Which Robin Roberts card is rarer?

[toppcat]

OK, I found part of the reference on the 3 MLAS short-prints. It's from an SCD article on 10/13/2000 by Tom Mortenson and it references Woody saving a few specimens of the short prints. The rest of the article is an interview with Woody's son Richard so it's contextual only.

I have a later reference still that I have to find that is more specific. The hunt continues...

[Volod]

Originally Posted by toppcat

OK, I found part of the reference on the 3 MLAS short-prints. It's from an SCD article on 10/13/2000 by Tom Mortenson and it references Woody saving a few specimens of the short prints. The rest of the article is an interview with Woody's son Richard so it's contextual only.

I have a later reference still that I have to find that is more specific. The hunt continues...

Any chance you could post the stuff here, once you get it all together?

[ALR-bishop]

Steve-- do you read Dave's blog

[toppcat]

I will post the 2000 article soon, still looking for the other. It's an interesting read but in a large format so I have to scan it in pieces.

[Volod]

Darn, I forgot about the blog. That would be the place to go to see this stuff. Thanks for the reminder, Al.

[toppcat]

...that discusses Woody saving the three MLAS short prints:

[Volod]

Thanks very much, Dave. Very conscientious of you to remember to post that months afterward. A highly interesting read about the Gelmans and Topps. A little disappointing though that Mortensen did not ask about the 1951 issues specifically, and Gelman did not mention them either. Perhaps the information in the sidebar note is simply a claim that Gelman, Sr. had made at some point, but it suggests only that most of the three MLAS rarities were in fact destroyed by Topps, and Gelman maybe had to rescue a few examples from the trash bin. Do you have any other information that indicates the three shortprints were printed separately from the other eight in the set? Or, is it just that it would have been more work to cut those three out of a full sheet in order to throw them away? Thanks again for your diligence.

[toppcat]

Hang tight Volod, looking for the short print detail and should recoup it soon. Will post when I find it, no worries.