Question about fisheyes

Peetie

Again, I am mainly a coin guy but have had an absolute blast putting together the Topps Heritage set. I have spent much more time on this forum the last month or so than over there.

I have tried to figure things out as best I could without asking too many annoying questions. But I can't get this one.....

What the crap are fisheyes and what do they look like???

Thanks
Mark

SoFLPhillyFan

They resemble tapioca and are very tasty when gently sauteed with butter and garlic.

Seriously, they are the print defect that looks like a small circle drawn on the card.

Stone193

Mark
Here's an example over the player's head - tho not perfectly round like a lot of them, you can see how there is a halo effect to the defect which is how it gets the name fisheye. This one is more like a fish-eyeland - LOL/



mike

Carew29

Printers call them buttholes....

Stingray

How nice

lawnmowerman

RipublicaninMass

Or, it could look like a player blowing a smoke ring

jrdolan

PSA doesn't seem to downgrade for fisheyes. The PSA 9 Brock above isn't docked for a defect, and DSL recently had a bunch of '75 Topps PSA 9's, many with fisheyes, some with multiples.

yankeeno7

I have 2 1974 Brooks Robinsons docked with the PD qualifiers for fisheyes

BigRedMachine

<< <i>PSA doesn't seem to downgrade for fisheyes. The PSA 9 Brock above isn't docked for a defect, and DSL recently had a bunch of '75 Topps PSA 9's, many with fisheyes, some with multiples. >>



Good point jr, and this may have answered a question of mine. A friend bought a PSA 9 Marino rookie recently without looking at the scan real close and there's a terrible "fisheye" mark right next to the "Dolphins" in the black part. It's ugly looking and my friend wants to hang himself for not noticing it in the scan.

Then to make matters worse, I saw a picture of the same marino rookie in a Beckett football monthly, and it had the same mark in a similar spot. So his must not be the only one, and PSA must not care. Looks terrible.

Peetie

Thanks for the replies. The Brock actually looks kind of cool blowing that smoke ring.

I will try not to ask too many stupid questions but you guys are an incredible pool of knowledge.

Thanks again

Mark