It for sure does....until there is one, I will keep using Richard D's list as my non-visual index

Al, does your copy of this card have the same amount obscured on the letter "A"?

I would take the first 100 posts if 11 other guys follow suit and claim 100 posts each. Preferred format:
Year, Set Name, Card #, Player Name, Variation description, Post #

I will get to work on it now.

1953, Topps, 144, Bob Schultz, Different clouds in sky, Post 10
1953, Topps, 164, Frank Shea, Different clouds in sky, Post 10
1956, Topps, 108, Laurin Pepper, Yellow spot on right edge, Post 8
1960, Topps, 52, Dave Philley, ???, Post 8
1960, Topps, 556, Charlie Neal AS, Shadow is see-through, Post 2
1961, Topps, 230, Don Hoak, Green belt/border spots, Post 7
1963, Topps, 79, 1st Series Checklist, ???, Post 8
1969, Topps, 343, Danny Frisella, Back is white, Post 3
1972, Topps, 18, Juan Pizarro, Image has greenish overlay, Post 8
1974, Topps, 1, All-Time HR Leaders, Top border runs, 8
1975, Topps, 223, Robin Yount RC, Print dot below R?, Post 4
1975, Topps, 223, Robin Yount RC, Blue puddle over Y, CU Board
1978, Topps, 197, Nino Espinosa, Afro airbrushed?, Post 8
1978, Topps, 374, Jose Morales, Magenta laces on ball, Post 8
1978, Topps, 540, Steve Carlton, Right border whiteout, Post 8
1990, Topps, 454, Jeff King, Back background completely yellow, Post 4

I may not be as quick as John, but I will take 101 to 200...since it was my dumb idea

John-- are you going to just continue your list in post 1122 ? If so, I will put my list in this post

Yes, once we get them all filled out, we can do a sort and start another thread for the index.

I will take 201-300.

The best move would be to ask the OP to add this nascent (nice usage, huh?) glossary to the very first post. That way it will be readily accessible to everybody in a snap. Updates could be added here and there as his time dictates.

Let's try to have matching formats for a seamless process. I suggest:

Year TAB Company TAB Card # TAB Player Name/Card Title TAB SPACE DASH SPACE What the variation is

Like so:
1969 Topps 500 Mickey Mantle - Last name in white

Joe has not posted a lot recently in here but I think he is still active on the board

1956 Topps 302 Eddie Robinson - Missing stats under “2b” and “3b”
1956 Topps 321 Jim Konstanty - Incomplete green box under “Walks/E.R.Avg.”
1957 Topps 220 Jackie Jensen - Overly green
1957 Topps 353 Cal neeman - Scratchy black mark appears to the right of his hat
1959 Topps 78 Pedro Ramos - Yellow line at top orange border
1960 Topps 39 Earl Averill - White streaks on right side of yellow box
1960 Topps 10 Ernie Banks - Blue printer’s notes (with the word “SECTION”) appear beyond the bottom border
1961 Topps 298 Jim Golden - Card number looks to be “293”
1962 Topps 367 Checklist - Notch of white missing in upper left
1962 Topps 367 Checklist - Notch of white missing in lower right
1962 Topps 252 Fred Scherman - Stray yellow dots under team name
1963 Topps 173 Bombers’ Best - Bat at Mickey’s crotch sort of fades into his pants
1963 Topps 39 Angels Team - Small, curved red and blue marks appear at the top of the blue logo circle
1963 Topps 39 Angels Team - Small, curved red and blue marks appear at the top of the blue logo circle, and the trainer’s white pants have red/pink areas
1964 Topps 214 Ken McMullen - Wrong back of multiple 1964 cards
1966 Topps 522 Phil Linz - White streak from back/neck to right border
1967 Topps 195 Al Jackson - Right border break
1967 Topps 15 Earl Battey - Line under stats has a break/gap
1968 Topps 312 Curt Blefary - Slash obscures parts of “1964” and “1965” on back
1968 Topps 101 Glenn Beckert - White streak at right border
1969 Topps 109 Jim Lonborg - Varying degrees of red in the flag
1969 Topps 232 Dave Ricketts - “SLIT B” appears beyond the left border
1971 Topps 243 Carlos May - Green splotch on chin
1972 Topps 195 Orlando Cepeda - Right border break
1972 Topps 300 Hank Aaron IA - White streak crosses his thighs
1972 Topps 574 Fritz Peterson IA - Excess strip of red below the bottom border
1972 Topps 556 Ron Santo IA - With “rainbow swirl”
1972 Topps 556 Ron Santo IA - Border breaks (no “rainbow swirl”)
1973 Topps 1 All Time Home Run Leaders - Yellow bleeds into the pictures and beyond the borders
1973 Topps 280 Al Kaline - Bandage on his forehead
1976 Topps 618T Jack Brohamer - With “peeling” black brackground
1977 Topps 97 Dave Heaverlo - Light green rectangle on glove
1978 Topps 14 Lerrin LaGrow - Position missing????
1978 Topps 454 Dave LaRoche - Part of right green border is blue
1979 Topps 458?? Jim Essian - Possible proof, showing Tug Mcgraw
1979 Topps 250 Willie Randolph - Wrong back of 1978 Topps
1988 Topps 381 Angels Leaders - Pink slash on Joyner's sleeve

