August Pickups

[Iwantmorecards77]

Thank you, Majordanby.

The Bazooka cards were, from what I gathered, available only via complete set. Not sure how they were distributed though. The Bazooka Helton is much tougher than his regular Topps Traded - that I know for sure!

[bnorth]

Got these back from PSA today. Sadly they don't recognize either as variations. The Clemens is a Blue Streak error. The Ripkens are super rare with 13 known copies with 4 of those in PSA slabs. It is called the Mystery Card.

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Got these back from PSA today. Sadly they don't recognize either as variations. The Clemens is a Blue Streak error. The Ripkens are super rare with 13 known copies with 4 of those in PSA slabs. It is called the Mystery Card.

Ben,
Can you elaborate on the Ripken error? What am I looking for?

Thanks!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

Ben,
Can you elaborate on the Ripken error? What am I looking for?

Thanks!

The main visual difference is the picture cropping on the Bill Ripken error. You can go on here and get more info. http://www.billripken.com/ Click on the Versions link and this card the Mystery Card is near the bottom.

[7nohitter]

Got it, thanks!

[savedfrommyspokes]

Nice pickups Ben....I like the Clemens variation. It seems that this variation has been known for a while, so it is surprising that PSA does not recognize is as variation (like the 61 Fairly print defect) as it is both recurring and limited.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Nice pickups Ben....I like the Clemens variation. It seems that this variation has been known for a while, so it is surprising that PSA does not recognize is as variation (like the 61 Fairly print defect) as it is both recurring and limited.

I like the Clemens error also. Many years ago it used to be listed as an error. Then one of the times Bob Lemke was removing print errors for SCD it got yanked. I don't think PSA has ever recognized it as an error version.

The Ripken cards show it is easy to get counterfeit cards graded by PSA. The opinion on the Bill Ripken website saying they are counterfeit is mine. It is poorly written but 100% correct. It was not intended to be put on a website it was a email to the site owner explaining how/why it is fake.