Hardest to Find Topps Card?

[Cliff Bowman]

Here are the two cards that were on each side of the 1967 Topps Monteagudo on the printing sheet, Dick Schofield and Dick Howser. Notice the missing black border on each card.

[ALR-bishop]

Great info Cliff. Your now Border Man...or head of Collectors Without Borders

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Here are the two cards that were on each side of the 1967 Topps Monteagudo on the printing sheet, Dick Schofield and Dick Howser. Notice the missing black border on each card.

Thank you Cliff for showing these two....looks like part of Howser's signature was also effected.

[BearBailey]

For me it was 1966 high numbers. If you have money you can find the 52's but there were 2-3 1966 cards it took me over a year to find. And when you do find the 66's centering is off.

[JTysver]

1975 Topps Willie Davis #10. Clouds in Upper Right and mixed with team name.

[ALR-bishop]

Jay---that one can be found in different stages . Pretty sure there will be some on ebay at any given time

[JustinD]

As someone who loves oddballs, I have to say my hard type cards are post war.

The 1990 george bush and the 1971 topps contest winners cards.

I also have been unsuccessful at any price to find my white whale in a decade plus ...the 1990 donruss aquaous Lance Parrish.

[ALR-bishop]

Justin-- we have a board member here who thought after acquiring the April Bole card he had finished the 71 Winners set at 15. Then that trouble maker David Hornish added several more cards to the checklist via his Topps research. The additions and the grand prize winner and his selection of a new Topps set versus a bunch more of his cards is detailed on Dave's blog.

And although I did snag a 90 Topps Bush card, right after I did so it was revealed there were two kinds, the high gloss,ones apparently given to the president in small quantities, and a regular gloss one cut from sheets and given to employees.

Another tough Topps card



The "common" Bush version

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by JustinD

As someone who loves oddballs, I have to say my hard type cards are post war.

The 1990 george bush and the 1971 topps contest winners cards.

I also have been unsuccessful at any price to find my white whale in a decade plus ...the 1990 donruss aquaous Lance Parrish.

I had 9 of the 19 Winners cards from 1971 at one point. Kept one for my type collection, sold the rest and the buyer got lucky on an eBay auction with a whale. These were out there for a little while but have dried up. You really don't see them anymore.

The set is actually from 1972 but that will never stick. The full story, checklist and more are here on my blog if you haven't seen it.

http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/se...opps%20Winners