Has everyone gone mad?

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

Please forgive my ignorance as I really don't have much knowledge of printing plates and the process, but would this variation indicate that these three players were located at the same place and printed on different sheets? I would figure that the fronts were printed and then flipped to print the back. If a particular back plate was compromised at a single place, then it would make sense why these three players are found with the printing variation.

Thanks,
Steve

Good point Steve.
I think it would be safe to say that this particular back plate was used on at least three different sets of fronts. Besides the missing ie and the imperfection in the B in Bear already mentioned there also is the same extra white spot by the T in all the examples shown so far.

These are Robs that he has in the BST

[MVSNYC]

Wolf, you are so right!

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Good point Steve.
I think it would be safe to say that this particular back plate was used on at least three different sets of fronts. Besides the missing ie and the imperfection in the B in Bear already mentioned there also is the same extra white spot by the T in all the examples shown so far.

These are Robs that he has in the BST

One wonders how many thousands of dollars you could get now for a low grade common that has the white spot but is not missing the ie. We can call it "the ultra-rare spotted T/ie" variation.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

One wonders how many thousands of dollars you could get now for a low grade common that has the white spot but is not missing the ie. We can call it "the ultra-rare spotted T/ie" variation.

Since the missing letters could be from plate damage and the small white spot would be a defective transfer, it should exist. If it does it will probably be somewhat common, and should be found on more than three cards. Probably 5-7 different, and it could come with one of the three fronts that have the missing IE. (Potentially more than 5-7 if the fronts were redone between the 350 and 460 series)

Steve B

[sreader3]

I wanna give a hat tip to Morrie who spotted the PB "SER S" print error 11 years ago and was hazed on Net54 for raising the issue. I hope you squirreled away a few dozen!

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by sreader3

I wanna give a hat tip to Morrie who spotted the PB "SER S" print error 11 years ago and was hazed on Net54 for raising the issue. I hope you squirreled away a few dozen!

+1

[Mountaineer1999]

Cards that were selling for $20-50 for years are now all of a sudden be offered up for $5K. To answer the original post; yes the world has gone mad.

[arc2q]

I have a much sought after Piedmont Simon Nicholls missing the T and H in "The Cigarette of Quality."

All joking aside, this was the first T206 I bought as a teenager in 1986 for $2. I'm the one who put the tape on the back because I stuck it in my keepsake scrapbook. Kids...

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Cards that were selling for $20-50 for years are now all of a sudden be offered up for $5K. To answer the original post; yes the world has gone mad.

Like said in a earlier post all it take is a couple people hyping them up and pretty soon people think they got to have them.

I mainly collect error cards and have for 25+ years so I have seen this happen with error cards many many times. Sometimes the hype lasts a few years and sometimes it is very short lived.

As a avid 89 Fleer Bill Ripken collector I have seen the hype and crazy prices come and go several times on the same exact card. It truly amazes me but I have learned to buy them when the hype dies and sell when people just gotta have them.

To keep in the T206 card discussion. It was not that long ago that top/bottom name cards pulled a premium. Now not so much.

[unamuzd1]

Originally Posted by sreader3

I wanna give a hat tip to Morrie who spotted the PB "SER S" print error 11 years ago and was hazed on Net54 for raising the issue. I hope you squirreled away a few dozen!

Thanks! Sadly, I didn't. Still only the one of each that I mentioned at the time. (Well, no Bergen. Just the other two.) I'll see about getting decent scans of them in a bit.

Edited to add that I'm sure I wasn't remotely the first person to notice it, with so many smart people being so passionate about these for so many years!

[sreader3]

Morrie,

Glad to see you have your original 2 and are still checking in on Net54.

Best,

Scot

[unamuzd1]

Thanks, Scot. I'm an introvert, so lurk more or less everywhere I go.

These two came out of the only collection I ever bought, much of which someone had unkindly removed from an album. I'm just happy these backs made it through relatively intact! Now, to see if I've made these images way too big...

For those keeping track, this is also the ultra-rare Bradley "dog-hair on scanner" variation!