1990 Topps Jeff King

[richtree]

Looking to buy one of these, please DM me or email

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[saucywombat]

I assume you saw the one on Ebay for $2k

Its slabbed as "authentic" which is nice but even in perfect condition I don't think you could get more than $700 for it

[ALR-bishop]

Dave--I posted my ungraded one above. What do you suppose authentic means without more of a description ? Authentic all yellow back ? Variation ? Altered ? Not sure what to make of that designation.

At one time Lemke listed it as a variation in the Standard Catalog, but in the last edition with post 1980 listings, 2011, editon 20, there is just a single listing for King but with the notation "correct use of white", which I guess was left in inadvertently after the second listing was removed.

Agree it is just a rare print defect, but apparently recurring and with some hobby recognition

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Dave--I posted my ungraded one above. What do you suppose authentic means without more of a description ? Authentic all yellow back ? Variation ? Altered ? Not sure what to make of that designation.

At one time Lemke listed it as a variation in the Standard Catalog, but in the last edition with post 1980 listings, 2011, editon 20, there is just a single listing for King but with the notation "correct use of white", which I guess was left in inadvertently after the second listing was removed.

Agree it is just a rare print defect, but apparently recurring and with some hobby recognition

PSA recently refused my 1990 Topps with all white backs (no yellow ink) as "manufacturer defect - do not grade" which seems funny considering the exact opposite defect gets slabbed.

[ALR-bishop]

Hard to believe that graders don’t get as excited about these things as we do. What are they thinking ?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by jacksoncoupage

PSA recently refused my 1990 Topps with all white backs (no yellow ink) as "manufacturer defect - do not grade" which seems funny considering the exact opposite defect gets slabbed.

It is weird they don't grade them and label them correctly as a printing error. I suppose with all the print errors people want to grade as some super rare error card it would quickly turn PSA into a complete shit show trying to label them correctly and having to explain to the card owner they have a common printing error and not some super rare special card. I also have some of the 90s with no yellow ink. I even have one with a blank front missing the yellow on the back.

[saucywombat]

I suppose here having it encapsulated as "authentic" would show that it is a real unaltered card. Even if PSA did not note/recognize the variation. Left to the observer to realize the no white back. But I think it helps it marketability as this card is sort of in the realm of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster - not sure that just pictures would change minds.

It is exceptionally rare but I don't think anyone is going to pay 2K for it.

Fun to see it come up though.

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by saucywombat

I suppose here having it encapsulated as "authentic" would show that it is a real unaltered card. Even if PSA did not note/recognize the variation. Left to the observer to realize the no white back. But I think it helps it marketability as this card is sort of in the realm of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster - not sure that just pictures would change minds.

It is exceptionally rare but I don't think anyone is going to pay 2K for it.

Fun to see it come up though.

It is as exceptionally rare as any aesthetically pleasing fish eye or other printing flaw that follows a design pattern, aka, not a weird shape, smear, etc. It matters to a corner of the hobby because Bob Lemke went against protocol and added to the big book. Without that, it wouldn't have the Bigfoot status it does today.

I believe there is a Wathan or some other 1990 Topps yellow excess card on ebay sitting still around $200.