Why are a lot of the Hats colored over in the '69 Topps set?

corvette1340

Going through my almost complete '69 set, I'm noticing that a lot of the logos on the team hats worn by players have been colored over by Topps. I'm assuming this is out of some kind of copyright infringement of some sort. Can anyone shed some light on this?

digicat

Could be a lot of laziness on Topps' part for not going out and getting updated photos of players.

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

If you want to get the variations, here they are.
If my info is incomplete or incorrect, please lmk.


1969 Topps

Cards 440-511 have their names (first or last or both or position) in either Yellow or White

47 Paul Popovich A- Emblem on helmet airbrused to top of helmet B- Emblem on helmet airbrushed to just below top of helmet C- C on helmet visable through airbrushing D-?- Missing Stats, C on helmet visable. Unsure if legit. Didn’t look like paper loss.

49 Jones/Rodriquez A- Rodriguez on front B- Rodriquez on front

57 Denny McLain A- Collar partially visable, no dot after S in U.S.A. on copyright B- Full collar, dot after S in U.S.A. on copyright C- No collar, dot after S in U.S.A. on copyright
77 Ron Perranoski A- LA on cap B- Small Black airbrushed spot on cap C- Large Black airbrushed spot on cap
99 Morris/Nettles A- No loop, Yellow names B- Loop, yellow names C- Loop, White names

107 Bob Gibson A- #161 is Jim Purdin, #158 is missing part of the J in Joe Gibbon B- #161 is Jim Purdin, #158 has a full J in Joe Gibbon C- 3161 is John Purdin
151 Clay Dalrymple A- Orioles portrait B- Phillies catching
208 Donn Clenenon A- Houston, N on back reversed B- Expos, no N on back
214 Checklist A- 4 in 214 visable B- 4 in 214 chopped off at bottom
412 Checklist A- 459 2nd L in Bowell visable B- 459 2nd L in Bowell is cut off at top
485 Gaylord Perry A- Last name Yellow B- Last name White,# on back visable C- Last name White, # partially obscured on back
500 Mickey Mantle A- Last name White B- Last name Yellow with TGC on back C- Last name Yellow missing TCG
582 Tony Olivia A- White circle on back B- Red circle on back

itzagoner

airbrushed hat = got traded.

slantycouch

<< <i>Could be a lot of laziness on Topps' part for not going out and getting updated photos of players. >>



That would be my guess.

itzagoner

<< <i>Could be a lot of laziness on Topps' part for not going out and getting updated photos of players. >>



as we know, Topps was notorious for using same player photos in multiple years and just framing them differently, or airbrushing emblems......but, they were good recyclers.

MooseDog

1969 was the first year of baseball's expansion - Seattle, San Diego, Montreal, and Kansas City, and the A's had just moved from Kansas City to Oakland...The new teams all had new logos which may or may not have been released when the cards for the next season were released, besides it was probably cheaper to just airbrush the cap logos out - and in the case of Oakland, the actual caps the team wore changed from a "KC" to "A" (then one year later "A's).

Ironmanfan

<< <i>1969 was the first year of baseball's expansion - Seattle, San Diego, Montreal, and Kansas City, and the A's had just moved from Kansas City to Oakland... >>



Moosedog has the right point however 1969 was not the first year of expansion. In 1961, the A.L. added two new teams (Angels & Senators) and the next year the N.L. added two as well (Mets & Houston)....Obviously when expansion happens there is a lot of player movement. In the early 1970's Topps started using airbrush techniques to take place of the blank hats....