52t for yellow geeks only

[Republicaninmass]

Yes many have color missing in that part of the card, however the above I had posted in the left doesn't not have any other missing ink.

[flkersn]

Getting back to the original question; does anyone have a theory as to how these color " variations" could have happened?

The two gray backs that I have seen with yellow logo have almost pure yellow with a full-color neck. The redish-orangish "transition" cards and the green-neck cards seem to be limited to the cream back. However the gray/yellow is a VERY small sample.

So, does that mean that the gray stock was used at a time when the ink situation was stable? And how could the red be depleted in the logo, but not the neck?

I really don't understand the actual printing works.

Bill

[Zach Wheat]

Given Ted's example above it almost looks like the green throat version has a thumb print size area where the red ink did not stick.

[ALR-bishop]

Can you imagine what the Topps employees who produced this set and other early sets would think about threads like this and the never ending variants thread.

[irv]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Can you imagine what the Topps employees who produced this set and other early sets would think about threads like this and the never ending variants thread.

I'm not sure if this has been noted before but in my search for a Larry Jansen card, I have noticed this print line on some of his cards. (Bottom left, in the border, just below his wrist)
This one also has a dot/spot/print mark above it but most that I have seen with this line don't have that spot.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-L...25.m3641.l6368
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1952-Topps-5-...pf5Tx19OF4Wy1g
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1952-Topps-5-...AAAOSwax5Y0HWT

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Can you imagine what the Topps employees who produced this set and other early sets would think about threads like this and the never ending variants thread.

It's funny, I was thinking much the same thing....with only Sy Berger sitting around his kitchen table constructing the layout wondering how he can cause unending speculation on how variations were created.

I think there is something to the previous threads as well as this one in terms of the initial production and how at least some of the variations came about.

Z

[JollyElm]

Can you imagine if they had today's technology back then?? With such simple layouts, it would have been a snap to make everything 'perfect.' Case in point, once they laid out the logo for a particular team, all they would have to do to assure absolute consistency is copy and paste it to every other card that showed a player from said team. (And, yes, contrarians, I know it's not quite that simple, but I am just making a general point. )

[steve B]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Can you imagine if they had today's technology back then?? With such simple layouts, it would have been a snap to make everything 'perfect.' Case in point, once they laid out the logo for a particular team, all they would have to do to assure absolute consistency is copy and paste it to every other card that showed a player from said team. (And, yes, contrarians, I know it's not quite that simple, but I am just making a general point. )

Even back then it was almost that simple. But .....Topps.....