Pro Set Football - 5 Years Of Rarities

Three Different "Shades" Of The Series I 1990 Pro Set Box Bottoms

2010-06-25T08:26:00.000-07:00

As most of you who have been collecting this set for any number of time probably know, it's hard to tell what rhyme or reason was given towards the collating and packaging of Pro Set Cards. There are a number of pack-fresh PHYSICAL traits that the Pro Set factory left it's indelible mark on the cards before being shipped out, and you can add to that in spades for the printing errors and variations. I can literally think of ten different physical or on card or left on the surface just coming directly out of an undamaged pack from an undamaged box. There are 'semi-circle' knots in the left or right middle of the front or back, there are parallel indentations that run from top to bottom of the card, highly scratched versions (one Mike Singletary I pulled looked like someone let a cat paw at it for half an hour), neatly curved corners, discrepancies in the 'gloss' (that is from surface gloss to 'sanded'), and the list continues to go on ad nauseum. I won't even begin to elaborate on the actual errors and variations themselves, that's why I posted the new checklist prior to this post. But what makes Pro Set, especially during this year, so weird and arbitrary with their packaging process is how they end up in the pack. One collector even found a sealed pack with no cards in it.. just air! Some people (I am one) have pulled packs with two or even three of the same card.. back to back to back! What's even weirder is breaking a box and finding later correction variations that were a part of the later series of printing, and then pulling a very early error!? Really? It just doesn't make any sense at all and is part of what makes Pro Set such a unique and interesting set to collect.

If you click on the image above, you'll notice three box bottoms of the 1990 Pro Set Football Series 1. The one on the left (no gold borders) represents the first printing run, the middle (gold borders) represents the largest portion of the printing run, and the right (gold borders with Super Bowl XXV program ad) represents the latest run in the printing. When I cracked the left box and compared it to the others, I was surprised that I didn't find either one Marion ERR or even better a Ditka Large HOF ERR. Nonetheless, it did contain a couple of the early errors in it, like the Perry Kemp with Ken Stills picture on the back. Most of the boxes I've broken have been the middle kind, with just the gold borders. And in my searching for different boxes, seem to be the most prevalent. You'll find different errors and variations throughout these, and may even find a Marion error or Ditka Large HOF as well, seeing as one other collector has found a Ditka Large HOF in a box that also had SMALL HOFs in it as well (Huh?!). It's really weird to imagine that or how that happened. And finally, on the left, you have the later print run version (gold borders with Super Bowl XXV ad in the middle). These are definitely later in the printing run as I noticed many "corrected" variations in this box, and for some reason, most of the cards seemed to have a much 'bolder' font print than the rest of the cards in my stock.

If you still like to pick up the odd box (or case even?) you can use this information. It also should be noted that the likelihood of pulling one of the holograms is greater in the no gold borders version. And as stated above, which boxes you find won't guarantee the errors or variations included that were prevalent in that run but they may increase the likelihood.

The NEW (Way Too Big) 1990 Pro Set Football Errors and Variations Checklist

2010-06-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

UPDATED: 9-20-2010

{This, of course, is a work in progress. Any updates will be added and any additions cited by those who add them and prove their existence.}

1990 Pro Set Football Unofficial Checklist of Errors & Variations

[1-8001 Bold and Faded versions - These are definitely oddball material and are more prevalent in the gold bordered 1-29. These can be found quite easily all throughout the set. It is probably an ink issue in the printing press that carried over from various stages of the printing.]

[1-8002 Wrong fronts and backs, Blank fronts and Blank backs - These are probably “oddball” material in using the parlance of the error/variation collector. There are quite a few of them out there, for example a Joe Montana front with an Irv Eatman back, a blank back Steve Wisniewski, and a black front Irv Eatman.]

1X1-6 (a total of 6 official non pack issued mock-ups and test cards created in bulk of the Barry Sanders Rookie of the Year Card, these include (1) a dual Gold bordered double front, (2) a dual White Bordered double front w/ upside down or reversed front, (3) a blank back Gold Bordered front, (4) a blank front Gold Bordered back, (5) a blank back White bordered front, and a Gold Bordered Front with a White Bordered Front on reverse. There are also two “color test” versions of the Gold Bordered and White Bordered blank backs but are simply close cut sheets to the border of the sheet itself. Not pack issued.)

1A. Barry Sanders / Rookie Of The Year - Hawaii Trade Conference PROMO (profile in uniform shot on back of card - Not pack issued)

1B. Barry Sanders / Rookie Of The Year - Pack Issued (profile holding Rookie Of The Year Trophy on back of card)

2A. Joe Montana POY ERR / Register Symbol UER (Jim Kelly’s Passing Yards Falsely Listed as 3, 521 / No register symbol below the NFLPA logo on the back)

2B. Joe Montana POY COR / Register Symbol UER (Jim Kelly’s Passing Yards correctly listed as 3,130 / No register symbol below the NFLPA logo on the back)

4. Warren Moon MOY UER ( No register symbol below the NFLPA logo on the back)

9A. Christian Okoye LL (Two Black lines through name on front of card)

9B. Christian Okoye LL (Black lines partially removed on front of card)

9C. Christian Okoye LL (Black lines completely removed from front of card)

11A. Mike Cofer - Black Line on back (Black line that runs from top of team border on back of card, through 1989, and ends at top of the left statistics column)

11B. Mike Cofer - Black Line removed (Black line removed from back of card)

15A. Walter Stanley - Jersey Number on Back 8 (on top of the back of the card, his jersey number is listed as 8)

15B. Walter Stanley - Jersey Number on Back 86 (jersey number on back of card changed to 86)

*15C. Walter Stanley - Jersey Number on Back 87 (jersey number on back of card listed as 87 - UNCONFIRMED & POTENTIALLY NON-EXISTANT)

17A. Felix Wright - Clipped STAT Line ERR (On the back of the card, the second STAT line on the 1989 Interceptions Chart is clipped on the left)

17B. Felix Wright - No Clipped STAT Line COR (On the back of the card, the second STAT line on the 1989 Interceptions Chart is full and uniform)

18A. Chris Doleman - Misspelled Names on Back / Wrong stats ERR (Townsent and Jeffcoact listed for Greg Townsend and Jim Jeffcoat on back of card; Lawrence Taylor‘s Sack total incorrectly listed as 104)

18B. Chris Doleman - Correctly Spelled Names on Back COR (Townsend and Jeffcoat listed on back of card correctly; Lawrence Taylor‘s sack total corrected to 104.5)

19A. Andre Ware - No Draft Banner (No Red Draft Banner on the bottom right of the front of the card; “© 1990 Downtown Athletic Club, New York.” underneath picture of Heisman Trophy on back of card)

19Aa. Andre Ware - No Draft Banner / Lump on 'R' of 'ANDRE' (No Red Draft Banner on the bottom right of the front of the card; “© 1990 Downtown Athletic Club, New York.” underneath picture of Heisman Trophy on back of card; on the name 'ANDRE' on the name banner on the front of the card, the 'R' has a white 'lump' on the top of it)

19B. Andre Ware - Draft Banner (Red Draft Banner on the bottom right of the front of the card; “® Registered Service Mark of the Downtown Athletic Club, NYC” underneath picture of Heisman Trophy on back of card)

19C/D. Andre Ware - No Draft Banner / Draft Banner (potentially two “transitional” versions of the card with the text respectively from both 19A and 19B - UNCONFIRMED)

20A. Mohammed Elewonibi - No Draft Banner

20B. Mohammed Elewonibi - Draft Banner

21A. Percy Snow - No Draft Banner

21Aa. Percy Snow - No Draft Banner /

21B. Percy Snow - Draft Banner

22A. Anthony Thompson - No Draft Banner

22B. Anthony Thompson - Draft Banner

23A. Buck Buchanan - Floating white speck ERR (On the front of the card, between the B and U in 'BUCHANAN', there is a chunk / white speck floating above the two letters)

23B. Buck Buchanan - White speck removed COR (On the front of the card, the white speck has been removed)

25A. Franco Harris - Birthday ERR (Birthday underneath picture on back incorrectly listed as “2/7/50”)

25B. Franco Harris - Birthday COR (Birthday underneath picture on back corrected to “3/7/50”)

27A. Jack Lambert - Birthday ERR (Birthday underneath picture on back incorrectly listed as “7/2/52”)

27B. Jack Lambert - Birthday COR (Birthday underneath picture on back corrected to “7/8/52”)

29A. Bob St. Clair - Black blotch (Small black blotch underneath bio. notes on back of card)

29B. Bob St. Clair - Normal (No black blotch underneath bio. notes on back of card)

30A. Aundray Bruce - Bifurcated Stat Line ERR (Bottom stats line on the back of the card is separated/bifurcated by a white spot)

30B. Aundray Bruce - Normal Stat Line COR (Bottom stats line complete)

31A. Tony Casillas - Tire Track ERR (Black “tracking” marks across the top of the front of the card where the red stripe meets the edge | NOT A SURFACE MARK )

31B. Tony Casillas - Tire Track COR (No “tracking” marks on the front)

37A. John Settle - Seperated Red & Black Line (On the back of card on the top Totals line, a black and red line are separated from the rest of the black line)

37B. John Settle - Red Line Behind Black Line (On the back of the card on the top Totals line, the red line is behind the black line and separated from the rest of the black line)

37C. John Settle - Line Connected and all black (UNVERIFIED)

39A. Cornelius Bennett - Small white proof mark on back ERR (On back of card, a small white proof mark separates the second from top stats line)

39B. Cornelius Bennett - Full line on back COR / STAT Headers in Black (Stats line has been corrected on back / the STAT headers 'TCKL', 'SACKS, 'REC', 'NO', 'YDS', and 'TD' are all in Black ink instead of Red ink)

39C. Cornelius Bennett - Full line on back COR / STAT Headers in Red (Stats line has been corrected on back / the STAT headers are in Red instead of Black)

47A. Darryl Talley - Black streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a small black streak between 'defense...Starter' in the second bio. notes)

47B. Darryl Talley - Black streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the black streak has been removed)

48A. Marv Levy - On back of card, top Stat line blurred & M in Midway “speckled” with a white dot and top left corner chopped off ERR

48B. Marv Levy - Top Stat Line full & M normal on back COR

50-59X. Bears Team Border on Back (On many of the first series Bears cards there is a pull down ink effect on the back where multiple black specks are residual in the printing process and “pepper” the back of the card underneath the team border on the top - None of these cards have any uniformity and are borderline physical errors / oddball material)

53A. Jay Hilgenberg - Back of card “peppered” with white proof marks ERR (Multiple marks obscuring parts of letters)

53B. Jay Hilgenberg - Back of card corrected COR

59A. Mike Ditka - Large HOF lettering on Hall of Fame Banner ERR (On the front of the card, the words “Hall Of Fame” inside the Hall of Fame banner at the bottom right of the picture is large and reaches the border of the card)

59B. Mike Ditka - Small HOF lettering on Hall of Fame Banner COR (On the front of the card on the Hall of Fame Banner, the words “Hall of Fame” are smaller and fit inside of the banner)

60-69X. Bengals Team Border on Back (On many of the first series Bengals cards there is a pull down ink effect on the back where multiple black specks are residual in the printing process and “pepper” the back of the card underneath the team border on the top - None of these cards have any uniformity and are borderline physical errors / oddball material)

62A. Jason Buck - Stat line broken and ‘9’ in 1989 on Back obscured ERR (On the back of the card, the top Totals line is broken by a proof mark and the ‘9’ in 1989 on the bio. Notes is clipped on the top left by a white speck)

62B. Jason Buck - ‘9’ in 1989 on Back corrected COR (On the back of the card, the ‘9’ in 1989 has been corrected / Broken top Totals line may be a UER)

63A. Rickey Dixon - No notes underneath picture on back ERR (No biographical information listed underneath the profile picture on the back)

63B. Rickey Dixon - Bio. Notes underneath picture on back included COR (Biographical information included underneath the profile picture on the back)

64. Tim McGee - The word receiving is clipped on the bottom on the back UER

65A. Eric Thomas - Jagged Line / White Line Over Number ERR (On the back of the card, the third STAT line is 'jagged' in the middle and there is a small crescent white line overtop of the card number on the bottom right)

65B. Eric Thomas - No Jagged Line / White Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the third STAT line is uniform throughout and the white crescent line has been removed)

66A. Ickey Woods - Broken top of Totals line on the back ERR (On the back of the card, the top Totals line is bifurcated by a white speck)

66B. Ickey Woods - Topt of totals line on the back corrected COR (On the back of the card, the top Totals line is complete and corrected)

68A. Sam Wyche - No bio. Notes underneath picture on back ERR (No biographical information listed underneath the profile picture on the back)

68B. Sam Wyche - Bio. Notes underneath picture on back included COR (Biographical information included underneath the profile picture on the back)

70A. Thane Gash - White dot in the top 1989 on back ERR (On the back of the card, on the first ‘1989’ in the bio. Notes, a white dot is inside the bottom of the ‘1’ in 1989)

70B. Thane Gash - No white dot in ‘1’ in ‘1989’ COR (On the back of the card, there is no white dot in the ‘1’ of ‘1989’)

71A. David Grayson - Name Bar Discolored ERR (On the front of the card, the name stripe bar is black instead of brown)

71B. David Grayson - Name Bar Correct COR (On the front of the card, the name stripe bar is corrected)

75A. Ozzie Newsome - Born in Muscle Shoals, AR ERR (On the back of the card, the birthplace is incorrectly listed as “Muscle Shoals, AR”)

75B. Ozzie Newsome - Born in Little Rock, AR COR (On the back of the card, the birthplace is correctly listed as “Little Rock, AR”)

75C. Cody Risien - Short Print / Late Series (Late series SP card of Cody Risien)

76. Felix Wright - Interceptions on back clipped on the bottom UER

78-85. Cowboys TM on the back (All of the Cowboys Series 1 TM symbols next to the Cowboys logo on the back of the card can be found in regular and 'clipped on the bottom' variations)

78A. Troy Aikman - Clipped 'a' on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

78B. Troy Aikman - Fixed 'a' on back COR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' doesn't have a blue streak running through the top of it)

78C. Troy Aikman - Clipped STAT Line / Correct 'A' (On the back of the card, the second STAT line is clipped on the left; on the back of the card, the 'a' in 'and' in the 'Official Photo..' line is correct)

78D. Troy Aikman - Full STAT Line / Correct 'A' / Red Line (On the back of the card, the second STAT line is full, the 'a' in 'and' in the 'Official Photo..' line is correct, but there is a horizontal red line above the word 'TEAM' in the second STAT header)

