1970 Seaver Proof?

ejstel · #1 01-08-2024, 02:53 PM

Thanks for the input on the Seaver Super Photo.

I think the only known 1970 non-issued proof photo was the Phil Roof change (I believe that was 1970)

I wonder why they changed it (seems like a good photo for a card).....maybe someone at Topps wanted 68-69-70 to all be a similar presidential head shot photo of Tom?

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G1911 · #2 01-08-2024, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ejstel

I wonder why they changed it (seems like a good photo for a card).....maybe someone at Topps wanted 68-69-70 to all be a similar presidential head shot photo of Tom?

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Advertising material often differs from actual product specifics. I highly doubt Topps employees looked up a players previous cards and carefully selected images for the next set each year, but Seaver was originally designed with a pitching pose in 1968. He and Bob Gibson both posed throwing with the wrong hand; some pre-production examples are known of both. Both pranksters got a portrait shot in the final set, presumably as a result of the trick.

Cliff Bowman · #3 01-08-2024, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ejstel

I think the only known 1970 non-issued proof photo was the Phil Roof change (I believe that was 1970)

According to Keith Olbermann there are three other known 1970 Topps proofs with different photos than the issued cards, Danny Cater, Dick Selma, and Gerry Nyman. I would pay $20 just to see a pic of the Dick Selma in a Cubs uniform.

ALR-bishop · #4 01-08-2024, 04:59 PM

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#5 01-08-2024, 05:02 PM

Here is a 1970 topps super square cut stat back

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