1982 Topps Blackless, a Big Adventure.
Bullseye45
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I always like the 1982 Topps set style, but the only detail dont like is a little saturated in black ink with autograph and borderline around the player picture. i always imagine how see this card without black autograph and borderline, but not will be real, because all production was made with both atributes. in january 2019, i discovered by accident this absolute Rarest and legitimate variation 1982 topps Blackless, 396 of 792 cards without black signature and black border around the player picture, classified by A,B and C Sheet. the most interesting thing about this cards, are lot more beautiful than the regular and ones are easy to find, others very Impossible, in special B's and C's. this set is my favorite of the 80's. apparently, the quantity of cards are very limited A-100 or less, B-50 or less, C-20 or less of each card in True Pure Blackless. this cards was found in long island,NY(A and B sheet), and Michigan(C Sheet) in cello packs. cards like Jim palmer, Mike Schmidt,Ozzie smith, Nolan Ryan, Johnny Bench, Rickey henderson, Alan Trammel, Jack Morris, Lou Whitaker, Bill Buckner, Don Baylor, Rollie Finger, George brett, Reggie Jackson, Don Sutton,Steve Carlton, willie stargell and Pete Rose are the most wanted by collectors. ones more easy, other lot impossible. collect this 1982 Topps Blackless cards is a True Adventure and challenge to find, because is possible you buy a Vending box and dont find one of this Blackless.
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I don't own this, but I spotted it on Ebay. Oh hell yeah.
Yes, Dave kingman card is Great!
I like the Kirk Gibson also.
This card is very tough to find centered, because sheet position,same gaylord perry and Phil Niekro.
Here's my 1982 Topps Blackless Steve Garvey. The flip doesn't indicate which variety though. Maybe you can shed some light on it for me.
Apparently garvey is "easy" to find because is A sheet and are 100 or less but i dont think the same. The Blackless are very hard to find and very tough to find in mint or gem mint condition. The Garvey and Pedro Guerrero Blackless cards are in my wish list of LA Dodgers.
The B sheet like Palmer, Nolan Ryan and steve carlton are very tough to find; C sheet, like Lou Whitaker, Jack Morris, Alan Trammel, Johnny Bench,Rickey Henderson, Bill Buckner, Don Baylor, Willie Randolph A's are Impossible to Find.
Those are beautiful cards. And I've just now realized why I don't like the 82 Topps design: the autographs. Without them, I'm perfectly happy with the design.
Andy
Yes, very saturated. The blackless are beautiful cards.
Jim Palmer In action-Blackless(From C sheet)example, no black border around player picture:
Other example is Willie Randolph All-Star Blackless(From C Sheet), missing name on front of card and no black line around the player picture:
I love that Willie Randolph, so tough to find, been on my wantlist for years.
Yes, is a very Difficult and impossible card to Find, like a Lot!
It's a tough one, I know of a handful but they are in collections.
This Randolph, Brett As,Dent A's, Carter A's and valenzuela A's are very tough and are nicest cards.
I have never thought of the Carter All Star as being tough, I have a couple and feel like I've seen them much more often then some of the others you listed.
I never see one in ebay for sale, between january and December of this year. I dont have Gary Carter A's, only the regular blackless.
I'll try to scan mine over the next couple of days
How much carter A's blackless you have?
very rare!
Are the new blackless edition, think of topps archives set. The 1982 are very rarest!!!
Glad to hear there is a strong market for this Randolph card! Here is my copy. I actually was planning on posting it on EBay in the coming weeks. I'll update this thread when I post the auction.
I received this card amongst a bunch of others when I purchased a lot of 82's many years ago. It was an amazing find, there were maybe 30 of them, most of them All Star cards. Then years later I sold a few '82 lots....and inadvertently included the blackless cards in them. Still think about it, it was the dumbest thing I've done in the hobby (and that's saying something...)
Awesome Randolph blackness/nameless!
Don’t sweat the goof. I dumped a full beer on a pile of minty ‘78 Topps raw
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Beautiful card,like a lot this Randolph Card!!
I wonder where ‘75 blackless falls on the rarity scale?
I am assuming the Ryan was hand cut?
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Wooow, this is Ultra Rare and Big Gem Nolan Ryan Card ond one of the Noly Grails of 70's, like a lot this card,impressive!!
I have 1982 Topps Ryan Blackless Version, is a Great card and the most expensive card of the set:
This card apparently is one of the most difficult to find in True Blackless:
That is such an attractive card without the signature.
Andy
yes, like a lot better than the regular 82 Topps.
Just a teaser
I will post more scans of my recent score later next week.
Keep up the Big Adventure! 82 Blackless is one of, if not the coolest oddball set of the modern era imo.
Wow,great finds, congratulations, enjoy this beautiful cards!!
Pic of some of the “hits”
As close to pack fresh as you can get!
Were these cards available in certain packs/times, etc? And the blackless came before the regular versions of each card? I have a lot of 1982 Topps somewhere I assume, but wondering what the chances of finding any blackless are?
Ben,Beautiful cards and Great Finds,enjoy Them. I only collect Blackless cards right now,i change ammo,Hammerli 208s and 1911 bullseye shooting for collect cards, a hobby i end in 2006,but in 2019 i return to collect thanks to Blackless Cards, enjoy collecting!!!
Cello Packs, the more scarcest are from C sheet.
Other of my favorite cards of Blackless set, is the Bill Buckner Card (RIP)
Nice mail this past week to complete my Blackless Set.
Made a contact sheet of scanned HOF’s/Stars.
Will no doubt take time to scan in the rest
For a child collector from the 80’s, it doesn’t get much better imo!
Interested in Rod Carew blackless cards. PM me, if you have any.
Erik
even the bar code is partial blackless!
Yes, I have dupes of Carew and others...
Awesome collection. Impressive set of rare cards. Any Johnny Bench extras let me know as I would love to add his card to my collection. Thanks for sharing.
M> @bswhiten said:
They are tough cards, all Carews in one Package!!
Johnny Bench Blackless Card is a Very Hard To Find, lot of Collectors have the card in wish list for long years without sucess. I love my Blackless Bench!!
You have a lot of cards to scan, incredible Collection!!!
Yea Bench is so tough to find in any condition....only have one of him.
Will definitely take my time scanning the rest
I started collecting in 78, but 82 was the year I really got into it. I remember ripping a pack right when they came out, and all the cards had different players on the back rather than the front. I actually thought it was the intended design and thought it was stupid. The next packs I opened were all correct, though, and I thought I had a fortune of error cards. Alas, my miscuts worth nothing while I never saw the true backless out in the wild. They are really cool though.
The 1982 Topps set is a Monster set, because have lot of variations, like color intensity on cards, blank backs, wrong backs, blueless and Blackless cards. I begin collecting cards in 1991, first basketball cards like jordan,etc. Next i prefer collecting baseball cards and always remember like a lot the 1982 Topps set design but the only thing i dont like was the saturate black ink in cards. I always say they will look better with less black ink. Two decades after i discover by accident the blackless variation and begin to collect again these amazing cards.
i really like this post. the 82 topps cards look great. the set has been getting more attention from me. i might start a 1982 hall of fame psa graded psa 9 set.
Well, "coming weeks" turned into about nine months but I finally got around to posting the Randolph for sale:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/293756625680?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649