Value of a misprint baseball card?

Question

i have a 2004 topps Hank Blalock card with nothing but the picture on the front. the gold font for the team and player name is missing. ive never seen it before, i was hoping it might be rare.

Answer 1

I checked Beckett and there is no common listing for a Blalock misprint for any of the Topps series from 04. That does not mean one does not exist. Some misprints can be worth a little extra money and some...well........not so much.

Hank Blalock is not considered even a semi star in any listing but again, that does not mean it isnt worth anything. I have dealt with a few misprints over the years.

My advice would be to contact Topps or the editors at Beckett.com and see what you can find out. Once, I had a misprint of a Cal Ripken Jersey card. It was from Fleer and it was supposed to be a jersey card numbered 13/50. The piece of jersey was missing. I emailed Fleer and attached a picture of the card. They asked me to send it in and they would replace the card with something of "equal or greater value." It took them a few weeks to return my merchandise but it included an apology letter and two cards. A Derek Jeter autographed card number 96/150 and a Barry Bonds Jersey card un-numbered.

Sometimes ya get lucky. I hope this helps.

Starred.

Answer 2

Take it to a card shop or memorabilia shop. They'd be able to give you a much better estimate than anyone on here.