henderson939
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Scott, its funny how they are numbered to 5,000 or 10,000. They should be so easy to find yet they are almost impossible to get.
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henderson939 said:Scott, its funny how they are numbered to 5,000 or 10,000. They should be so easy to find yet they are almost impossible to get.
BrewerSuperCollector said:The first group of the porcelain cards came out on the mid to late 80's. I remember the card and the wood base, but they came in a small white cardboard box similar to a jewelry gift box. They were something like $12 reatail for them, and they didn't sell. Most dealers that ordered them couldn't sell them, and they were in dollar boxes. Then, years later when they were offered again the dealers remember how they didn't sell the first time and never ordered them. I remember the cards and the mugs from the late 80's.
Leffer said:I have the following Rickey Henderson porcelain cards. If anyone knows what year the first two are from, please let me know. Thanks.
R&N China Porcelain Rookie Card - hand numbered #244/1000, #S20, year unknown
R&N China Porcelain Rookie Card - hand numbered #A1062 in gold marker (this picture is not the one I have...I ripped the pic off of ebay), year unknown
1990 R&N China Porcelain Rookie Card - hand numbered #1296 & 11813 (I have two), one is still shrink-wrapped in package w/ wood stand, the other one is in a box w/ stand and hanging rope
1991 R&N China Porcelain Rookie Card (3"x5") - hand numbered #00104/10000, comes with wooden base shaped like home plate, plaque on wooden base reads 1990 MVP Award
1993 R&N China Porcelain '93 Topps card - hand numbered #2523/5000, still in package
1994 Danbury Mint R&N China Porcelain Rookie Card - hand numbered #A504, MBI Limited edition
1998 R&N China / Danbury Mint Porcelain Card Topps Hall Bound - hand numbered A450
Those are all of the cards. Here's a few other items I have from R&N China:
1990 R&N China Porcelain Plate (shows rookie card) (hand #11246) (Rookie Ball) (card pictured on front and back) (marketed for Sports Nostalgia)
1992 R&N China ceramic mug (Rookie Ball shows 1980 rookie) (hand numbered #1266) (company also called Sports Nostalgia)
1992 R&N China ceramic stein (Rookie Ball shows 1980 rookie) (hand numbered #6711) (company also called Sports Nostalgia)
1993 R&N China ceramic stein (shows 1993 Topps card) (hand numbered #2501/5000)
and....in case this helps anyone, here's a Danbury Mint promo page (for porcelain cards, shows Griffey, Thomas, Bonds, etc.) (no date on it, but Piazza's 1993 is the latest shown so I've always assumed this is from 1994)