78E. Troy Aikman - Full STAT Line / Correct 'A' / No Red Line (On the back of the card, the second STAT line is full, the 'a' in 'and' in the 'Official Photo..' line is correct, and there is no horizontal red line above the word 'TEAM' in the second STAT header)

80A. Jim Jeffcoat - Clipped 'a' on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

80B. Jim Jeffcoat - Fixed 'a' on back COR / Light blue proof ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' doesn't have a blue streak running through the top of it / there is a light blue proofing mark in between the 'Official Photo..' and '1990 National..' lines)

80C. Jim Jeffcoat - Fixed 'a' on back COR / Light blue proof removed COR (On the back of the card, both the blue streak and light blue proofing mark has been removed)

81A. Crawford Ker - Clipped 'a' on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

81B. Crawford Ker - Fixed 'a' on back COR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' doesn't have a blue streak running through the top of it)

82. Eugene Lockhart - Clipped '6' on back UER (On the back of the card, the '6' in the 'NO' totals is clipped at the top; no known fixed variation)

83A. Kelvin Martin - Clipped 'a' on back ERR / No TM on front of card UER (On the front of the card, there is no TM next to the Pro Set logo on the top / on the back of the card, the 'a' in the 'and' in the 'Official Photo..' line has a blue streak through the top of it)

83B. Kelvin Martin - Fixed 'a' on back COR / No TM on front of card UER (On the front of the card, there is no TM next to the Pro Set logo on the top / on the back of the card, the 'a' in the 'and' in the 'Official Photo..' line has a blue streak through the top of it)

84A. Ken Norton - Clipped 'a' on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

84B. Ken Norton - Fixed 'a' on back COR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' doesn't have a blue streak running through the top of it)

85A. Jimmy Johnson - Clipped 'a' on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

85B. Jimmy Johnson - Fixed 'a' on back COR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line the 'a' in 'and' doesn't have a blue streak running through the top of it)

92A. Vance Johnson - Clipped STAT Line ERR (On the back of the card, the third Stat line is 'clipped' in the middle)

92B. Vance Johnson - Corrected STAT Line COR (On the back of the card, the third Stat line is uniform throughout)

94A. Dan Reeves - Clipped STAT Line ERR (On the back of the card, the third Stat line is 'clipped' in the middle)

94B. Dan Reeves - Corrected STAT Line COR (On the back of the card, the third Stat line is uniform throughout)

97A. Bennie Blades - Spill mark on front ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom left in the blue border, there is a small white 'spill mark' [See Also the Hoby Brenner ERR])

97B. Bennie Blades - Spill mark removed COR (On the back of the card, at the bottom left in the blue border, the 'spill mark' has been removed)

98A. Lomas Brown - Black line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a black line running horizontally above the word 'member' on the top line of the bio. notes)

98B. Lomas Brown - Black line removed COR (On the back of the card, the black line has been removed)

98C. Lomas Brown - Blotch in photo ERR (On the front of the card, to the right of Lomas' helmet, there is a purplish blotch in the photo)

98D. Lomas Brown - Blotch partially removed ERR (On the front of the card, the blotch has been partially removed or airbrushed)

98E. Lomas Brown - Blotch completely removed COR (On the front of the card, the blotch has been completely removed)

98F. Lomas Brown - Red Line On Front / No Black Line On Back (On the front of the card, there is a red line running vertically through the L in the Official NFL Card card line on the top but there is no black line through member on the back)

98G. Lomas Brown - Red Line Removed / Black Line Removed (On the front of the card, the red line has been removed and on the back of the card the black line has been removed)

100A. Richard Johnson - STAT line clipped ERR (On the back of the card, the fourth STAT line is clipped in the middle by a very thin white line)

100B. Richard Johnson - STAT line not clipped COR (On the back of the card, the fourth STAT line is not clipped in the middle by a very thin white line)

106A. Wayne Fontes - Red Squiggly Line on back ERR (On the back of the card, below the National League symbol there is a squiggly red line)

106B. Wayne Fontes - Red Squiggly Line removed COR (On the back of the card the line below the National League symbol has been removed)

107A. Brent Fullwood - Orange/Pink Vertical Bar on back ERR (On the back of the card, on the top border above the name is a orange/pink vertical bar)

107B. Brent Fullwood - Orange/Pink Vertical Bar removed COR / Green streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, the bar at the top has been removed / on the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line, the 'a' in 'and' has a green streak running through the top of it)

107C. Brent Fullwood - Orange/Pink Vertical Bar removed COR / Green streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the bar at the top has been removed and the green streak has been removed)

108A. Ron Hallstrom - Small Green line / Dark mark ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, the ‘and’ in the ‘Official Photo..’ line has a small green line through the ‘a’ in ‘and’ / there is a small dark mark below the ‘F’ in ‘Football’ below the ‘Official Photo..’ line)

108B. Ron Hallstrom - Small Green line / Dark mark removed COR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, the green line and dark mark have been removed)

109A. Tim Harris - Small Green line ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, the ‘and’ in the ‘Official Photo..’ line has a small green line through the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

109B. Tim Harris - Small Green line COR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, the ‘and’ in the ‘Official Photo..’ line has the small green line removed through the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

110A. Johnny Holland - No Name, position, or number on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the top, there is no name, position, or number listed)

110B. Johnny Holland - Name, position, and number on back COR (On the back of the card, at the top, his name, position, and number are listed)

111A. Perry Kemp - Wrong picture on back ERR (On the back of the card, Ken Stills is pictured in the profile instead of Perry Kemp)

111B. Perry Kemp - Wrong picture on back ERR / Black line on back ERR (On the back of the card, Ken Stills is pictured in the profile instead of Perry Kemp / on the back of the card, there is a small black line running horizontally up from the word 'ball' on the last bio. line up to the bottom of 'caught' in the second to last bio. line)

111C. Perry Kemp - Right picture on back COR / No black line on back COR (On the back of the card, Perry Kemp is correctly pictured in the profile instead of Ken Stills / on the back of the card, the black line is removed)

112A. Don Majkowski - Small green line on back ERR (On the back of the card, in the ‘Official Photo..’ line at the bottom, a green line runs through the top of the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

112B. Don Murkowski - Small green line removed COR (On the back of the card, in the ‘Official Photo..’ line at the bottom, the green line has been removed from the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

113A. Mark Murphy - Small green line on back ERR (On the back of the card, in the ‘Official Photo..’ line at the bottom, a green line runs through the top of the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

113B. Mark Murphy - Small green line removed COR (On the back of the card, in the ‘Official Photo..’ line at the bottom, the green line has been removed from the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

114A. Sterling Sharpe - Wrong birthplace / Green Line / Dot ERR (On the back of the card underneath his profile picture, his birthplace is incorrectly listed as Glenville, GA / Green line in the ‘a’ of ‘and’ in the ‘Official Photo..’ line at bottom / black dot in the middle of the Stats column to the right of ‘Green Bay’)

114B. Sterling Sharpe - Wrong Birthplace / No Green Line / No Dot ERR (On the back of the card underneath his profile picture, his birthplace is incorrectly listed as Glenville, GA / Green line removed from ‘a’ / black dot removed)

114C. Sterling Sharpe - Wrong Birthplace / No Green Line / No Dot / Clipped 'Y' ERR (On the back of the card, the birthplace is wrong, the green line is removed, there is no dot in the Stats column, but the 'Y' in 'YDS' is clipped off on the top left in the Stats column)

114D. Sterling Sharpe - Correct Birthplace COR (On the back of the card, underneath his profile picture, his birthplace is correctly listed as Chicago, IL)

115A. Ed West - Small green line on back ERR (On the back of the card, in the ‘Official Photo..’ line at the bottom, a green line runs through the top of the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

115B. Ed West - Small green line removed COR (On the back of the card, in the ‘Official Photo..’ line at the bottom, the green line has been removed from the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

116A. Lindy Infante - Small green line on back ERR (On the back of the card, in the ‘Official Photo..’ line at the bottom, a green line runs through the top of the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

116B. Lindy Infante - Small green line removed COR (On the back of the card, in the ‘Official Photo..’ line at the bottom, the green line has been removed from the ‘a’ in ‘and’)

117A. Steve Brown - Black dots sprayed on front ERR (On the front of the card, at the bottom there is sprayed black dots across the border)

117B. Steve Brown - Blue blotch on back / No black dots on front ERR (On the front of the card, the black dots have been removed / On the back of the card two blue blotches are on the right side; one blue blotch in the middle right of the Stats columns and one blue blotch underneath the bio. Notes on the bottom right)

117C. Steve Brown - No blue blotches or black dots COR (On both the front of the card and back of the card, there are no blue blotches or black dots)

121A. Alonzo Highsmith - Black streak through name ERR (On the front of the card, there is a thin black streak running diagonally through the ‘Sm’ part of “Highsmith” down to the border of the card)

121B. Alonzo Highsmith - Black streak removed COR / Glowing Blue Line ERR (On the front of the card, the black streak has been removed; on the back of the card, there is a glowing blue line to the left of his head in the profile picture)

121C. Alonzo Highsmith - Black streak removed COR (On the front of the card, the black streak has been removed)

122A. Drew Hill - Black streaks through name ERR (On the front of the card, some horizontal thin black streaks are pulled through ‘Hill’ from the right of the border in his name)

122B. Drew Hill - Blue ink blotch / No black streaks ERR (On the front of the card, the black streaks have been removed; on the back of the card, there is a blue ink blotch underneath the word ‘from’ in his bio. notes)

122C. Drew Hill - No Black Streaks / No Blue Ink COR (The black streaks have been removed from the front and the blue ink has been removed from the back)

123A. Bubba McDowell - Black streaks on front ERR (On the front of the card, next to his right leg are a small collection of horizontal black streaks)

123B. Bubba McDowell - Black streaks removed COR (On the front of the card, the black streaks have been removed)

126A. Tony Zendejas - Clipped STAT line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a thin white line clipping the second STAT line on the right part)

126B. Tony Zendejas - No Clipped STAT line COR (On the back of the card, the white line clipping the second STAT line has been removed)

127A. Jack Pardee - White out ‘n’ on back ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘n’ in ‘University’ has been mostly whited out by a piece of debris)

127B. Jack Pardee - Corrected ‘n’ COR (On the back of the card, the ‘n’ in ‘University’ has been corrected)

129A. Dean Biasucci - PAT ATT obscured ERR (On the back of the card, in the Stat headers, ‘PAT ATT’ is obscured in the middle between the bottom of the ‘T’ and the ‘A’)

129B. Dean Biasucci - PAT ATT corrected COR (On the back of the card, ‘PAT ATT’ is fully legible)

131A. Bill Brooks - Black streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, on the bottom right, there is a black streak the runs through the border)

131B. Bill Brooks - Black streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the black streak has been removed)

134A. Andre Rison - No Trade Stripe / Full Number (On the front of the card, there is no trade stripe; on the back of the card, the card number is complete)

134Aa. Andre Rison - No Trade Stripe / Clipped Number ERR (On the front of the card, there is no trade stripe; on the back of the card, the card number is clipped off on the top)

134B. Andre Rison - Trade Stripe / Full Number (On the front of the card, there is a trade stripe; on the back of the card, the card number is complete)

134Bi. Andre Rison - Trade Stripe / Full Number / Obscured YDS Number ERR (On the front of the card, there is a trade stripe; on the back of the card, the card number is complete and there is a white dot obscuring the 8 in '820' in the 1989 YDS)

134Bb. Andre Rison - Trade Stripe / Clipped Number ERR (On the front of the card, there is a trade stripe; on the back of the card, the card number is clipped off on the top)

134C. Andre Rison - Trade Stripe / Lud Denny Message 2mm (On the front of the card is a trade stripe; on the back of the card is a message from Lud Denny with the signature about 2 millimeters away from ‘Sincerely’)

134Cc. Andre Rison - Trade Stripe / Lud Denny Message (On the front of the card is a trade stripe; on the back of the card is a message from Lud Denny with the signature right next to ‘Sincerely’)

135A. Rohn Stark - White Speck Through A ERR (On the front of the card, the 'A' in 'STARK' has a white piece of debris on the left side of the card)

135B. Rohn Stark - White Speck Removed COR (On the front of the card, the white piece of debris has been removed)

135C. Rohn Stark - Off Center Name Alignment (On the front of the card, the name is shifted to the left where the beginning of his planted foot is aligned with the 'K' 'Stark')

135D. Rohn Stark - Centered Name Alignement (On the front of the card, the name is centered in the name banner with the foot that is planted aligned with the 'A' in 'Stark')

137A. Clarence Verdin - Blue Line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a thin blue line floating vertically to the left of his head in the photo)

137B. Clarence Verdin - Blue Line COR (On the back of the card, the blue line is gone)

139A. Ron Meyer - Light blue rub mark on front ERR (On the front of the card, there are two blue marks inside the bottom white border next to Meyer)

139B. Ron Meyer - Light blue rub marks removed / ‘S’ clipped / Black dot ERR (On the front of the card, the blue marks have been removed; on the back of the card, the ‘s’ in the word ‘Colts’ on the fourth line down in the bio. Notes is clipped on the top and there is a black dot above the second ‘7’ in ‘1977’)

139C. Ron Meyer - All earlier error traits removed COR (All of the previous error traits have been corrected)

145A. Bill Maas - Jagged Line and Clipped Line ERR (On the back of the card, the top Stat line is jagged and the bottom Stat line is clipped on the bottom on the right side)

145B. Bill Maas - Jagged Line ERR / No Clipped Line COR / Clipped '6' ERR (On the back of the card, the top Stat line is jagged, the bottom Stat line is complete, and the '6' in the 1987 SACKS column is clipped off on the top)

145B. Bill Maas - No Jagged Line or Clipped Line COR / Full '6' COR (Both lines are complete on the back and the six is complete)

149A. Steve Beurlein - Black Line ERR (On the back of the back of the card, there is a thin black line running diagonally up through the bottom of the NFLPA logo)

149B. Steve Beurlein - Black Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the black line has been removed)

152A. Mervyn Fernandez - Drafted Variation (On the back of the card, his ‘NFL Exp:’ has him listed as ‘Drafted 10th round, ‘83’)

152B. Mervyn Fernandez - Free agent Variation (On the back of the card, his ‘NFL Exp:’ has him listed as ‘Free Agent, ‘87’)

153A. Willie Gault - Blurred '53' ERR (On the back of the card, the '53' in the card number is blurred or obscured)

