1978 Topps Jose Morales

[deweyinthehall]

Just found this on e-Bay. I've seen ungraded cards mislabeled but for a graded specimen, this sure looks like the plain black stitching and NOT the black over red.

Did PSA err?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

Just found this on e-Bay. I've seen ungraded cards mislabeled but for a graded specimen, this sure looks like the plain black stitching and NOT the black over red.

Did PSA err?

If I had a nickel for every time I saw a PSA error... I would give them a pass on this one, though, they probably recognize all 1978 Jose Morales black stitch cards this way. It is definitely the all black ink version with no red. Here is one of my favorite PSA flubs, 1967 OPC Ed Spiezio LETTERING ALL THERE. There is no such thing as a 1967 OPC Ed Spiezio MOST OF SPIE MISSING so there is no reason to have that on a 1967 OPC Ed Spiezio card.

[ALR-bishop]

Maybe their error makes it a variation in and of itself

[savedfrommyspokes]

Like Cliff, I had 3 copies of this card in my binder, however, my 2 of my copies were slightly different than Cliffs. I went through my boxes of extra 1978s and found I had right at 50 copies of this card. In looking more closely at them, to me it appears that there are 2 versions of each of the "red", "black on red" and "just black" versions of this card, with the main difference being on some of the "black on red" and "just black" versions the seams of the ball appear thicker and less defined than other copies.



A-Black on Red seams on ball appear thicker ............ 6 of 50
B-Black on Red seams appear thinner than "A"........ 32 of 50
C-Almost no black at all.......................................... 8 of 50
D-Just a slight touch more of black than "C"........... 1 of 50
E-Mostly all black, seams appear thinner than "F"... 2 of 50
F-All black, seams appear thicker......................... 1 of 50


With my sample size you can get an idea of which cards are more common than others.

[Cliff Bowman]

Nice work, I may need to buy one of your 32 ‘B’ cards.

[ALR-bishop]

This is getting to be like the 55 Sullivan i


But now Larry has to list the order they came out :-}

[RCMcKenzie]

This is an awesome thread. I need to dig through my 78's. Haven't said THAT in a LONG time. Rob