Well known print defects. Do variations exist without?

[ALR-bishop]

My Bonds has the print defect you mention and I do not have a "clean" version.


For 1987 what I have is:

92 Lugo with and without trademark---in SCD

169 Piniella ( manager not rookie ) with excessive dark shading

226 Venable with green blotch to left of name on front or not

259 Greenwell with red mark is S on Jersey on front or not

313 Clemente TBTC...name in front in blue or black

344 Niekro...copyright differences on back...in SCD

393 Rose, with two different shading of green on back or all the same

512 Magadan, missing some color in "Future" on the front, or not

603 Gooden and 606 Mattingly , with or without trademark on front...in SCD . The Mattingly can also be found with various color issues in the eagles wings...as is true in several cards in this set

671 Soff, copyright difference on back...in SCD

[hangman62]

Wow,
I never thought to look so closely on such an overproduced/ low value set.
Thats a lot of mistakes in there.
Yes,many recall when that 1987 T set was being stockpiled and hoarded by smart collectors who were telling everybody they knew that due to the "wood border" like the 62T set..these will be hard to find in mint shape in a few years....and everyone was banking on ALL the rookies to become stars...then they did..but the cards went down instead of up !
I remember those days !

[novakjr]

Yeah, hangman, I like to consider that '87 set the most insignificantly-significant set of our lifetime. The only card that really concerns me is the Bonds(or maybe the Jackson if a defect is found). But it is cool to know what all variations or defects are out there, so to that extent, no matter how over-produced a set may be, there still could be a sleeper variation hiding in it somewhere, thus making it, at the very least, worth examining. After all, someone, somewhere might be interested in a variation of a player that is often written off by most.

[hangman62]

yea, In a way, its sad, the set had everything going for it..cool " old design" baseball cards at an all time high, the loads of rookies,and 2nd year guys, the tail end career cards of greats like Rose,Seaver,Ryan,.. the extended set..that appeared to be an incredible addition..if only they made a few million less sets !

[ALR-bishop]

When I was buying these sets it was to keep a run going and I never did think they would be a good "investment" If the set was nice looking, that was a bonus. There were some that were not. And "rookies" were just part of the set

[shimozukawa]

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