What is up with this rare Mantle card? Really?

[jb67]

Saw this 66 and seems just a little overpriced. Not even sure this card is considered a variation.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RED-LINE-TOP...4AAOSwvFZW7H2R

[JollyElm]

Show me another, he says??? I did a quick look on ebay (with no effort at all) and immediately found two:

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It's just a crop line on the printing sheet and it's been known about for 50 years.

[jb67]

Thanks JollyElm, I kind of figured that this one was no big deal. I would love to know how to send them the pictures of the two you found.

[Rookiemonster]

I've noticed that the 1962 topps mantle has that in the bottom.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

I've noticed that the 1962 topps mantle has that in the bottom.

Yeah, I do a lot of 1962 green tint research, for lack of a better word, and the crop marks seem to appear after 4 cards down on the vertical. So on a print sheet (across all series, not just the GT's) of 12 cards down, these marks appear twice (after 4 cards down and again after 8 cards down), so you'll find them on the bottom of a ton of different cards and across the top of a ton of cards. But due to the vagaries of the positioning of cards on said print sheets, just because a print line appears on a particular card, doesn't necessarily mean each and every version of the card has it.

Case in point, card #135 (regular version) with and without a bottom crop line…

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[Johnny630]

My 62 Mantle looks like it has the line at the bottom.