T205 Archer Variation

[Wite3]

I would lean towards printing fluke...not a variation IMHO.

Joshua

PS Will look at my Archers and see what is what with mine.

[gonzo]

I have three Archers and none of them have that mark.

Whether or not one calls it a “variation”, it is neat to learn about repeated printing differences within the T205 set. The powers of observation on this forum are pretty amazing. This seems similar in a way to the Titus print mark reported earlier this year at http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=243236

Thanks for sharing this information!

[Pat R]

The problem with calling these print flaws variations is it creates a false
market especially if they get cataloged as a variation. If you look hard
enough I'm sure there are dozens if not hundreds of these in the T205
set.

I know there are hundreds of cards in the T206 set like this.
The most recent example that is supposed to be cataloged
is a perfect example of creating a false market.

A Marquard (Throwing) armpit 8 that sold in the recent LOTG auction.

Without the "variation" it's a $150-$200 card. I was shocked when it
received the $500 minimum bid and completely shocked when it sold for
$3000.00.

http://loveofthegameauctions.com/Rar...-LOT14309.aspx


The reasons it sold for 10x-15x the true value is PSA put it
on the flip and it will be in their registry and it's supposed to be in the next Standard Catalog.

A much nicer Marquard (Throwing) and portrait sold as a pair in the
same auction for $338.
http://loveofthegameauctions.com/190...-LOT14120.aspx

If they want to start calling all of these flaws variations here are two
more of the same Marquard pose.

They could call this one the Marquard "Blue zero on shoulder".
Marquard Blue 0.jpg

and this one the "Red slash on sleeve"
they are both as rare as the "armpit 8"
Marquard slash.jpg

[T205 GB]

I will not disagree with what anyone has said. I completely agree that the T206 set is bazaar in the way a print anomaly can be turned into big money and yet other sets it is looked at as a scarlet letter.

Like I said before, I have been looking for another Archer for about 4 years with the same print defect. The odds I would see it in a HLC back when the other was on a Pied 25 are astronomical. Two anomalies on two different backs makes it more than debris on a plate or a random smudge.

I think these little defects are priceless for us collectors. Look at the plate scratches on the T206. It has ebnabled us to determine what an actual sheet may have looked like and helps us understand so much more. Just this Archer defect alone shows that there was a single plate used on multiple backs and corrected at some point. Reminds me of the Wilhelm missing r, Moran stray line, Mathewson 1 loss, The Beck variations, Latham Variations and so on.

[Pat R]

Andrew, I enjoy the variations/print flaws and I appreciate when collectors
like you are willing to share the info when you think you've discovered a new
one. I disagree with the way they pick and choose the ones that get
cataloged and I'm surprised PSA recognized the Marquard before it
is cataloged.

I bought a box of 2002 Fleer Tradition cards and in one of the packs
there were three cards that had the wrong name on the back.
Several years ago I took the Koskie/Jeter card to a show with some other cards to submit
with PSA on a free grading voucher I had. I asked them about the error
card and the woman told me they couldn't grade it because it wasn't
cataloged and they won't grade cards that aren't. I asked to speak to
someone else and I told him I understand why they won't grade certain
variations but why won't you grade a card like this, it's a 2002 Fleer Tradition
with Corey Koskie on the front, his card # 205 on the back, but Jeters name
so it's an obvious error. He agreed but said they still wouldn't grade it. So
I said fine I brought the card to fill my free submission I'll just submit it
to be graded as the Koskie card but then he said I couldn't do that because
it has the wrong back on it so they couldn't grade it that way either

I was so annoyed I took it to the SGC booth right across from them
and the guy said no problem and told me what to put on the form.
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Jeter Error.jpg

[Misunderestimated]

I've never been entirely clear about where the line is between legitimate variations (which are a big deal for hardcore set collectors like me) and stray printing errors (which are kinda interesting but that's about it)*....
Of course once any error gets catalogued as a legitimate "variation" all bets are off and -- Presto! -- its a big deal to set collectors, like it or not... **

I guess the classic variation is one where there are simply two versions of something (the T205 Eddie Collins and Roger Bresnahan cards), or the manufacturer corrects or changes something -- the team name because of: a trade (T202 Devlin or T206 Dahlen); a failed team relocation (74 McCovey); a retouch to obscure an obscenity (89 Fleer Billy Ripken) or some other error (89 UD Dale Murphy Rev Neg).

For instance in the T205 set:
The three different Wallace and Chase cards fall on the variations side, along with Harmon and Gray cards
The more recent T205 "discoveries" -- Mathewson (l loss --Cycle) and especially Kaiser Wilhelm ("Suffered") seem to more like printing errors (they ran out of ink or something on some of the cards maybe)

For me, this one (Archer) seems to come down pretty clearly on the printing error side.(Sorry)
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Notes:
*The Frank Thomas Topps RC has the "No Name on Front" printing error that commands big $$ -- I'm not sure what set collectors make of it -- I'm not really sure what a 1990 Topps set collector really thinks like... just buy the whole thing and be done with it?? It is listed as an option on the PSA Registry but no one is over 10% completion (think of the grading costs for 792 cards that are mostly worth nothing and one very pricey "No Name on Front" version!)
** Just imagine how much money would change hands if you could somehow have 15-20 nice, hard to find, specimens of a card that suddenly became a recognized "Variation" in one of the more popular pricey sets -- T206s, 33 Goudeys, 52 Topps etc.... Of course many people thought of this.