1989 Topps Alfredo Griffin Question
Jacerugger
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So, I recently went through some old cards of mine as my middle son is starting to get into trading cards and "investing" in purchasing individual cards. I have two Alfredo Griffin 1989 Topps cards and to my surprise, they are both different. They appear to be on different stock (the coloration is different on the back) and one them has a pink outline on the borders (the one with the different coloration on the back-I think it might be because of cardstock?) and the other is normal with the black outline border. I looked at a few sites online and googled to see if this is part of the error cards found in the 1989 set that has been documented online but I have not found anything. Does anyone know what this means with the pink outline as none of the other '89 cards I have, have the outline (no, it's not a pink marker tracing the line). It's pretty clear that it's a mistake card. Is it worth it to get them graded? Should I take them to a local card collector store? Can I post pictures here? First time here as I just joined once I found the error. Thanks in advance for any information that can be gleaned.
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Please post photos, but it sounds like one of them is the “Tiffany” version, higher gloss on front and brighter back.
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Regardless of the answer, because we are talking about 1988 Alfredo Griffin, you do NOT get them graded, as no one pays money for 1988 Alfredo Griffins. But as the previous poster stated, you might have a Tiffany version (would be VERY glossy on the front). I assume the picture is the same on each card and the card number is the same.... For 1988 there is a regular version and a TRADED set version..... The traded set version def has a different stock/back color.
Here are regular topps and tiffany topps side by side for 1988 regular set and Traded set......
The OP was talking '89, not '88, but '89 Tiffany backs are pinker then regular, but not sure what OP means by pink outline border.
Hah, not sure why I got caught up on 1988.... For the pink "border", maybe he is talking about the bad registration/ mis-aligment of the printing plates (in this case the magenta one) as shown on the right side of this PSA 10 that sold for a whopping $5 in 2017!