Oh Super Sweet 90's Inserts.... #3

Russ S. · Apr 13, 2011

BunchOBull said:
^ very nice! Quite fortunate to find such condition.

Got all 3 from the same collection. All 3 were beautiful.
Interested to see just where the Green & Purple missed.

AndruwHRJones · Apr 13, 2011

Russ S. said:
Just popped.

Wow, Congrats!!

AndruwHRJones · Apr 13, 2011

BunchOBull said:
Finally located this bad boy. It with the Precious Metals I got last week finish up my 1997 Preferred Thomas needs.

Nice pickup! Only the 3rd or 4th I have seen ever. Never seen an Andruw Jones. Makes you wonder how many were produced and how many are not in a landfill somewhere.

kdailey4315 · Apr 13, 2011

Some Matt Williams mail days. Nothing to spetacular or valuable compared to most in this thread.

cbrandtw · Apr 13, 2011

kdailey4315 said:
Some Matt Williams mail days. Nothing to spetacular or valuable compared to most in this thread.

They're all spectacular and valuable to a collector. Thanks for sharing.

Can someone please educate me on the 1999 Topps Action Flats? I have the "regular" and "away" versions but the Beckett A-Rod checklist has a "Classic Uniform" version as well. Any help is appreciated. I guess I need to know what to look for.

ignition · Apr 13, 2011

Was someone looking for these? Turns out I have a bunch of them... sorry for the poor picture. The players here include:
- Mark McGwire
- Ken Griffey Jr.
- Albert Belle
- Juan Gonzalez
- Andres Galarraga
- Mo Vaughn
- Barry Bonds
- Frank Thomas
- Alex Rodriguez
- Mike Piazza

MansGame · Apr 13, 2011

BunchOBull said:
Finally located this bad boy. It with the Precious Metals I got last week finish up my 1997 Preferred Thomas needs.

AWESOME! .....and I've also never seen a Belle, nor any other player... very cool

ignition · Apr 13, 2011

AndruwHRJones said:
BunchOBull said:

Finally located this bad boy. It with the Precious Metals I got last week finish up my 1997 Preferred Thomas needs.

Click to expand...

Nice pickup! Only the 3rd or 4th I have seen ever. Never seen an Andruw Jones. Makes you wonder how many were produced and how many are not in a landfill somewhere.

These things are rare? Yet another pile of things just taking up space in my card boxes... if anyone's interested in any of them, let me know.

tonsofcommons · Apr 13, 2011

Check Magic Papa for the Griffey.

AndruwHRJones · Apr 13, 2011

ignition said:
AndruwHRJones said:

BunchOBull said:

Finally located this bad boy. It with the Precious Metals I got last week finish up my 1997 Preferred Thomas needs.

Click to expand...

Nice pickup! Only the 3rd or 4th I have seen ever. Never seen an Andruw Jones. Makes you wonder how many were produced and how many are not in a landfill somewhere.

Click to expand...

These things are rare? Yet another pile of things just taking up space in my card boxes... if anyone's interested in any of them, let me know.

Nice Griffey Fanfest. Those are very rare actually. I doubt any of the board members have ever seen the Griffey. There are a number of Griffey collectors on this site that would love to add that.

Gwynn545 · Apr 13, 2011

ignition said:
AndruwHRJones said:

BunchOBull said:

Finally located this bad boy. It with the Precious Metals I got last week finish up my 1997 Preferred Thomas needs.

Click to expand...

Nice pickup! Only the 3rd or 4th I have seen ever. Never seen an Andruw Jones. Makes you wonder how many were produced and how many are not in a landfill somewhere.

Click to expand...

These things are rare? Yet another pile of things just taking up space in my card boxes... if anyone's interested in any of them, let me know

That griffey is rare! I have been looking for Gwynn forever!

alexs64 · Apr 14, 2011

ignition said:
AndruwHRJones said:

BunchOBull said:

Finally located this bad boy. It with the Precious Metals I got last week finish up my 1997 Preferred Thomas needs.

Click to expand...

Nice pickup! Only the 3rd or 4th I have seen ever. Never seen an Andruw Jones. Makes you wonder how many were produced and how many are not in a landfill somewhere.

Click to expand...

These things are rare? Yet another pile of things just taking up space in my card boxes... if anyone's interested in any of them, let me know.

