1959 white/gray backs

[ALR-bishop]

Doug---if Ramos gives you a chuckle, maybe this one will too. Check examples of card 316, NL Hitting Stars ( Mays/Ashburn) on e bay. In many of them a close look shows what looks like a scribbled "A" where their arms cross together. This defect shows up often. Printing error that was corrected, or later run defect like Herrer ?

No matter what definition you, me , or Bob L comes up with, there will be gray areas. To me that just makes it fun. People can collect and be happy with whatever motivates them. But, ironically, whether one of these takes off in value or is just an oddity in a Gilkeson publication or a dark secret with the secret order of variation/error collectors, depends on whether Bob L or Beckets or the Registry, or someone recognized in the hobby lists it somewhere.

[Rich Klein]

Were added to the Beckett DB at my behest way way back in the day (1991-92). I remember showing the good Dr. the three cards which I purchased for what I think was a grand total of $25 (condition varied) and he OK'd the three different cards.

Regards
Rich

[ALR-bishop]

I have the 3 Spahns. The question raised above is whether the 1921 and 1931 versions are variations and the blotched 3d card is a just print defect, or whether it is a 3d variation where an attempt was first made to correct the original error by blotting a number before reprinting the card with the correct DOB