1982 topps cal Ripken RC color variation ?

[Elberson]

Anybody have any info.

I have 2 blue boarders rc while the green boarders are the correct one.

[swarmee]

Sunbleached which faded out the yellow ink, turning the green to blue.
Not a variation, just damaged.

[brett 75]

If it was faded wouldn’t it have changed the color also in the Baltimore Orioles and Future Stars lettering? Not just the stripes . Not saying it isn’t sun fade but only in that one area?
Brett

[swarmee]

Read it again; sun fading/UV light affects yellow the most. The other areas you point out don't have yellow ink in them, however the portraits do, and those are also faded to remove the yellow.

[bnorth]

I would say 99.999% faded. Only reason I don't say 100% is because of the low quality pictures.

I sure hope you didn't pay a premium for them.

[commishbob]

Sun fade. There's a thread here somewhere that looks at this effect using 58 Aaron cards. Can't seem to find it at the moment but I know it's here

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by commishbob

Sun fade. There's a thread here somewhere that looks at this effect using 58 Aaron cards. Can't seem to find it at the moment but I know it's here

There are several just search "blue Aaron" and they will pop up.

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