I would love that Piazza!

magicpapa · Apr 14, 2011

ignition said:
AndruwHRJones said:

BunchOBull said:

Finally located this bad boy. It with the Precious Metals I got last week finish up my 1997 Preferred Thomas needs.

Click to expand...

Nice pickup! Only the 3rd or 4th I have seen ever. Never seen an Andruw Jones. Makes you wonder how many were produced and how many are not in a landfill somewhere.

Click to expand...

These things are rare? Yet another pile of things just taking up space in my card boxes... if anyone's interested in any of them, let me know.

PM sent

Jack Straw · Apr 14, 2011

I have never seen the Griffey pretty neat. Not sure what they are all about
though? Was there a pack of cards inserted in them and sold?

AndruwHRJones · Apr 14, 2011

Jack Straw said:
I have never seen the Griffey pretty neat. Not sure what they are all about
though? Was there a pack of cards inserted in them and sold?

Here is what Beckett has shows:

This 25-tin set was given out at the 1997 Fanfest and is parallel to the Donruss Preferred Tin Packs set. The difference is found in the gold trim on the tin.

Not sure if that means the tins were given out as sets of 25 or if individual tins were given to those who attended fanfest. I assume there were cards in them, just like the regular tins. Would be awesome to see a sealed tin. Either way, I suspect they are quite rare.

Bornagaincollector · Apr 14, 2011

I have a friend that has a few of these in his collection.I will check over the weekend to see if they are the rare ones!

1st4040 · Apr 14, 2011

what else do you have lurking in that collection Ignition? got any of the 1997 UD power package jumbos?

George_Calfas · Apr 14, 2011

AndruwHRJones said:
Jack Straw said:

I have never seen the Griffey pretty neat. Not sure what they are all about
though? Was there a pack of cards inserted in them and sold?

Click to expand...

Here is what Beckett has shows:

This 25-tin set was given out at the 1997 Fanfest and is parallel to the Donruss Preferred Tin Packs set. The difference is found in the gold trim on the tin.

Not sure if that means the tins were given out as sets of 25 or if individual tins were given to those who attended fanfest. I assume there were cards in them, just like the regular tins. Would be awesome to see a sealed tin. Either way, I suspect they are quite rare.

Yes, given out singly to individual people and cards inside.

1000 sets would yield enough for 25K people. To my understanding these were given out in lower frequency when compared to packs. A fair guess might be 250-500 sets :?: and by the time you factor in the "this is the packaging not the cards, thus not collectible" it is understandable that many of these found the trash upon returning home.

While not 1/1s they are difficult to locate for any player let alone the big names.

thelesquad · Apr 14, 2011

George_Calfas said:
AndruwHRJones said:

[quote="Jack Straw":133m71qr]I have never seen the Griffey pretty neat. Not sure what they are all about
though? Was there a pack of cards inserted in them and sold?

Click to expand...

Here is what Beckett has shows:

This 25-tin set was given out at the 1997 Fanfest and is parallel to the Donruss Preferred Tin Packs set. The difference is found in the gold trim on the tin.

Not sure if that means the tins were given out as sets of 25 or if individual tins were given to those who attended fanfest. I assume there were cards in them, just like the regular tins. Would be awesome to see a sealed tin. Either way, I suspect they are quite rare.

Yes, given out singly to individual people and cards inside.

1000 sets would yield enough for 25K people. To my understanding these were given out in lower frequency when compared to packs. A fair guess might be 250-500 sets :?: and by the time you factor in the "this is the packaging not the cards, thus not collectible" it is understandable that many of these found the trash upon returning home.

While not 1/1s they are difficult to locate for any player let alone the big names.[/quote:133m71qr]

Difficult they are. I have never seen the Sandberg myself.

nosterbor · Apr 14, 2011

gwynn5453l4u said:
ignition said:

AndruwHRJones said:

BunchOBull said:

Finally located this bad boy. It with the Precious Metals I got last week finish up my 1997 Preferred Thomas needs.

Click to expand...

Nice pickup! Only the 3rd or 4th I have seen ever. Never seen an Andruw Jones. Makes you wonder how many were produced and how many are not in a landfill somewhere.

Click to expand...

These things are rare? Yet another pile of things just taking up space in my card boxes... if anyone's interested in any of them, let me know

Click to expand...

That griffey is rare! I have been looking for Gwynn forever!

same here for the Juan!

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