The last card you needed for a set

[ALR-bishop]

Mike is the go to guy for info on this group of variations, but in general the entire 2nd series of the 1962 set, cards 110-196 can be found with two distinct printing variations. The first printing, by one production group, resulted in cards that had a greenish tint and were a mite blurry to boot. Another production group was used to correct this quality issue and the second printing is much sharper and not greenish. There were also some pose variations in the second printing that impact cards 129, 132, 139, 147,, 174, 176, and 190. The green tints are scarcer than the corrected cards but not rare and you can likely find a some on ebay right now with a search for "Topps 1962 green tint".

By the way, Topps intentionally recreated the green tint phenomena in the 2011 Heritage set, which is based on the 1962 design. Cards 110-158 and 160 to 196 can be found in green tint or red or black depending on what retailer sold the cards.

In the original 1962 set there are 4 versions of card 139...Ruth with and without the foul pole...and Hal Reniff portrait or pitching

[wolfdogg]

1952 Topps---#325 Serena

[steve B]

74 Topps -Mike Schmidt. Took a few years of waffling before I found one at a price I liked. Not a bad thing as it became the last one needed when his cards were at their peak. So I saved a bunch by waiting.

Most other years, 78-80 I don't really recall. Usually some common, and at the time most dealers had big boxes of commons you could go through. So it was usually more like the last 10-20 cards all bought at once.

My 88 topps set it was Canseco. Also took a couple years Too "expensive" to find in flea market lots, but too cheap for a dealer to give it space in the case. Or bother digging it out of the big box in back.

I really can't recall which 48 Bowman was the last. I think one of the SPs but not a star.

Steve B