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1978 Topps Variations
A while back I bought about 10k+ 1978 Topps cards. In going through them, I found several variations such as the Bump Wills card with a marker on the front. I found a few other cards where there also appear to be marks made by Topps during their production process like on the Wills card.
I found 2 of cards 440 Lopes and 3 of 169 Johnson with red marks on the front top edges (so they do not appear to be a isolated print mark). With these two cards, I found another 20-30 of each without the red mark on the front. I have found a few lists which describe several variations from the 78 set, but not these two cards. I have also found comprehensive lists of variations from other years, but not 1978. Has anyone heard of either of these two variations and is there a better list for these type of variations for 78 Topps? |
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Red Marks
Oh Boy, Doug will love these. What I have for 78 is as follows:
23 Wills with and without the black ring between player and trophy 49 Kranepool with or without black line from ball to border 105 Cleveland with white or yellow sleeve 137 Kusick...with large fish eye at Twins 197 Espinosa with all dark Afro or shades of brown 214 Angels---guy in front with yellow/black or black/red stripes 215 Evans ---with or without large G on catcher's shoulder 267 Ault--with one, two or three black lines under U in name 3o0 Carty...with or without a z under Indians 374 Morales...ball stitches black, red or mixed 454 LaRoche Left border green or blue 518 Boggs...with no marks or with pink dot in ball or black dot to left of hat 536 Harrison..with black or red black stitches on ball 540 Carlton...with regular border or large white semi circle 717 Briles--with or without blue blob on front chest ( discussed in SCD article) 725 Bevaqua...with or without large brown mark on shoulder ( discussed in SCD article) I don't know if the red marks are printers marks or errant ink. Here is an example of what i do think is a printers mark ( although scarce, I have seen this one numerous times on ebay with different amounts of the notation showing) Another example of printers notations; Last edited by ALR-bishop; 07-30-2012 at 10:04 AM. |
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Thank you for the list ALR....here are the few additional 78 variations from the list I found(below). Many of the variations you listed were not a part of the incomplete list I found, so your list is very helpful.
I have also seen on ebay listings for the Wills card having the circle partially removed as well. Most of the cards on this additional list appear to be corrections of print defects. For example, the Caldwell card appears to me appears to be more of a corrected print defect and has a nearly equal population. 212 Mike Caldwell A. Black background does not touch top border B. Jagged black background touches top border 520 Larry Hisle A. No stitching/laces on baseball on front B. Red stitching on baseball on front C. Red stitching with black over it on front 522 Dick Williams (unconfirmed) A. Full light black box on front around name B. Partial light black box on front around name C. No black box on front around name 648 Gary Thhmasson A. Blue mark on jersey B. Smaller blue mark on jersey C. No blue mark on jersey 658 Manny Sanguillen A. Red highlights on face B. Normal 684 Ralph Houck A. Green line on shoulder (print flaw) B. No green line on shoulder 725 Kurt Bevacqua A. Faint pink line on shoulder seam B. Airbrushed/Faint C. Completely gone |
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1978 Topps
Hi, Can someone help me ID the variation on: 540 Carlton...with regular border or large white semi circle.
I am not exactly sure what to look for. Thanks John |
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A 78 Hisle with any stitching does not exist, it was never corrected. B. and C. are descriptions of the 78 Jose Morales.
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Now you tell us Cliff, after we all spent 8 years looking
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And Welcome John
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I just now figured out your zinger, the thread is from 2012 and was resurrected yesterday . I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes.
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Cliff, I found that list somewhere, but where I found it 9 years ago escapes me....didn't we figure there were something like 4-6 variations of the Morales?
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