Official Error and Variation Discussion/Reference Thread

[jacksoncoupage]

Saw these two excellent variations for 1990 and 1991 Topps on Ebay recently. Both have catalog potential.

Bobby Cox has the wrong background underneath the text.

The checklist lacks the "Continued On Checklist..." line

I'll have to check on the Bobby Cox but didn't have any 1990 checklist variation.
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These have both been selling for a couple of years-ish now. The Cox and others from the same sheet have been known for many years, actually. They are print flaws, not variations, which were created by the red ink orientation for a different sheet being applied to the back. This only affects the managers and the players who are in the spots meant for managers (Oscar Azocar is an example). But they were not design changes or corrected mistakes.

The 1990 Topps Checklist is fairly tough to acquire and is a rare instance of a very newly discovered true variation where Topps made a plate change to corrected a mistake.

[cgilmo]

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[tpeichel]

I'll have to group these by year then figure out the trademark lines. I was so excited when I first saw the "C" that I didn't notice the other differences until I took a good look. I wish more sellers would display front and back when they list these because I feel like such a dink asking a bunch of people to look up the trademark line on a $2 card.

For what it's worth, the three cards initially brought up as variations by the Rose collector are 1977 copyrights if you check his site.

So it looks like the year is not a reliable indicator of a variation, it is in the printing location and the letter designation. A few examples.

PLAYER Year DESCRIPTION
CAREW,ROD 1977-79 Sportscasters Series 10 #10-07 Lausanne A Printed in Italy variation
CAREW,ROD 1977-79 Sportscasters Series 10 #10-07 Lausanne Printed in Italy variation

PLAYER Year DESCRIPTION
RUDI,JOE 1977-79 Sportscasters Series 21 #21-05 Geneva C Printed in Italy variation
RUDI,JOE 1977-79 Sportscasters Series 21 #21-05 Lausanne A Printed in Italy variation
RUDI,JOE 1977-79 Sportscasters Series 21 #21-05 Lausanne Printed in Italy variation


PLAYER Year DESCRIPTION
KINGMAN,DAVE 1977-79 Sportscasters Series 27 #27-21 Geneva A Printed in Italy variation
KINGMAN,DAVE 1977-79 Sportscasters Series 27 #27-21 Geneva C Printed in Italy variation
KINGMAN,DAVE 1977-79 Sportscasters Series 27 #27-21 Lausanne Printed in Italy variation


There are also German, French, Swedish, Finnish, etc versions with different numbering and the language is different.