This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/12/2021
Graded NM 7 by PSA. Offered is absolutely the most notorious error card of the last 40 years in the entire hobby. The 1990 Topps Blackless Errors occurred randomly, without intention, and for a very small press run. The existence of the Frank Thomas NNOF rookie is a matter of pure, blind luck; unlike many famous errors from that booming era in the hobby, this card – all of these cards – came to be because of an unidentified problem in the manufacturing process, most likely a dirty rubber blanket. It may be argued it was in Topps’ best interest to purposefully manufacture such a blatant error, one featuring a future Baseball Hall of Famer, as the creation of false scarcity could have driven demand for Topps products. However, the error is too random in nature, and too many cards were affected in a nonsensical way to support the idea of premeditated intention.