You should be also putting in the Post # so that we know where to look for these pictures. But this one is likely to be the pink line on sleeve. It's being talked about on the PSA boards right now:
https://forums.collectors.com/discus...-magenta-slash

Not sure how many folks use Richard's list for variations. He updates his list regularly from many sources including this thread as well as other posts on this board concerning variations that are not in this thread. In other words, his list contains more variations than just the ones mentioned in this thread. While I consider his list as an incredible resource as it is, there is one thing I would add to it if there was ever time on my end(there is not). That would be to add clickable links to images showing the variation itself on the card mentioned.

I have posted the link to his site multiple times, but here it is again:

https://sites.google.com/site/richarddingmancards/

For those who enjoy making trades, he has his wants and extras included also.

So it's probably unnecessary to do this, huh? Sounds good to me.

Would have been cheaper and easier for the CU OP to just check ebay for that commonly found variation card:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odk...genta&_sacat=0

That is kind of what I was thinking......I have used his list for 6+ years and it has been an incredible resource.

So are we switching the effort to see if anything in our sections is not on Richards list, and then providing him that shorter list for possible incorporation into his ?

Can't say with 100% certainty that each variation from this thread is on his site, but over the years Richard has done an impeccable job aligning his site with what he has seen posted on this board. Obviously he does not keep up with the later 1970s cards, so any post 1975 cards in this thread won't be included. However, the vast majority of cards mentioned in this thread are pre 1975 so they will likely appear on his list. Over the years, I have posted some one off print variations in the thread and they appear on his list(in red as he does not have one yet).

For me the variations can be a fun addition in collecting. For the most
part I don't collect them but you can always pull out a box and see what
you can find.

This morning I grabbed a random box and a few cards in I found this
88 Topps Randy St. Claire variation. The letters extend down into his
cap (bottom right card). I haven't checked to see if it's a listed or even a
recurring variation.
Attachment 329254
Attachment 329255

Not a print defect, IMO, just a registration issue with the black plate. You can see the black line at the bottom is shifted down as well so there's a gap between it and the green border.

Yeah I see what you mean John. How about this one.
Attachment 329256

Yellow Fisheye in the bottom left corner? If it's a recurring print defect, it's worth listing. Most fisheyes are just one-off printing defects. This thread is more about recurring print defects seen on multiples of the same card.

I know these should be in the post 80's section but I saw there were
already quite a few post 80's cards posted in this thread.

Yellow spot in the G
Attachment 329273

Yellow or Orange bands on the sleeves and neck and under the
mesh of the uniform.
Attachment 329274

Variations lists
 

Folks,
Glad that my lists of variations has been helpful to some. Just a reminder though, although I started out trying to be as comprehensive as possible with every minor difference, I have been tightening my standards a bit in the last couple years to not include the most minor print errors, registration issues, random dots, etc. So I would expect that not every single item that has appeared in this thread will be in my lists, but nearly all, and certainly anything "substantial" (and the definition of that word I will leave up to each and every one of you.
Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread and kept it exciting; there are still "treasures" out there, just waiting for the right pair of eyes.
Happy hunting!
Richard Dingman

for a while I considered doing a master set of 1988 Topps for variations, but there is just too much. And I don't want to end up in the hole I did for 1990 Pro Set football, having over 10k cards of doubles I can't even give away. Now I just manage to keep the extreme printing errors from 1988 Topps, such as the diamond cuts, ink smears or extreme shifts. Printing errors in 1988 Topps are super common, so if you want an easy set to get those kinds of cards in, it would be a great set for that type of collection.

