1958 Topps Kaline with yellow name???

[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.

[Blackie]

I collected the 58 topps set for some time. There are yellow name and yellow team versions. Most are found in cards 1-120 if Im not mistaken and the Kaline and Clemente yellow team are quite possibly the most costly.

[ALR-bishop]

Yes, there are a bunch of 58 yellow team or yellow name variations, but so far as I knew, no yellow name and team variations

[Blackie]

See this site for more details
http://www.oldbaseball.com/refs/variations.html

[Blackie]

Also this older PSA article points out the yellow varations

http://www.psacard.com/Articles/Arti...eball-card-set

[Blackie]

Cardboard connection also points out some good info. I tried to learn all I could when building the set. Kinda sad now I sold it

http://www.cardboardconnection.com/1...seball-cards-2

[Blackie]

here was my Aparicios

[LEIDEMEG]

Figure this one out guys. Again, I have seen a ton of Kaline yellow name over the years. The fact that the card on eBay has not only the yellow name of Kaline but the team name in yellow is the part in question. To then do a search and find an additional PSA 8.5 Kaline with yellow name and yellow team name is what we are trying to figure out. It doesn't appear either card was altered nor was any mention made of the rarity. So, is it an additional variation that has never been noticed in 56 years. Does anyone else have another example in their collection?