Resource For Post War Variations Collectors

[ALR-bishop]

This site is being developed by a group of variant collectors updating the work of Ralph Nozaki and Dick Gilkeson. It is in progress and Mike Cady who is pointing it has been very helpful with questions and is interested in input from other variant collectors on additions to the effort.

They have a working definition of a variation they will list, but for most issues they mention in notes to the lists many well known variants that are more in the nature of recurring print defects.

The site will eventually include basketball and football as well

http://baseballcardvariationsguidebo...wordpress.com/

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

This site is being developed by a group of variant collectors updating the work of Ralph Nozaki and Dick Gilkeson. It is in progress and Mike Cady who is pointing it has been very helpful with questions and is interested in input from other variant collectors on additions to the effort.

They have a working definition of a variation they will list, but for most issues they mention in notes to the lists many well known variants that are more in the nature of recurring print defects.

The site will eventually include basketball and football as well

http://baseballcardvariationsguidebo...wordpress.com/

Thanks for the link Al. Did a quick look and liked it a lot.

[mikemb]

I checked it out and it looks good. The photos are a great help for some of the variations.

Mike

[Zach Wheat]

Nice Al. Duly noted and book marked.

[tschock]

Great stuff, Al! I was poking around and have a couple of comments that I think may help others.

A ) Would you be able to list the differences in the captions? Some are obvious (1956 team cards) and others are not (many of the 1956 cards, some of the 1971 checklists) unless you already know what you are looking for (1956 Williams yellow line).
B ) I didn't see any of the 1973 manager/coaches variations. If there are known variations that you don't have examples of, you could have a blank space with a request for examples.
C ) Consider putting in an 'urban legends' section as well (where needed). For example, under the 1970 section you might have a blurb about the Fregosi "no pickup" card (unless it truly DOES exist).

Regardless of the above, this is a massive undertaking and awesome work putting this together. Thanks!

[ALR-bishop]

Taylor--I think Mike and his cohorts are very receptive to comments and suggestions. The basic format started with an update to Gilkeson's publication which was in that format

They do have the 73 coaches. For some reason the site has occasionally dropped certain lists for certain years, but they have a list for 73, so check back later.

They are definitely interested in listing any missing variations and debunking any urban legends.

This is not a full time job for these guys so feedback may take time to show up in the lists

They do have a notes section under many lists that deals with well known print defects and urban legends that do not make the main list for lack of verification or not being in compliance with their definition of a variation.

I will point out your comments to Mike, although you can make them on the site

[Rich Klein]

I glanced through the site and there are some of the recent updates which are obvious (1990 Upper Deck Weston for example) and need no more help and some which really need explanation (the 1996-97 SP Frank Thomas and Ken Griffey Jr.). I think if you are going to show a picture and the difference is not totally obvious you must explain the difference.

Rich

[Rufmeister]

Originally Posted by tschock

Great stuff, Al! I was poking around and have a couple of comments that I think may help others.

A ) Would you be able to list the differences in the captions? Some are obvious (1956 team cards) and others are not (many of the 1956 cards, some of the 1971 checklists) unless you already know what you are looking for (1956 Williams yellow line).
B ) I didn't see any of the 1973 manager/coaches variations. If there are known variations that you don't have examples of, you could have a blank space with a request for examples.
C ) Consider putting in an 'urban legends' section as well (where needed). For example, under the 1970 section you might have a blurb about the Fregosi "no pickup" card (unless it truly DOES exist).

Regardless of the above, this is a massive undertaking and awesome work putting this together. Thanks!

Hi, thanks for the comments. I am not sure what happened but I have just finished adding photos of the 1973 Topps manager/coaches as requested.

Also, I have noted in the downloaded file in certain blogs of cards rumored to exist along with a note saying something like unconfirmed or waiting on confirmation. I am not familiar with the Fregosi variation mentioned and will need to do some research. Any and all help is appreciated.

Most appreciated in spotting this problem,
Sincerely,
Mike

[ALR-bishop]

Welcome to the Board Mike. Tom was participating quite a bit in the long variations thread but have not seen him post in awhile

Taylor-- what is the Fregosi no pick up card ?