10 Best/Most Interesting Error Cards
I've always loved VARIATIONS but not just errors.
ERRORs are just errors and not corrected.
ERROR VARIATIONS are errors that have been corrected.
Usually onw of the (2) is scarcer than the other,
sometimes even rare.
Here's one person's list of his top "error" cards.. 1990 Topps Frank Thomas NO NAME 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken F..K FACE 1989 Score Paul Gibson CROTCH GRAB 2006 Topps Alex Gordon NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST 1987 Donruss Opening Day Barry Bonds PICTURES JOHNNY RAY T206 Sherry Magee MISSPELLED MAGIE 1985 Topps Gary Pettis YOUNGER BROTHER LYNN 1989 Upper Deck Dale Murphy REVERSED IMAGE 1990 Pacific Jim Nettles "A--HOLE" BAT 1988 Topps Al Leiter WRONG PLAYERSomeone else had several of the above plus: 1969 Topps Mickey Mantle (Mantle in White Letters) 1952 Topps Johnny Sain-Paige Bio 1948 Leaf Gene Hermansk (misspelled) 1977 Star Wars C-3PO #207 PE.IS 1954 Bowman Emlen Tunnell (misspelled with Tunnel) Sam Vincent 1990-91 Hoops #223 (Jordan wearing jersey #12) 1981 Fleer Graig Nettles (Craig on the back)First couple of "Variations" that popped into my head: 1958 Topps Hank Aaron & Roberto Clemente [YELLOW LETTERs] 1966 Topps Don Landrum [3 different pants button issues] 1962 Topps #139 [3 different variations - one is Babe Ruth]Click for a list of our variations. |
1986 O-Pee-Chee (OPC) Baseball cards |
There are many different ways to protect, organize and store your sports cards.
Soft Sleeves also called "penny sleeves" are the most basic protection for your cards. Made of thin plastic, they come in packs of 100 and are very inexpensive.
Top Loads are rigid plastic holders and a step up in protection over "soft sleeves". Called top-loads because you place the card thru a thin opening at the top. They come in many sizes for regular cards upto 8-1/2 x 11 for magazines and even larger.
Screw-Down Acrylic Holders
These are sometimes used for better, more expensive cards. Small screws hold
two pieces of clear acrylic together. In a variety of sizes and thickness
that not only protect the card but can funciton as a paper weight or display
item.
There are also Single-Screw Screw-Downs that use only 1 screw to seal the holder. They are easier to use and provide the same type of protectionas regular screwdowns and they are also much less expensive costing as little as .30 in quantity while 1 inch or 2 inch acrylic screw-downs can cost upto several dollars.