91 Topps Variations

[butchie_t]

Thank you Al and CMGsBBCs for that info. This set is like the never-ending story. It keeps rewriting itself all the time.

This card alone may be worth busting my cello boxes. They were early in the run purchases and have numerous variations in them......Anything is possible

Cheers.

B. T.

[Pat R]

The 91 Topps is a great set if you like to collect variations. There are a lot of easy variations and a few difficult-very difficult variations and if you want to collect all the variations with all the possible backs even some of the easy variation can be difficult with either a glow or no glow back. The most difficult I found was Scott Coolbaugh no pink feather with a glow back. I have over 40 Coolbaugh's in glow backs and all of them are the pink feather variation except one lone example with no pink feather. I found the Keith Comstock Cubs with a no glow back to be another difficult variation but not as difficult as the Coolbaugh.

[sbfinley]

With help from Chad and Patrick I was able to recently add #22 Storm Davis with Registration Mark and a manager back #659 Oscar Azocar. If anyone has a A*B* back that Patrick needs from his list let me know I'll buy it for him as I owe him one. I'm also assuming that all wrong manager backs will be glow like this one? Or should I be on the lookout a no glue manager back?

[CMGsBBCs]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

With help from Chad and Patrick I was able to recently add #22 Storm Davis with Registration Mark and a manager back #659 Oscar Azocar. If anyone has a A*B* back that Patrick needs from his list let me know I'll buy it for him as I owe him one. I'm also assuming that all wrong manager backs will be glow like this one? Or should I be on the lookout a no glue manager back?

Glad to help. Haven't gotten to busting any more Cello yet... just the occasional loose rack pack.

I think I've decided to put together 3 binders...
-1- 1-792 - Glow Back
-2- 1-792 - No-Glow Back
-3- Bold Backs (Glow and No-Glow back)

I've been leaving space for just about all of the errors/variations (but not the A*B* backs save for #83 Boston)... but now I need to figure out if they exist in both Glow and No-Glow backs. The three Storm Davis with (R) mark I recently pulled (all from one cello box), for example, is a no-glow back... but does it also exist in Glow back? ...are there Hoiles, Drabek, Whiten in both backs? Gets kind of nuts at this point, right?

Now that I'm typing this out, it's making me re-think and maybe just put the variations in the Bold binder... Not worry about them in the Glow/No-Glow sets and just have the most readily available (or preferably corrected version) and go straight through 1-792.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by CMGsBBCs

Glad to help. Haven't gotten to busting any more Cello yet... just the occasional loose rack pack.

I think I've decided to put together 3 binders...
-1- 1-792 - Glow Back
-2- 1-792 - No-Glow Back
-3- Bold Backs (Glow and No-Glow back)

I've been leaving space for just about all of the errors/variations (but not the A*B* backs save for #83 Boston)... but now I need to figure out if they exist in both Glow and No-Glow backs. The three Storm Davis with (R) mark I recently pulled (all from one cello box), for example, is a no-glow back... but does it also exist in Glow back? ...are there Hoiles, Drabek, Whiten in both backs? Gets kind of nuts at this point, right?

Now that I'm typing this out, it's making me re-think and maybe just put the variations in the Bold binder... Not worry about them in the Glow/No-Glow sets and just have the most readily available (or preferably corrected version) and go straight through 1-792.

No I don't think it does. I believe the glow and no glow backs were printed seperately. I have four with the full registration mark and five with the partial registration mark and they are all no glow backs.

[CMGsBBCs]

Originally Posted by Pat R

No I don't think it does. I believe the glow and no glow backs were printed seperately. I have four with the full registration mark and five with the partial registration mark and they are all no glow backs.

I also assume that the Glow and No-Glow backs were printed separately, whether at a different facility or just at a separate time with the "different" ink... but they were absolutely packaged together, whether in packs or factory sets. The one factory set I opened had both Glow & No-Glow backs (all cards from certain sheets were the same). There must have been some batch system with printing, then perhaps they were cut and/or packed at a different time/faclity and packed with the "other" sheets printed at a separate time/facility.

I think moving the variations to my "Bolds" binder will make the most sense... So much tedious fun ahead switching these cards around... again...

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by CMGsBBCs

I also assume that the Glow and No-Glow backs were printed separately, whether at a different facility or just at a separate time with the "different" ink... but they were absolutely packaged together, whether in packs or factory sets. The one factory set I opened had both Glow & No-Glow backs (all cards from certain sheets were the same). There must have been some batch system with printing, then perhaps they were cut and/or packed at a different time/faclity and packed with the "other" sheets printed at a separate time/facility.

I think moving the variations to my "Bolds" binder will make the most sense... So much tedious fun ahead switching these cards around... again...

Yes the glow and no glow were packed together but by sheet codes only If you open a full box the packs may have a mix of glow and no glow but all the sheet code will be the same for instance you may open a pack that has A*, B*, E* and F* with glow backs and C* and D* are no glow all the packs will almost always follow that pattern.