153B. Willie Gault - Blurred '53' COR (On the back of the card, the '53' is not blurred)

155A. Bo Jackson - Weird proofing ‘blotch’ ERR (On the front of the card on the top left next to the Pro Set logo is a weird looking proofing blotch)

155B. Bo Jackson - Proofing mark removed COR (On the front of the card, the proofing mark has been removed)

157A. Steve Smith - Light black underlines ERR (On the back of the card, underneath ‘RUSHING’, ‘RECEIVING’, and ‘NO’ are light black horizontal lines that look like they are underlining the words)

157B. Steve Smith - Underlines removed COR (On the back of the card, the underlines have been removed)

161A. Art Shell - Birthdate 11/25 / Small HOF ERR (On the front of the card, the lettering inside the Hall of Fame banner is small; on the back of the card, the birthdate is incorrectly listed as 11/25/46)

161B. Art Shell - Birthdate 11/26 / Small HOF ERR (On the front of the card, the lettering inside the Hall of Fame banner is small; on the back of the card, the birthdate is correctly listed as 11/26/46)

161C. Art Shell - Birthdate 11/26 / Large HOF (On the front of the card, the lettering inside the Hall of Fame banner is large; on the back, the birthdate is correctly listed as 11/26/46)

161D. Art Shell - Birthdate 11/25 / Small HOF (On the front of the card, the lettering inside the Hall of Fame banner is small; on the back, the birthdate is incorrectly listed as 11/25/46 - UNCONFIRMED)

162A. Flipper Anderson - Very thin white line on top Stat line ERR (On the back of the card, the top Stat line is cut off by a thin white line in the middle)

162B. Flipper Anderson - Thin line removed COR (On the back of the card, the top Stat line has been corrected)

163A. Greg Bell - Thin blue line through 1989 on back ERR (On the back of the card, in the bio. Notes, there is a thin blue line running through 1989)

163B. Greg Bell - No blue line on back COR (On the back of the card, the blue line has been removed)

165A. Jim Everett - Black blotch on front ERR (On the front of the card, underneath his name there is a black blotch of ink)

165B. Jim Everett - Black blotch removed COR (On the front of the card, the black blotch has been removed)

169A. Larry Kelm - Thin black lines ERR (On the back of the card, thin black lines run through the words ‘nine’ and ‘fumble’ in the bio. Notes)

169B. Larry Kelm - Thin black lines removed COR (On the back of the card, the thin black lines have been removed)

172A. Irv Pankey - “Marbled” border variation (On the front of the card, on the bottom blue border it is dark and “marbled” and there are two black marks on the top border)

172B. Irv Pankey - Regular border variation (On the front of the card, the borders are made normal)

173A. Jackie Slater - White speck on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a white piece of debris over the 'y' in 'years' in the fifth bio. line)

173B. Jackie Slater - White speck removed COR (On the back of the card, the white speck has been removed)

175A. Mike Wilcher - Black line on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is two black lines running through ‘North Carolina’ on the bottom in the bio. Notes)

175B. Mike Wilcher - Black line removed COR (On the back of the card, the black lines have been removed)

182A. Louis Oliver - ‘am’ in ‘team’ obscured ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘a’ and ‘m’ in ‘team’ on the top of the bio. Notes is obscured by white debris)

182B. Louis Oliver - Broken stat lines / obscured ‘st’ in first ERR (On the back of the card, the second and fourth from top Stat lines are broken to the right of the 0s below Sacks and the ‘s’ and ‘t’ in ‘first-team’ on the top bio. Notes line is obscured by white debris)

182C. Louis Oliver - No obfuscation on back COR (On the back of the card, all former obfuscations removed)

186A. Joey Browner - Black dot on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a black dot in between the ‘6’ and ‘7’ in the INT YDS of 1987)

186B. Joey Browner - Black dot removed COR (On the back of the card, the black dot has been removed)

192A. Mike Merriweather - Blue dots in Stat columns ERR / UER (On the back of the card, in the space of the Stat headers is 3 blue ink blots in between TEAM and TCKL; the 1 is also clipped in the card number)

192B. Mike Merriweather - Blue dots removed COR / UER (On the back of the card, the blue dots have been removed; the 1 is also clipped in the card number)

193A. Keith Millard - Chunk removed in ‘N’ ERR (On the back of the card, a chunk of the top of the ‘N’ in ‘INTERCEPTIONS’ in the Stat headers has been broken off and is floating above the ‘T’)

193B. Keith Millard - Chunk removed, not floating COR / Yellow Stains ERR (On the back of the card, the red chunk is still removed but is no longer floating above the ‘T’ / on the back of the card, there is a floating yellow stain above the top stat line next to the headers)

193C. Keith Millard - Chunk removed, not floating COR / Yellow Stains COR (On the back of the card, the red chunk is still removed but is no longer floating above the ‘T’ / on the back of the card, there is not a floating yellow stain above the top stat line next to the headers)

196A. Henry Thomas - Pink smudge ERR (On the front of the card, there is a pink smudge in the purple bottom border next to DT)

196B. Henry Thomas - Pink smudge removed COR (On the front of the card, the pink smudge has been removed)

198A. Wade Wilson - Clipped ‘Passing’ UER (On the back of the card, in the stat headers, the bottom of ‘PASSING’ is cut off; no known correction confirmed)

198B. Wade Wilson - Clipped ‘Passing’ UER / Clipped 1 ERR / 4 on fire ERR (On the back of the card, in the stat headers, the bottom of ‘PASSING’ is cut off; no known correction confirmed / the '1' in '102 in the 1984 COMP stats is clipped on the bottom / the '4' in '54' in the TD totals has a faint red circle that looks like it's on fire )

199. Gary Zimmerman - Bottom of Zimmerman on front ‘rounded’ UER (On the front of the card, the ‘ERMA’ part of Zimmerman is ‘rounded’ upwards on the bottom; no known correction confirmed)

204A. Fred Marion - ‘Belt’ Variation (On the front of the card, John Taylor’s belt behind Fred is flapped outward, making it look phallic in nature)

204B. Fred Marion - Airbrushed belt COR (On the front of the card, John Taylor’s belt has been airbrushed out)

205A. Stanley Morgan - Normal Card (No known errors with the card)

205B. Stanley Morgan - ‘Tire Track’ Variation (On the front of the card, a thick ‘tire’ like track seems to have run over the front of the card [not a physical marking])

206A. Eric Sievers - Broken Stat line / obscured ‘n’ ERR (On the back of the card, the bottom Stat line is broken by a thin white line; on the fourth line in the bio. Notes, the ‘n’ in ‘in’ is obscured by white debris from the bottom)

206B. Eric Sievers - Full Stat Line / Complete ‘n’ COR (On the back of the card, all previous errors have been corrected)

207A. John Stephens - Red Slash through Tds ERR (On the back of the card, there is a red slash through the 1988 TDs)

207B. John Stephens - Red Slash removed COR (On the back of the card, the red slash has been removed)

208A. Andre Tippett - Yellow Shadow ERR (On the back of the card, all of the colored text [other than black] has a 'yellow shadow' emboldening the text)

208B. Andre Tippett - Yellow Shadow COR / Black Line ERR (On the back of the card, the 'yellow shadow' effect has been removed / on the back of the card, there is a small black line in between the 't' and 'e' in 'karate')

210-221X. Saints Team Set - On the backs of many of the Saints cards are black marks that resulted from printing / ink malfeasances; there is little to no uniformity in these errors.

210A. Morten Andersen - White Header and Card Number ERR (On the back of the card, the headers on the top and the card number are in white color)

210B. Morten Andersen - Black Header and Card Number COR (On the back of the card, the headers and card number have been corrected to black color to adhere to the normal design)

212A. John Fourcade - Faded STAT Headers ERR (On the back of the card, the 'ATT' in the second Stat header and the '7' at the total of the ATT are faded on the left side [the ink in the proofing faded out])

212B. John Fourcade - Full STAT Headers COR (On the back of the card, the 'ATT' and '7' are both full in color)

214A. Rickey Jackson - ‘c’ obscured on back ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘c’ in ‘recuperating’ has been slightly obscured by white debris)

214B. Rickey Jackson - ‘c’ full in nature COR (On the back of the card, the ‘c’ is complete/unobscured)

215A. Vaughan Johnson - Tire Track Variation (On the front of the card, there is a thin 'tire track' running horizontally in the center of the card - an ecumenical variation that is very rare)

215B. Vaughan Johnson - Tire Track Removed (On the front of the card, the tire track has been removed)

216A. Eric Martin - White Headers and Card Number ERR (On the back of the card, the headers and card number are in white color)

216B. Eric Martin - Black Headers and Card Number COR (On the back of the card, the headers and card number have been corrected to black color to adhere to the normal design)

218A. Pat Swilling - Jagged Top Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the top Stat line is ambiguous or jagged in nature)

218B. Pat Swilling - Full Top Stat Line COR / Bottom Stat Line Incongruous ERR (On the back of the card, the top Stat line has been corrected to a uniform, bold line / on the back of the card, the bottom Stat line has a thin portion on the left center then goes back to normal sized)

218C. Pat Swilling - Full Top Stat Line COR / Full Bottom Stat Line COR (On the back of the card, all Stat lines are normal)

218D. Pat Swilling - Tire Track Variation (On the front of the card, there is a horizontal thin 'tire track' running horizontally in the center of the card - an ecumenical variation that is very rare)

218E. Pat Swilling - Tire Track Removed (On the front of the card, there is no 'tire track')

221A. Jim Mora - White Headers and Card Number ERR (On the back of the card, the headers and card number are in white color)

221B. Jim Mora - Black Headers and Card Number COR (On the back of the card, the headers and card number have been corrected to black to adhere to normal design)

222A. Raul Allegre - Blue streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line, the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

222B. Raul Allegre - Blue streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the blue streak has been removed)

223A. Carl Banks - Blue streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line, the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

223B. Carl Banks - Blue streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the blue streak has been removed)

224A. John Elliott - Blue streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line, the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

224B. John Elliott - Blue streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the blue streak has been removed)

225A. Erik Howard - White mark through ‘t’ ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘t’ in ‘Washington’ on the bottom line has a white mark on the top of it in between the ‘g‘)

225B. Erik Howard - White marks removed COR / Blue streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, the white mark has been removed / on the back of the card, the 'a' in 'and' in the 'Official Photo..' line has a blue streak through it)

225C. Erik Howard - White marks removed COR / Blue streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the white mark and blue streak have been removed)

226A. Pepper Johnson - Blue streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line, the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

226B. Pepper Johnson - Blue streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the blue streak has been removed)

227A. Leonard Marshall - White marks through ‘ve’ on back ERR (On the back of the card, on the top of the ‘ve’ in ‘consecutive’ on the bottom line of the bio. Notes is obscured by a white mark)

227B. Leonard Marshall - White marks removed COR / Blue streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, the white mark has been removed / on the back of the card, there is a blue streak through the top of the 'a' in 'and' in the 'Official Photo..' line at the bottom)

227C. Leonard Marshall - White marks removed COR / Blue streak removed COR / Clipped STAT line (On the back of the card, the white mark and blue streak has been removed, but the second stat line on the left is clipped)

227D. Leonard Marshall - White marks removed COR / Blue streak removed COR / Full STAT Line COR (On the back of the card, the white mark and the blue streak have been removed, and the second stat line on the left is clipped)

228A. David Meggett - Blue streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, at the bottom, in the 'Official Photo..' line, the 'a' in 'and' has a blue streak running through the top of it)

228B. David Meggett - Blue streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the blue streak has been removed)

229A. Bart Oates - Red Streak on front ERR (On the front of the card, there is a thin red streak running from the middle of the top border down through the top of Bart Oates' neck)

229B. Bart Oates - Red Streak removed COR (On the front of the card, the red streak has been removed)

231A. Lawrence Taylor - White mark through ‘t’ on back ERR (On the back of the card, on top of the ‘t’ in ‘NFL-best’ a white mark is obscuring the letter)

231B. Lawrence Taylor - White mark removed COR (On the back of the card, the white mark has been removed)

237A. Pat Leahy - Green Chips In Name Banner ERR (On the front of the card, there are green chips or chunks floating to the far left of the name banner next to the edge of the card)

237B. Pat Leahy - Green Chips Removed COR (On the front of the card, the green chips have been removed)

238. Freeman McNeil - Black line UER (On the back of the card, on the last line of the bio. notes the word 'in' has a small black line running up to the left of the 'i'; no known fixed variation exists)

247A. Randall Cunningham - White erased text ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘ee’ in ‘three’ has been completely obscured/erased by a large white mark)

247B. Randall Cunningham - Text complete COR (On the back of the card, the ‘ee’ is complete)

248A. Keith Jackson - Cyan Proofing ERR (On the front of the card, there is a huge proofing discrepancy that has blue ink leaked all over the front of the card and 'watermarks' the lighter colors)

248B. Keith Jackson - Cyan Proofing Removed COR (On the front of the card, the proofing coloration is normal)

256A. Roy Green - Thin White Line on back ERR (On the back of the card, the top Stat line is broken by a very thin white line)

256B. Roy Green - Thin White Line removed COR (On the back of the card, the white line has been removed)

259A. Tim McDonald - Thin Red Line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a red line through the ‘a’ in ‘and’ in the ‘Official Photo..’ line on the bottom)

259B. Tim McDonald - Red Line removed COR (On the back of the card, the red line has been removed)

260A. Timm Rosenbach - Red Line on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a red line through the ‘a’ in ‘and’ in the ‘Official Photo..’ line on the bottom)

260B. Timm Rosenbach - Red Line removed COR (On the back of the card, the red line has been removed)

262A. Vai Sikahema - Thin Red Line ERR (On the back of the card, above the bottom border is a thin red line in the white space of the bio. Notes)

262B. Vai Sikahema - Thin Red Line removed COR / Red streak on back ERR (On the back of the card, the red line has been removed / on the back of the card, there is a red streak through the top of the 'a' in 'and' in the 'Official Photo..' line)

262C. Vai Sikahema - Thin Red Line removed COR / Red streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the red line and red streak has been removed)

263A. Luis Sharpe - Thin Red Line on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a thin red line running horizontally underneath the fourth stat line)

263B. Luis Sharpe - Thin Red Line removed COR (On the back of the card, the red line has been removed)

264A. Ron Wolfley - Red Line on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a red line through the ‘a’ in ‘and’ in the ‘Official Photo..’ line on the bottom)

