[brob28]

I know there are quite a few collectors interested in variations so though I'd share this story. I'm sure there are many others who have thought they had something special only to have it slip away...

I'm currently building a '62 Topps set and was recently searching ebay for certain cards. As I looked I found the Frank Lary card on the left. While examining the listing I noticed the "A" in Frank was completely yellow. No big deal for a lot of collectors, but pretty cool for us Variation Hounds! I searched all other listings and any pictures of the card I could find as well as all the known variation lists I'm aware of. Not one other like it mentioned! I bought the card and was pretty excited to unveil it here on Net 54. Well, when I received the card, the A was no longer filled in yellow (small one on right, sorry pic is so small). They are the same card. The air was let out of my variation balloon!

Anyone else have any near miss stories like this. In the end you just got to laugh this stuff off. I should mention the seller has been great and is taking a return on the card.