Found this 59 572 card with a limited but recurring white print flare under "News"....

Thanks for posting. One thing I always need to do, and almost forgot with this one, is to look at what I already have first, before buying the needed variation. I started to pull the trigger on a COMC version of this but went to my shelf and saw that mine had this white line and simply bought a nice regular version that I now needed. I pushed the easy button on this one.

I have the same problem...remembering to check my set also....however, if I already have the "variation", I then feel compelled to buy the regular copy of the card.

Whenever a variation shows up in this thread, if I already have it, it is fun to watch and see how quick the available copy sells on COMC or ebay. The quickest I have seen is about 15 minutes from post to purchase.... was almost disappointed that this Pierce took most of the afternoon to sell.

The older I get , the slower I move.

Plus, when I end up having the variant and then need to buy the "normal" card, it often costs more than the variant originally.

LOL, I do the same thing. It is funny how a $.99 card is bought and relisted at $10 within minutes of being posted on here.

Just for some fun on an otherwise boring day so far, let's see if there are any takers on this one(I saw at least 2 on ebay)...limited, but recurring, small border break on the right border. My bet is on Al if he doesn't already have it and he's awake yet.

Maybe after my cataract surgery

Hadn't noticed this one until today....white flare above Sparky's 1st name. Appears to be recurring but limited.

I already had one of these in my set when I looked, but do not remember how I found out about it . Are you sure it was not posted in here earlier ? I am too lazy to look :)

It may have been posted somewhere else, but I do not recall seeing this variation before in this thread.....Richard's list, which contains most all of the variations from this thread, shows a variation for this card, but it is a variation involving Lyle's eye direction. Could that be the variation for this card that you have and one copy coincidently had the white slash?

You mean I have to go back and check the eyes now ?

I have to put little labels on my variants noting the difference, because often I can’t remember or see it. On this one I had noted the slash

I'm sure this one has been discovered YEARS AGO, but just in case. 1966 Topps #582 with blue circle in the sky. The "variation" seems like it's on roughly 1/3 of the cards (SWAG).

http://www.bobsbbcards.com/images/ba...Roggenburk.jpg

How does a card with a worm hole on it get a 9 ?

Worm holes are awesome. :cool:

Not sure if this series of variations qualify as a "progressive" variation or not?? The first card shows a single white streak in the sky above the right shoulder. Richard's list mentions this variation. There is a second variation I noticed has a second white streak below the first streak...the first streak is more to the right though. Finally, the third card shows nearly this entire area white. The amount of white appear to grow with each card in this progression.

I have one like the one on the left in your post, but not like the two to the right. This other one I have looks a little different too

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1540756575

Very nice Al, a 4th variation....looks like this card's variation is a progressive variation. Appears that your variation would fit well as the third of four in the progression of least white to the most white. I wonder if there could be a fifth and where it might fit in?

Hey, you're almost 3 years behind the times (see post #423). :D

No doubt....maybe we should have finished the index for this thread:D

Ha ha! My thoughts exactly!!!!!!

I guess that earlier post by Darren is why I had mind

1964 #287
 

This has probably been noticed before by others, but I found it and have it here. The blue line recurs a LOT as about half of these cards have it.

That mark is similar to one that's found on a few Johnson (glove at chest) T206's.

Attachment 335198

Post 692 in this thread shows a few additional progressions to the blue line seen on this card.

Here's a strange Joe Page 1950 black reverse overprint I found, the subject of another thread.

How do you find the post # mentioned?

As an example, here is a link to 692

http://net54baseball.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=692


Otherwise using the manual process of scrolling through the thread looking for it......

....or describe what you are looking for in a new post and hope someone here goes and finds it for you :)

Actually, the post can be found by going to the top right corner of the thread and click the down arrow next to the page numbers. Then divide the post by 10, and go to that page (or the one next to it). Presuming you have the standard 10 posts per page. If you've changed your preferences to change the number of posts per page, divide that number.

