Originally Posted by G1911 (Post 1907049)

#75 Lindy Shows Larry. Finding pigmentation differences in common on every vintage Topps card, but this one seems to really exceed what is normal. The card can be found with both mens' pants white and light faces, or glowing red faces red pants, and red grass. Looking at my copies, I think this is more than the result of cards coming out bright or light depending on the ink levels used when the sheet was printed. Some of the red spots really shouldn't have red there in any amount, and don't on the 'correct' copies of the card. This is not a rare one to find at all, pretty easy recurring defect if this meets ones definition.

EDIT - my iPhone has a hard time picking this up, you can see it in the photo but it is truly blindingly obvious if you have both cards in person

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop (Post 1907141)

G--- what is your first name ?

Your posts may constitute excessive variant dumping :o

Thanks for your contributions to the thread

Originally Posted by frankhardy (Post 1907233)

I am a Cardinals collector, so this card concerns me. There is already a known variation with this card. One variation shows the black names at the bottom closer to "Lindy Shows Larry". You can tell by looking at the "L" in "Larry" underneath the "w" in "Shows". One variation is much closer than the other.

While looking at them now, the card with the black names closest has the pants more reddish with the reddish faces. The other one is more of normal color. I am thinking that this will be consistent with every card. In other words, I am predicting that you won't find the "reddish" coloring on a card with the black letters lower and further way from the white letters. I would love for someone to confirm.

Originally Posted by G1911 (Post 1907950)

Fergie's 1973 card has a thin blue line beneath the team name on some (not all) miscue cards. I presume it's some sort of alignment mark from the sheet

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop (Post 1908071)

The 73 Jenkins can also be found with black dot in left front border glove high and a blue dot on his uniform under his left wrist, the latter is pretty scarce

Originally Posted by G1911 (Post 1907060)

1961 Topps 183 Andre Rodgers

I've always wondered what Mr. Rodgers is looking at... Anyways, blue splotch on forehead and a streaky blue mark in his jersey, directly above team box. This card is very tough, I've only seen one other, although I stopped looking for too long after finding this one.

The splotch on his neck is a pack or gum stain, not a mark

Originally Posted by G1911 (Post 1909021)

I know there has been discussion and some of the 1961 "green in baseball" cards are officially recognized - please forgive me if this one is already known! Joe Amalfitano

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman (Post 1909042)

No, congratulations, that's a new one to the list.

Originally Posted by G1911 (Post 1909049)

I took another look through my dupes, and it looks like my other Amalfitano has a slightly different green-in-card-number-ball, with a lighter green ink that doesn't advance as high into the baseball. I need to go pick up a regular copy now, which seems to be more common looking at comc and eBay

Originally Posted by G1911 (Post 1909008)

1970 Topps #18 Carlos May. Bright white line that can't be missed at bottom - presumably a card on the bottom row of the sheet. The placement looks like that any May card in this slot on the sheet that is even a tiny bit off center will show the line

Originally Posted by steve B (Post 1909203)

It's not from a sheet edge.
I've only really done the first series so far, and I believe that sort of line is some kind of cutting guideline. Some are white like that, some are black or gray.
Nearly all cards in series 1 have a line of some sort, many have multiple different lines.
There are also cards that come both with and without the line.

Originally Posted by G1911 (Post 1909317)

I've seen the line on some others, but the uncut sheets I've seen only had printing marks along the four edges, not between every row. I'd always assumed these were the cards on the border, and the cutting mark was only placed there. If it was under every row, any card even slightly off-center top/bottom would show this line, looking at where it is placed on this card?

Originally Posted by steve B (Post 1909399)

Yes, top and bottom. It may not be very card, but it's pretty close. I need to either find my list or rewrite it so I can post it. I was working on the first series for a while, but didn't really keep after it.

Originally Posted by G1911 (Post 1909552)

I don’t doubt they can be found on near every card. If the line is between every row on the sheet, then any copy of any card that is off center top to bottom would show the line. Most top to bottom off center cards don’t show the line however, so I think this line was not on all the sheets between every row. Otherwise, all these off center cards would have them in the same location

Originally Posted by Exhibitman (Post 1913184)

With all due respect, guys, a stray print booger here or there is amateur stuff. Let's see some f***ups!