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You hit on some good points. The reason this is the last card that I needed is based on your observation that the handwriting is different. The loop on the "Y"'s are a dead giveaway. I've been passing on copies this card for years, hoping to find one that looked like the handwriting matched. They simply don't exist. The Guidry card exists in three variations. Base Gold, Gold with Inscription, and Purple Memorable Moments with inscription. I have all three variations. The three variations also exist for Herb Score.Awesome accomplishment.
One of my all-time favorite sets.
But I have one concern about the Guidry.
It looks like the inscription is signed by someone else.
The ink is different and so is the handwriting, including the slant.
It looks like the inscription was added after by someone else.
But the biggest reason it's most likely not authentic, is the Guidry '78 Cy Young inscription card is part of the 4-card Memorable Moments parallel, which have a purple border.
The parallels also include Ryan, Score and Seaver, all of which you have with the correct purple borders.
Even if Guidry signed the regular card with an inscription by accident, that doesn't explain the different ink and different handwriting.
Sorry for the negative post, but since it's the final card to complete your set, I thought you'd rather know of the possible forged inscription and how you instead need the correct purple-bordered card, like your Ryan, Seaver and Score cards.
Yes I did collect the Moments set as well. I'm one card away from finishing the 2001 set with all variations. I still need the 2001 Willie Mays card. It rarely shows up and costs quite a bit. If I can ever find a copy of the Stargell redemption card I'll pick that up as well so I guess technically, I'm two cards away from finishing that set. I've contemplated starting the 2002 set if I can find a good starter set at a reasonable price. I also finished the 2004 set, series one and two.Awesome! I finished mine about 2-3 months ago as well! I assume based on the card you're showing that you have the Moments cards as well?
Congrats!
Wow, that's interesting.You hit on some good points. The reason this is the last card that I needed is based on your observation that the handwriting is different. The loop on the "Y"'s are a dead giveaway. I've been passing on copies this card for years, hoping to find one that looked like the handwriting matched. They simply don't exist.
Yes I did collect the Moments set as well. I'm one card away from finishing the 2001 set with all variations. I still need the 2001 Willie Mays card. It rarely shows up and costs quite a bit. If I can ever find a copy of the Stargell redemption card I'll pick that up as well so I guess technically, I'm two cards away from finishing that set. I've contemplated starting the 2002 set if I can find a good starter set at a reasonable price. I also finished the 2004 set, series one and two.
Yep, When the Jeter was released as a redemption replacement years later, they were going for about $80 and I refused to buy one because it was not part of the set when Fleer released this product. Generally speaking it started to become more and more accepted as part of the set so I caved and finally bit the bullet and bought one. Most copies are in personal collections so it does not come available often. I sold some other stuff and got a bonus at work so I splurged... $756.50 plus $3.50 shipping. OUCH!!!The jeter must have set you back. Thats a huge card
Congrats Tom- great fun to knock off a set like this. Good luck with the Mays and Stargell from 2001. Wonder if you would mind sharing what you have for the variations from the 2001 set. I have the Perry redemption and Blair dual signed (along with the Stargell redemption) but were there other redemptions? Thanks (We may have had this conversation some years ago )