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

[Gwynn545]

Nice pickups AndruwHRJones!

is anyone here familiar with the 98 fleer tradition vintage 63 classic cards? most of the ones i've seen (limited quantity) either are horribly off-centered or have scratch marks on the card. It "appears" that the Andruw below has some lines over his left arm and the bat. here's a Pedro I have and he has some scratch marks on his right shoulder and left hand. I'm just wondering if this was a known production issue

A Pedro recently sold on ebay and from the image it looked like it had similar scratching.

I am a big fan of '63 Classics, but other than about 7 Rusty Greers the only others I've had in hand are a Jim Thome and a Jeff Kent. I have noticed some condition issues with these cards, but not all. I assumed that the condition issues were rough handling after leaving the pack and the gold foil diamond just being very delicate and susceptible to scratching. I have not noticed a centering issue.

Another variation I've noticed is the coloring of the gold foil. Most are bright gold, but some are a duller, bronze-like gold. Not as attractive.

Of course player collectors' favorite cards are the slightly oversized version numbered 000 of 63 that was probably back-doored while Fleer was still operating (based on fact that I bought mine in about 1999). These are most likely 1/1's. I recently slabbed mine since it wouldn't fit in a normal album sheet.

Never noticed any damage until you mention it... Here are the scans, and looks like a few scratches behind his back. I'll have to go dig it out of the box and look closer.

 

[flagshipchromecollector]

Picked up this one today:

 

[ASTROBURN]

I recently acquired this lot of sealed sets of Black Golds off ebay. I needed the C winner card with Bagwell on it, and wound up with the A and B sets as well. So does anyone need these? I also opened the C Set to get my Bagwell, and I have extra Black Gold cards now of:
Jay Bell
Craig Biggio
Jeff Blauser
Barry Bonds
Darren Daulton
Len Dykstra
Andres Galarraga
Ron Gant
Tom Glavine
Mark Grace

 

[n1astrosfn]

Jeter - 1997 Pinnacle Mint - Coins Solid Silver

Randomly inserted in packs at a rate of one in 2,300, approximately 20 sets were minted

! you got a great deal on that, unfortunately for me, the seller didnt want to end my #1 which i lost out on today.
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AHHHHHHHH!! I cleared my millionaire nemesis who gets bored and bids multiple times on top of his bid but then there were 2 other snipers!!!! AHHHHH!!! i thought i was the only one who loved these coins.....the wait continues.....

 

[ASTROBURN]

I too saw the Bagwell Silver coin. But I knew I couldnt afford it.

 

[bear0555]

I sold this and bought it back from the same guy a year later. If I had known how tough these are to find clean, I likely would have never listed it.

Seller included the die cut card too which was pretty cool.

 

[tonsofcommons]

Question is, did you buy it back for less than you sold it?

 

[AndruwHRJones]

And here's that Mirror Gold. It feels weird to have collected for so long and suddenly a bargain BIN becomes far and away the premier card in my collection.

Congrats on the awesome flip!

[ebay:2hremies]200686455501[/ebay:2hremies]

 

[RustyGreerFan]

Thanks! That'll never happen again the rest of my life. It's a bittersweet feeling... it was far and away the best card in my collection (for two weeks :lol: ) and such a great photo, balance, gorgeous refractor effect... just an amazing card. But hopefully I can buy some more amazing cards with the dough. That's just an awful lot of money.

 

[Ghumbs]

Just snagged another one for the PC:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360416428447?ss ... _500wt_956" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

My only other Crusade is the purple Buhner. Once that comes in the mail, I'll get some scans up of my recent pickups.

edit:

Thanks! That'll never happen again the rest of my life. It's a bittersweet feeling... it was far and away the best card in my collection (for two weeks :lol: ) and such a great photo, balance, gorgeous refractor effect... just an amazing card. But hopefully I can buy some more amazing cards with the dough. That's just an awful lot of money.

My vote is you buy one $500 PC card you'd never have bought otherwise. Get your white whale.

The truth v v v

 

[RustyGreerFan]

What's fun about being an M's fan that collects cards is that it gives us something to do during the season ::facepalm::

 

[sruchris]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270852790701?ss ... 1423.l2649[/url]

The auction i won.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/270853378138?ss ... 1497.l2649

Those are retail boxes, right?

yes

Does anyone ever hit Crusades from them?

I have pulled 2 out of 10 case's both greens.

Amazing how tough they are to pull... How crazy would it be to pack pull a red today :shock:[/quote:2g0h8c5x]

Sorry for the late reply, but I actually pulled a Red Crusade from a single box a few weeks ago.

 

[Ghumbs]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270852790701?ss ... 1423.l2649[/url]" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The auction i won.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/270853378138?ss ... 1497.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Those are retail boxes, right?

yes

Does anyone ever hit Crusades from them?

I have pulled 2 out of 10 case's both greens.

Amazing how tough they are to pull... How crazy would it be to pack pull a red today :shock:[/quote:1zsy3hmj]

Sorry for the late reply, but I actually pulled a Red Crusade from a single box a few weeks ago.[/quote:1zsy3hmj]
Go on.

 

[sruchris]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270852790701?ss ... 1423.l2649[/url]" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The auction i won.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/270853378138?ss ... 1497.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Those are retail boxes, right?

yes

Does anyone ever hit Crusades from them?

I have pulled 2 out of 10 case's both greens.

Amazing how tough they are to pull... How crazy would it be to pack pull a red today :shock:[/quote:3p2vuokq]

Sorry for the late reply, but I actually pulled a Red Crusade from a single box a few weeks ago.[/quote:3p2vuokq]
Go on.[/quote:3p2vuokq]

Pic ->

 

[RustyGreerFan]

Wow, tough odds. Looks like a good cut, too. You were supposed to get me another Rusty, though.

 

[Ghumbs]

So awesome. I busted 11 boxes recently and didn't hit even a green one. Some of the '98 Donruss inserts look pretty good, but nothing even close to the Crusades. I'd imagine they really stand out in the pack.

 

[BunchOBull]

I think these '98 Donruss inserts look pretty sharp too.

 

[Cobra29svt]

^ Yes they do!

 

[padremurph]

This came in the mail last week.

 

[Ghumbs]

I agree. Actually, I pulled a couple of the red ones. Can't say I wasn't a little bit fooled at first. Was thinking Crusade.