1998 Collectors Choice You Crash The Game instant winner

Jack Straw said:

I remembering reading on the Beckett write up of these upgrade sets
that a ton of these upgrade "WIN" sets hit the hobby in 2001 which in turn made these cards worthless.

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Jack Straw said:

Does anyone have one of these cards? I have never seen one but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
I am guessing they are the same photo as the regular pack issued card but instead of a date they have
the instant winner logo in the circles with instructions to mail in the card on back.

These are often if not always thought to be the instant winner cards but they are the redeemed cards if your player hit a HR on the date on the card and then you had to mail the card in to get an upgrade of the certain player.

On a side note the only way to get the upgrade of Travis Lee,Jose Cruz Jr., Tim Salmon and Chipper Jones was by
mailing in the Instant Winner card which got you the whole set because the mentioned players failed to hit HR's on their
specific date making them SP's and worth more. I remembering reading on the Beckett write up of these upgrade sets
that a ton of these upgrade "WIN" sets hit the hobby in 2001 which in turn made these cards worthless.

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n1astrosfn said:

Jack Straw said:

I remembering reading on the Beckett write up of these upgrade sets
that a ton of these upgrade "WIN" sets hit the hobby in 2001 which in turn made these cards worthless.

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so true. ive seen a flood of the redeemed or upgrade singles. and ive yet to see a 1998 of any player now that i think about it. but they were supposed to be in the packs so i have to believe they exist. i have also seen 2 1997 instant wins, a griffey that got sucked up within minutes for 150 BIN and a mcgwire which i sold for a measly 15ish

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donrusscrusademan said:

Jack Straw said:

Does anyone have one of these cards? I have never seen one but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
I am guessing they are the same photo as the regular pack issued card but instead of a date they have
the instant winner logo in the circles with instructions to mail in the card on back.

These are often if not always thought to be the instant winner cards but they are the redeemed cards if your player hit a HR on the date on the card and then you had to mail the card in to get an upgrade of the certain player.

On a side note the only way to get the upgrade of Travis Lee,Jose Cruz Jr., Tim Salmon and Chipper Jones was by
mailing in the Instant Winner card which got you the whole set because the mentioned players failed to hit HR's on their
specific date making them SP's and worth more. I remembering reading on the Beckett write up of these upgrade sets
that a ton of these upgrade "WIN" sets hit the hobby in 2001 which in turn made these cards worthless.

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hey magic,

the top card was the one I was talking about... only it says july.
if everything goes right I will be able to click a pic by the end of the day

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Jack Straw said:

I wish I saw both of those. I wonder now how much this is worth?

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n1astrosfn said:

Jack Straw said:

I remembering reading on the Beckett write up of these upgrade sets
that a ton of these upgrade "WIN" sets hit the hobby in 2001 which in turn made these cards worthless.

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so true. ive seen a flood of the redeemed or upgrade singles. and ive yet to see a 1998 of any player now that i think about it. but they were supposed to be in the packs so i have to believe they exist. i have also seen 2 1997 instant wins, a griffey that got sucked up within minutes for 150 BIN and a mcgwire which i sold for a measly 15ish

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Bornagaincollector said:

Here is a 1998 Albert Belle:

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magicpapa said:

Bornagaincollector said:

Here is a 1998 Albert Belle:

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thats prolly the redeemed win

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Bornagaincollector said:

magicpapa said:

Bornagaincollector said:

Here is a 1998 Albert Belle:

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thats prolly the redeemed win

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The back has a write up about him and his career stats.

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magicpapa said:

Bornagaincollector said:

magicpapa said:

Bornagaincollector said:

Here is a 1998 Albert Belle:

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thats prolly the redeemed win

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The back has a write up about him and his career stats.

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it would have mail in info
did i send you that??

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onionring9 said:

I'm pretty sure these are the only ones. I have another listed on my site which I believe to be a typo.

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