T205 Archer Variation

[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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