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What do you mean by regular versions?
I guess my question should have included the statement - I don't think they exist...
Where is that thoughtful velociraptor pic when you need it?
The regular cards do exist. I have the Ozzie Smith. I've been looking for the information I have on these so I can make a post but it is stored away and haven't had time to do a proper search so I'll give you the info I can remember.
In 1992 Ace tried for a MLB license. They were asked to bring finished examples of the cards they wanted to market. The license was denied. The story I heard from the man I bought my Ozzie from a number of years ago is that one of the men pushing for the license took the samples home with him to the Portland area. He was the coach of his son's little league team and decided to give the kids on the team the cards despite being instructed to destroy them. In 1998/1999 two of these samples sold on ebay; Ozzie and Cal Ripken. Now, the story I was told is that the intention was to market these not only in the U.S, but overseas as well, and to prove their intent they produced examples that also has Japanese writing on the back.
These are real and they are wonderfully done cards. I've had mine for over 10 years and I trust the source I got this information from implicitly. In fact, he actually printed the original EBay auction out for me and sent it with the card when I bought it. The Ozzie I had originally sold in 1999 for over $250.00. He was a very well known and respected Ozzie collector and a few on this board besides myself have purchased from him back several years.
I petitioned PSA, SGC and BECKETT to get this card slabbed about 7 years ago but they wouldn't do it because they can't be found on a checklist. According to my seller, sometime in 1992 or 1993 one of the baseball card magazines (he couldn't remember which one ) did a write up piece about these cards after a few surfaced in the Pacific northwest. One of the grading companies, I think it was PSA, told me they'd consider slabbing them if there was a published article in a reputable hobby publication. I have never been able to find this article but in fairness I only looked in a few old Beckett issues from that time period. As there were several other magazines back then dedicated to baseball cards there very well be an article in one of them.
Every few years I post a question about these cards on several sites but nobody has ever had any other info.
I reiterate that I got all of this info second hand, but I got it after I had already purchased the card and he would have no reason to lie. Again, a very well respected collector that tried to assist me when I tried to obtain more info on the set. I never spoke with original seller from the 1990's but the story seems viable to me. I'll post the Ozzie later when I get home.
bad first scan, the card is perfectly centered.
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I have 5 full sheets of the ace 92 if you r intrested
I have a few of these sheets also in Japanese I happen to be on that little league team so your story is 100 percent accurate to my knowledgeThe regular cards do exist. I have the Ozzie Smith. I've been looking for the information I have on these so I can make a post but it is stored away and haven't had time to do a proper search so I'll give you the info I can remember.
In 1992 Ace tried for a MLB license. They were asked to bring finished examples of the cards they wanted to market. The license was denied. The story I heard from the man I bought my Ozzie from a number of years ago is that one of the men pushing for the license took the samples home with him to the Portland area. He was the coach of his son's little league team and decided to give the kids on the team the cards despite being instructed to destroy them. In 1998/1999 two of these samples sold on ebay; Ozzie and Cal Ripken. Now, the story I was told is that the intention was to market these not only in the U.S, but overseas as well, and to prove their intent they produced examples that also has Japanese writing on the back.
These are real and they are wonderfully done cards. I've had mine for over 10 years and I trust the source I got this information from implicitly. In fact, he actually printed the original EBay auction out for me and sent it with the card when I bought it. The Ozzie I had originally sold in 1999 for over $250.00. He was a very well known and respected Ozzie collector and a few on this board besides myself have purchased from him back several years.
I petitioned PSA, SGC and BECKETT to get this card slabbed about 7 years ago but they wouldn't do it because they can't be found on a checklist. According to my seller, sometime in 1992 or 1993 one of the baseball card magazines (he couldn't remember which one ) did a write up piece about these cards after a few surfaced in the Pacific northwest. One of the grading companies, I think it was PSA, told me they'd consider slabbing them if there was a published article in a reputable hobby publication. I have never been able to find this article but in fairness I only looked in a few old Beckett issues from that time period. As there were several other magazines back then dedicated to baseball cards there very well be an article in one of them.
Every few years I post a question about these cards on several sites but nobody has ever had any other info.
I reiterate that I got all of this info second hand, but I got it after I had already purchased the card and he would have no reason to lie. Again, a very well respected collector that tried to assist me when I tried to obtain more info on the set. I never spoke with original seller from the 1990's but the story seems viable to me. I'll post the Ozzie later when I get home.
bad first scan, the card is perfectly centered.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J320A using Freedom Card Board mobile app
