Speaking of error cards, did the 1979 Bump Wills start the craze?

EchoCanyon

I know there have always been error cards/variations, but for those of you who remember, everyone seemed to be looking for this card.

RedHeart54

The 1981 Fleer Craig/Graig Nettles and the 1982 Fleer John Littlefield reverse negative were also major error "chase" cards.

scooter729

1982 Topps Pascual Perez no name (or no team?) was also very popular during the 'era of the error' in the early-mid 80s...

diamondman

the one I remember that everyone went nuts on was the 1981 Fleer Craig/Graig Nettles, but there was also the 74 topps Jesus Alou no position card as being one of the first errors, to open the door for the 89 UD Murphy & Sheridan errors and then the flood gates opened for the 1990 donruss every card is an error set.

the 1982 Fleer John Littlefield in my opinion is one of the toughest (hard to find) error cards of the modern 1970-present to find.

the real guilty party is the 1969 Mantle white letter variation/error, or is it that foreigner 1958 Pancho Herrer(a) singing the Babalu song that caused it all ?

larryallen73

I was a very active collector from '75 to '85 and in my opinion the C/G Nettles fiasco really set the whole thing off. The Wills was sort of a big deal but Nettles was at a whole different level. Of course card collecting in '81 was at a huge new level also. Good memories....

mccardguy1

Dont forget about the 1974 Topps Washington/San Diego variations. Those were the 1st ones I remember anyone having much interest in.....of course I started collecting in 1973 so my memory is limited in how far back it goes.

gameusedhoop

I guess it pretty much depends on your age. I was too young (6 years old) in 1974 to care, and living in Massachusetts we never saw the Padres anyway. They were just another team that you never saw or heard of. Remember, no cable TV back then either.

1979 Wills was the first for me, pretty cool to an 11 year old, and the discovery of the 81 Fleer and 82 Donruss variations were also very cool. And the fact that many were widely available made it even better for a kid on a limited budget.

kwtoz

<< <i>We popped a PSA 10 of the 1979 Topps Bump Willis Blue Jay variety in our latest bulk sub. Very happy with this one.

Strange though as in the Pop report it's still listed as a Pop 2 (our sub shipped 5/26/11) and VCP shows that 2 of the same card, with different certs, have already been sold in previous years: '09 and '10.

So according to this it should be a Pop 3 card. So unless someone cracked a 10 to re-sub and get another 10 then something is amiss. >>



The POP report is full of errors and mistakes. Examples include:

o Many 1952 Topps Red Back cards are really Black Back cards.
o Many 1966 Batman Series B Puzzle back cards are really Series B Blue Bat back cards.
o Mis-Id'd "mechanical errors" are too common.
o First time submitted cards have a tendency to not make it into the POP report unless reported.

Probstein123

58 Topps

yankeeno7

<< <i>We popped a PSA 10 of the 1979 Topps Bump Willis Blue Jay variety in our latest bulk sub. Very happy with this one.

Strange though as in the Pop report it's still listed as a Pop 2 (our sub shipped 5/26/11) and VCP shows that 2 of the same card, with different certs, have already been sold in previous years: '09 and '10.

So according to this it should be a Pop 3 card. So unless someone cracked a 10 to re-sub and get another 10 then something is amiss. >>



And what does this have to do with the topic? Just seems strange to us....

RipublicaninMass

<< <i>

<< <i>We popped a PSA 10 of the 1979 Topps Bump Willis Blue Jay variety in our latest bulk sub. Very happy with this one.

Strange though as in the Pop report it's still listed as a Pop 2 (our sub shipped 5/26/11) and VCP shows that 2 of the same card, with different certs, have already been sold in previous years: '09 and '10.

So according to this it should be a Pop 3 card. So unless someone cracked a 10 to re-sub and get another 10 then something is amiss. >>



And what does this have to do with the topic? Just seems strange to us.... >>



we certainly are curious

TNP777

we think they were taking the opportunity to boast.

as for the topic at hand, that's a good question. I didn't really become aware of them until 1981. For some reason I got a whole bunch of wrong-back packs. Not that I've been looking, but I've never really heard a peep about '81 Donruss wrong backs. I'm guessing they're somewhat rare - an eBay search pulled up six of them. I must have had at least 100. Wish I still had them, but I basically gave my collection away when I was a junior in high school - I did get most a '66 Dodger team set in return - I still own every one of those cards.

cpamike

For me, it was the 1981 Fleer set which really started the "craze". I remember the Bump Wills error, but it did not invoke the same atmosphere as the 1981 Fleer set. The Nettles card definitely led the pack, no pun intended.

True there were errors before, but they weren't the "craze" as the OP put it.

QUITCRAB

What about the 1969 Topps Aurelio Rodriguez #653...it was really the bat boy!

cone10

For the vintage crowd the 1935 Diamond Stars Hank "Greenburg" error.

EchoCanyon

<< <i>Dont forget about the 1974 Topps Washington/San Diego variations. Those were the 1st ones I remember anyone having much interest in.....of course I started collecting in 1973 so my memory is limited in how far back it goes. >>



But as you stated, those were variations and I believe both were out at the same time. Wasn't there a Bob Apocada rookie card that was spelled Apodaco and then re-issued?

heritage

1969 topps White Letters for me !

fkw

No, the T206 Magee/Magie really did many years before.
There was a good value difference between the 2 cards way back in the 1960s and maybe well before.

But if your card world is PostWar or Topps based then.... Yes

bishop

If an error is intentionally corrected is it a "only" a variation ( 3 Spahn 59s or 3 Sain and Page 52s) ? Is it an error only if it is uncorrected ( 66 Dick Ellsworth card is actually Ken Hubbs who had died in 1964) ? Is an unintended print defect, no matter how major or recurring, an error card, or just a print defect ( 1982 Blackless) , or can it be a variation ( 58 Herrer or 57 Bakep) ?

itzagoner

i eagerly await the discovery of yet another misappropriation of Don Landrum's pants.

jimmyg

The craze goes in cycles and depends on your age. For me, it was '89 Fleer. The Ripken FF error was the big one, but I have a whole sheet of the Tom Brookens/ Mike Heath wrongback errors. I spent three weeks' lunch money on those errors. Today, I'd probably rather have that stale pizza I forewent.