And since I'm here:
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1971...5259&size=zoom
Looks like a bunch of Laughlin #32 were printed without the black ink pass, so that the 11-0 is transparent. Not sure if these cards were printed as one card per sheet, or if this would be widespread across the rest of the series.

Here is another variation within a variation. The obvious/known variation is that the word "Outfield" is on the card. In flipping few a few of the OF copies, there is, along the lower left area of the image, what appears to be a hand/finger print smudge of sorts. This smudge is more obvious in hand.

I did not see any of the copies w/o "Outfield" that have this smudge. Possibly someone caused this smudge while reviewing the correction?

While it is well known about the cropping variations with the 63 Topps mid series cards, I noticed something new (at least to me) on the back of one of the cropping variations. On the back of the 387 McBean card, the text below the animation box starts with "Al". Corresponding to the front cropping variations, half of the cards have a yellow "A" and the other half have a white "A" in "Al". Also, on the yellow "A" card, the white box that the card number is printed in is smaller than the white card number box on the white "A" card.

If I recall in his SCD article on the 63 cropping differences George Vrechek did note the difference on the back of the McBean card. I think the article had comparison scans of the differences in all the cards involved ( 11 ? ), which was very helpful in tracking them down.

Not sure if it showed up earlier in this thread

edit---here is SCD article

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geJ...zWC9manHnPNYw-

There are also differences on the backs of the 1963 Topps double prints Norm Cash and Johnnie Wyatt, although they are more subtle. In the stat box on half of the Cash cards the line can be continuous all the way through between 3B and HR nearly touching the career HR 102 or it can be found with a shorter line on the other half of the Cash cards so that the line is not touching the number of 102 career HR’s, and on half of the Wyatt cards the line between Year and Team is continuous and nearly touches the 1957-58 stat, on the other half of Wyatt cards the line is purposely broken so that it doesn’t touch 1957-58.

Al, that was a good article. It has been a few years since I last read it, so I didn't remember the parts about the differences on these card backs. Like Cliff mentions, there are differences on many of the backs of these 11 cards. For example, on the Davenport card back, the white card number box is bigger on one version than the other.

1963 #445 Cash
 

Notice in the left version that the ball in the inset is touching the inset margin, while in the right version it is not touching. His body in the inset is more present in the left version as well. In the main photo, the left version has the know of theta into the left margin, while the right version has the knob almost entirely IN the picture. The right version has his sweatshirt almost touching the right margin while the left one has it more into the photo. Also on the left version, a small part of his uniform is visible right above the red border and left of the inset circle as a result of this shift. The version with the shift to the right is on the front of the version that has the 3B/HR line on the back going past the number 102 to the bottom.

Here's a 1968 Rich Reese "Head in the Clouds" variation.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GLUAA...SS/s-l1600.jpg

Uniform detail
 

To me these seem just as significant as the Red Cap Peterson and the mis-spelled Hermanski.

OUCH! These are both SP's an cost me a fortune to get the two I have. Now I'll be looking for the other version. Thanks for posting.

I just noticed the name stripe on the 1987 Donruss Kevin Brown:
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1987...&size=original
1987 Donruss - [Base] #627 - Kevin Brown
Courtesy of COMC.com

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1987...&size=original
1987 Donruss - [Base] #627 - Kevin Brown
Courtesy of COMC.com

Found a second one today on COMC:
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1960...inal&side=back
1960 Topps - [Base] #7 - Master & Mentor (Willie Mays, Bill Rigney) [VG*EX]
Courtesy of COMC.com

Maybe now that I can prove it's recurring, I can get it checklisted in Beckett.

*Double post*

Nice find, seems to be a recurring variation with multiple cards from the lower series of the 1960 set.

http://net54baseball.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=867

Scarce but recurring. Good to know John.

I bought one on eBay today so that makes at least three of them.

For those that don't know, I am a Cardinals team set collector. I recently started searching for reoccurring vintage Topps variations, after a few years of collecting modern Topps variations. When I discovered this thread I went through all 119 pages looking for Cardinals. I also went through Richard Dingman's variation site and listed all of the variations on my spreadsheet that I didn't have. I was able to find most.

