It REALLY paid to open 1988 topps Rack Packs today!!

BBCgalaxee · Jun 4, 2014

All this talk on FCB about patterns and 80s cards coupled with being "one of those days" helped me to open some '88 rack packs.

I don't really remember any patterns for this year except Mattingly (Howard Johnson) so I was surprised I didn't remember the one with Puckett, Cal and Bonds (all near each other) or Clemens & Maddux back to back.

Turns out the first and last packs I opened were the best for sure!

First pack had this Comstock "blue streak line" variation I didn't know existed

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But the last pack got me really giddy!

I remember noticing this misprint on the card when I was a kid. I wound up selling it years ago and wasn't happy with the ending price and wished I kept it instead.

Needless to say I was shocked when I saw this 100 dollar card

PadresFan86 · Jun 4, 2014

Any Caminiti rookies? lol

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Hawk8 · Jun 4, 2014

Hope none of those rack packs had Dawson showing

ASTROBURN · Jun 4, 2014

Is that sarcasm, or is that really a hundred dollar card?

BBCgalaxee · Jun 4, 2014

ASTROBURN said:
Is that sarcasm, or is that really a hundred dollar card?

Jacksoncoupage knows better but I believe it's around that.

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ASTROBURN · Jun 4, 2014

Why? Enlighten those who dont know, including me

mrmopar · Jun 4, 2014

i'm going to guess that small splash of pink. A printing variation type card that some may care a great deal about, but most don't.

BBCgalaxee · Jun 4, 2014

It's all about that pink stripe.

Most would call it a print defect, some a legit variation.

And because it's very hard to find from a massively over produced topps product, some hardcore collectors spend big on it.

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Austin · Jun 4, 2014

I always thought the legitimate '88 Topps Keith Comstock error is the white letter variation.
That printing line on your card is just a plate mistake. People who pay big money for that is an idiot.

Here's the well-known Comstock variation (pic from another website):

mrmopar · Jun 4, 2014

I will say, as i am slowly sorting all of the cards by player, that I will probably try to look for some of these errors/variations that I never knew existed once i am done (if I ever get done). I want to finish the project, combine all the boxes together in alphabetical order so that if I need to find a card like that, I can go right to it and see if I have one.

ASTROBURN · Jun 5, 2014

So theres more than one with a pink stripe? Interesting. I never knew about that one.

Pine Tar · Jun 5, 2014

Pink.... always cost more money

BBCgalaxee · Jun 5, 2014

Same thing happened with 87 Donruss grewnwell for a short time. Even made Beckett as a legit variation.

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mrniceguy1126 · Jun 5, 2014

Am I missing something? I see that there several of these Comstock cards on eBay right now for only a few bucks. Is this one different?

BBCgalaxee · Jun 5, 2014

There's a few different comstock variations.

White letter is the most common error version followed by the correct blue letter version.

There's a couple other rare versions (some might call them defects) which some might pay for.

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jacksoncoupage · Jun 5, 2014

Austin said:
I always thought the legitimate '88 Topps Keith Comstock error is the white letter variation.
That printing line on your card is just a plate mistake. People who pay big money for that is an idiot.

Here's the well-known Comstock variation (pic from another website):

People are forgetting that aside from "one off print flaw" and "legit (whatever that means) variation" is another type of highly collected variety known as a recurring print defect. This means that enough were produced that multiple collectors/sources reported them and interest built but they didn't make the guides. This type of variation is not the equivalent of a stray ink splotch or fish eye (unless hundreds were affected the same way). The Angels TL card is a perfect example of a RPD as hundreds if not thousands were printed this way before the plate was changed. But given how much 1988 Topps was produced, a card printed in the hundreds or thousands is extremely scarce. Not surprising that it would escape the 1988 Beckett radar.

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