264B. Ron Wolfley - Red Line removed COR (On the back of the card, the red line has been removed)

265A. Joe Bugel - Red Line on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a red line through the ‘a’ in ‘and’ in the ‘Official Photo..’ line on the bottom)

265B. Joe Bugel - Red Line removed COR (On the back of the card, the red line has been removed)

277A. Gill Byrd - White speck through ‘m’ in Graham ERR (On the back of the card, in the ‘m’ in the word ‘Graham’ on the back, a white speck is obscuring the left side of the ‘m’)

277B. Gill Byrd - White speck removed COR (On the back of the card, the white speck has been removed)

281A. Billy Ray Smith - White Dot ERR (On the back of the card, there is a small white dot on the left bottom arch of the 'm' in 'America' on the bottom line of the bio. notes)

281B. Billy Ray Smith - White Dot Removed COR (On the back of the card, the small white dot has been removed)

286A. Mike Cofer - White Line / White Dot ERR (On the back of the card, there is a small white dot between the 'c' and 'l' in 'club' on the second line, and there is some debris obscuring 'on' and 'e' in 'consecutive)

286B. Mike Cofer - White Line / White Dot Removed COR (On the back of the card, the white dot and debris has been removed)

287A. Roger Craig - Yellow blotch on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a yellow blotch above the profile picture)

287B. Roger Craig - Yellow blotch removed COR / Red Line ERR (On the back of the card, the yellow blotch is removed, but there is a thin red line running from the top border in the middle down to the middle white space in between 'TEAM' and 'NO' in the between the Stat headers)

287C. Roger Craig - Yellow blotch removed COR / Red Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the yellow blotch and red line has been removed)

289A. Charles Haley - Fumble Recoveries Incorrect ERR (On the back of the card, the fumble recovery totals are incorrectly listed as ‘4’)

289B. Charles Haley - Fumble Recoveries Correct COR (On the back of the card, the fumble recovery totals have been corrected to ‘5’)

292A. Guy McIntyre - Glowing Red Line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a glowing red line running down from the top border to the right side of his head)

292B. Guy McIntyre - Glowing Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the glowing red line has been removed)

293A. Joe Montana - Thin black streak ERR (On the back of the card, a thin black streak is running through ‘quarterback’ and ‘season’ in the bio. Notes)

293B. Joe Montana - Black streak removed COR (On the back of the card, the black streak has been removed)

294A. Tom Rathman - Black dot above logo ERR (On the back of the card, above the 49ers logo is a black dot)

294B. Tom Rathman - Black dot removed COR (On the back of the card, the black dot is removed)

295A. Jerry Rice - Broken STAT Line ERR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line has a very thin white line running through it making it 'broken')

295B. Jerry Rice - Fixed STAT Line COR (On the back of the card, the STAT line is fixed and uniform throughout)

300A. Jeff Bryant - White blur over text ERR (On the back of the card, there is a thick white line in the middle of the bio. Notes heavily obscuring the text)

300B. Jeff Bryant - White blur removed COR (On the back of the card, the white line has been removed)

301. Jacob Green - P cropped off UER (On the back of the card, the ‘P’ in ‘Pasadena’ next to ‘Born:’ has the top cropped off; no known corrected version confirmed)

302A. Norm Johnson - Bold STAT Lines ERR (On the back of the card, the top two STAT Lines stat very bold on the left and taper back into normal sized on the right)

302B. Norm Johnson - Normal STAT Lines COR (On the back of the card, the top two STAT Lines are normal)

302C. Norm Johnson - Normal STAT Lines COR / White Dot ERR (On the back of the card, the STAT lines are all uniform but there is a white dot inside the 'i' in 'consecutive')

303A. Bryan Millard - Red Squiggly Line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a red squiggly line in the middle above the 'Official Photo..' line)

303B. Bryan Millard - Red Squiggly Line removed COR (On the back of the card, the red squiggly line has been removed)

304A. Joe Nash - ‘e’ white line / No white dot / UER (On the back of the card, the ‘e’ in ‘forced’ has a small white line running through the middle of it; the bottom left of the header ‘INTERCEPTIONS’ is cropped off, no known corrected version confirmed)

304B. Joe Nash - ‘e’ white line removed / White dot in ‘2’ / UER (On the back of the card, the white line has been removed from the ‘e’, a white dot is located in the middle of the ‘2’ in the number ‘12’ in the bio. Notes; the bottom left header ‘INTERCEPTIONS’ is cropped off, no known corrected version confirmed)

304C. Joe Nash - 'e' white line removed / White dot removed / UER (On the back of the card, the white line and white dot has been removed; the bottom left header ‘INTERCEPTIONS’ is cropped off, no known corrected version confirmed)

305A. Eugene Robinson - Red Squiggly Line ERR (On the back of the card, above the card number in the white space is a red squiggly line)

305B. Eugene Robinson - Red Squiggly Line removed COR (On the back of the card, the red squiggly line has been removed)

308A. Chuck Knox - Black line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a small vertical black line floating to the left of his chest in the profile picture)

308B. Chuck Knox - Black line removed COR (On the back of the card, the black line has been removed)

310A. Paul Gruber - ‘e’ obscured on back ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘e’ in ‘offensive’ has a white speck in the middle of it)

310B. Paul Gruber - ‘e’ not obscured COR (On the back of the card, the ‘e’ is complete)

311A. Harry Hamilton - Normal Card (Card is in normal condition)

311B. Harry Hamilton - ‘Tire’ track version (On the front of the card, there is a thin ‘tire’ track running through the very middle of the card)

313A. Donald Igwebuike - ‘e’ in ‘Birthdate’ obscured ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘e’ in ‘Birthdate’ is obscured by a white dot in the middle)

313B. Donald Igwebuike - ‘e’ full / Red dot COR / ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘e’ is full and there is a large red dot underneath the Pro Set logo; no completely normal version confirmed)

314A. Kevin Murphy - Clipped STAT Line ERR (On the back of the card, the third Stat line is clipped underneath the 'NO' header)

314B. Kevin Murphy - Full STAT Line COR (On the back of the card, the second Stat line is full and uniform throughout)

315. Ervin Randle - Interceptions cut off UER (On the back of the card, the right of the Stat header 'INTERCEPTIONS' is cut off; no known fixed variations exists)

315A. Ervin Randle - Red Line On Back ERR (On the back of the card, on the top right, there is a floating red line)

315B. Ervin Randle - Red Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the red line has been removed)

318A. Vinny Testaverde - Broken STAT Line ERR (On the back of the card, the bottom STAT line is cut in half by a white line in the middle)

318B. Vinny Testaverde - Fixed STAT Line COR (On the back of the card, the bottom STAT line is fixed and uniform)

319A. Ray Perkins - No Name on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is no name of staff distinction on the top of the card)

319B. Ray Perkins - Name included COR (On the back of the card, the name and staff distinction is included)

322. Darryl Grant - Bold / Thin STAT Line UER (On the back of the card, the third STAT line starts out bold on the left and tapers into thin going to the right)

332A. Alvin Walton - Broken STAT Line ERR (On the back of the card, the third STAT line is broken by a white blot on the right side)

332B. Alvin Walton - Broken STAT Line COR (On the back of the card, the STAT line is fixed and uniform)

335. Brian Blades - Clipped ‘77’ UER (On the back of the card, the ‘77’ on the top line is clipped off on the top; no known correction has been confirmed)

338A. Eric Dickerson - Short Print Variation

338B. Lud Denny Promo (Promotional Variation created in very short quantity and given to select dealers. Not pack issued.)

338C. Eric Dickerson / Jerry Reynolds - Test Card / Mock-Up Variation (On the front of the card is the Hoops Unissued Jerry Reynolds Card and on the back of the card is the back of the #338 Eric Dickerson SP. Not pack issued.)

343A. Chris Hinton - No Traded Stripe / “Has Been Named..” Variation (On the front of the card, there is no trade stripe in the bottom right corner; on the back of the card, the top line starts with “Has Been Named..”)

343B. Chris Hinton - Traded Stripe / “Has Been Named..” Interim Variation (On the front of the card, there is a trade stripe in the bottom right corner; on the back of the card, the top line starts with “Has Been Named..”)

343C. Chris Hinton - Traded Stripe / “Six Time Pro Bowl..” Variation (On the front of the card, there is a trade stripe in the bottom right corner; on the back of the card, the top line starts with “Six Time Pro Bowl..”)

343D. Chris Hinton - No Traded Stripe / “Six Time Pro Bowl..” Variation (On the front of the card, there is no trade stripe in the bottom right corner; on the back of the card, the top line starts with “Six Time Pro Bow..” - UNVERIFIED)

343E. Chris Hinton - Traded Stripe / White Trade Banner Text Variation (On the front of the front of the card, there is a trade stripe in the bottom right corner, and the text in the middle of it is all white instead of yellow)

344A. Rodney Holman - Two Red Stripes On Back ERR (On the back of the card, in between the last two lines are two thin red stripes)

344B. Rodney Holman - Two Red Stripes Removed COR / Black line ERR (On the back of the card, the red stripes have been removed / on the back of the card, there is a black streak through the word 'charitable')

344C. Rodney Holman - Two Red Stripes Removed COR / Black line removed COR (On the back of the card, the red stripes and black line has been removed)

355A. Karl Mecklenburg - White Dot ERR (On the back of the card, on the top bio. note line, the 'n' in 'in' has a white dot through it on the left side)

355B. Karl Mecklenburg - White Dot COR (On the back of the card, the 'n' in 'in' is corrected)

362A. John Offerdahl - Horizontal Red Stripe ERR (On the back of the card, a horizontal red stripe runs underneath ‘left gave AFC thrilling’ line on underneath the bio. Notes)

362B. John Offerdahl - Horizontal Red Stripe Removed COR (On the back of the card, the red stripe has been removed)

379-426X. Black TM Shadow Variations (The NFC Pro Bowl cards with black TM symbols on the front may all have white shadows behind the black TM text variations - many have been confirmed)

381A. Jerry Ball - Blue Blur Next To TM VAR (On the front of the card, next to the TM symbol on the Pro Set Logo, there is a blurred piece of the photo that is bluish/blackish in color)

381B. Jerry Ball - Cream/Red Blur Next To TM VAR (On the front of the card, next to the TM symbol on the Pro Set Logo, there is a blurred piece of the photo that is cream/reddish in color)

386A. Randall Cunningham - Large Print Cut-Off ERR (On the front of the card, on the bottom stripe, the Name, Position, and Team are cut-off at the edge of the card for being too large)

386B. Randall Cunningham - Small Print to Fit COR (On the front of the card, the text fits to the card)

390A. Brent Fullwood - Thin Black Line ERR / Black font TM VAR (On the back of the card, there is a thin black line in the white space below the Pro Bowl Facts & Figures on the right side / On the front of the card, the TM symbol underneath the Pro Set Logo is in all black font)

390B. Brent Fullwood - Thin Black Line Removed COR / White Shadow TM VAR (On the back of the card, the thin black line has been removed / On the front of the card, the TM symbol underneath the Pro Set Logo has a 'White Shadow' behind it making it look more visible)

390C. Brent Fullwood - Thin Black Line Removed / Black font TM VAR (On the back of the card, the thin black line has been removed / On the front of the card, the TM symbol underneath the Pro Set Logo is in all black font)

404A. Tim McDonald - Red Squiggly Line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a small red squiggly line underneath the 'Pro Bowl Facts and Figures' line)

404B. Tim McDonald - Red Squiggly Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the red squiggly line is removed)

409A. Eddie Murray - Blue Line ERR (On the front of the card, there is a blue line going through his arm)

409B. Eddie Murray - Blue Line Removed COR (On the front of the card, the blue line has been removed)

430A. Tim Green - Thin Blue Line ERR (On the front of the card, to the right of his helmet is a thin broken straight blue line)

430B. Tim Green - No Blue Line COR (On the front of the card, the blue line is not there)

435A. Don Beebe - Broken Bottom Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the bottom stat line is broken by a small white speck)

435B. Don Beebe - Bottom Stat Line Fixed COR (On the back of the card, the bottom stat line is fixed)

444A. Thurman Thomas - Regular Issue Variation

444B. Thurman Thomas - 3D Hologram Prototype Variation (The entire card is similar to the regular issue except it is approximately 1/4" thick with layered plastic on the front that gives the card a three dimensional effect and was used, ostensibly, as a prototype for a potential hologram whose existence is unknown and probably non-existant)

449A. Dan Hampton - DT/DE Variation ERR (On the back of the card, the position at the top is falsely listed as DE)

449B. Dan Hampton - DT correction Variation COR (On the back of the card, the position has been corrected to DT)

454A. Brad Muster - Red/Black Stat lines ERR (On the back of the card, on the second STAT headers, the bottom of the red font colored letters are in black font)

454B. Brad Muster - Red Stat lines COR (On the back of the card, the second STAT headers are in all red)

455A. William Perry - Broken and Jagged Stat Lines ERR (On the back of the card, the top stat line is broken and the one underneath is jagged)

455B. William Perry - Stat Lines Full COR (On the back of the card, both stat lines are full)

456A. Ron Rivera - Red squiggly line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a small red squiggly line just above the word 'California' in the bio. notes)

456B. Ron Rivera - No red line COR (On the back of the card, the red squiggly line is removed)

457A. James Thornton - Thin Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line gets thin towards the middle then back to full towards the right)

457B. James Thornton - Full Stat Line COR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line is uniform throughout)

460-468, 680, 697, 707X. Bengals Series II Team - The ‘E’ in the Bengals logo on the back in some of the Bengals team cards has a ‘chipped’ top middle slash in the ‘E’ and a dark dot through the middle slash of the ‘E’

460A. Eric Ball - Clipped STAT Header ERR (On the back of the card, the word 'RECEIVING' is cut off on the very bottom in the top STAT header)

460B. Eric Ball - Full STAT Header COR (On the back of the card, the word 'RECEIVING' is not clipped)

461A. James Brooks - White Line Variation ERR (On the back of the card, there is a long white line running from the word ‘Bengals’ up into the stat columns and back down into the bio. Notes and ending at the word ‘primary’)

461B. James Brooks - White Line removed COR / White speck ERR (On the back of the card, the white line has been removed / on the back of the card, there is a white speck in between the 'y' and 'n' in 'dynamo')

461C. James Brooks - White Line removed COR / White speck removed COR (On the back of the card, the white line and white speck has been removed)

463A. Boomer Esiason - Jagged Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the top stat line is jagged)

463B. Boomer Esiason - Corrected Stat Line COR (On the back of the card, the top stat line has been corrected and is bold all the way through)

