jason.1969
04-23-2019, 06:43 PM
In my research for a SABR blog post I stumbled across a UER from the 1940 Play Ball set that I hadn't seen noted anywhere on the internet or in the Standard Catalog.
I suspect several of you ran across it as you built your own 1940-1941 Play Ball collections, but perhaps it will be new to many of you.
350928
As Lewis is a lefty, the UER is with the 1940 card, not the 1941. Similar to the 1957 Topps Hank Aaron or 1989 Upper Deck Dale Murphy, the issue seems to be a reversed negative. However, the symmetry of the Senators "W" logo on the cap and sleeve makes the error harder to detect than with these other cards.
I had Trading Card DB add the UER to their records since other reversed negative cards generally receive such annotation, even when uncorrected.
My full article is here (https://sabrbaseballcards.blog/2019/04/23/cardboard-crosswalk-1940-41-play-ball/), in case anyone wants to dive deep into the 1940 origins of the 1941 Play Ball set.
And for the heck of it, I made a custom card that corrects the error.
350930
Jason
I suspect several of you ran across it as you built your own 1940-1941 Play Ball collections, but perhaps it will be new to many of you.
350928
As Lewis is a lefty, the UER is with the 1940 card, not the 1941. Similar to the 1957 Topps Hank Aaron or 1989 Upper Deck Dale Murphy, the issue seems to be a reversed negative. However, the symmetry of the Senators "W" logo on the cap and sleeve makes the error harder to detect than with these other cards.
I had Trading Card DB add the UER to their records since other reversed negative cards generally receive such annotation, even when uncorrected.
My full article is here (https://sabrbaseballcards.blog/2019/04/23/cardboard-crosswalk-1940-41-play-ball/), in case anyone wants to dive deep into the 1940 origins of the 1941 Play Ball set.
And for the heck of it, I made a custom card that corrects the error.
350930
Jason