Will Clark Collectors Thread

[ronfromfresno]

Here's a nice dual auto card, Clark and McCovey.

 

[ajw]

Here's a nice dual auto card, Clark and McCovey.

That's a great card, Ron! Very nice!

Did one of us win the 1998 Crusade that was sold on a best offer?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130287911126&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

 

[theplasticman]

No, different guy won it.

 

[ronfromfresno]

Nope, same guy who keeps beating me out on stuff recently won it. I offered too little I guess.

 

[ronfromfresno]

Drew I saw on your site you have a 1995 Score Gold Rush redeemed....what's the story with that card? And do you have a scan of the back?

Thanks

 

[ronfromfresno]

I believe this might be my favorite Clark card I own, when I stopped collecting this was the card to have. And now eight years later it's still a great design and card.

 

[BunchOBull]

Love that UD MVP glove...my very first game used pull was from that set...

 

[ajw]

Drew I saw on your site you have a 1995 Score Gold Rush redeemed....what's the story with that card? And do you have a scan of the back?

Thanks

Ron, I'm pretty sure I picked that up from a Beckett Marketplace dealer a year or two ago. (I spent a ton of cash there in the last three years.)

Here's what one Ebay seller has to say about the Gold Rush and Redeemed cards:

Parallel to the basic Score issue, these cards were inserted one per foil pack and two per jumbo pack. The fronts were printed in gold foil and the backs contain the Gold Rush logo. As part of the Gold Rush program, one Platinum Team Redemption card was randomly inserted in Score packs at a rate of one in 36. This redemption card and up to four Gold Rush team sets (and $2) could be redeemed for platinum versions of the team set(s). The Gold Rush sets that were sent in would be returned with a stamp indicating they were already used for redemption purposes. The Platinum Upgrade offer was good through 7/13/95 for series 1, 10/1/95 for series 2.

So, it seems the card I have, which has a stamped Pinnacle logo in the bottom right corner, was sent in by a collector for the platinum redemption. They stamp the card (punch goes all the way through, so you can now see through the card) and return it.

I guess?

Anyone know for sure? Maybe I'll post this to the 90's insert thread and see what people have to say.

Anyway, here's the card. Regular Gold Rush on the left, Redeemed on the right. I'm nearly certain the card is identical in every way other than the redemption stamp, but I'll try to check for you.

As a note, I hate the way these cards scan.

For good measure, here are the base and platinum versions, as well:

One last comment: I hated those blue Rangers uniforms. I much, much preferred the red uniforms. Shockingly, I don't recall them asking for my opinion at the time.

 

[theplasticman]

The actual stamped / perforated versions seemed to be a bit tougher to find than the actual holofoil kind.

 

[ajw]

The actual stamped / perforated versions seemed to be a bit tougher to find than the actual holofoil kind.

Well, if you have a really small hole punch and a really steady hand...

 

[theplasticman]

HAH!

 

[bear0555]

Hey guys, I got a couple hand cut sports collector's digest cards not long ago. I think they're from 1989 and 1990 and have vintage topps designs. If any of you guys need any lmk, preferably by pm.

 

[theplasticman]

I believe this might be my favorite Clark card I own, when I stopped collecting this was the card to have. And now eight years later it's still a great design and card.

I love that one too! I managed to get a nice one... will scan soon.

My latest

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[ronfromfresno]

Nice pick ups, I got my glove card in a lot of about 40 different game used cards of various players for around $20. I would have gladly paid quite a bit more for that card with thread holes in it.

Also if anyone is interested I have a couple of low numbered Clarks up on E-Bay, I need to pay a couple of bills, so off with the high-end stuff, they'll come back around when I have cash in the future.

 

[ronfromfresno]

A couple of hard nosed plays by Clark, both for the Fresno Bee.

 

[ajw]

1989 Topps Gallery of Champions:

 

[theplasticman]

1989 Topps Gallery of Champions:

You know... I never liked those and havent been compelled to buy them. I don't really collect any non-card stuff for my players. Just gamer stuff (bats, jerseys, gloves, hats etc) is about as far as I stray from cardboard.

Those do look nice together!

 

[ajw]

1989 Topps Gallery of Champions:

You know... I never liked those and havent been compelled to buy them. I don't really collect any non-card stuff for my players. Just gamer stuff (bats, jerseys, gloves, hats etc) is about as far as I stray from cardboard.

Those do look nice together!

Yeah, I tend to not really collect non-card stuff, either. That said, I do collect non-card issues that look like cards. A couple of others are the Topps folders from 1988-1990.

My understanding is that the 1990 set is significantly tougher than the earlier years.

Here are a couple of interesting 1993 Upper Deck issues. The folder has little plastic slots for you to insert the actual cards.

 

[theplasticman]

Nice! I had never seen the 1990 Topps folder.

 

[ronfromfresno]

As a kid I collected anything I could get my hands on, from newspaper articles and magazines to shirts, pins and buttons. Now I collect anything that is interesting to me, could be cards or non-card items like these silk cachets.