New Pickup late last year. I've been looking for one of these for years! Black Box (square edge) version on a vertical strip w/ the color bar attached at the bottom. There are four main Black Box varieties - Square edge, Rounded Edge, Rounded Edge w/ Jagged upper white line and the Rounded edge Glossy/Tin. Cheap fun addition!
I haven't owned a 1989 Fleer Jeff Treadway "w/ Target" version in over 20 years. That changed last week with this most recent pickup. I like the addition of two horizontal print alignment marks on the upper corners. Something different! Off centered top to bottom (in this example) is a plus!
The 'Target' is a print registration or alignment mark used for one of the colors (blue/cyan) in the process. Obviously, something got messed up and the symbol wasn't removed before printing. Probably just a quality control issue at Fleer (surprise!). These 'error' cards were actually a mid to late print run defect and not an early 'error' issue - like the FF or Randy Johnson cards.
Recent pickup. Found a full horizontal strip (factory cut from a full 132 card sheet) with most of Eddie Murray and 20% of a Bill Ripken showing. What makes this one new to me is the upper left vertical white line on the Ripken. This one has a straight white line vs the other Murray/Ripken example I own that has a jagged white line (only found on Black Box cards). Cheap, fun addition!
2024 FF Parody card by artist Nic Baker. Numbered to 50 and available through his Instagram account.
Features the Japanese superhero Suguru Kinniku from the Kinnikuman series with the title of "Pig Face". Excellent detail - front and back!
Recent pickup. F-Face version with factory saw-cut. I noticed the red print on it and was hoping for a red ink overprint from another card. Instead, it appears to be roller marks running across the front. Printer marks? Slitter machine marks? No idea.
Another great custom FF card art piece from Chris Zupan. 3D/Shadowbox cut FF reprint card with foil inserts. This card POPS! The new back design it amazing too!
New pickup for 2024! FF error version with factory saw-cut/slit. What makes this one different is the cut itself. Looks to be a double (side-by-side) cut touching the left side of the bat knob.
