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Originally Posted by BklynJace
It looks an awful lot like a newspaper or media-guide photo with the portion needed for the card hastily colorized. Did Topps miss Veintidos and make do with whatever they could get?
Never seen a Vault photo like this one and am curious.
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That's exactly what it is. I knew the full story once, but have forgotten why they didn't have a photo of him and why they felt the need to get him on a card.
BTW, this is another TV dupe. Though, on this one, I think the one in your post (HK718) is the original while EL926 (attached) is a
picture of the original (its a way of dealing with the newspaper pixelation (is that a word?).
As someone who colorizes on occasion, I actually think they did a pretty good job on that one. True, even as a kid pulling that rookie card out of a pack, I knew something was amiss with that picture. But newspaper photos aren't exactly suited for colorization.