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AUTaxMan

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Great idea. The baseballcardpedia.com (BCP) page on 1998 Select & Pinnacle Certified are in need of update. Maybe this thread could provide some updates to what is out there for the collectors.

[MENTION=3887]AUTaxMan[/MENTION] - reading your past posts on this thread, do you still have an updated tracking sheet of what has surfaced from 1998 Select?


Can confirm the cards below exist; I understand that some of this information may already be known by specific player collectors.

Select Numbers: - BCP page states that only 12 of 20 have surfaced; have seen 19. The 7 below would be "new" additions to the BBP page
Galarraga
Piazza
Bagwell
Clemens
Walker
Lofton
McGwire
[MENTION=6333]chadgwynn[/MENTION] - unfortunately, the Gwynn is the one I am not confirmed on.

Jersey Number Parallel - these are updates to BCP page, card number precedes:
107 Ripken (2-star)
182 Ripken (3-star)
232 Ripken (4-star)

14 ARod (1-star)
114 ARod (2-star)
189 ARod (3-star)
239 ARod (4-star)

4 McGwire (1-star)
104 McGwire (2-star)
179 McGwire (3-star)
229 McGwire (4-star)

25 Piazza (1-star)
125 Piazza (2-star)
200 (Piazza (3-star)
250 (Piazza) (4-star)

21 Chipper (1-star)
121 Chipper (2-star)
196 Chipper (3-star)
245 Chipper (4-star)

24 Jeter (1-star)
124 Jeter (2-star)
199 Jeter (3-star)
249 Jeter (4-star)

16 Griffey (1-star)

Have strong reason to believe that the full set of 1998 select base and jersey number exists. Have seen pictures with stacks of base and parallel from this set, but have only seen specific pictures of the stars above for confirmation.

Rare Form - BCP page states that this insert set has yet to emerge. All cards from this set exist:
Griffey (3 copies)
Clemens
Ripken
Juan Gone
Nomar
ARod
Chipper
Piazza
Maddux
Thomas (2 copies)

I use the baseballcardpedia as my tracking sheet, so if it is not on there, I havent seen it. That said, I have not taken the time to update since the recent cards have surfaced, nor have I saved scans. If someone would like to jump in and assist the the checklist update I would appreciate it. Here is the link to my album.

https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-mFZz6

Always looking for scans of cards I don't have listed or better scans of cards that I do.

Any other Pinnacle bankruptcy issues are welcome as well. I dont keep up with the Pinnacle Certifieds like I used to, but those would be good to track down and catalog.
 

tidel144

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I use the baseballcardpedia as my tracking sheet, so if it is not on there, I havent seen it. That said, I have not taken the time to update since the recent cards have surfaced, nor have I saved scans. If someone would like to jump in and assist the the checklist update I would appreciate it. Here is the link to my album.

https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-mFZz6

Always looking for scans of cards I don't have listed or better scans of cards that I do.

Any other Pinnacle bankruptcy issues are welcome as well. I dont keep up with the Pinnacle Certifieds like I used to, but those would be good to track down and catalog.

Thanks for sharing the album link - I will begin work on updating the BCP page. As for scans though, I do not have individuals of the cards confirmed in my previous post; rather they are a collection of each (1-4 star).
 

AUTaxMan

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Thanks for sharing the album link - I will begin work on updating the BCP page. As for scans though, I do not have individuals of the cards confirmed in my previous post; rather they are a collection of each (1-4 star).

I will take down the scans from the ebay auctions and COMC.
 

chadgwynn

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Not mine but I saved these scans a while back.

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Have not seen a scan of the Tier 1 but I assume it exists.

In fact, based on the uptick in product on the market lately, I assume at least a couple of copies of the entire run of base, parallel and insert sets exists.

I️ believe those are mine from a while back I’ve never seen one and the bottom two I️ have never seen another but you may be right


Sent from my iPhone using Freedom Card Board mobile app
 

AUTaxMan

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Thanks for sharing the album link - I will begin work on updating the BCP page. As for scans though, I do not have individuals of the cards confirmed in my previous post; rather they are a collection of each (1-4 star).

I have updated bcp page to the greatest extent that I can:

http://baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/1998_Select#Jersey_Numbers

Also have added the following scans to my album. Always looking for new adds if you know PC folks who wouldnt mind sharing.

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Now have scans of ALL Select Numbers. Here is the previously unconfirmed Gwynn:

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First Rare Form I have ever seen:

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Full album link: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-mFZz6
 

tidel144

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I’ve never seen the level 3 Frank Thomas base but I need.

Similarly, I’ve never seen a 3-Star Griffey base, nor have some of the other Griffey guys. It’s odd bc we’ve collectively seen every other base/Jersey Number parallel/insert from this set except that base.
 
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tidel144

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I have updated bcp page to the greatest extent that I can:

http://baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/1998_Select#Jersey_Numbers

Also have added the following scans to my album. Always looking for new adds if you know PC folks who wouldnt mind sharing.

Now have scans of ALL Select Numbers. Here is the previously unconfirmed Gwynn:

First Rare Form I have ever seen:

Full album link: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-mFZz6

Great update. Here are some scans that maybe you could use for the album:

2-Star Base Griffey
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4-Star Base Griffey
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1-Star Base & Jersey Number Parallel Griffey
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1 & 4-Star Base Thomas + 1 & 2-Star Jersey Number Parallel Thomas
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1-4 Star Jersey Number Parallel Ripken
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1, 2, & 4-Star Base ARod + Rare Form
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1-4 Star Jersey Number Parallel ARod
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1, 2, & 4-Star Base Chipper + 1-4 Star Jersey Number Parallel Chipper
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1 & 2-Star Base Piazza + 1-4 Star Jersey Number Parallel Piazza + Rare Form
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Full Rare Form set:
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nosterbor

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I think after some people that spend $500 plus a card, they will come out of the wood work. How many people that worked there took 1000 count boxes out the door and were afraid to sell them right away in fear of being prosecuted for theft. Then they put them in closets and just forgot about them for the last 20 years.
 

soxcolts

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Similarly, I’ve never send a 3-Star Griffey base, nor have some of the other Griffey guys. It’s odd bc we’ve collectively seen every other base/Jersey Number parallel/insert from this set except that base.

Yeah its the only Frank Thomas I need likely will never see since many have got trashed and they are all so rare as is.
 

tidel144

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I think after some people that spend $500 plus a card, they will come out of the wood work. How many people that worked there took 1000 count boxes out the door and were afraid to sell them right away in fear of being prosecuted for theft. Then they put them in closets and just forgot about them for the last 20 years.

I optimistically disagree. While I could be wrong, I don’t believe ‘98 Select was far enough in production for there to be multiple 1000ct boxes of product made, let alone an amount that high that escaped the destruction process and was backdoored. It was supposed to be a September 1998 release and the MLBP Inc. terminated Pinnacle’s license on July 21st.

I also believe that if a lot of product was indeed produced and survived, we all would have seen many more copies surface from this set and ‘98 Pinnacle Certified after almost 20 years.

However, I could be wrong, naive, misinformed or all of the above as all of these thoughts are speculative.
 

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