Card Identification Forum

I hate opening a can of worms but I just noticed this on one of my PCGC (Philadelphia) 1966 football cards #16 Bobby Boyd.  First, this is not an error, but is it a variation?  If you look at the back of the card where it says "write his name on line below", you will see a distinct green bulls-eye over the word "name".   The one on the data base, which I happened to enter, does not have that.   So I have one with and one without the bullseye.     Should I waste my time checking my other 1966s for this "variation"?     I seem to remember a "bullseye" coming up in another set in the past, not sure which sport though.   Thanks

That looks more like a printing flaw to me.

  I would agree, Billy.    But I remember a red bullseye being discussed somewhere and was hoping someone would remember that and how it was treated.      Nice website!

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Maybe?

1989 Fleer Jeff Treadway - bullseye above hat

To me, the 'bullseye' on the Treadway card looks like a printing register mark.  Maybe it was misplaced originally, an oversight that could have been corrected for subsequent print runs.

The mark on the card in the original post looks more like a fisheye to me, it would be caused by contamination on the card or transfer roller surface prior to the ink being applied, or maybe even contamination of the ink itself.  There is a similar albeit less pronounced mark in the "G" of 'Guess Who Quiz".  Unless more examples surface of this card with the same mark in the same spot, I would tend to believe that it is a random printing error.

-Tom

Well,

Unless things changed, the TREADWAY card has always been treated as a corrected error by Fleer. It may very well be a register mark in the wrong place, but as long as I have collected errors,  it has been a highly sought after error.

~BOB~

I wasn't refuting that, Bob.  I was trying to illustrate why one 'bullseye' (on the Treadway card) is a collectible design variation and the other 'bullseye' is a random printing process error and not listable as a variation.

-Tom

BOBSCARDZ wrote: Well, Unless things changed, the TREADWAY card has always been treated as a corrected error by Fleer. It may very well be a register mark in the wrong place, but as long as I have collected errors,  it has been a highly sought after error. ~BOB~

I agree with Billy, it looks like a flaw print job more than an error.

grim25

Tom,

Sorry about that, I get a bit "touchy" when discusing "Errors & Variations". A lot of collectors don't collect them...I specifically collect them, enjoy collecting them and find it very challenging.

~BOB~

 Hey Bobcardz.   I dont know if you collect blank backs, but I under "mystery" I ask for some help on Rick Mirer.  Unfortunately it was already pushed off the front page.   If you could scroll down and take a look, I would appreciate it.