91 Topps Variations

[benlee66]

How rare are the players with managers backs and vice versa? There's been on on ebay for a while. For any hardcore 1991 Topps collectors, how may have you ever seen?

I'm curious if there are All-Star cards and checklists with switched backs as well.

[judsonhamlin]

fWIW, I just opened a rack box and grabbed two white frame Hoiles, some F* code variations and a couple of corrected Chamberlins. Also, a mix of missing and included stats. No Drabek, Whiten or Boyd of any kind. Typical Topps distribution.

[ALR-bishop]

Ben--It is not unusual to find wrong back or blank back cards. I am not aware of anyone check listing particular wrong backs as to type or number. Not sure if there are folks here who systematically collect and catalog them. I have seen people who are player specific collectors pick up wrong backs of such a player, but my impression is that there is not a large market for wrong backs in terms of value. Others may think differently

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Ben--It is not unusual to find wrong back or blank back cards. I am not aware of anyone check listing particular wrong backs as to type or number. Not sure if there are folks here who systematically collect and catalog them. I have seen people who are player specific collectors pick up wrong backs of such a player, but my impression is that there is not a large market for wrong backs in terms of value. Others may think differently

As a long time collector of junk era wrong backs I agree with Al there are no checklists because of the several different backs that can have the same player on the front. It depends on how the wrong back was made. The printer could have loaded the right sheets backwards or loaded the wrong sheets or a combination of both. There are up to 11 different wrong back cards possible in the 91 Topps set for each card.