Show...me...your print variations!

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by fusorcruiser

Just started looking at this thread and I need to go through all the pages. A lot of neat stuff posted in here. Wanted to get your thoughts on this one attached. I'm not a print variation hunter but just picked this one up and it is sort of lower grade with the centering, diamond cut, corner touches etc., but I think it still looks pretty cool. I'm assuming that this card was pulled from a pack this way and not damaged from handling over the years. If so, were these types of print errors common in 1973 Let me know what you think. Thanks for your help.

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Nice find! Yes, these cards with ink runs from 1973 are around, not super common though. Your example shows more than most, IMO.

[fusorcruiser]

Hi ejstel and savedfrommyspokes, Thank you for your comments and the background on these. I like “iced out” too! lol
I'll start watching out for more. Again, thanks.

[ALR-bishop]

The 73 set has a boatload of messed up but fun cards. Plus it may be king of the border breaks. This Carlton has red issues

[ALR-bishop]

[swarmee]

1977 O-Pee-Chee - [Base] #198 - Mickey Vernon, Billy Gardner, Ozzie Virgil, Jim Brewer
Courtesy of COMC.com

Not sure if this is recurring, but I dub this the Hawaiian Islands variation.

[slidekellyslide]

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet. The search function for this site is really awful. Anyway all three of my 1966 Koufax cards have the same print defect in the lower left corner, but I'm only seeing a couple in google image searches with this same defect.

[slidekellyslide]

I also noticed this circle of missing black ink on the 1968 Billingham...two of mine have this and I noticed one sold by GM cards just recently with the same defect.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/13393562359...p2047675.l2557

[ALR-bishop]

Looks pretty scarce Dan