Minor, minor, minor 1962 variation

[ALR-bishop]

Robert--wonder what a Ruth card, albeit a modern one, recognized as a variation to the 61 set would bring versus the Fairly. And you are right that while this scratch variant may be consistent in each instance it occurs, PSA is grading Fairlys with only a spec of green as a variation, as well as ones where the entire bottom of the ball is green. I would bet that if they do not show the back it is a spec version

[JollyElm]

I haven't seen any examples where the 'hair' actually goes off the bottom of the page. That's more of an illusion as it is in line with the thin piece of wood grain at the bottom of the card, making it look as though it's a continuation of the hair. Also, look at the light horizontal line at the very bottom of the card. The hair never crosses it.

[JollyElm]

Since we're talking about hairs, I thought I'd bring this card up. One of the telltale signs of the #130 green tint Frank Bolling is the stray hair appearing on his forehead. It appears as though the layout was again photographed while a hair laid atop it. I have never seen a GT version of this card without it.

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[callou2131]

Interesting! Thanks for the heads up. Just picked up one of these for less than $10

[goheels]

I am with Steve. I think that is a scratched plate on the Ruth card, like the 1961 Eddie Bressoud.

Is the Bolling card from a scratch? I went back and looked at my GT cards and sure enough it was there.

How does the curved line get on that card?

[JollyElm]

The reason I see it as a hair is because in the layout process back then, they put the card together as a paste up then took a picture of it to eventually create the printing plates (my version of the process is obviously abbreviated, but it tells the basics). When the Bolling layout was on the table ready for shooting, a hair was on top of it and the photographer didn't notice it. That's what makes sense to me.