I'm still trying to gather up some of my loose decade stars binder material and as I'm going through my 2000s debut cards with some 'numbers,' I wouldn't have looked this Votto rookie over twice in my micro-mini stash - it's was a nice dollar card find earlier in the year that may end up as a centerpiece to a page.
I decided to look really closer at the copyright on the back of the card and it looks like it was from 2010 rather than 2008 - I'm thinking
not again with this reprint [business], so I look things up on eBay to see that this was actually from a Topps insert set in 2010 I mostly associated with retired greats.
I don't think there would be any reason not to think this was from 2008 - it just gets confusing 10-15 years later when all the cards jumble together, where at least for rookies I have to pay attention sometimes to see if I have the real deal in hand.
I absolutely hate that. I don't think a card should EVER be just straight reprinted where the front is indistinguishable from the front of the original.
ReplyDeleteIt seems weird to me that they would've done a reprint just two years later. Even for Topps that seems like a bit much.
ReplyDeleteThats crazy. They need to be super clear about reprints.
ReplyDeleteYep, the 2010 Cards Your Mom Threw Out inserts were full of recent-cards-reprinted. The Votto is particularly irksome because it replicates a recent rookie card of someone notable. For some of the other more recent reprints, the players didn't measure up -- guys like Rick Porcello and Ubaldo Jimenez. The '06 Verlander reprint could confuse, although it's not really his rookie card.
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