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

[Calripkenjrcollector]

Are these gold ones that tough to get?

Supposedly the toughest of the three color variations but for some reason, I've seen three or four Ripkens the last couple of years but NEVER saw another of this of any player. Does anybody have a Gold ? Silver letters they can share a scan of?

 

[RustyGreerFan]

The red letter ones are the toughies. They were part of a special redemption.

Gold

Red

Here's what BaseballCardPedia says, but I think there's a better explanation out there somewhere:

Stand and Deliver

This 24-card set is broken into six separate four-card groupings and was part of a contest, randomly inserted into all Series Two packs. Groups contain players from the following teams: 1-4 (Braves), 5-8 (Mariners), 9-12 (Yankees), 13-16 (Dodgers), 17-20 (Indians) and 21-24 (Wild Card). The four players featured within the Wild Card group are from "lesser" teams whom Pinnacle Brands thought had no shot at winning the 1997 World Series.

Hobbyists who held all four cards of the 1997 World Series Champion (or the four Wild Cards if one of the five selected teams did not win) could mail them to Pinnacle for a special framed Gold version of the set. Since the Florida Marlins won the World Series, the four Wild Cards wound up being the winning cards.

Stand and Deliver Gold was limited to 275 sets and came encased in a glass frame. Because of the unusual distribution, Stand and Deliver Gold singles are difficult to find. The Gold cards came in two different flavors, Gold with silver letters and Gold with red letters. The Gold with red letters version is extremely rare.

All 24 cards come in 3 versions:

Silver with gold letters
Gold with silver letters (rare as only 225 sets were produced)
Gold with red letters (extremely rare, print run is unknown)

 

[forgerelli]

I'm pretty sure that explanation is correct. I've heard some say there were only 25 sets with red letters and the other 200 sets were silver letters. For Mariano I've seen 3 red letters and own 2 and I've seen 6+ silvers and own 4, including a PSA 10.

Scott F

 

[RStadlerASU22]

The most I've seen of any Red Letter is 3... it's a set I wish I kinda kept as is in the frame. Tough cards.

Ryan

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[Juanlasttime]

I've only seen one red letter Gonzalez and it isn't mine... if any has or comes across one I'd be very interested...

Kevin

 

[magicpapa]

The most I've seen of any Red Letter is 3... it's a set I wish I kinda kept as is in the frame. Tough cards.

Ryan

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[magicpapa]

1997 Upper Deck Power Package

NOTE: A special 5" X 7" version was randomly inserted into specially marked Series One boxes sold exclusively at Sam's Club stores.

 

[nosterbor]

1997 Upper Deck Power Package

NOTE: A special 5" X 7" version was randomly inserted into specially marked Series One boxes sold exclusively at Sam's Club stores.

I have not seen The Juan Gonzalez.

 

[joey12508]

Very thankful Ryan cut me a deal, i have never seen another red.

 

[tenballer]

Very cool

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[RStadlerASU22]

That be the one.

Ryan

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[1st4040]

I have not seen The Juan Gonzalez.

I have only seen Griffey, Bagwell, Buhner, and Palmeiro from this set.. it was one of the oddball Jose Canseco's that I was really wanting to find and add to my PC back in the day.

 

[jszczech]

I have only seen Griffey, Bagwell, Buhner, and Palmeiro from this set.. it was one of the oddball Jose Canseco's that I was really wanting to find and add to my PC back in the day.

I have a Mcgwire somewhere.

 

[patrick182]

Love those red letter parallels.

 

[timtom]

Picked this up as part of a really poorly labeled lot on ebay. Was just listed as "90s baseball and football"


also got half of the title waves set, a few cut to the chase parallels

 

[Kid4hof03]

Very thankful Ryan cut me a deal, i have never seen another red.

That is great! NEVER seen one before.

 

[AUTaxMan]

I have only seen Griffey, Bagwell, Buhner, and Palmeiro from this set.. it was one of the oddball Jose Canseco's that I was really wanting to find and add to my PC back in the day.

I pick those up whenever I find them for a pretty easy flip.

 

[1st4040]

I have a Mcgwire somewhere.

I'd be willing to bet if you posted that in the McGwire thread you would have some takers for sure.. these jumbo's just don't pop up at all it seems except for the same few players

 

[magicpapa]

Don't see these pop up on the bay frequently. These are the gold versions /125 for those that aren't familiar with this set. They look really nice in person as well!



Let's see some others!

 

[patrick182]