Thanks for the heads up, I'm definitely one of the weirdos but I finally got my COMC order today and added the non-UV glow versions of Kelly Gruber's cards to my collection.
I hope you are aware of this listing that ends in an hour, it's one of the rare spots where our collections meet (but...
I've found a few more over the years, but I'm still on the look out for these ones:
2004 Topps Originals Signature Kelly Gruber #KGU1 1987 /1
2014 Leaf Memories 1992 #27 Buyback /1
2017 Leaf Greatest Hits Baseball 1990 Buyback #106 /3
Thanks for the tip, I don't think I've seen that site before and it lists a 2017 Kelly Gruber /3 card that I had no idea existed. I'll add that to my "unlikely to ever see" list.
Here's a weird twist, every Cal Ripken Jr card on COMC seems to have INC. and he's from series 1 :-/
https://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/1992/Leaf_-_Base_-_Gold/52/Cal_Ripken_Jr/2005211
Wow, this is great insight! I just glanced through the other Blue Jays players in this set on COMC and several series 2 cards have INC. but none of the series 1 cards. I think I'm convinced. I know that the Mark Grace collector hasn't been able to find one either and sure enough Grace is also in...
I know exactly how you feel, I've been trying to find the 1991 non-glow back version of one of the Kelly Gruber cards (#369) and I haven't had any luck after several sportslots orders. I've also never had any luck finding the INC. version of the 1992 Leaf Gold card either.
Has anyone ever heard of 1988 Topps UV Glow back variations? Someone just posted 6 different color variations on ebay, ranging from $2 to $100 per card.
I believe it's the same as Topps, Bronze, Silver and Gold are the most common, Blue and Red are the rare ones.
So far I've only seen Bronze and Silver Kelly Gruber Bowman buybacks, I'm impressed that you've found Bronze, Silver and Gold of the same card!
I finally got a 1993 Kelly Gruber Buyback! I now have at least one of each of his Topps cards as a Rediscover Buyback (1987-1993). For anyone else looking in the same time frame, I have found his older cards a lot easier to find (especially 1987), and his later cards have really only started...
That was my Gruber rainbow, I found all of his 1987 cards. I'm one card short of rainbows for his 1988, 1989 and 1990 cards too (2 red, 1 blue).
It's been a long time since a red or blue Kelly Gruber buyback has shown up...
A blue Robbie Alomar popped up today on ebay. I think you should be able to talk down the price with a best offer.
I have a couple of questions about these buybacks. I've only seen four Bowman buybacks so far for Kelly Gruber, all silver. Two were of his 1990 card and two of his 1991 card. Has...
I think I found it on eBay, it looks like a 1993 silver foil. If there's a Frank Thomas player collector out there they might be willing to pay close to the asking price for it, but I haven't paid more than $10 for any of these cards for the player that I collect. Even at $10 it was a red foil...