Show...me...your print variations!

[Sliphorn]

Originally Posted by irv

I think I posted this before but I am still wondering if this is a print defect?
All the cards I looked at also have this red dot on his forehead so I am curious if this is a printing defect or is there a chance Billy had this mole/mark on his forehead? (It's pretty red so doubt it but don't want to be insensitive it is is?)

http://www.vintagecardprices.com/car...lue-Prices.htm

https://www.google.ca/search?q=billy...sAQIJw&dpr=1.5

Maybe the photo was taken on Ash Wednesday

[ALR-bishop]

What church do you attend Thomas that red dots people on Ash Wednesday

Irv-- the Topps cards prior to 57 were not colored photographs but rather black and white photos that were later colorized, and if you check his other cards from other years on eBay, they do not show red. BUT he does seem to have a growth there. I think you can find his 52 with no red

[irv]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

What church do you attend Thomas that red dots people on Ash Wednesday

Irv-- the Topps cards prior to 57 were not colored photographs but rather black and white photos that were later colorized, and if you check his other cards from other years on eBay, they do not show red. BUT he does seem to have a growth there. I think you can find his 52 with no red

Thanks, Al.

I wasn't aware of that.

I haven't come across a 52 (yet) without the red dot so I was assuming these cards were one offs and not double printed?

[Sliphorn]

The right version has a red line at the bottom. It does not appear to be a miscut as there is white under the red line.

[steve B]

Those lines show up on just about every Topps set. Not always on every card. I believe they're marks to help the people running the cutter. So they'd probably have dropped them when they went with more automated cutters.

1970 Topps I'm pretty sure every card comes with a line or without. And there are different lines on some cards.

Steve B

[ALR-bishop]

Agree that the 70 set and many others can be found with lines at top or bottom of cards. Often gray or black, and they can extend all across card or be partial. This red mark looks a little different to me, maybe just errant ink,... or maybe it is a partial line

Tom---do you know if it is recurring ?

[Sliphorn]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Agree that the 70 set and many others can be found with lines at top or bottom of cards. Often gray or black, and they can extend all across card or be partial. This red mark looks a little different to me, maybe just errant ink,... or maybe it is a partial line

Tom---do you know if it is recurring ?

I have only seen this one so who knows. I only know of it because I was eyeballing my cards to look for these type of things an found this one. If anyone else has one, that would be great.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Sliphorn

The right version has a red line at the bottom. It does not appear to be a miscut as there is white under the red line.

I just looked and also noticed a red mark at the bottom of my Boyer card too. It is at the very bottom and is hard to see, which leaves me to believe, the cutter actually hit the mark.

I will have to check my other cards more carefully as I wasn't aware any of my cards had this mark.

[ALR-bishop]

Good follow up Dale

[irv]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Good follow up Dale

No problem, Al.

I quickly looked the cards that were in the same stack as my, Boyer, (same series range) and didn't notice any others. I will, time permitting, look at my others later to see if I have some other anomalies that I didn't originally notice?

[Sliphorn]

Originally Posted by irv

I just looked and also noticed a red mark at the bottom of my Boyer card too. It is at the very bottom and is hard to see, which leaves me to believe, the cutter actually hit the mark.

I will have to check my other cards more carefully as I wasn't aware any of my cards had this mark.

Here is an eBay listing from Dean's Cards for one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-2...8AAOSwyDxXgNng

[savedfrommyspokes]

Even more interesting is the "price change" Dean's did on this card on 7.7.....less than 2 days after the initial post about this card.....probably just a complete coincidence though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...p2047675.l2569


FWIW, my copy has the red line also:

[irv]

Originally Posted by irv

I just looked and also noticed a red mark at the bottom of my Boyer card too. It is at the very bottom and is hard to see, which leaves me to believe, the cutter actually hit the mark.

I will have to check my other cards more carefully as I wasn't aware any of my cards had this mark.

Old post but also noticed a red mark/line on my Phil Masi card on the upper middle border just above his head. (14 rows down on the right in my FlickR link below).

Still curious how these red marks came about on these cards, but I doubt we'll ever know?

[ALR-bishop]

The Masi is recurring, printer's mark ?