Blue version of '58 Topps Aaron?

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

From the perspective of a hall-of-famer collector, it is a pretty neat variation, mere printing error or not (and it appears pretty obvious that the entire card is simply missing the yellow ink). If ever in doubt as to whether it's legit, check the print dot pattern with a loupe.

Larry

I own the specific card that started this thread, the ebay auction ended with a price that was considerably less than I had expected it to go for, which is good because my high bid wasn't much more than what I paid. I used my handy dandy kitchen knife to remove the plastic jail it had been confined to. It is real.

I still think it's a glorified print dot, but agree with Larry that it's a pretty neat variation, especially because of it's subject.

I am very intrigued by the probable existence of the other blue background variations, and I'm betting that Al (ALR-Bishop) and myself aren't the only ones who have looked thru their own collections...

Doug

[fkw]

I believe I was the underbidder on the last Blue '58 Aaron on eBay a couple months back. I didnt have much spare $$ when I made the bid and just threw out a snipe bid (if I remember right was a bit under $100). I rememeber thinking wow I almost won it even though I wasnt really trying and expecting it to go well over my bid.

I too thought it went for far lower $$ than expected, But I dont really collect Topps cards anymore. I dont even remember how I found the auction but do remember the earlier post mrmantlecollector showed his card, so knew what it was. I still have a search on eBay looking for other Blue '58 Aarons, but Ive only seen the 2 mentioned here.

[MilBraves]

I bid on it too. I would have liked to have gone higher but the decision was..the blue Aaron or money into a Spahn '55 Spic and Span die cut card I had an opportunity to obtain at a really great price. I chose the Spahn(see avatar).

[ls7plus]

See, it IS a pretty neat variation! And it might eventually have some premium value. The area of die varieties took quite awhile to catch on in coins, but when it did, values on those variations actually listed in the official guide book really took off. I just left a thread in the pre-war section, where Scott displayed a very neat '26-'29 Exhibit Gehrig in yellow (which I believe is quite a tough variation--Adam (Exhibitman) would be better qualified to comment) SGC graded "poor," and was a bit envious, even though I own the regular card in SGC 60 "excellent." This board is a pretty good test with regard to present and potential interest.

Thanks for posting!

Larry