91 Topps Variations

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Jackson--I agree with you in general about the 1991 set having more variants than any other Topps set. And to your point there are few master 1991 sets I would say there may be none. But that could depend on one's definition of a master set. As far as I know there is no accepted hobby definition of a master set. What is yours ?

Oh, I agree entirely that even if a consensus was reached on criteria, when it comes to the 1991 issue, there will continue to be additions. That said, I should specify that a 1991 Topps set with the well-known errors (Comstock, Chamberlain, stats), all the advanced errors (Ventura, Tettleton, Coolaugh, et al) and all the key rarities (Whiten, Hoiles, Drabek, Boyd, Morgan, Bush and A*B* codes) plus the Bold 40th parallel and the Sweepstakes set (or as close as one can get) is the approximate of a master set in my example. The bigger point was that there would fewer of those "advanced" 1991 Topps sets than Desert Shield sets.

I have long argued that collecting all the variations for your junk era sets is the only thing that will set them apart in value from the sets without, even 20-40 years from now while they still hold their $5-20 value.