466A. Tim Krumrie - Thin Black Line ERR (On the front of the card, in between the 'H' and 'E' in the 'THE OFFICIAL NFL CARD' line is a thin black line)

466B. Tim Krumrie - Thin Black Line Removed COR (On the front of the card, the thin black line has been removed)

471A. Raymond Clayborn - Broken / Jagged Stat Lines ERR (On the back of the card, on the top two stat lines, there is an inconsistency in thickness in the top stat line and a thinner second stat line)

471B. Raymond Clayborn - Full Stat Lines COR (On the back of the card, both stat lines are full and corrected)

478A. James Dixon - Full / Thin Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line starts full, gets thin towards the middle, then gets full again)

478B. James Dixon - Full / Thin Stat Line COR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line is fixed and uniform throughout)

480A. Dennis McKinnon - White spots on front ERR (On the front of the card, to the left of the name and behind the name are what look like bleach spots or white spots that were sprayed across the border)

480B. Dennis McKinnon - No white spots COR (On the front of the card, the white spots have been removed)

482A. Jesse Solomon - Thin / Bold STAT Line ERR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line starts from bold on the left and tapers to thin on the right and gets bold again on the very end)

482B. Jesse Solomon - Bold STAT Line COR / Clipped STAT Line ERR / Obscured 'p' ERR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line is uniform and straight throughout, the second STAT line on the far right is cut off by a white line and leaves a black speck on the end, and the 'p' in 'passes' on the fourth line in the bio. notes is 'obscured' on the left side by some white debris)

482C. Jesse Solomon - Bold STAT Line COR / Clipped STAT Line COR / Full P COR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line is uniform, the second STAT line is uniform, and the 'p' in 'passes' is full)

483A. Danny Stubbs - Thin / Bold STAT Line ERR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line starts from bold on the left and tapers to thin on the right and gets bold again on the very end)

483B. Danny Stubbs - Bold STAT Line COR (On the back of the card, the top STAT line is uniform and straight throughout)

485A. Michael Brooks - TM Shadow VAR (On the front of the card, the TM symbol on the Pro Set Logo has a white shadow behind it)

485B. Michael Brooks - TM Black VAR (On the front of the card, TM symbol on the Pro Set Logo is in all black font)

496A. Kevin Glover - Position Incorrect ERR (On the back of the card, on the top of the card where his position is listed, it is listed as ‘C-G’ instead of ‘C’ as it is listed on the front)

496B. Kevin Glover - Position Correct COR (On the back of the card, the position has been corrected to just ‘C’)

497A. Mel Gray - White Line ERR (On the back of the card, in the sixth bio. notes line, the 't' in 'punt' has a thin white line running diagonally through the top of it)

497B. Mel Gray - White Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the white line has been removed)

498A. Rodney Peete - TM Shadow VAR (On the front of the card, the TM symbol on the Pro Set Logo has a white shadow behind it)

498B. Rodney Peete - TM Black VAR (On the front of the card, TM symbol on the Pro Set Logo is in all black font)

509A. Curtis Duncan - TM Shadow VAR (On the front of the card, the TM symbol on the Pro Set Logo has a white shadow behind it)

509B. Curtis Duncan - TM Black VAR (On the front of the card, the TM symbol on the Pro Set Logo is in all black font)

520-526X. Colts Series II Team Set - There are versions of the Colts team set that has a pink proofing error where the border in the player’s name on the front looks slightly pink and there is a white shadow of the name in black ink. Also may be simply a slight pink name border or bottom/top pink name border. Can not confirm whether all exist, have only found the Pat Beach, Jeff Herrod, Keith Taylor, and Jack Trudeau.

527-537X. Chiefs Series II Team Set - Some of the Chiefs Series II Team cards have bold names on the front of the card. Can not confirm whether all exist, have only found the Derrick Thomas and Chris Martin.

529A. Albert Lewis - Jagged Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the top Stat line gets thin going to the right and then returns to bold at the end)

529B. Albert Lewis - Full Stat Line COR (On the back of the card, the top Stat line is full again and corrected)

532A. Christian Okoye - Red Squiggly Line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a red squiggly line running through the 'u' in 'rushing' on the top bio. line)

532B. Christian Okoye - Red Squiggly Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the red squiggly line has been removed)

538-549X. Raiders Series II Team Set - On some of the Raiders Series II Team cards there is a dark grey name border on the front instead of a light grey border.

539A. Greg Bell - Red Squiggly Line ERR (On the back of the card, on the bottom right to the left of the Pro Set logo is a floating red squiggly line in the white space)

539B. Greg Bell - Red Squiggly Line COR (On the back of the card, the red squiggly line has been removed)

560A. Ferrell Edmunds - Thin Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the third from top Stat line is thin and inconsistent as opposed to the rest of the lines which are bold)

560B. Ferrell Edmunds - Thin Stat Line Corrected COR / Clipped R ERR (On the back of the card, the thin line has been emboldened and corrected / on the back of the card, the 'R' in 'RECEIVING' has been clipped off vertically on the left side)

560C. Ferrell Edmunds - Thin Stat Line Corrected COR / Full R COR (On the back of the card, the thin line has been emboldened and corrected and the 'R' in 'RECEIVING' is full)

564A. Pete Stoyanovich - Stat line broken ERR (On the back of the card, on the bottom Stat line is a small white line that breaks the uniformity of the stat line)

564B. Pete Stoyanovich - Stat line full COR (On the back of the card, the Stat line has been corrected)

565A. Alfred Anderson - Bold Name VAR (On the front of the card, his name is in bold lettering, similar to the Derrick Thomas Chiefs Card)

565B. Alfred Anderson - Regular Name VAR (On the front of the card, his name is in regular sized lettering)

567A. Rick Fenney - Floating Black Lines ERR (On the front of the card, there is a floating black line on the middle left of the action photo and through the ‘RICK’ part of his name)

567B. Rick Fenney - Floating Lines Removed COR (On the front of the card, both black lines have been removed)

572A. Kirk Lowdermilk - Black line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a small black line underneath the '1' in '1987' in the bio. notes)

572B. Kirk Lowdermilk - Black line removed COR (On the back of the card, the small black line has been removed)

578A. Robert Perryman - Stat line abrasion ERR (On the back of the card, the second from top Stat line has some thin abrasion through the middle of it, looks inconsistent)

578B. Robert Perryman - Stat line full COR (On the back of the card, the stat line has been made full and bold)

581A. Johnny Rembert - Broken Stat line ERR (On the back of the card, one of the stat lines is 'broken')

581B. Johnny Rembert - Full Stat line COR (On the back of the card, the stat line is 'full' and uniform throughout)

585A. Hoby Brenner - Spill Mark ERR (On the front of the card, on the bottom left, there is a noticeable ‘spill mark’ that covers part of both the name and bottom borders)

585B. Hoby Brenner - Spill Mark Removed COR (On the front of the card, the spill mark has been removed or corrected)

588A. Joel Hilgenberg - Red lines on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a red ink dot on his shoulder, a thine red line below '10 games' in the fourth bio. note line, a small squiggly red line below the bio. notes and a small squiggly red line between 'touchdowns' and '(13..' in the third line of the bio. notes)

588B. Joel Hilgenberg - Red lines removed COR (On the back of the card, the red lines have been removed)

589A. Robert Massey - Small ‘A’ in Year ERR (On the back of the card, the word ‘YEAR’ in the top Stat header has a white speck over the top of the ‘A’ making it look like a small a)

589B. Robert Massey - Regular ‘A’ in Year COR (On the back of the card, the speck has been removed and the ‘A’ looks normal)

597A. Sean Landetta - White speckled 'w' ERR (On the back of the card, in the bio. notes, the 'w' in 'went' has many small white specks obscuring the left side of it)

597B. Sean Landetta - White specks removed COR (On the back of the card, the white specks have been removed)

601-604, 670, 694, 745X. Jets Series II Team Set - There are versions of the Jetts team set that has a pink proofing error where the border in the player’s name on the front looks slightly pink and there is a white shadow of the name in black ink. Also may be simply a slight pink name border or bottom/top pink name border. Not sure if all exist, only the James Hasty variation has been found.

601A. James Hasty - White lines on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a small white line running through the ‘e’ in ‘since’ on the second line of the bio. Notes and a small white line running the ‘n’ in ‘in’ of the fourth line of the bio. Notes)

601B. James Hasty - White lines removed COR (On the back of the card, both of the white lines have been removed)

602A. Erik McMillan - Red squiggly line ERR (On the back of the card, next to the Pro Set logo is a red squiggly line)

602B. Erik McMillan - Red line removed COR (On the back of the card, the red line has been removed)

607A. Wes Hopkins - Black Stat Headers Variation (On the back of the card, the Stat Headers ‘FUM’ and ‘INTERCEPTIONS’ are in a black colored font)

607B. Wes Hopkins - Red Stat Headers Variation (On the back of the card, the Stat Headers ‘FUM’ and ‘INTERCEPTIONS’ are in a Red colored font)

610A. Jim McMahon - Black TM ERR (On the front of the card, the ‘TM’ below the Pro Set Logo is in black font)

610B. Jim McMahon - Black & White TM COR (On the front of the card, the ‘TM’ is black with a white shadow behind it for visual perception)

614A. David Galloway - Thin Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the second from top Stat line is very thin)

614B. David Galloway - Bold Stat Line COR (On the back of the card, the Stat line has been made bold to conform with the other Stat lines)

618A. Tootie Robbins - Black line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a thin black line running diagonally through the ‘nounced’ part of the fifth line in the bio. Notes)

618B. Tootie Robbins - Black line removed COR (On the back of the card, the black line has been removed)

626A. Rod Woodson - Black Stat Headers ERR (On the back of the card, the Stat Headers ‘FUM’ and ‘INTERCEPTIONS’ are in a black colored font)

626B. Rod Woodson - Black and Red Stat Headers ERR (On the back of the card, the top of the Stat Headers ‘FUM’ and ‘INTERCEPTIONS’ are in black and the bottom half are in red)

626C. Rod Woodson - Red and Black Stat Headers ERR (On the back of the card, the top of the Stat Headers 'FUM' and 'INTERCEPTIONS' are in red and the bottom half are in black)

626D. Rod Woodson - Red Stat Headers COR (On the back of the card, the Stat Headers are in red colored font)

627A. Rod Bernstine - Position Incorrect ERR (On the back of the card, his position is incorrectly listed as ‘TE’ on the top of the card border)

627B. Rod Bernstine - Position Correct COR (On the back of the card, his position has been corrected to ‘RB’ to conform with the front of his card as well)

627C. Rod Bernstine - Position Incorrect On Front & Back (UNCONFIRMED)

628A. Courtney Hall - Small White Line ERR (On the back of the card, on the top bio. line, the 'al' in 'physical' has a white line running through it diagonally)

628B. Courtney Hall - Small White Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the line has been removed)

630A. Anthony Miller - Position Incorrect ERR (On the back of the card, his position is listed as ‘WR’, not conforming to the front of his card which is listed as ‘WR-KR’)

630B. Anthony Miller - Position Correct COR (On the back of the card, his position is listed as ‘WR-KR’ to conform with the front of his card)

630C. Anthony Miller - Position Incorrect On Front & Back (UNCONFIRMED)

632A. Leslie O’Neal - Position Incorrect ERR (On the front of the card, his position is listed as ‘LB-DE’ not conforming to the back of his card which reads ‘LB’)

632B. Leslie O’Neal - Position Correct COR (On the front of the card, his position has been changed to ‘LB’ conforming with the back of his card)

632C. Leslie O’Neal - Position Listed As ‘LB-DE’ On Front & Back ERR (UNCONFIRMED)

633A. David Richards - Position Incorrect ERR (On the back of the card, his position is listed as ‘G-T’ which does not conform with the ‘G’ he is listed as on the front)

633B. David Richards - Position Correct COR (On the back of the card, his position is listed as ‘G’ to conform with the front of his card)

633C. David Richards - Position Listed As ‘G-T’ On Front & Back (UNCONFIRMED)

636A. Chet Brooks - Stat Line Variation #1 (On the back of the card, the top three Stat lines are bold while the bottom is thin)

636B. Chet Brooks - Stat Line Variation #2 (On the back of the card, the middle two Stat lines are thin while the top and bottom are bold)

644A. Dave Waymer - Thin Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the bottom Stat line is very thin and jagged)

644B. Dave Waymer - Full Stat Line COR (On the back of the card, the bottom Stat line is full to conform with the other bold stat lines)

645A. Steve Young - ‘Gume’ Error ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘a’ in ‘game’ on the bottom line of the bio. Notes is obscured by a white speck making it look like ‘gume’)

645B. Steve Young - Game COR / STAT Line abrasions ERR / 'Also' broken ERR (On the back of the card, the word ‘game’ has been corrected / on the back of the card, the third STAT line looks fuzzy with abrasions throughout it / on the back of the card, in the second line of the bio. notes, the 'L' in 'Also' has a white line running through the center of it)

645B. Steve Young - Game COR / STAT Line fixed COR / 'Also' fixed COR (On the back of the card, the word ‘game’ has been corrected)

645C. Steve Young - Thin Stat Line / Game ERR (On the back of the card, the third from top Stat line is very thin and jagged; the word ‘game’ is normal)

651A. Tony Woods - Sunrays ERR (On the front of the card, to the left and right of the name in the border area are two yellow lines in the form of faded circles that look like sunrays)

651B. Tony Woods - Sunrays Removed COR / Thin blue line ERR (On the front of the card, the ‘sunrays’ have been removed / on the front of the card, there is a thin blue streak running through the '7' on the front of his jersey)

651C. Tony Woods - Sunrays Removed COR / Thin blue line COR (On the front of the card, the ‘sunrays’ have been removed / on the front of the card, the blue line has been removed)

657A. Curt Jarvis - No ‘Official Card’ Line ERR (On the front of the card, at the top border, there is no ‘Official NFL Card’ Line per the normal design)

657B. Curt Jarvis - ‘Official Card’ Line Inserted COR (On the front of the card, ‘The Official NFL Card’ line has been inserted)

658A. Ricky Reynolds - Broken Stat Line ERR (On the back of the card, the bottom stat line is ‘broken’ by a white piece of debris)

658B. Ricky Reynolds - Fixed Stat Line COR (On the back of the card, the stat line has been fixed and is uniform)

