1958 Topps Kaline with yellow name???

[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

[ALR-bishop]

Blackie---I have the set myself and all the SCD and Registry listed Yellow variations, but I did not see any reference in any of these articles to a Kaline-yellow team and name.

By the way, George Vrechek, the author of one of the articles you cite, is one of my favorite variation chasers. He is a source of great info on them.

None of the articles mention the blue Aaron that has started to show up either.

[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?

[timzcardz]

Checked mine last night. Yellow name w/ white team, so nothing more to add to this conversation.