1952 Topps Images of All Variations <Rolling Thread>

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by BillyC_KY

Irv, I tapped out at 4K. Looks like three guys went hard for this. Here is a pic of my House unicorn.

Good luck with the sale! Hopefully it brings more attention to the "key card" in the 1952 topps set

[BillyC_KY]

My card just came back from PSA where I tried to get it crossed over. They refused to give it a yellow Tiger variation. I don’t know how my card got out the door if SGC won’t grade yours. I think PSA didn’t want to mess up the registry with this new addition IMO. If it was your card Ted or Zach what would you do with the card?

[irv]

Originally Posted by BillyC_KY

My card just came back from PSA where I tried to get it crossed over. They refused to give it a yellow Tiger variation. I don’t know how my card got out the door if SGC won’t grade yours. I think PSA didn’t want to mess up the registry with this new addition IMO. If it was your card Ted or Zach what would you do with the card?

Was a reason given as to why, Billy?

[Republicaninmass]

Psa told me I could opt for either yellow tiger or gray back. They wouldn't add both. No reason given.


Sgc told me they only distinguish red/black backs, not gray backs.


Both are true stories

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Psa told me I could opt for either yellow tiger or gray back. They wouldn't add both. No reason given.


Sgc told me they only distinguish red/black backs, not gray backs.


Both are true stories

Ted, this explains a lot. I did not know that.

Irv, I probably would keep it raw. If I had to make a choice between grading companies I would go with PSA and have it slabbed as a House - Yellow Tiger since that distinction over the gray back is more subjective. The gray back "yellow tiger" can't have any red on the tongue or anywhere else on the tiger, as you know and should not have a green tint on the neck. The cream back House - yellow tiger with green tint on the neck seems to be more commonly found, than without the green tint. The gray back House, yellow tiger appears to be found only without the green tint on neck - but so few exist I am not positive.

However, the standards for grading a House with yellow tiger have not been consistently applied at PSA. I have seen some House - yellow tiger cards with slight shades of red on the tongue.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Ted, this explains a lot. I did not know that.

Irv, I probably would keep it raw. If I had to make a choice between grading companies I would go with PSA and have it slabbed as a House - Yellow Tiger since that distinction over the gray back is more subjective. The "yellow tiger" can't have any red on the tongue or anywhere else, as you know and should not have a green tint on the neck. The House with yellow tiger with green tint on the neck seems to be more commonly found, than without the green tint. The gray back House, yellow tiger appears to be found only without the green tint on neck - but so few exist I am not positive.

However, the standards for grading a House with yellow tiger have not been consistently applied at PSA. I have seen some House - yellow tiger cards with slight shades of red on the tongue.

Hi Mike!

I can always hope for registry purposes PSA realizes this should be added to the Super set.

Au contraire monfreir...the Absence of red on the tongue is WHY the neck appears green! if you look under a loupe, you will see the dot pattern is missing the red ink around the tiger and then up towards the neck.

The house SOLID yellow No green is an error, as it was printed this way on the sheet

The house WITH green is a variation, print defect, or man made error as ( I believe) the red was deliberately removed to match the other Tiger on the sheet. It would have been a slow process of stoning off the red mask, and this is why, over the print run, the tiger has less and less red with some (I will call it bleeding) onto his throat.

Since (IMO) the gray backs were printed first, we only have either solid yellow or perfect red. Somewhere along the lines, they decided to try and match the tigers, and it would have been too difficult to just add the red to the yellow tiger, so they starting removing the red from the other one on the sheet.

If you look at the two versions under a loupe the card with no green throat still has the red dot pattern, but the green throat version is missing the red "pixels" for lack of a better term.

I hope that early AM rant is coherent...enough

[ALR-bishop]

Can you imagine what the folks who produced the Topps 1952 set would think about the discussion in this thread ( or in any of the variant/variations threads)

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by BillyC_KY

My card just came back from PSA where I tried to get it crossed over. They refused to give it a yellow Tiger variation. I don’t know how my card got out the door if SGC won’t grade yours. I think PSA didn’t want to mess up the registry with this new addition IMO. If it was your card Ted or Zach what would you do with the card?

Nice card Billy. Wish I had one.