Player Collectors - Danbury Mint 22KT cards - did you know?

[gracecollector]

Just something small I learned today, thought I'd pass on the knowledge if it might help player collectors learn about a new card...

Danbury Mint 22KT gold plated cards are pretty well known. What I didn't know is that there are up to 3 variations for certain players (and 4 for at least one player - Barry Bonds). The originals were issued between 1996-2002, then there was a 2003 update, and a 2007 update. Beckett only catalogs these as 1996-2003 Danbury Mint. For Grace, there was a 2000 copyright card with Cubs logo, 2003 copyright card with Diamondbacks logo, and 2007 copyright card with Cubs logo. Stats are updated on each card.

Some players have cards with 3 different teams, 3 different copyright years; some with 2 different teams, 3 different years; and some with 1 team, 3 different years.

I, for one, didn't realize there was a 2007 update. I had the 2000 and 2003 variations, since they were easy to spot for Grace (one is Cubs, one is Arizona), but didn't know to look for the 2007 update version, which has him back as a Cub. Kinda cool that there are uniform changes between the Cubs cards - patches and pinstripes.

So if your player has one of these cards, you might have 1 or 2 new variations to look for.

 

[George_Calfas]

Great research.....love the pinstripe-v-no pinstripe

 

[MansGame]

This is interesting to see because I was actually tipped off last week by an eBay auction which had a few various Belle Danbury cards... the seller and I exchanged PMs about the cards and I started to realize there were more than one version of the Belle. I know of a Cleveland and Baltimore version... could there we a Chicago? Anyways, good research. I have the Baltimore Belle but am going to try and get an Indians one if I can.

 

[joeya2001]

I think ripken has only one, that I know of.

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[gracecollector]

This is interesting to see because I was actually tipped off last week by an eBay auction which had a few various Belle Danbury cards... the seller and I exchanged PMs about the cards and I started to realize there were more than one version of the Belle. I know of a Cleveland and Baltimore version... could there we a Chicago? Anyways, good research. I have the Baltimore Belle but am going to try and get an Indians one if I can.

There are 2 Baltimore Belle Versions, one with a 2000 copyright/stats through 1999 and one with a 2002 copyright/stats through 2000. There's also a Cleveland 2002/2000 version.

 

[MansGame]

That looks like the eBay auction I was talking about. So are you saying there are 3 or 4 version of Belle?

 

[gracecollector]

That looks like the eBay auction I was talking about. So are you saying there are 3 or 4 version of Belle?

Probably was. I can't answer the 3 or 4 question, definitely 3, maybe a 2007 version too. Not sure if the 2007 update was just gold cards, or if it included silver too.

 

[MansGame]

Ok ok ok I pulled the trigger... Here are all three... For the love of player collecting lol



(Yes from eBay)


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[predatorkj]

Wonder if this holds true for bagwell?

 

[Calripkenjrcollector]

I don't know how many Ripkens are out there but I have two....

 

[MansGame]

I don't know how many Ripkens are out there but I have two....

I'm guessing that's probably all


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