1962 "Bucks" aluminum proof plate

[mmcgruff]

This is a 1962 Topps Baseball Bucks proof plate and was curious to know more about it and to see if any one may be interested in it? It is flimsy, thin, and feels like aluminum.
Thanks a lot for looking..........

[steve B]

Looks like a portion of one of the plates for a promo flyer. Is it a B+W scan or is it actually black? Pretty odd if it is black. The blank area at the top would be the lower half of a players face, and I'd expect some halftone there.

I might be interested.

Steve B

[mmcgruff]

It is black with a gray bottom.

[bbcard1]

that would square with the printing technology of the time.

[drc]

The black would just be the ink on it. Nothing errant about that. You'll see aluminum proofs for Topps cards from the same period.

[steve B]

But that's exactly what seems odd to me. I'd be surprised to see the promo flyer with a solid black background, but with no shading on the picture sections. It certainly does look like that's what they did though. Thin aluminum with a gray surface on one side is what the plates were like (And probably still are)

Anyone have a pic of the actual flyer?

Steve B