666A. Walter Stanley - Regular Issue Variation

666B. Steve Young - Cowboys VP Promo (On the front of the card, the picture is of a teenage Steve Young holding a football in a field with the Pro Set Prospect stripe at top and the Cowboys' helmet at the bottom [not the 49ers QB but the VP of Pro Set Press, Inc. for a majority of it's duration], and on the back of the card is a funny bio. note insert with a picture of Steve Young as an adult in 1990 - the design on the back is very similar to the Lud Denny Promo)

668A. Stan Humphries - Clipped Name ERR (On the front of the card, the name ‘HUMPHRIES’ is ‘clipped off’ on the right side on the ‘ES’)

668B. Stan Humphries - Full Name COR (On the front of the card, the name 'HUMPHRIES' is full in original text / unclipped)

669A. Jeff George - Colts Uniform, Draft Day (The front of the card depicts him throwing the ball in the Colts uniform, the top banner reads “First Choice, 1990 Draft” in black text, and the back depicts him holding up his Pro Set Rookie card)

669B. Jeff George - Colts / Illinois Uniform, Draft Day (The front of the card depicts him throwing in an Illinois uniform, the top banner reads “Pro Set Prospect” in blue font, and his name on the bottom is in blue font, and the bottom right reads “1990 Draft, No. 1 Pick” inside a diagonal yellow snipe, and there is also the words ‘Scouting Photo‘ vertical on the left, and the Colts helmet lines the bottom banner; on the back of the card is a picture of him in his college uniform)

669C. Jeff George - Falcons / Illinois Uniform, Draft Day (The front of the card depicts him throwing in an Illinois uniform, the top banner reads “Pro Set Prospect” in black font, and his name on the bottom is in black font, and the bottom right reads “1990 Draft, No. 1 Pick” inside a diagonal yellow snipe, and there is also the words ‘Scouting Photo‘ vertical on the left, and the Falcons helmet lines the bottom banner; on the back of the card is a picture of him in his college uniform)

669D. Jeff George - Patriots / Illinois Uniform, Draft Day (The front of the card depicts him throwing in an Illinois uniform, the top banner reads “Pro Set Prospect” in white font, and his name on the bottom is in white font, and the bottom right reads “1990 Draft, No. 1 Pick” inside a diagonal yellow snipe, and there is also the words ‘Scouting Photo‘ vertical on the left, and the Patriots helmet lines the bottom banner; on the back of the card is a picture of him in his college uniform)

669E. Keith McCants - Falcons / Alabama Uniform, Draft Day (The front of the card depicts him in an Alabama uniform, the top banner reads “Pro Set Prospect” in black font, and his name on the bottom is in black font, and the bottom right reads “1990 Draft, No. 1 Pick” inside a diagonal yellow snipe, and there is also the words ‘Scouting Photo‘ vertical on the left, and the Falcons helmet lines the bottom banner; on the back of the card is a picture of him in his college uniform)

688A. Steve Broussard - Gray Bottom of Helmet ERR (On the front of the card, the bottom half of the Falcons helmet is shaded slightly gray as opposed to all black)

688B. Steve Broussard - Black Helmet COR (On the front of the card, the helmet is all black)

696A. Darion Conner - Gray Bottom of Helmet ERR (On the front of the card, the bottom half of the Falcons helmet is shaded slightly gray as opposed to all black)

696B. Darion Conner - Black Helmet COR (On the front of the card, the helmet is all black)

697A. Reggie Rembert - ‘Clipped’ Reggie ERR (On the front of the card, the name ‘Reggie’ is clipped off at the very top)

697B. Reggie Rembert - Regular Reggie COR (On the front of the card, the name Reggie is not clipped)

698A. Terry Wooden - Number Listed As 51 ERR (On the back of the card, his jersey number is listed as ‘51’ on the top left)

698B. Terry Wooden - Number Listed As 90 COR (On the back of the card, his jersey is correctly listed as ‘90’ on the top left)

701A. Fred Washington - Bloody Face ERR (On the back of the card, his face is red and there almost looks like a blot of blood on his neck)

701B. Fred Washington - Normal Face COR (On the back of the card, his face looks normal and not red)

701C. Fred Washington - Death Mention Front Variation (On the front of the card, there is a black snipe on the bottom left mentioning his year of birth and death, the ‘1990 Draft, Second Round’ banner is gone from the top, and the Bears helmet is gone; on the back, his card number is replaced with a small white text that reads ‘Special Collectible’)

712A. Ken Davidson - Black line on back ERR (On the back of the card, there is a thin black line running vertically through ‘permanently’ and ‘football’ in the bio. Notes)

712B. Ken Davidson - Black line removed COR (On the back of the card, the thin black line has been removed)

718A. Pat Terrell - Incorrect Number ERR (On the back of the card, his number is incorrectly listed as 41)

718B. Pat Terrell - Correct Number COR (On the back of the card, his number has been correctly changed to 37)

719A. Mike Bellamy - Clipped ‘Y’ ERR (On the front of the card, the ‘Y’ in ‘BELLAMY’ is clipped on the upper right arm)

719B. Mike Bellamy - Regular ‘Y’ COR (On the front of the card, the ‘Y’ is not clipped)

723A. Oliver Barnett - Incorrect Position ERR (On the front of the card, his position is listed as ‘DT’, while on the back it’s listed as ‘NT’)

723B. Oliver Barnett - Correct Position COR (On the front of the card, his position is listed as ‘NT’ to conform with his correct position listed on the back of the card)

742A. Kevin Haverdink - Black Line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a black line running vertically through the second to sixth bio. note lines on the right side)

742B. Kevin Haverdink - No Black Line COR (On the back of the card, the black line has been removed)

743A. Johnny Bailey - Number Incorrectly Listed ERR (On the back of the card, his number is incorrectly listed as 46 on the top right)

743B. Johnny Bailey - Number Correctly Listed COR (On the back of the card, his number is correctly listed as 22 on the top right)

744A. Eric Moore - No Pro Set Prospect Banner ERR (On the front of the card, there is no Pro Set Prospect banner at the the top)

744B. Eric Moore - Pro Set Prospect Banner COR (On the front of the card, the Pro Set Prospect banner is included)

745A. Tony Stargell - White Line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a thin white line running up from the ‘g’ in ‘being’ on the third from bottom line to the first ‘l’ in ‘full’ on the fourth from bottom line)

745B. Tony Stargell - White Line COR (On the back of the card, there is no thin white line)

746A. Fred Barnett - Blanched borders ERR (On the front of the card, on the right side of the top two borders and the bottom two borders, the coloration appears speckled or blanched)

746B. Fred Barnett - Uniform coloration COR (On the front of the card, both of the top and both of the bottom borders are uniform in color)

747A. Walter Reeves - Graffiti Mark ERR (On the front of the card, there is a small circular brightened area of the bottom maroon border that looks like a graffiti mark)

747B. Walter Reeves - Graffiti Mark Removed COR (On the front of the card, the mark has been removed)

750A. Ronald Lewis - Marbled Banner Variation (On the back of the card, in the Golden banner, the coloring appears ‘marbled’)

750B. Ronald Lewis - Uniform Colored Variation (On the back of the card, the banner is uniform in nature / one solid color)

760A. Eddie Anderson - Incomplete 9 in 1989 ERR (On the back of the card, there is an incomplete '9' in '1989')

760B. Eddie Anderson - Complete 9 in 1989 COR (On the back of the card, the '9' is full)

763A. David Griggs - Thin Second STAT Line (On the back of the card, the second STAT line starts thin on the left and gets full as it goes to the right)

763B. David Griggs - Full Second STAT Line (On the back of the card, the second STAT line is full throughout)

769A. Steve Walsh - Frayed Top STAT Line (On the back of the card, the top STAT line is slightly frayed in the middle)

769B. Steve Walsh - Full Top STAT Line (On the back of the card, the top STAT line is full throughout)

772A. Dexter Manley - Substance Abuse Variation (On the back of the card, there is a line stating “Reinstated by Commissioner Paul Tagliabue 11 weeks into 1990 season after suspension for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy..”)

772B. Dexter Manley - No Substance Abuse / Backwards ‘t’ Variation (On the back of the card, the substance abuse mention has been changed but the card retains two vestiges of the substance abuse variation - a backwards ‘t’ in the word ‘Photo’ of the ‘Official Photo..‘ line on the bottom and a proofing mark near the card number on the back of the card)

772C. Dexter Manley - No Substance Abuse / Regular ‘t’ Variation (On the back of the card, the substance abuse mention has been changed and so has the ‘t’ and proofing mark)

785A. Paul Tagliabue - ‘Peered’ ERR (On the back of the card, in the top line it reads ‘peered through’)

785B. Paul Tagliabue - ‘Poses’ / Obscured ‘we’ ERR (On the back of the card, the words ‘peered through’ have been replaced with ‘poses at’ and the ‘we’ in ‘between’ on the second line is obscured by multiple white specks)

785C. Paul Tagliabue - ‘Poses’ / Correct ‘we’ COR (On the back of the card, the words ‘poses at’ are included and the white specks have been removed)

786A. Al Davis - Black Line ERR (On the back of the card, there is a thin black line through the ‘D’ in ‘DAVIS’ on the ‘DAVIS ANNOUNCES COLISEUM ACCORD’ banner)

786B. Al Davis - Black Line Removed COR (On the back of the card, the black line has been removed)

790-798X. White Dot Variations ERR & COR (On the back of the cards from the picture subset, all of the bottom borders can be found with and without a white 'bump' on the top of the border where the white meets the black in the middle)

790A. First Place - White Spots ERR (On the back of the card, the black borders are gray and ‘peppered’ with white dots)

790B. First Place - White Spots Removed COR (On the back of the card, the black borders are uniform with no white spots)

794A. Second Place - White Spots ERR (On the back of the card, the black borders are gray and ‘peppered’ with white dots)

794B. Second Place - White Spots Removed COR (On the back of the card, the black borders are uniform with no white spots)

795A. Third Place - White blotch ERR (On the back of the card, on the top black border, there is a white blotch to the left of the photographer’s name)

795B. Third Place - White blotch removed COR (On the back of the card, the white blotch has been removed)

799A. Ronnie Lott Stay In School - Blue Background Final Update Variation (On the front of the card, the background is blue)

799B. Ronnie Lott Stay In School - Blue Background Binder Variation (On the front of the card, the background is red)

Super Bowl Art 2A. Super Bowl II "Smudged" Backdrop ERR (On the front of the card, there is a "smudge" in the green background from the original Super Bowl poster artwork, and this is not a physical marking)

Super Bowl Art 2B. Super Bowl II Corrected Smudge (On the front of the card, the green is consistent throughout / shows no instances of being "smudged")

Super Bowl Art 6A. Super Bowl VI "Clipped D" ERR (On the front of the card, the 'D' in the top 'Official..' line is clipped off on the right)

Super Bowl Art 6B. Super Bowl VI Corrected COR (On the front of the card, the 'D' in the top 'Official..' line is corrected)

Super Bowl Art 14A. Super Bowl XIV "Clipped Line" ERR (On the front of the card, the bottom of the "Official NFL Card" line is cut off on the bottom)

Super Bowl Art 14B. Super Bowl XIV Corrected Line COR (On the front of the card, the "Official NFL Card" line is complete)

Super Bowl Art 22A. Super Bowl XXII Date Incorrect ERR (On the back of the card on the top header, the date is incorrectly state as January 31, 1989)

Super Bowl Art 22B. Super Bowl XXII Correct Date COR (On the back of the card at the top, the date has been correctly changed to January 31, 1988)

List Of Very Rare Items From 1990 Pro Set

1A. Barry Sanders / Rookie Of The Year - Hawaii Trade Conference PROMO (profile in uniform shot on back of card. Not pack issued.) - Usually comes around every 3-4 months on eBay or maybe on other auction sites / potentially on Beckett Marketplace

59A. Mike Ditka - Large HOF lettering on Hall of Fame Banner ERR (On the front of the card, the words “Hall Of Fame” inside the Hall of Fame banner at the bottom right of the picture is large and reaches the border of the card) - Quite a rare item. Only shows up on online sites or auctions once every 4-6 months, sometimes can be found in lots or by someone who doesn’t know it’s rarity.

75C. Cody Risien - Short Print / Late Series (Late series SP card of Cody Risien) - Not very rare, but nonetheless not easy to find and not always listed.

134Bb. Andre Rison - Trade Stripe / Clipped Number ERR (On the front of the card, there is a trade stripe; on the back of the card, the card number is clipped off on the top) - A very rare transitional item. Yet to be found by myself but nonetheless confirmed as real by two different collectors. It’s an item that takes some time asking sellers of the Risons about the card itself and might take up a small piece of time to find.

161C. Art Shell - Birthdate 11/26 / Large HOF (On the front of the card, the lettering inside the Hall of Fame banner is large; on the back, the birthdate is correctly listed as 11/26/46) - Not entirely rare, but nonetheless only shows up once every couple of weeks, maybe once a month. A ‘D’ Variation has yet to be found or confirmed. Until it is, it sounds like here say or rumor.

204A. Fred Marion - ‘Belt’ Variation (On the front of the card, John Taylor’s belt behind Fred is flapped outward, making it look phallic in nature) - Not exactly hard to FIND so much as hard to find at a reasonable price. Still a rare piece, but usually takes a little time to find someone that has listed it at below $100.

247A. Randall Cunningham - White erased text ERR (On the back of the card, the ‘ee’ in ‘three’ has been completely obscured/erased by a large white mark) - Another item that isn’t hard to find so much as it’s hard to find for less than $20 online or elsewhere.

300A. Jeff Bryant - White blur over text ERR (On the back of the card, there is a thick white line in the middle of the bio. Notes heavily obscuring the text) - Similar in nature to the Cunningham erased text error except a little harder to find. With some patience and searching they can be found for a relatively decent price.

338B. Lud Denny Promo (Promotional Variation created in very short quantity and given to select dealers. Not pack issued.) - Extremely rare just to find, have sold for $300 or more. Depicts Lud Denny’s head on the front cropped over top of Bill Parcells Head and includes a paragraph worth of information on Lud’s place in the hobby and a shot of him holding a football. These may only come around once a year if not more. It’s conjecture that only a 100 or so of these were made and were passed out to close friends, employees and dealers who had pushed Pro Set product in the Dallas area.

338C. Eric Dickerson / Jerry Reynolds - Test Card / Mock-Up Variation (On the front of the card is the Hoops Unissued Jerry Reynolds Card and on the back of the card is the back of the #338 Eric Dickerson SP. Not pack issued.) - An extremely rare variation that came out of the Pro Set archives. Before recently, wasn’t even heard of. Very hard to come across, may only be seen once or twice a year, if that.

