These two cards have the same color scheme, orange and yellow. But the designs are mirrors of one another. This created a huge number of possible combinations.
The 1990 Cubs set has seventeen different color variations. Of those there are ten combos with just one card. The most common design has just four cards. This cards are one big rainbow!
The 1990 set, with its multitude of variations, is the last Topps design with varied colors within a team. The trend now is to vary the colors from team to team. I wonder if we'll ever see the day again where cards vary among the players on a team.
Do you (or is there a way to know) if the borders vary per card? So take the Salazar card you have at the top, are the color schemes and borders always the exact same for every Luis Salazar card? Or did the bounce around based off where it was cut on the sheet? Just curious, it could be the first instance where Topps played with the rainbow variations...!
ReplyDeleteTo be specific, are the orange and yellow borders always on the northeast and southwest corners on every Salazar card, or do they float around or change colors?
ReplyDeleteI don't think there were variations for each card. I did a quick eBay search on the Salazar and they were all identical.
ReplyDeleteGreat series of posts. Loved seeing all of the different color combinations from the different sets. I learned a lot.
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