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08-26-2008, 10:03 AM
Posted By: <b>Bob Lemke</b><p><img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r234/goldflamedpt/Custom%20Card%20Creations%201955%20style/eBay%20stuff/apskybolt.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r234/goldflamedpt/Custom%20Card%20Creations%201955%20style/eBay%20stuff/apskynobolt.jpg"><br /><br />One of my old catalog-days contact, Bob Bazzell from Kentucky, asked me <br />about a variation in 1974 Topps, card #483 Atlanta Braves team card. He <br />has a card that shows what, for lack of a more accurate term, appears <br />to be a lightning bolt in the sky at top-right. His other two cards <br />don't have that "bolt." <br /><br />My examination of the "With Bolt" <br />cards shows there is dot structure within the white streak, indicating <br />the streak was present when the original team pix was half-toned for <br />the printing process. The "No Bolt" card appears, therefore, to be a <br />correction, not only eliminating the "bolt," but touching up the sky <br />color around it, replacing the purple hues with blue.<br /><br />Justin Moen of the current Standard Catalog staff, asked me if I felt <br />this was worthy of inclusion in the big book. I told him my personal <br />opinion was, "No," but that I'd get the information out to this forum <br />to solicit your thoughts.<br /><br /><br />