1989 Fleer Randy Johnson #381 Marlboro Errors - 30 Years Later

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Not sure the exact name but it is the second clearest version. There are several posted in this thread and can usually easily be found on eBay. I posted my PSA 9 that I paid around $20 for. Not sure of the exact current value but for a raw one $9500 might be a little overpriced.

Originally Posted by steve5838

This is what I've referred to as the "br2" version. I'm very familiar with the version. With a good light source it is the second clearest version.

Until Kevin's clear version turned up, this is what was always referred to as the "first" version, the original Marlboro error.

I dont see them much anymore, would love to own one again but this is well out of my range.

[steve5838]

I wanted to share something pretty cool with everyone. I was playing around with Adobe Photoshop to see if I could get better pictures of the Marlboro sign on some of the versions. I have no idea what I'm doing with the program but I took a scan of the two blue negative/stencil versions (shown in post #284), added a blue "color range" in Photoshop, and copied the resulting grey scale preview into the jpg file below. It probably means nothing but the result wowed me. The card on the left is one shown in the bottom of the #284 post (from the hand collated sets with the clear find) and the card on the right is the one shown in the top of the #284 post. Thought others might be interested too. Hope everyone has a happy new year.
Steve

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by steve5838

I wanted to share something pretty cool with everyone. I was playing around with Adobe Photoshop to see if I could get better pictures of the Marlboro sign on some of the versions. I have no idea what I'm doing with the program but I took a scan of the two blue negative/stencil versions (shown in post #284), added a blue "color range" in Photoshop, and copied the resulting grey scale preview into the jpg file below. It probably means nothing but the result wowed me. The card on the left is one shown in the bottom of the #284 post (from the hand collated sets with the clear find) and the card on the right is the one shown in the top of the #284 post. Thought others might be interested too. Hope everyone has a happy new year.
Steve

Cool, could you clear up any of the other versions sign area?

[steve5838]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Cool, could you clear up any of the other versions sign area?

I tried to do the same thing with the red negative card I have too but while that showed the Marlboro sign there were a bunch of scratches over it the grey scale picture. Not sure if it is my settings or that a don't have a very good red negative version. I think there are a wider variety of red negative variations than there are blue ones. I couldn't get this to work with any of my regular, non-stencil (i.e., non negative) box versions.