1990 TOPPS RIPKEN

Archive · #1 10-16-2008, 03:55 PM

Posted By: FRED BROMBERG

I just got a 1990 topps ripken with a blank front.anyone know the deal with this card?

Archive · #2 10-16-2008, 03:56 PM

Posted By: dan mckee

Who is Ripken?

Archive · #3 10-16-2008, 04:02 PM

Posted By: Jim VB

That blank front must be an underprint.

Archive · #4 10-16-2008, 04:06 PM

Posted By: davidcycleback

Printing mistake. Though not common, you will find a number of blank front and blank back 1980s-90s cards. I pulled a blank front card and a blank back card of of Topps packs as a kid.

Archive · #5 10-16-2008, 04:17 PM

Posted By: Jim Rivera

I think Ripken is an announcer on TNT for the playoffs

Archive · #6 10-16-2008, 04:17 PM

Posted By: barrysloate

Hi Fred- the board can be merciless sometimes.

Archive · #7 10-16-2008, 04:21 PM

Posted By: Jerry

Paste a 38 Goudey front on it and then you got something.

J/K. David is correct, Blank front cards are fairly common on Topps cards from late 80's early 90's.

Archive · #8 10-16-2008, 04:58 PM

Posted By: Jason L

back in 1987, I pulled from a pack a very rare blank front and blank back 1953 Bowman Color Jose Canseco with a faint wet transfer of an off-center, upside-down T206 Cobb Red Background.
Really quite odd.

But I had a dupe, so I threw it in the garbage.

Archive · #9 10-16-2008, 05:07 PM

Posted By: josh

I am very surprised that nobody has told the poster that the question is on the wrong side. I would of expected it by now.

Archive · #10 10-16-2008, 05:10 PM

Posted By: Clint

Back in 1980 I pulled a Topps Nolan Ryan card that had a fingerprint inked on the front. I still have it somewhere and I believe it was the first DNA card made.

Clint

Archive · #11 10-16-2008, 05:21 PM

Posted By: robert a

Ask Quan.

He specializes in 1990 Orioles including Ben McDonald.

Rob

Archive · #12 10-16-2008, 05:33 PM

Posted By: leon

it's the elusive and oft maligned "underprint"...

Archive · #13 10-16-2008, 10:25 PM

Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

Leon,

I hate to nitpick, but Jim VB came up with that joke back in the Shakespearean era (see first comment).

Archive · #14 10-17-2008, 02:46 PM

Posted By: Matt

instead of creating a new Topps thread. It seems there is a reality based show about Topps:

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