1978 Topps Bump Wills

[mm1sub]

I just received my Beckett Vintage magazine and there seems to be a new card listed. It is 1978 Topps #23 Bump Wills with a black circle on the front. I have never heard of this variation before but it is listed at 50.00.

Has anyone ever heard of this before?

 

[SymphonicMetal]

Never heard of this before. Oddly Bump Wills has a well known variation in 1979 Topps with the fronts showing him as a Ranger or a Blue Jay.

I just called my brother in Michigan about this who sets up at shows. I've been slowly culling the herd and giving him unwanted/unneeded vintage cards for his shows.. When I last saw him in May I gave him a ton of 1975 through 1979 Topps baseball. I still have a ton of those here and between the two of us, it'll be interesting to see if we can come up with one. In terms of sheer numbers of 1978s between the two of us we have a better chance of having one than most. I'm not betting my life on that but we shall see.

 

[thedaws]

Here's what it looks like. I sold one on eBay earlier this summer.

 

[giants1249er]

Got this from tcdb:

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/80/cid/5321132/1978-Topps-23-Bump-Wills

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/80/cid/20501/1978-Topps-23-Bump-Wills

 

[SymphonicMetal]

Well in my regular dups I went 0 for 8 on the black circle variation. I have some other 78s around here including a few sets which I'll check. Have not heard back from my brother yet but I'm not really feeling optimistic. This particular 25 cent common is a $50 variation for a reason!

 

[Beachbum]

I have a couple regular ones, no black circles.

 

[bblair_2002]

I'm surprised an error so blatant has been overlooked for this many years unless it's been widely known in vintage circles and we're just hearing about it now.

 

[katester44]

In my brain - a proofreader saw something and circled it to be changed, and they just started the presses. If I had one in my collection, probably tossed it figuring someone had defaced the card with the circle.

 

[Loyalty32]

Thank you for posting this information. Only had one Bump Willis card in my lot of 78's and it was the black circle variation.

Thanks
Craig

I just received my Beckett Vintage magazine and there seems to be a new card listed. It is 1978 Topps #23 Bump Wills with a black circle on the front. I have never heard of this variation before but it is listed at 50.00.

Has anyone ever heard of this before?

 

[SymphonicMetal]

Thank you for posting this information. Only had one Bump Willis card in my lot of 78's and it was the black circle variation.

Thanks
Craig

Dang! I found 4 more of this card and struck out completely! I'm 0 for 12 right now for this variation.

With your luck, I'll have you pick out lottery #s for me.