Batter-Up cards

[brianp-beme]

Something that was not identified (as far as I can tell) until it was brought up on here multiple years back, is that there are two separate groups of color availability within the #1 to 80 grouping of Batter-Ups.

First off, 6 different colors are available in cards #1 through 40. I will identify them as I have always done (being that I was limited to smaller packs of Crayolas when growing up).

Black + White (no tint)
Sepia
Blue
Purple
Green
Red

Numbers 41 through 80 are only found in the following:

Black + White (no tint)
Sepia
Blue
Purple

I believe this is the main reason why the Red and Green tints are less commonly encountered, as a whole, in the 1 to 80 grouping, and thus are considered by some to be less common.

Here are the two threads that gradually identified, exposed, and revealed to the vintage collecting world this color availability split within the set:


The first thread, with pertinent color information starting with post #16:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ghlight=batter

The follow up thread:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ghlight=batter


Brian