Card Identification Forum

I have these 2 cards that are #643. One has Dave Stewart on front and the other has Louis Meadows. Both have the same stats. I tried researching these cards on Beckett as well as the net with not success. Thanks Al

It is simply a printing error.  It's not anything that would be listed in the database, and unless you REALLY like either of those players, it's not really worth anything (not that Dave Stewart or Louie Meadows' 89 Topps are worth anything to begin with...).  This type of printing error is somewhat common.  Anyone who collected back in the 80's especially, or collector's now who chase those cards, can tell you they usually aren't hard to find.  So, nothing special, but they can be interesting little collection pieces if you like that kind of thing.  I personally think they're kind of cool.  I don't go out of my way to find them, but I hold on to the ones I come across.

I almost forgot about this one.  It should be identified on the checklist.  

Actually, no it shouldn't.  Printing errors like this are not considered actual errors, or variations.  These are like the blank front and blank back cards that Topps "accidentally" put out, they don't get listed.

If the front is the exact same as the regular Dave Stewart, it's simply a printing error, which was a fairly common occurrence, and Admin has continually said that printing errors are not documentable variations here.

If, somehow, the picture ONLY is Dave Stewart, but the border and everything is the same as the Louie Meadows, then that's another story.

Also, check the orientation of the back. Most of the time these wrong backs are created by feeding a sheet in upside down, so then the backs are oriented the other way. Normal Topps cards from this era if you hold the bottom in your right hand and flip it over so that the back is facing you but the bottom front is to your right, the back is oriented correctly. These wrong backs are usually upside down if you do this same thing.

Yeah, just a printing goof.  I have a Storm Davis-in-the-front / Robin Ventura-in-the-back, also from '89 Topps.  Perhaps their relative position on uncut sheets is the same.

Orientation of the back of my "mullet" card is the same as my regular Davis card.

I collect Storm Davis, so it was worth the buck I paid for it.

More interesting than a blank-back or blank-front error.