1958 Topps Kaline with yellow name???

[LEIDEMEG]

I thought the yellow variation Kaline came with a yellow name. I assume the team name has been colored in then slabbed? Anyone have any thoughts?

[ALR-bishop]

George--can you enlarge the scan ? I take it Detroit Tigers is in yellow on this card. What does the slab say ? Do you have this card ?

Edit---never mind, found it

[autograf]

It's on ebay......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-TOPPS-A...ca#ht_41wt_924

Hard to tell from a 2D scan but it doesn't look colored in. I would think the black where the team name is would maybe have a different color to it unless someone used a really fine point and colored it in. Interesting card...........

[LEIDEMEG]

Oddly enough I found one other with a yellow name and yellow team name on a google search. It was graded a PSA 8.5. Not sure how to explain this card if it's a rarity or altered? But why would anyone alter it.

[LEIDEMEG]

Found this additional one

[SMPEP]

Why? Money.

This is the "rare" double yellow variation. Only 2 known to exist. yada yada yada.

So the motive is obvious. The question is ... is it real?

I find it odd that the two known examples are both in holders though. Not all yellow letter Kalines are. (Maybe not even the majority.)

Cheers,
Patrick

[LEIDEMEG]

No attention was brought to it in the previous auction of the PSA 8.5...ie...no mention of a "rare" yellow team variation in an attempt to squeeze out a larger hammer price. That's what makes it so odd to me. I just stumbled onto the one on eBay and something didn't look right as I always look for just a yellow name when I see the kaline card. Here is the auction write up for the 8.5 that sold

1958 Topps Al Kaline, Yellow Letters #70 PSA NM-MT+ 8.5. This stunning example is as good as it gets for an 8.5 and is in fact is the only 8.5 on record with only 5 examples having reached a higher grade. At first glance, you would think this should have been graded higher as well. The centering, corners, vibrant red hue, bright evenly sized borders are all nearly flawless. Could the one tiny ink dot above the "a" in Kaline be the only flaw? We feel the answer is yes and it may be a very long while before another of this visual magnitude comes along. A very strong NM-MT+ example not to be passed on. We would be remiss to not mention that this is a scarce "Yellow Letter" variation.