1965 Topps Series 6 semi-high Sheet Reconstruction

[Kevvyg1026]

At least the nomenclature, "hand-cut", that they applied appears to confirm our header card (left-edge) suspicions for several cards

[deweyinthehall]

Joel Horlen is above Stu Miller on at least one of the slits...

[Kevvyg1026]

A miscut of Owens shows a similar mark, so Horlen may above both Owens and Miller somewhere on the two slits.

And there is a miscut of Priddy that looks like Owens is below Priddy.

Strange row pattern!!

[Kevvyg1026]

This is definitely a very frustrating series to attempt a reconstruction for the reasons that Cliff has already pointed out. Obviously, the individual card placements require a lot of miscuts, and there is really a dearth of those. But even the row patterns for the two slits are difficult to fathom.

For example, we know the 7 header (left edge) cards. These are: Owens, Horlen, Howard, Mathews, Priddy, Miller, and Wills. The miscuts found so far suggest:
a. Horlen is above Owens
b. Horlen is above Miller
c. Howard is above Horlen
d. Priddy is above Owens
e. Owens is above Mathews
f. Mathews is above Wills
g. A red card is above Owens (Note: I suspect that this might simply be a color shift of Priddy).

So there are at least two row changes in the slit patterns.

We are certain that two of the three cards printed 4x cards across the two slits are Horlen & Owens, but the third one is TBD. Could it be Priddy? Howard?

We also know that the four of the 7 trail end (last column) cards are: Dodgers RS (4x), Braves RS (Niekro), Javier, and checklist 7 (small print), and strongly suspect that the other 3 are: Law, Giants RS, Mets RS.

Normally, the checklists are somewhat easy to place because they usually have some unusual features, but in this series, we have not been able to determine adjacent cards to the checklists and therefore, we can't even assign the trail cards to their appropriate header cards.

I hate to give up (yes, I probably am), but unless additional miscuts turn up, or some uncut or wrong back material appears, the printing pattern for this series may be lost to posterity.

[deweyinthehall]

This is maddening - one more millimeter would do it.

But, no way to tell which Pirate or Yankee is in the same column as Aguirre...

[Kevvyg1026]

It would be nice (helpful?, lucky?) if it was Mota because then the red card to the right of Howard would be Aguirre. But, I had recorded that the Indians RS was left of Aguirre (can't find that definitive miscut, unfortunately), so, if true, then the card below Aguirre can't be be Mota.

Freese may have a black border card above him at one point, but there is a row change above the Freese-Banks row, so Freese can't be ruled out.

And unfortunately, we know little about the cards surrounding Wood, Law, or Cardwell.

So, this series continues to tanatalize, flummox, confound, and p*** me off.

[Cliff Bowman]

It’s not Law, his baseball is very close to the bio box as can be seen at the top of this page. It can’t be Elston Howard either, so that leaves Clete Boyer, Cardwell, Freese, Mota, and Wood.