1962 Topps complete set w/7 variations question

[rdwyer]

How rare are the variations in the set? Having the 7 variations (Master Set) is the set more valuable? TIA

[Cliff Bowman]

A 1962 Topps Baseball master set has WAY more than seven variations. ETA, a 1962 Topps Baseball basic variation set may be considered to contain just the seven different pose and missing logo variations of Bob Buhl, Willie Tasby, Lee Walls, Carl Willey, Bill Hoeft, Bill Kunkel, and Hal Reniff but that would be bare bones. I don’t think any of those seven is overly rare or expensive. ETA again, oops, forgot about the Wally Moon and Ed Yost pose variations.

[bobsbbcards]

The '62 Topps master set (on the PSA registry) has an additional 14 cards if I'm not mistaken, not seven. The super set, on the other hand, has an additional 92 cards.

The variations aren't rare, although there's obviously competition for them. For the most part, no card seems to be scarcer than it's counterpart.

Here's yesterday's VCP for each of the variation pairs in PSA 7:

22 1st Series Checklist (#33-88 on back) 23
22 1st Series Checklist (#121-176 on back) 19
129 Lee Walls (Plain Jersey-Facing right) 12
129 Lee Walls (Pinstriped Jersey-Facing Left) 32
132 Los Angeles Angels Team (Inset Photos) 49
132 Los Angeles Angels Team (No Inset Photos) 15
134 Billy Hoeft (Blue Sky) 53
134 Billy Hoeft (Green Sky) 59
139 Hal Reniff (Portrait) 81
139 Hal Reniff (Pitching) 44
147 Bill Kunkel (Portrait) 16
147 Bill Kunkel (Pitching) 32
174 Carl Willey (With Cap) 31
174 Carl Willey (No Cap) 15
176 Eddie Yost (Batting) 14
176 Eddie Yost (Portrait) 16
190 Wally Moon (With Cap) 66
190 Wally Moon (No Cap) 26
192 3rd Series Checklist (177-264) (with ,) 18
192 3rd Series Checklist (177-264) 15
441 6th Series Checklist (430-506) (Large Print) 35
441 6th Series Checklist (430-506) (Small Print) 27
458 Bob Buhl (Plain Cap) 39
458 Bob Buhl (M on Cap) 35
462 Willie Tasby ("W" on Cap) 20
462 Willie Tasby (Plain Cap) 17
516 7th Series Checklist (White Boxes) 40
516 7th Series Checklist (Yellow Boxes) 54

[commishbob]

Between the green tints and the variations the 62 set is a really fun set to chase.

[ALR-bishop]

Maybe because they were DPs, there are variants of all 7 checklists. And there are several recurring print defect differences in the set as well, the most interesting of which may be the different versions of Dick Hall's lip and face fungus. Question for you graded collectors, on an otherwise mint version of Hall's card would the fungus affect the grade ?

[rdwyer]

Thanks for all the help. I'm only short 6 cards from Bob's list. Can someone show me the difference between the small & large print versions of the 6th series checklist? TIA

[Tom S.]

Here you go Rich...



The card on the left is the one with "Checklist" in larger letters - the card on the right is the one with "Checklist" in smaller letters.

[rdwyer]

Thanks Tom!

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

On an otherwise mint version of Hall's card would the fungus affect the grade?

Yes, or at least I hope it would. Even if it's recurring, this one seems more like a print defect than some.

[JollyElm]

I had dubbed it the Dick Hall ‘Soul Patch’ variation...

1962hall189.jpg

[rdwyer]

I still can't tell. Is this the small letters or large letters version? TIA

Here's a bigger pict:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7d47e5d6_b.jpg

The other card I don't understand is #139 Babe hits 60 (pole/no pole). What pole?