Scarcest Post 1952 Topps Regular Issue Card

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Originally Posted by Gr8Beldini

Which 11 are the "true short prints?"

I've done a bit of research on this and have come up with:

552 Savage
553 Yankees Rookies
558 Orioles Rookies (Belanger)
563 Adcock
568 Sullivan
581 Mets Rookies (Seaver)
586 Jiminez
591 Cline
597 Abernathy
603 A's Rookies
607 Stanley

All from the same row on the uncut sheets. This was discussed briefly here a few years ago but the thread is missing scans so I just spent my morning writing up a blog post about it that details my reasoning:

http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/20...lin-short.html

If you count all regular issue Topps cards, i.e. not proofs or tests but including secondary issues, then Al's assessment of the "Small" '55 Hocus Focus cards as being the toughest is spot on.

FYI-I have an in-depth article on Hocus Focus in The Wrapper #264, which just came out this week. As a further shameless plug, I have an article in every issue of The Wrapper and have for about a year now, although they are all Non Sports themed and generally about Topps.