Color Rarity

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Posted By: Chris Counts

I started the thread about the colors of Batter-Ups. I'm not sure I would pay a premium for a card based on color, but at least in the case of Batter-Ups, they legitimately appear to be scarcer. One reason I am interested in Batter-Ups is the low numbers are so affordable and they're full of HOFers. I've decided it's a bit late in the game to start collecting Turkey Reds, which would be my first choice if money was no object.

I recently came across a blue tint Mungo and a red tint Frisch. I was amazed by how much more attractive the cards are than their black & white and sepia counterparts I had previously encountered. It certainly doesn't hurt that Mungo played on the Dodgers and Frisch on the Cardinals, so the tinted colors matched their team's colors.

The magenta, which seems to be more common than the other colors, has just the opposite effect for me. As far as I am concerned, ballplayers just don't look right in pink, or purple for that matter (sorry Diamondbacks).