Revisiting 1963 Topps Mantle Potential Color Variant

[G1911]

Originally Posted by packs

None of the Mantles I posted were advertised as anything other than a 1963 Topps Mickey Mantle in the stated grade.

I would think if you manipulated a card because you wanted to cash in, you would advertise there was something different about it.

I didn't say these 3 were or claim to trace the ownership and sales history of these 3. These 3 are likely from display, i.e. a not fraudulent occurrence. An indica of this is the faded overall appearance, and that the blue in the insert photo is a different blue than the faded off green (it would be the same blue if it was printed that way using the blue pass). The fraud ones are usually smart enough to cover the rest of the card so the targeted light to accelerate the natural process doesn't hurt the other colors and only the green or yellow is removed to create an "error". People have been making and selling them for a very long time.