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

[JollyElm]

I have spent way too much time recently examining 1969 Topps #50 Bob Clemente cards, and I noticed something pretty cool. I call it 'Redbatto Clemente.'

The Clemente on the left is the traditional card, wherein his bat is the basic light beige color without a speck of magenta to be seen. The two cards on the right, though, show how his lumber can be found transformed into a piece of redwood...

1969clementeRedBat.jpg

Since there are countless 1969 Clemente cards on eBay, it's relatively easy to track one down, but their occurrence rate as a percentage is extremely low. The extra red is quite noteworthy in his fleshtones as well.

[e6phillips]

I ran across the second one of these recently.

[ALR-bishop]

Eric---I have one of the Baileys as well. The amount of red seems to verry some. Scarce recurring print defect ?

[Sliphorn]

I found this on a listing for it at $600 on ebay. Thankfully I got this one for about $80 from another seller. I have only seen these two with the white line across the top of the red info blurb. I also notice that on the lower example, there is some red in the stitching on the ball. It appears that the ball is down farther.