Early 90's Topps vs Topps Tiffany

[Rarthur]

I've been catalouging many of my early 90s RC and I always see a Topps version and a Topps Tiffany version. Is there an easy way to tell the difference? To me the pictures on Beckett are the exact same.

 

[BiggioDiogu759]

I think it has to do with the glossy finish on the front.

BTW-Do ya have any Topps Tiffany?

 

[Rarthur]

I think it has to do with the glossy finish on the front.

BTW-Do ya have any Topps Tiffany?

I'm not entirely sure. They don't seem to have a glossy finish to me. Unless I really had one to compare I guess I couldn't be sure.

 

[greatdadx2]

The Tiffanys will be glossy and smooth on the front and the back of the card will be bright in color.

 

[Rarthur]

Thanks for the help everybody!

 

[DaClyde]

And for early 90s, there were only Tiffany sets in 1990 & 1991. And by 1994, ALL the cards were given the annoying front and back glossy coating that made them hard to shuffle.

 

[BiggioDiogu759]

Wish I could find a 1990 and 1991 Topps/Bowman Tiffany for Biggio...

DaClyde-Actually, I found they made a 2000 something Fleer Tiffany while doing the Biggio Master Checklist.

 

[rooster1]

Tiffany

Wish I could find a 1990 and 1991 Topps/Bowman Tiffany for Biggio...

DaClyde-Actually, I found they made a 2000 something Fleer Tiffany while doing the Biggio Master Checklist.

BiggioDiogu--there was a Fleer Tiffany parallel set in 1996 and 1997

 

[DaClyde]

Wish I could find a 1990 and 1991 Topps/Bowman Tiffany for Biggio...

DaClyde-Actually, I found they made a 2000 something Fleer Tiffany while doing the Biggio Master Checklist.

Fleer was just swiping Topps' terminology, so I don't count it. Practically everything post-1994 was Tiffany quality unless, like Fleer did that year, they made a lower quality set so they could make a glossy parallel again.

 

[onionring9]

I started an FAQ on Beckett that was carried over to FCB that showed actual pictures for questions like this:

http://freedomcardboard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27326

Aside from a glossy front, the back is completely different: