it might surprise you to know that i am going to show four different roy campanella cards in this post, and each of the cards features a different photo! yes, in recent years we've seen some variety thanks to the willingness of topps to use black & white images on cards, colorized or not.
this first one is from 2021 topps update, and features campy on the 2020 topps design
it was part of the 70 years of topps insert set that spanned several different releases. we've seen that image before, on 2009 topps triple threads among other releases.
this next one is from 2021 topps stadium club chrome
his 2022 topps stadium club chrome card (this is the refractor parallel)
features one of the less common images of the dodger hall of famer, although it was used for his 2011 topps legends variations and his 2023 topps chrome platinum anniversary cards.
the fourth card comes from 2022 topps museum collection, and it features a pretty common image
on this card, topps has his number 39 shown correctly in red. however, as i pointed out in last night's post, that is not always the case. topps also used this image for this year's museum collection release, and showed the number in blue. in fact, from what i can tell, topps is about 50/50 as to whether or not they show the number in the correct color across the multiple releases that this image has been used in. i don't know what happens during production, but this seems like it should be an easy thing to get right.
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