Show...me...your print variations!

[G1911]

Originally Posted by G1911

1959 Topps #431 Whammy Douglas.

Both the yellow splotching and the black dotted lines in the bottom white border are recurring.

Whammy lost an eye as a child, but still made it to the major leagues. He only played int he majors in 1957 with the Pirates, never appearing in a game with the depicted team on his 1959 card.

Updating Whammy. I think there's a lot of different variations. Here are the 3 points of variance

1) The bottom left corner can be complete, be rounded and missing a small piece, or have two small squiggly lines extending for it

2) Black lines come with the light black dashing extending down at an angle like on the top card, be straight and dark, or not exist at all.

3) The yellow block can be present or not present.

There seem to be multiple combinations of these facts, not just the 3 I have.

[Elberson]

1965 topps high 532 hector lopez can be found with or without a yellow line at the bottom

[swarmee]

1966 O-Pee-Chee - [Base] #183 - Checklist [Poor to Fair]
Courtesy of COMC.com

Print bleed on top and bottom, obscuring the card number, since the ball should have white coloring inside.


1966 O-Pee-Chee - [Base] #183 - Checklist [POOR]
Courtesy of COMC.com

[Elberson]

1961 topps 270 bob friend can be found with or without red line at top boarder

[G1911]

Can't remember if its appeared in this thread and search is picking up a ton of results for "Cloyd Boyer" that aren't right, but here's 1952 Topps #280 Cloyd Boyer, with the magenta striping at bottom border RPD.

Boyer happens to complete my 1-310 basic set except for... Willie Mays. Great

[ALR-bishop]

I think Dale may have posted it either in this thread or the 52 Gallery thread. I picked one up after seing that post. Scarce but recurring

[G1911]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I think Dale may have posted it either in this thread or the 52 Gallery thread. I picked one up after seing that post. Scarce but recurring

eBay happens to be unusually rich with them right now at the moment, but I've seen off-center cards of Boyer missing the magenta, so I assume that the mark was only on one of its placements on a full sheet and is thus only possible on Boyer's that came from that particular sheet slot. But what do I know!

[Kevvyg1026]

Originally Posted by Elberson

1965 topps high 532 hector lopez can be found with or without a yellow line at the bottom

I believe that line was a demarcation mark used by Topps to meld the 4x print rows with the 3x print rows. I have seen Sparma, Downing, and Mets team with the yellow line at top. These cards are in the row below the Lopez row. In addition, I have seen Gaines with the yellow line at bottom.

[ALR-bishop]

I collected most of the variants i have at a time I was blissfully unaware of the fact some were actually related. Guys like Cliff and you explained a lot of them

[Elberson]

“You teach me well”…..imagine a yoda voice

[Kevvyg1026]

a couple others from 1965

1965_551.jpg

1965_587_top.jpg

1965_598_top_line.jpg

And from series 6, on the reverse

1965_515_BL.jpg

Truthfully, I didn't really notice these until I was studying my 1968 cards, where this pattern is prevalent. I then went back to other years to discern if it had occurred before. Cliff then educated me about the practice.

1968_3_top_line.jpg

[G1911]

1975 Topps Ron Reed #81 comes with or without a border break and messed up "what" in the quiz question.