338D. Eric Dickerson F.A.C.T. Unreleased Card - An extremely hard variation of the 338A. Eric Dickerson that was to be issued as a part of the F.A.C.T. but was pulled from the printing process very quickly due to his exclusion from the set as a whole. Also hard to find sold online, maybe once a year at best.

343B. Chris Hinton - Traded Stripe / “Has Been Named..” Interim Variation (On the front of the card, there is a trade stripe in the bottom right corner; on the back of the card, the top line starts with “Has Been Named..”) - Somewhat hard to find. I would utilize the same method as you would use in procuring a Rison Trade Stripe / Clipped Number card. Ask multiple dealers who have listed the card about the card number. A majority of dealers who sells singles of all sports are usually not abreast of the rarity of the item. File this under “transitional variations”. A ‘D’ Variation has not been found or confirmed, so until it is then it is just here say or rumor.

444B. Thurman Thomas 3D Hologram Prototype (An unbelievably rare prototype that potentially eclipses all other cards in rarity [next to 1/1 proofs or printing plates]. The card was never distributed and was more than likely made to be used in prototyping a potential hologram of the base card. It is approximately 1/4" thick with layers of plastic on the front that bring about a 3D effect. It also could've been a very rare prize card, although my sources tell me it was more than likely a hologram prototype. Almost certainly less than 5 in existence and would more than likely not show up on the second market.)

666B. Steve Young Promo (An extremely rare card that was created for the Pro Set Press Vice President, Steve Young [not the Hall Of Fame Quarterback for the 49ers]. The card has a picture of Steve Young as a high school quarterback holding a football in an open field with the Pro Set Prospect banner at the top, the Cowboys Football Helmet on the bottom left, and the title "QB - Cowboys". The back of the card is similar in design to the #338B Lud Denny Promo in that the NFLPA logo does not have any words above and below the football. Contains a hilarious write-up on the man's career with a profile picture of the man as an adult wearing some shades. A highly coveted, extremely rare card that may have only been distributed to friends and employees of Pro Set)

669B. Jeff George - Colts / Illinois Uniform, Draft Day (The front of the card depicts him throwing in an Illinois uniform, the top banner reads “Pro Set Prospect” in blue font, and his name on the bottom is in blue font, and the bottom right reads “1990 Draft, No. 1 Pick” inside a diagonal yellow snipe, and there is also the words ‘Scouting Photo‘ vertical on the left, and the Colts helmet lines the bottom banner; on the back of the card is a picture of him in his college uniform) - Not that hard to find pack issued or to find sold in a lot of the rest of the ‘Draft Day’ variations for usually no more than $20 as a whole.

669C. Jeff George - Falcons / Illinois Uniform, Draft Day (The front of the card depicts him throwing in an Illinois uniform, the top banner reads “Pro Set Prospect” in black font, and his name on the bottom is in black font, and the bottom right reads “1990 Draft, No. 1 Pick” inside a diagonal yellow snipe, and there is also the words ‘Scouting Photo‘ vertical on the left, and the Falcons helmet lines the bottom banner; on the back of the card is a picture of him in his college uniform) - Somewhat hard to find pack issued, but not too hard to find sold in a lot of the rest of the ‘Draft Day’ variations for usually no more than $20 as a whole.

669D. Jeff George - Patriots / Illinois Uniform, Draft Day (The front of the card depicts him throwing in an Illinois uniform, the top banner reads “Pro Set Prospect” in white font, and his name on the bottom is in white font, and the bottom right reads “1990 Draft, No. 1 Pick” inside a diagonal yellow snipe, and there is also the words ‘Scouting Photo‘ vertical on the left, and the Patriots helmet lines the bottom banner; on the back of the card is a picture of him in his college uniform) - Somewhat hard to find pack issued, but not too hard to find sold in a lot of the rest of the ‘Draft Day’ variations for usually no more than $20 as a whole.

669E. Keith McCants - Falcons / Alabama Uniform, Draft Day (The front of the card depicts him in an Alabama uniform, the top banner reads “Pro Set Prospect” in black font, and his name on the bottom is in black font, and the bottom right reads “1990 Draft, No. 1 Pick” inside a diagonal yellow snipe, and there is also the words ‘Scouting Photo‘ vertical on the left, and the Falcons helmet lines the bottom banner; on the back of the card is a picture of him in his college uniform) - Extremely hard to find pack issued, but not too hard to find sold in a lot of the rest of the ‘Draft Day’ variations for usually no more than $20 as a whole.

669X1-8. Jeff George Draft Day Proof Set - (8 Different cards, 4 Blank backs [1 for each Jeff George 669 card] and 4 Blank fronts [1 for each Jeff George 669 card] - These cards all have different borders and slightly varied designs for these Draft Day cards and were mock-up variations for the original Draft Day set) - Extremely hard to find; can be found rarely sold as regular blank fronts/backs. More experienced set collectors can identify the differentiation between the regular set card quite easily.

701A. Fred Washington - Bloody Face ERR (On the back of the card, his face is red and there almost looks like a blot of blood on his neck) - Not too hard to find, but a little rarer than all other versions and represents a very dark colored and thusly shortly run printing phase of the card.

723A. Oliver Barnett - Incorrect Position ERR (On the front of the card, his position is listed as ‘DT’, while on the back it’s listed as ‘NT’) - Not very hard to find, but nonetheless one of the harder pack issued versions from the second series of the 1990 set. Usually can be found anywhere from $7-$15.

772A. Dexter Manley - Substance Abuse Variation (On the back of the card, there is a line stating “Reinstated by Commissioner Paul Tagliabue 11 weeks into 1990 season after suspension for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy..”) - The grand-daddy of modern football and sports cards errors or variations. One of the hardest cards out of the set to find and possibly one of the toughest Pro Set cards in it’s company’s 4-5 year history. Issued in the Final Update of the 1990 Pro Set collection and was after a very short pressing changed after Manley and his lawyer found umbrage with the substance-abuse mentioning. It’s conjecture that no more than 50 of these were made, maybe less distributed. Comes around maybe once every 2-3 years and has been soaring in price every time it is listed. Beckett has the retail price at $300 yet once sold in the upper $500s in 2007 and in 2009 one sold in the upper $800s. An unbelievably tough card.)

772B. Dexter Manley - No Substance Abuse / Backwards ‘t’ Variation (On the back of the card, the substance abuse mention has been changed but the card retains two vestiges of the substance abuse variation - a backwards ‘t’ in the word ‘Photo’ of the ‘Official Photo..‘ line on the bottom and a proofing mark near the card number on the back of the card) - A pretty tough card as it represents a transitional phased card early in the Final Update run. Have gone unnoticed until just the past year. Come around once every 4-5 months and have sold at most in the upper $70s.)

Super Bowl Tele-Clinic Promo - Not that hard to find, usually listed every couple of weeks, if not all the time. Can usually be attained for around $5

Super Bowl XXV Promo Folder - Promo Folder that is harder to find than most others that has a Mark Carrier #800 card and a Jack Lambert and Johnny Robinson Super Bowl Supermen card which is denoted by the Super Bowl XXV logo. Somewhat rare, but can be found for cheap usually with some time and searching. There may also be 3-4 other variations with various Pro Set brands from the NHL, MusiCards, and PGA.

Super Bowl Card Show II Promo - Special Promo card handed out at the annual Super Bowl Card Show that is similar to the 1991 Super Bowl XXV insert except in the bottom right there is a “Card Show II” snipe and a different back. Can usually be found for $5-10 with a little searching and time.

Super Bowl XXV Collect-a-Book Promo - Rare version of Pro Set’s Collect-a-Book series describing the Super Bowl and location. Not too hard to find every couple of months or with a little searching online. Can usually be purchased for around $10-15.

Super Bowl XXV Ticket Promo - Extremely rare variation that was either included or a part of a redemption in a rare "men's fragrance" box with the Pro Set logo on the front and includes all of the previous "Ticket Cards" from the Super Bowl Silver Anniversary Set but with one for XXV as well. May have a blank back.

Pro Bowl Promos - Michael Dean Perry w/ and w/o Pro Set Logo & William Roberts - Three promo cards handed out at the Pro Bowl and given to a few choice dealers. Are not very hard to find and can usually be purchased for no more than $10-15 a piece.

Collector’s Edition - Lombardi Hologram - The Collector’s Edition is the original, first ever insert card, pack issued in Series 1 by Pro Set. The original REAL Lombardi Holograms are numbered in a square black ink and numbered 10M (not 10K, which are bootlegged from unnumbered versions). The early numbered versions are hard to come by and the 9000+ have yet to be confirmed because none have been seen. These aren’t all that hard to find, and usually go for anywhere from $40-$80, but potentially more depending on the numbering and condition. Most have some edge chipping on the back due to the nature of the card itself.

Owner’s Edition - Lombardi Hologram - The Owner’s Edition are very hard to find, and funny enough, are seen in UNCUT versions more than in CUT versions with an owner’s name on them. These are VERY RARE and may be 1/1, although that would be hard to confirm given the number of unnumbered Lombardi Holograms. The Owner’s Edition’s only difference is that where the original Holograms say “Collector’s Edition” it says “Owner’s Edition” and I presume were to be given to the owners of various franchises. An example I saw before, yet like most, I couldn’t confirm it’s authenticity, was an Owner’s Edition of the Hologram for “Norman Braman” former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles. This one sold for $150, although I’ve seen the unnamed uncut sheets of two go for less than $50.

Unnumbered Lombardi Hologram - Harder to find than the normal Holograms but usually can be found at least twice a year, if not all the time. These unnumbered holograms were used to bootleg the “10K” versions of the hologram. Can be bought for usually $20.

The entire F.A.C.T. set in binder with original documentation - The F.A.C.T. set has potentially two variations from 1990.. A teacher’s version and a student’s version, although the two versions differentiation is the included documents. The teacher’s version in pristine condition comes with a letter of approval from Lud Denny and the Cincinnati School Board as well as a Teacher’s Game Plan booklet and Instructional Page. The Student version only comes with the Instructional Page, but that can’t be confirmed. The 1990 Set also came in pack versions like the 1991 and 1992 F.A.C.T. sets but are much tougher than the 1991 and 1992 packs. A tough find, but with some intelligent searching might be found. Comes around online maybe once every 2-3 years in pristine form, while singles from the set, other than the Dickerson, can be found sparsely online in various venues.

_Unreleased Raiders AFC Champions Super Bowl XXV Binder Set_
152. Mervyn Fernandez
153. Willie Gault
155. Bo Jackson
156. Don Mosebar
158. Greg Townsend
160. Steve Wisniewski
161. Art Shell
538. Marcus Allen
545. Howie Long
546. Terry McDaniel
547. Max Montoya
548. Jay Schroeder - Quite a hard find, especially in it’s sealed pack condition. Was created in case the team won the AFC Championship game. Many were destroyed but a few made it through to some dealers and have become a very hard find in completing the set. Can be found MAYBE once a year or less, not many exist, therefore the sparse nature makes them tough to find.

_Unreleased 49ers NFC Champions Super Bowl XXV Binder Set_
287. Roger Craig
289. Charles Haley
290. Pierce Holt
291. Ronnie Lott
292. Guy McIntyre
293. Joe Montana
295. Jerry Rice
297. John Taylor
299. George Seifert
639. Brent Jones
640. Matt Millen
644. Dave Waymer - [SEE ABOVE] Quite a hard find, especially in it’s sealed pack condition. Was created in case the team won the NFC Championship game. Many were destroyed but a few made it through to some dealers and have become a very hard find in completing the set. Can be found MAYBE once a year or less, not many exist, therefore the sparse nature makes them tough to find.

_Pro Bowl Variations_
754. Steve Tasker
766. Reyna Thompson
771. Johnny Johnson
778. Wayne Haddix
Super Bowl Art 12B. Super Bowl XII - Somewhat hard to find; these variations, in regards to the Tasker, Thompson, Johnson, and Haddix variations are different from the original versions in that the “Pro Set Prospect” banner on the front of the card at the top is replaced with “1990 Final Update” in the banner. The Super Bow XII Variation is different from the original in that the top of the card is white on the back where the silver border is. The Pro Bowl binders are pretty hard to find, they come around about 2-3 times a year online and at eBay. There are a couple different versions. I can attest to this. There is one version that doesn’t come with the Tasker, Thompson, Johnson, and Haddix Variations, and one that does. The Pro Bowl binder has the 1991 Pro Bowl Logo on the front, the Pro Set logo on the back, and is all white with in-bound clear 9 pocket sleeves. There may also be a “Player’s Edition” that is bound by Pigskin or the same material used for a football and was handed out to team players, coaches, and officials, though I can not confirm this as of right now.

_Unreleased “Owner’s Edition” Of the 1990 Pro Set (Marked Volume 1)_
Culled from my own research, this is another Pigskin or the same material used for a football bound binder or album that includes all of the entire 1990 Pro Set Football set but also has “Informational” cards for different aspects of the set, similar to the Errors and Variations Binder. I only have one photo of the binder with a picture of the first page (taken from worth point.com). It sold for $250 at the time of the auction and may be extremely rare, although I can not gauge it’s rarity because I have only one instance of seeing it with no former information of it. There is also a Volume 2.

The entire set is so vast, that it truly can be a bewildering, yet fun task to take up. The set has so many different design variations and weird errors that it truly is one of a kind. To complete this set it will take some time and dedication. Good luck!

