1962 Topps baseball questions

bowdowntome

I am more or less a football collector and haven't collected baseball in years so.....
I'm looking for informatin on the "green tint" variations from the 1962 Topps baseball set.

1. I read in a newer catalog that the green tint cards can be found on almost all the 2nd series cards, what number range is the 2nd series?
2. None of the price guides I have, old or new, have complete listings of the green tint variations, does one exist?
3. Does anyone even collect both variations anymore?
4. Which variation, if either, is considered harder to find?

kingraider75

The #'s should be in Beckett Plus, not the monthly.

GATOR5

bowdown,

I sold alot of these last year on cosignment. The green tints brought a higher price thats all I can remember.

Matt

denwd1

1) #110 thru 196 all have a green tint variation 2)they command more from dealers,not always in auctions,but a good guess is 1.5 to 2x, stars could be a little more. 3)yes its common to collect both for a master set 4)the tints although common are harder to find--they were the first print and topps corrected the problem on later printings.

bowdowntome

Thanks for the responses.

denwd1 - I find that completely interesting. Are the green tint variations an "all over" (the photograph) phenomenon? or is the green tint in certain selected areas of the cards, such as football card showing in my signature? It's interesting because the '63 football variations appear to be just the opposite. The green background varieties are much more common than the natural-colored version, which leads me to believe that Topps, for some odd reason, didn't like the "natural fall colors" on the football cards, and possibly "corrected" them (took the red out) after an initial print run.

Those zany people at Topps, you gotta lov'em!

mudflap02

Ben Stein hit those cards with his Visine drops. And nobody won his money.