1980-present variations

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Alright Greg you got me to dig out my box of 87 Topps with your last few posts.
So far I've found quite a few variations but I haven't checked to see if they are recurring. Here are a couple of the better ones and a Guidry with a black mark. There is a wide strip of red from the top to the bottom of the Wilkerson including the top and bottom border, it actually shows up much better in hand than it does in the scan.

It's always good to have an excuse to dig into 1987 Topps. Might be worthless, but I love this design. Couldn't find any of these three here on other copies on eBay.

I went to COMC and picked up a Mike Marshall with broken "T". I also picked up this copy with a slash through the "O"; not quite sure if it's a recurring defect yet.

[Pat R]

This Juan Bonilla has what looks similar to a laser line through the card and on each side of the line the colors are a different shade.

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[frankhardy]

Well...so far in this modern thread the Cardinals variations are not breaking me. I'm heading to the garage to look for 1981 Topps Mike Phillips.

Does anyone know if the 1981 Vuckovich is reoccurring?

[frankhardy]

After nearly 2 hours of scouring the internetwebs, I have come to the conclusion that a 100% totally clean 1981 Topps Mike Phillips is very, very scarce. Nearly all have some level of smudging of varying degrees. Some look clean until you inspect them closely.

I found a PSA 9 that looks clean in the scan, but I suspect imperfections could be found in the same area if looked at closely. Seller wanted $200, so I passed without hesitation. I also found one raw on Ebay that looks clean and I bought it.

I also bought several others of varying degrees.

For my Cardinals team set, I have notated 7 different distinct variations plus a clean one (hopefully). I'm sure there are more, but those will suffice for me.

I am dizzy!

[G1911]

In my defense, I posted the Phillips card before we set the no Cardinals rule!

I've kept myself to only the one smear copy, this seems like one of a number of such defects that have essentially unlimited manifestations of the basic printing problem.

[frankhardy]

Originally Posted by G1911

In my defense, I posted the Phillips card before we set the no Cardinals rule!

I've kept myself to only the one smear copy, this seems like one of a number of such defects that have essentially unlimited manifestations of the basic printing problem.

I agree with Phillips. You could go on forever with different variations. I only expanded it because they are inexpensive and easily gotten, with the exception of a clean one. That was quite a chore to find a clean one.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by frankhardy

I agree with Phillips. You could go on forever with different variations. I only expanded it because they are inexpensive and easily gotten, with the exception of a clean one. That was quite a chore to find a clean one.

It's nice when they are cheap, I hate when some schmuck posts a superstar variant

Some of these I just settle for one copy, others I obsessively hoard all the different manifestations I can find. I've got to be up to 20+ different copies of the 1959 Hank Sauer yellow smearing now.

I looked for a clean Phillips and thought I found some, but after getting 2 of them they have turned out not to really be actually clean. I think I'm calling it a day lol