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PaulWith all the discussion going on about the proper boundaries of this board, I feel a little awkward doing this, but I'm going to start an off-topic thread that I think will be of interest to a lot of folks here. If it gets deleted, I understand.
Topps recently auctioned off a proof card that I found very interesting. It's a 1977 Bill Madlock, showing him with the Giants. In his regular issue card, he was shown with the Cubs. He was traded from the Cubs to the Giants in February 1977. When his card was issued with the Cubs, I'm sure everyone just assumed that Topps didn't have sufficient time to revise his card and show him with the Giants. But, here is that card. Topps went through all of the trouble to show Madlock correctly with the Giants, but went ahead and issued his card with the Cubs anyhow. I'm not sure what the explanation for this could be. Perhaps the Giants card was never intended for the Topps set. Maybe Topps was contemplating an "update" set in 1977, but scrapped the idea.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5164069692