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

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Day 4 of the 1998 Donruss 8 x 10 Jumbo album scans and more perenial All-Stars and Hall of Famers
BTW these were box toppers- so yeah theres a lotta boxes involved getting your player




7- IVAN RODRIGUEZ

8- CAL RIPKEN JR

 

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Will try and see if I can scan up more than a few cards today as I'll have some extra time with a cancelled doc appointment. Hopefully can knock out quite a few- up next on the 1998 Donruss Studio 8 x10 Jumbo album are below



9- MIKE PIAZZA

10- CHIPPER JONES

 

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Had a few minutes to upload more from the 1998 Studio 8 x 10 Box Toppers
And more Hall of Famers and perennial All-Stars as you can see this set was loaded
Linked info about the set for those unfamiliar- forgot to do it originally my bad



11 - FRANK THOMAS

12- TONY GWYNN

 

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Another Helton going in the store for XMAS season so I can reduce my storage units
Had to use the camera scanner really doesn't capture how nice it is

 

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More from the 1998 Studio 8 x 10 Jumbo Box Topper set
One of my PC guys- Nomar - and Juan Gone !!



13- NOMAR GARCIAPARRA

14- JUAN GONZALEZ

 

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More Helton color

 

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More from the 1998 Studio Portraits 8 x 10 Jumbo set with Hall of Famer Greg Maddux and what should be a Hall of Famer Hideo Nomo. Frankly Nomo and others should get recognized for integration efforts as they were amongst the wave of newest transfer that really started regular exchanges that benefited both MLB and JPB organizations




15- GREG MADDUX

16- HIDEO NOMO

 

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Todays pics from the 1998 Studio Portraits Jumbo 8 x 10 box topper set
Hall of Famer and someone who should be there



17- SCOTT ROLEN

18- BARRY BONDS

 

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Another two scans from the 1998 Donruss Studio 8 x 10 Jumbo set
Man did those 1990's Seattle teams have a loaded lineup !!



19 KEN GRIFFEY JR

20 - ALEX RODRIGUEZ

 

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Two more from the 1998 Studio 8 x 10 Jumbo album- the whole reason I purchased it is these two players



21 - ROGER CLEMENS

22- MARK MCGWIRE

 

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Anyone who has ever subbed Circa, Fleer, or Pacific cards can tell you the difficulty of getting Gem 10's on them
Normal is PSA 7 or 8 with an occasional Mint 9 coming back. So happy when these types of Gems come back from grading
Going in my store this coming weekend

I'll postmore scans of the Jumbo set tommorow

 

[banjar]

Not really an insert, but still super sweet. The 1997 Score Team Set Platinum. Tougher to find than I thought.

A few years ago I learned there were two variations of this card, with the stripes going either left or right. I finally got the left one today.

 

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Two more from the 1998 Donruss Studio 8 x 10 Jumbo album scanned before I head to work



23- JOSE CRUZ JR

24- ANDRUW JONES

 

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Couple of semi-stars that stirred the drinks of the teams they were on. Heart and soul of some serious lineups


25- TINO MARTINEZ

26- MO VAUGHN

 

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Two more scanned from the 1998 Donruss Studio 8 x10 Jumbo set- another Hall of Famer in this loaded set



27- VLAD GUERRERO SR

28- TONY CLARK

 

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Not sure what was on the plastic of that Vlad - but methinks its sauce drip from my french fries last night so its been wiped off now. Messy sight once I looked at my phone- geesh !!


Another very, very difficult Gem 10 on my Todd Helton 1999 Fleer Vintage 61 insert
Opened many Fleer Tradition boxes trying for a Starting 9 insert
Never had luck but they were fun openings lots of cool inserts in those boxes

Info about the set these are part of is 1999 FLEER TRADITION BASEBALL

 

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Another two scans from the 1998 Donruss Studio 8 x 10 Jumbo series
Look how young Pettitte appears !! Almost through the album a bunch more to handle
Never knew that Wrights old man was Clyde, but then again that wasn't my team I follow



29 - ANDY PETTITTE

30 - JARED WRIGHT

 

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Some scans of future slab subs so I don't have to rush down the line doing them
These Clemens came from some 1997 Pawtucket Red Sox 25th anniversary sets they put out celebrating MLB players who were successful MLBers. The Dunkin Donuts came off a calendar and is hand cut, the other from sealed team sets

Sent these 1998 Topps Gallery Player's Private Issue Auction points Randy Johnson to BGS now as its $5 cheaper than PSA's pricing currently. Has the start / end amounts = I'll mail the middle amounts down the road
Too bad PSA's year long concentration on expansions drove away core collectors who built that registry up. They may have attracted the TCG crowd but at what cost in the long run?

 

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IMO 1 of the best 90s refractor themes, appearance wise. So, what would make a sample panel cooler?... an IP autograph, of course!

 

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Jay you cannot stop with just Clemens on that panel- that just begs for a 4 square signing




Long time ago busted boxes of 1999 Fleer Brilliants and 1997 Pinnacle Certified
Kept the stars and subbed a bunch- still have several hundred gradeable cards sitting in my bins
These however have been slabbed 10+ years now in the PC
Letting go as I downsize. When the light hits that Certified Team just right that thing pops !!