The 1990 Pro Set Barry Sanders 1A & 1B - A Look At The Differences

2010-05-23T04:33:00.000-07:00

Everyone knows about the 1A Barry Sanders Promo Card - the non pack issued version of his #1 Rookie of the Year card. A look at eBay and elsewhere you'll see multiple sellers dishing out these "handouts" that are listed as the card in mention but will actually be the "error" or "proof" versions(or as I call them "fire kindling"). There are six known versions of these cards and they are all most certainly bulk errors that were either acquired by Pro Set after it's closure or they may have actually been passed out at shows just to gain feedback regarding design. However they were procured, they are most certainly NOT the 1A Barry Sanders, and I'm going to do a cursory profile of the Hawaii Trade Conference 1A Barry Sanders and the pack issued 1B Barry Sanders.First thing that stands out is the exclusion of the "The Official NFL Card" line in bold black font at the top. Also notice how the Pro Set Logo is sans the red border, probably in it's nascent stage from the original logo that had the bold uppercase P and S in Pro Set next to the NFL Emblem. The picture itself in the 1A has a small red font in the bottom left that's hard to see unless magnified that says "NFL PHOTO" and on the right side is what looks to be the foot/leg of an offensive lineman from the Lions. Both of these vestiges were removed in the pack issued version (Seems the lineman's leg was airbrushed and edited out, because if you look close there is a disparity with the picture where his leg used to be). The last three notable differences between the two seem to be a thinner blue border at the bottom of the 1A, a more vivid/brighter gold bordering at the top of the pack issued 1B, and a smaller bottom border on the 1B (you can tell the picture has a little more height). Now, on to the flipsides of the cards...There are multiple differences in the backs of both cards. First of all, like on the front, you can tell the gold borders are thicker on the 1A, the gold borders on the 1B are a little brighter or "golder", and the silver/white border is thinner on the 1A. Also, the main difference, and the one trait that is best known for distinguishing the two is a picture of Barry Sanders in his uniform and pads on the 1A whereas the 1B has him holding his Rookie of the Year trophy with inserted card. Secondly, on the 1A, the middle border above the stat. lines has the word "LIONS" in the middle and instead of of the typical Lions font on the right there is a Lions helmet. Thirdly, the stats themselves are spaced more significantly on the 1A and in the bio. notes, the second and third line has been switched from "A natural.." to "One of number.." on the 1B and "Became only third.." to "Other notables:..". Also, on the 1A, underneath his profile picture is personal information in a thin red font, similar to the pack issued cards (other than the font style) whereas the 1B comes with no notes underneath. Now on the bottom of the card, you can tell that the 1A has the red borderless second edition of the Pro Set Logo. There is also the Red and Blue NFL Player's Association Logo on the 1A that was the same one used on the 1989 Pro Set cards (that is, in the middle is the phrase "Officially Licensed Products" more significant spacing in the gold border on the 1B for the logo itself). The "TM" is smaller on the 1A Pro Set Logo and the Registered symbol is smaller and red whereas on the 1B the "TM" is larger on the Pro Set Logo and the Registered Symbol is larger and in black font. And the last of all these differences as you can tell from the photo is the switching of the two lines at the bottom from top to bottom and the lines themselves being smaller on the 1A. Also, the 1A has the phrase "(Copywrite Symbol) 1990 National Football League Properties." whereas the 1B has dropped the "Properties". Also, the text on the 1A is much smaller...

Well now, that's a heckuva a lot of distinctions between the two when taking a closer look. I thought a post like this would be interesting because it is possible, although highly unlikely, that some dealers could list this card not knowing it's worth and you'd be able to tell the difference regardless of what side is showing. Since most dealers scan the front, if you can't make out that "The Official NFL Card" line on the top of the card, and the dealer hasn't mentioned it having one of the proofing errors of "Blank Back", "Wrong Back", or "Double Front", it's probably that card. This wasn't how I acquired this card, but nonetheless is probably a good way to search for it online.

Also, it should be noted, that the 6 different variations of the proof cards really are worth no more than a dollar or two. Some are a little harder to find, but do not be duped into buying these thinking they are the 1A Barry Sanders. They include the following: White Border/Blank Back, White Border/Upside Down White Border Back, Gold Border/Blank Back, Blank Front/Gold Border Back, Gold Front/White Front, Gold Front/Gold Front. These are all mock-ups, proofs, or otherwise a bulk amount of cards that aren't the 1990 Pro Set 1A.

And that does it for this post. Looking at the 1A Barry Sanders it's probably likely that this was the first 1990 Pro Set card printed. It bears the 1989 Pro Set NFLPA logo and a "transitional" second edition Pro Set logo without the red borders. Good luck in finding one, it may take some time, but they do show up from time to time. This isn't near as hard in acquiring as many more cards from this set but we'll go into detail of those later. Until next time..

Pro Set - 1989 Series I and II (The Story Behind The Beginning)

2010-05-19T01:24:00.000-07:00

Looking at many of the cards from this period of time, Pro Set is really a cut above in design. While the condition sensitive nature of the set (even in cards coming directly out of packs), years prior to Pro Set's inclusion into the hobby saw many collectors apathetic to the bland designs that had started to inundate the hobby. While Topps had moderate success with American Football, the designs lacked vivid action shots, and had many pictures of the football players on the bench or sitting on the sidelines. The popularity and aesthetic appreciation per each year was sporadic and when Lud Denny came into the fold of one of America's favorite collectible hobbies, things changed immediately.

Ludwell Denny was an oil magnate and ran a printing press that turned out US currency prior to the formation of Pro Set Cards. In the two years prior to Pro Set, he and a small group of investors created sports memorabilia for the NFL, making his segue into the hobby much easier. His vision saw the hobby as being void of a quality football card, a sport that was continuing to grow and challenging Baseball as the most popular sport in the country. In 1989, Lud signed a contract with the NFL to print a card that would revolutionize the hobby and reinvigorate interest into a sport that the country loved so much. So with a marketing strategy as "The Official NFL Card", Pro Set was born. It's distinction as such allowed the company to glean the most interesting and action filled photos from NFL Properties archive of pictures.

This inaugaural Series of NFL Photo Cards also became the first Football card to utilize color on both sides of the cards, as well as a profile shot of the player on the back of the card next to the biography synopsis. Within weeks, it was evident that Pro Set had created a quality product, but also a collection full of personality as there quickly came to the fore a hand full of errors and variations, a trait Pro Set became popular for. At first, these widespread errors fetched a heavy premium among collectors. This year also marked the beginning of Score's excursion into Football and made the hobby usher in a new era for Football collectors.

After it's first Series, Pro Set came out with a second series, or Series II, of it's 1989 Football Product. These cards came with 15 cards per pack, 11 Series 1 cards, and 4 Series 2 cards which featured rookies from the draft and Pro Set Prospects. Barry Sanders and Troy Aikman are among the standouts of the 1989 rookie class. Shortly after the Series II release, Pro Set created a binder for it's employees bound in the same material used on Wilson Footballs entitled "Pro Set: Errors & Variations". It featured all of the Error and Variation cards from the 1989 Series I and II Football set and included specialized display pages and information cards describing the error and/or variation and were printed on the same Pro Set Card Stock from the 1989 set. These binders are very rare collectibles. An educated guess on the number created is probably no more than 200-300 at the very most, although this number is based upon the number of these seen over the past two years.

This binder is special on multiple fronts. Not just the binder's rarity but some of the included rarities (either intentional or not) that came with it. Take for instance the rarest two cards from the 1989 set, the 480D Earnest Byner and the 483D Gerald Riggs cards. While the binder's info cards on the Byner and Riggs pages mention only the the difference in the 480A/480B and 483A/483B cards, the binder includes a 480D and 483D card. These are the Earnest Byner and Gerald Riggs cards from Series II without the Traded Snipe but including the "See Also.." line at the bottom of the bio. notes on the back of the card. There was no 478D variation included in the binder and whether these were intentional inclusions can't be confirmed. These D variations fetch a good price and are listed by Beckett at $150 retail which is an accurate pricing premium unlike some of the other cards from the first three Pro Set collections.

The set also included C variations for card numbers 478, 480, and 483. These cards are almost as rare as the D variations themselves. They include each card with the Traded Snipe on the front of the card but without the "See Also.." line that was included with most of the Traded Snipe versions that referenced the Series I card of each of the players. These cards are rare and usually can fetch $50 a piece, if not more, even though Beckett lists them at $40 retail.

The #535A Gizmo Williams is probably the third rarest card from the 1989 Set. It is the Gizmo Williams "Pro Set Prospect" card from Series II, without the Scouting Photo on the front and a mispelling of the word "Football" on the back of the card in the bio. notes. It is spelled "Footbal", and in subsequent versions you can tell a lowercase L has been included in between "Footbal" and "League" without a space seperating the two words. An interesting note as well is this new L correcting the spelling looks to have a small cross through the top of it making it look somewhat like a T. Once again, the binder info card for the Gizmo Williams page neglects to tell about the "footbal" error yet it's quite obvious that they took the time to correct it. I've heard reports from only two other acquirees of the binder that the #535A was and wasn't included in the binder, thusly included arbitrarily.

From here on out, the sets rarities reach a grey area as far as obscurity, pricing, and availability. The Prototype Set (also mentioned and displayed in the Errors and Variations Binder) is probably next. You can find singles sold overly priced here and there, but they only come around every once in a while it seems sold together. It is an 8 Card Set, Dan Marino (#1), Jerry Rice (#2), Eric Dickerson (#3), Reggie White (#4), Mike Singletary (#5), Frank Minnifield (#6), Phil Simms (#7), and Jim Kelly (#8). All of the players have different pictures on the front from their Series I counterparts except for the Jerry Rice card which obtained it's original action photo. The cards are all presented with a vertical back design and different profile pictures. On the top front the name is also presented in all capital letters with their position underneath instead of the later position / team name and lowercase lettering. Also, the first year Pro Set logo (the words Pro Set with a bold P and S) takes the place of the NFL Logo and the NFL Logo is moved over in place of either the NFC or AFC Logo or team helmet (in the case of the Series II cards). These can go for anywhere to $40-$200.

Then there are the three promo cards of James Lofton, Thomas Sanders, and Blair Bush. All three cards were presented at trade shows prior to the Series II printing.
The Thomas Sanders card is #'d 445 (instead of #446 as it was presented in Series II) and is similar to it's regular Series II card. The James Lofton (#463) was later replaced by Greg Townsend and the Blair Bush (#455) was replaced by Eric Dickerson after Eric reached an agreement with Pro Set and the NFLPA for inclusion. These can run anywhere from $20 per set to $30 per card. These are displayed front and back with their replacements in the Errors and Variations binder.

After these Promo sets there is the Santa Claus Card (#1989). These were distributed with the 1989 NFL Properties Christmas Card in December 1989. They are somewhat rare and when they come around usually go for $30-$40. On the top left of the front of the card is the logo for "Officially Licensed Product", an NFL Properties business distinction. The back has a humurous description and bio. stats. These are also displayed in the Errors and Variations binder.

The most notorious of most of the errors from this set is the William Perry Short Print (#47). This is also mentioned in short detail in the Errors and Variations binder as being a mistake in being left on the printing press even after William Perry was made unavailable for the set for not being in the NFL Players Association. The info card estimates 5,000-9,000 of the cards were issued in the Series I set. These usually go for around $10 when they are sold. His card was eventually replaced by Jim Morris. These kinds of issues became quite a problem for Pro Set in years to come being tied to the NFL officially. In fact, when they finally shut down their operation they cited almost a million dollars in debts to the NFLPA because of including players in their cards without their consent or the consent of the NFLPA.

From here most of the variations and errors are quite prevalent or at least can be acquired for usually no more than $5 and aren't that hard to find. This includes the #52 Mike Ditka Hall of Fame Stripe and w/o, the #100 John Elway Draft/Traded Variations, #193 Stacey Toran (w/ and w/o Death Stripe), #214 Ferrell Edmonds/Edmunds variations, #260 Raymond Berry w/ and w/o Hall of Fame Stripe, #266 Bobby Hebert "passes"/"passers" variations, #355 Chuck Noll "One of three"/"One of two",#363 Anthony Miller "3"/"14.8" variations, #391 Brian Bosworth "Seahawks"/"Seattle" variations, #404 Curt Warner 1,455/6,074 variations, and #535 b/c (w/ and w/o Scouting Photo on the bottom right of the picture on front.. does not include the "footbal" error that contains the w/o Scouting Photo trait). All of the above cards are included with their own info cards in the 1989 Errors and Variations Binder.

The last set was closed out with a Final Update that contained a 20 card update of trades, signings, and miscellaneous players who had a standout year. One of the cards (#541) was Coach Art Shell who also received his own page in the Errors and Variations Binder with included info card. It should be noted that the final printing of the Series II cards had a "FNL UPDATE" version stamped on the sides of the cases and these cards included the cards from the Final Update.

Before finishing this post, it should also be noted that there is a 5 card Prototype or Promo Set of Randall Cunningham cards that are at times falsely written as "Tests" or "1988 Pro Set Prototypes". They were actually initially created and passed out at trade shows to gain opinion for potential designs for the 1990 set. They have the first year Pro Set logo on them and have multiple designs including Full Bleed, Gray Borders, Black Borders, a Top border and Side border, as well as vertical and horizontal black and blue borders on the back. These cards can fetch a decent price. Usually anywhere from $75-$150 as all five or $20-$40 individually. They are also somewhat hard to find for a normal price.

Looking back at the initial Pro Set Football collection, the company also released a quarterly "Gazette" that contained information on the company's endeavors and products. The 1989 Gazettes are much harder to find than later Gazettes because less were printed and distributed. In these first Gazettes, Lud Denny makes mention of his concept of the "Living Set"; a concept that predicated and fueled what draws in collectors today for their mid-printing corrections and variation inclusions. This is the same concept that either inadvertently or intentionally created errors and variations that the company didn't even address or know about! But in the beginning of the hobby's mainstream growth, Pro Set created a nice, colorful and aesthetically pleasing card that garnered some positive attention and would later carry over to a set that has become infamous in the world of Football cards.. the 1990 Set! That is a set that would take multiple posts just to describe half of it.

..And keeping with Lud's line of thinking, this is a "Living Post" that will later include pictures of the cards and the Errors and Variations binder, as well as potential extra information regarding the set.

A New Blog For Pro Set Collectors

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Welcome to the brand new Pro Set Football blog - an outlet for all Pro Set collectors to explore one of the hobbies most interesting and fascinating sets! While Pro Set is looked down upon by many collectors, many of us who grew up around that time remember it as part of our initial forays into collecting cards. And as the years have gone by, people have found out that completing their sets can be a daunting task! Not just are prices growing on the rarest of the sets cards but just FINDING the most elusive pieces is a task in and of itself.

In the coming weeks, I'll be adding information, checklists, images, and other tidbits about the Pro Set Football collections. While the first cadre of posts will be dedicated to the 1989-1991 Pro Set Football pressings, I may eventually add information regarding the 1992-1993 Pro Set and Pro Set Power collections as well. While Pro Set made multiple different card collections (Hockey, Racing, and American TV Shows), the fervor that drives most collectors is in the first three Football pressings for it's multitude of rarities, it's unique errors and variations, and it's overall personality during the era of sports card overproduction. The fact that Pro Set was probably the poster company for this maligning trait of this period of time in the hobby is what usually finds collectors so interested at why many of it's rarities fetch a high price. And I dare say this is what attracts some of the people to the set.

Look forward to new and exciting posts, as well as some heretofore unseen variations found through my own research.

~Trent P. "sundryvagaries"