Along the way, I happen to have discovered a few variations on my own that were not listed anywhere that I have seen. My rule for myself is that it has to be reoccurring. Some of the variations that I have found are variations within variations. For example, the 1960 Topps Lindy McDaniel (yellow blob in the orange area on the left) has different reoccurring shapes. This card also has a thin donut and a thick donut that are both reoccurring. Also, it has a white donut on his arm that is reoccurring. I don't have those scanned. Maybe I will later this week.

Another variation that I found that I have not seen mentioned anywhere else is a 1969 Topps Mike Shannon with a long black line down the left border similar to the Adlesh on the top border that was previously discussed (I think, from memory).

Here is one that I have found going through my duplicates - a 1972 Topps Don Shaw. I found these as reoccurring on COMC. These are the ones I found in my duplicates. The one on the left is a normal card. The one in the middle has an outline around his hat. The one on the right has an outline around his hat, but the entire picture has a brownish tint to it. It is hard to see on my scan, but it is very visible in person and also very visible on COMC's scans.


<a href="https://postimg.cc/8FcpMc55" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/hGbXF7R9/93-1972-Topps-Shaw-variations.jpg" alt="93-1972-Topps-Shaw-variations"/></a>

'68 Red Tint
 

Does anyone know if there is a red/pink tint variation with '68 BB? Ran across a couple cards with a weird color variation.....Thoughts? Common?

Not sure this scan does justice but the cards def. have a red "hue" to them...

Patrick---I think that defect is fairly common in the 68s. Ben would note that some sellers offer them as rare variations at high prices, but not always :) And here is another Hiller oddity that also has related defects in the set

ohttp://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...ps46f5d4ec.jpg
http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...ps21323040.jpg
http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...psgew2ju59.jpg

Al, are there other cards, in addition to the Torborg, that have a print defect directly related to the Hiller oddity?

I can’t find it now but there used to be a page on Google of a auction house with a scan of a complete uncut sheet of the series with the 1968 Topps Chuck Hiller and Jeff Torborg, they were side by side in the middle of the sheet with Hiller on the left and Torborg on the right. I forget who was above them, but if either of them were affected with the same flaw I think examples would have shown up by now.

Cliff, I would have thought that something similar on either of the cards above Hiller/Torborg would have shown up by now too....but, it took a while for me to find each of these, so I was not sure.

Ever since I found a 1974 Topps Sandy Alomar printing flaw card missing much of the right border three years ago I have been looking for a 1974 Topps Dusty Baker that would line up with it. I found one recently that I got from D***'* ****S for less than a dollar. Interestingly, the gray border on the Alomar was applied on the final ink coat and is missing, but the light blue border on the Baker was not part of the final ink coat run and is complete other than the missing black lines. Now I have to find a 1974 Topps Cookie Rojas missing border to complete the puzzle.

Nice find on those 74s Cliff, something else to keep an eye out for.

Another ridiculously priced museum piece card from that DC guy :)

What fun! I've had the Alomar for years, and have it filed as a one time only thing.

Nice to find out it's not.

I had not noticed this recurring print issue on the 62 268 McBride card until today. The white spot in the upper right corner almost seems to match up with the previously mentioned 62 Pizarro's white spot in the upper left corner . I could not find an uncut sheet for this series of 62s, but I wonder if these two cards were side by side based on the locations of their white spots.

I stumbled across this pretty cool color print flaw card on eBay at a very reasonable price (KitYoung of all people), I put a normal one next to it for contrast. P.S. eBay saw an uptick on sales of 1962 Topps Pizarro and McBride cards this morning due to the previous post :D.

I like the Aaron card, have you seen any other copies?

FWIW, I contributed to the spike as I grabbed one of the McBride cards so I had a second copy to put next to my Pizzaro copies.

It’s the only one I have ever seen, I stumbled across it a few weeks when I punched in ‘topps defect’ on eBay and it popped up. I found a partial 1958 Topps sheet with the Aaron All Star on it, it has the immortal Ray Monzant to the right of it and then three consecutive Stan Musial All Star cards in a row. I looked at all of the 58 Monzant cards on eBay, COMC, and DC but didn’t see any with a corresponding ink flaw.

Cliff, you are the man! I don't chime in much anymore due to time and three boys in 4-6th grade but I love browsing this thread and seeing these finds you and the others come up with. Keep em coming!