1987 TOPPS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS?

kuhlmann

I am searching through cards of mine in a binder from awhile back. I found a don mattingly allstar card. i have 25 of them one of them doesnt have the tm on the top right corner near the eagle. is this rare? an error? is it worht anything?
also how do you know if you have a topps tiffany from that year? i have a lot of bonds rookies from 87 topps and some are shinnier than others but i know thwy all came out of the same boxes. was topps tiffany cards in those boxes or was it just a seperate box that they were sold in? any help would be appreciated.

bowlking

Not sure off-hand about the error, however, the Tiffany cards only came from factory sealed sets, not packs.

kuhlmann

i did buy 2 factory sealed sets that year but i opened them. so how do i know what the difference is between the tiffany and the regulars. some are shinnier. but how do i know for sure? and the mattingly anyone seen one without a tm on the top left corner?

pandrews

i dont think the mattingly was extraordinarily rare, but I do remember the error.. I was a kid in 1987 and thats the first year I started buying cards.. I bought a whole wax box of 87 topps back then but I thought it was a complete set when I was buying it.. (mom purchased it for me)

Rainman

tiffanys are much darker in color than the regular version. also the gloss is quite apparent when you look at them. it's been awhile since i've "felt" my cards, but if i recall correctly, the tiffany feels slightly different than the regular version.

for an example of what i mean, look up 1987 topps tiffany traded greg maddux psa 10 (or bgs 9.5) and a 1987 topps traded greg maddux psa 10 (or bgs 9.5).

also, tiffany sets were supposedly produced in much lower quantities- i've heard #s as low as 30k sets.

boggs301012

Easiest way is the back tiffany never uses the regular cardboard looking stock, always a bright white paper stock on the back.


James