card?

I remember when this stuff was new - every time I'd go into a LCS (there were a LOT more back then) some one would be saying "my friend in Peoria found a '67 Yaz!" and then someone else would say "My friend in Billings said he pulled the '75 Yount and HIS buddy in Texarkana found a '78 Ryan AND a '71 Munson!" - sounded a lot like the college stories of the mythical girlfriend in another state.

Me? I opened a few boxes and didn't find anything. I always thought with my luck, I'd probably get a '90 checklist.

When I was a kid, I invariably pulled a Vern Ruhle card out of just about every pack I opened. I must have 50 Ruhle cards kicking around my baseball room somewhere.

A couple of years ago, I did pull a vintage card from a '91 Topps box.
I will let you guess who it was.

If I find my cards, perhaps I will see if I can become the top PSA Vern Ruhle collector.

bnorth · #7 11-01-2021, 12:21 PM

I opened a lot of it back in the day and got a 1988 common.

Rich Klein · #8 11-01-2021, 01:52 PM

After this set, Topps did make sure to have any buy backs cards ID'd with a stamp. You had nowhere to go when you pulled a 1989 common as a friend of mine did get.

And as always, if anyone wants me to go through and break out 1991 Variations of any card let me know and I'll go through the data base and make those changes if we have any in the COMC data base.

Rich

steve B · #9 11-01-2021, 02:41 PM

I don't think there are any truly complete lists.

I'm not familiar with the Keyman one, but the one at Junkwax gems is excellent.

That being said, my batch of them has cards he doesn't list, and some oddball stuff I'm still needing to look into.

Besides those.....

There's the glow backs and non- glow backs, and some that react a very dark red that's hard to tell given using a blacklight in darkness.
A few that have strands in the cardstock that react. I'm still unsure of these.
And a possible thing where the glosscoat may react greenish under a blacklight.

I really have to find my notes and type them up.

butchie_t · #10 11-01-2021, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by steve B

I don't think there are any truly complete lists.

I'm not familiar with the Keyman one, but the one at Junkwax gems is excellent.

That being said, my batch of them has cards he doesn't list, and some oddball stuff I'm still needing to look into.

Besides those.....

There's the glow backs and non- glow backs, and some that react a very dark red that's hard to tell given using a blacklight in darkness.
A few that have strands in the cardstock that react. I'm still unsure of these.
And a possible thing where the glosscoat may react greenish under a blacklight.

I really have to find my notes and type them up.

w w w dot keymancollectibles dot com and find the 91 set. He has a number of the variations listed. I incorporated all three; key man, junk wax and BBCVC Vol. 2.

I went back through my 91 dupes and I found a couple Ben McDonalds that have an extremely hard to see, almost invisible to the eye, logo on the back of two of them.

Old Ben may have to be my poor mans missing Topps Logo back card instead of the Rodriguez and others listed in this thread.

Regards,

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