Which "Impossible Oddballs" are you searching for?

[gpenko826]

My Carlos Baerga frustration list:

1990 Indians Team Issue (never seen one - issued late in the year after he joined the team)
1994 Topps Black Gold ABCD UNREDEEMED
1994 Topps Black Gold ABCD REDEEMED
1995 Bowmans Best Refractor WITHOUT "refractor" on back (not sure if it exists)
1995-96 Line-Up Venezuelan #325 (guy on ebay has one but won't sell to me)
1998 Pacific Baerga Softball (have every other year but this)
1999 Fleer Tradition Starting Nine (seen other players but never Baerga)
2003 Donruss Team Heroes Samples SILVER and GOLD
2003 Topps Chrome Traded Uncirculated X-Fractor
2003 Topps Vintage Embossed 1993 Topps AS w/ Ryne Sandberg (never seen one)

I had the 1998 Pacific Online Gold Winner on my list, but got confirmation that it doesn't exist. Not every player was produced in the "winner" variation

Greg

 

[henderson939]

I have heard of this Ron Darling checklist too. I had actually found a Ron Darling on Ebay awhile back and asked the guy if Darling was listed on the back. He told me he was not listed on the Mets checklist. This led me to believe there is only one year, unless Darling was left off the 89 Mets checklist. Do you know someone who actually has one?

 

[tpeichel]

I have the complete 2nd series of 18 1984 NAPPCO Pencils checklisted, but I am missing #10, #11, #18, and #19 from the 1st series. Any idea who the players are?

PRIPKEN JR,CAL 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #01 of 36
WINFIELD,DAVE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #02 of 36
JACKSON,REGGIE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #03 of 36
YOUNT,ROBIN 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #04 of 36
STIEB,DAVE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #05 of 36
THORNTON,ANDRE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #06 of 36
RICE,JIM 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #07 of 36
WHITAKER,LOU 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #08 of 36
GUIDRY,RON 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #09 of 36
?? 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #10 of 36
?? 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #11 of 36
CAREW,ROD 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #12 of 36
SEAVER,TOM 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #13 of 36
HENDERSON,RICKEY 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #14 of 36
HRBEK,KENT 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #15 of 36
BRETT,GEORGE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #16 of 36
FISK,CARLTON 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #17 of 36
YOUNG,MATT 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #18 of 36
?? 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #19 of 36
?? 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #20 of 36
DURHAM,LEON 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #21 of 36
ROSE,PETE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #22 of 36
STAUB,RUSTY 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #23 of 36
CARLTON,STEVE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #24 of 36
THOMPSON,JASON 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #25 of 36
?? 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #26 of 36
MCMURTRY,CRAIG 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #27 of 36
VALENZUELA,FERNANDO 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #28 of 36
HAMMAKER,ATLEE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #29 of 36
GOSSAGE,GOOSE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #30 of 36
SCHMIDT,MIKE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #31 of 36
PEREZ,TONY 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #32 of 36
MURPHY,DALE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #33 of 36
SMITH,OZZIE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #34 of 36
GARVEY,STEVE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #35 of 36
CONCEPCION,DAVE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 1st Series #36 of 36
RIPKEN JR,CAL 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #01 of 18
WINFIELD,DAVE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #02 of 18
JACKSON,REGGIE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #03 of 18
WHITAKER,LOU 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #04 of 18
GUIDRY,RON 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #05 of 18
STAUB,RUSTY 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #06 of 18
HENDERSON,RICKEY 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #07 of 18
SEAVER,TOM 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #08 of 18
BRETT,GEORGE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #09 of 18
FISK,CARLTON 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #10 of 18
DURHAM,LEON 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #11 of 18
CARLTON,STEVE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #12 of 18
VALENZUELA,FERNANDO 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #13 of 18
SMITH,OZZIE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #14 of 18
GOSSAGE,GOOSE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #15 of 18
SCHMIDT,MIKE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #16 of 18
MURPHY,DALE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #17 of 18
GARVEY,STEVE 1984 MLBPA NAPPCO Pencil 2nd Series #18 of 18

 

[onionring9]

I have heard of this Ron Darling checklist too. I had actually found a Ron Darling on Ebay awhile back and asked the guy if Darling was listed on the back. He told me he was not listed on the Mets checklist. This led me to believe there is only one year, unless Darling was left off the 89 Mets checklist. Do you know someone who actually has one?

I'll know for certain about the Ron Darling later this week. I'll follow up when I know.

 

[predatorkj]

1992 High 5 #36 Jeff Bagwell.

Those are pretty easy to find if you search descriptions on ebay. Search for 'High 5 decal (player last name)'

Still in package:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1992-High-5-Dec...0345648132?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3c9dcf5404

A loose one for a $1
http://cgi.ebay.com/Jeff-Bagwell-Lot-Pick-2-/330459740143?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item4cf0ef77ef

predatorkj,
I've got an extra sealed one if you still need it. It's creased at the top, but say the word and it's yours.

To clear up the issue, This is what I have. The one with promo marked over the toploader its in, as you can see from the scans, has advertisement info on the back. The one next to it is the superstar #2 version.

The fronts.

The backs.

Now my issue is finding #36 which I am assuming is part of the regular issued set? Grace Collector thinks they may have been distributed via team issues. This may be the case. The front may not even be any different. I am assuming it will actually have the number #36 on it somewhere though I am not sure as both of these are obviously unnumbered and are most likely numbered on Beckett's site alphabetically. Beckett loads so slowly for me its too much time to get up and running and on top of that, I could have sworn I'd researched this before. After close to 3,000 cards, you start to forget little tidbits if they aren't constantly in your face. In any case...I'd love to see some non superstar examples if anyone has them.

 

[henderson939]

I dont know about the number, but the one from the Houston team set, will have a different puzzle on the back. I checked my pile of them, but only found 2 of the ones above. Has anyone ever come across an unopended box of these? I have been looking for one forever.

 

[LWMM]

I have eight cards on my list, two of which probably don't exist, and one of which could be considered odd-ball.

2002 Just Prospects Prototypes #JPP17

The prototype cards were, according to Just Minors, "released through our distributors and not sold or distributed to the general public... Between 10,000 and 20,000 of each card would have been produced." I've emailed every distributor listed on the Just Minors site, and pretty much everyone on eBay or Beckett selling JM cards from 2002 (Prototype or otherwise), but have found no leads whatsoever. I'm not ever sure it exists (and Just Minors apparently does not put prototype cards into their master list, so they couldn't speak to the specific set, just prototypes in general), but I do have the gold parallel, so I'm still looking.

The gold parallel is below. I assume that the base version is the same, just without the gold border.

 

[Mozzie22]

I have heard of this Ron Darling checklist too. I had actually found a Ron Darling on Ebay awhile back and asked the guy if Darling was listed on the back. He told me he was not listed on the Mets checklist. This led me to believe there is only one year, unless Darling was left off the 89 Mets checklist. Do you know someone who actually has one?

I'll know for certain about the Ron Darling later this week. I'll follow up when I know.

It has long been my understanding that the 89 Tara Plaques do have Ron Darling on the back and the 88's do not. Assuming this is correct, I have never seen the Ozzie with Ron Darling on the back and I have emailed dozens of sellers over the years and nobody has had a Ron Darling on their checklist. If memory serves me I believe there is a Rickey Henderson collector out there that supposedly has both. I would love to know the truth about this because until a few years ago I had never heard of there even being two years. Could there being two years just be another myth?

 

[1st4040]

Ron Darling is in the 88 set but not the 89 set. the 89's checklist doesn't include him. like someone here posted there was a Ron Darling up for sale and I also emailed the seller to see if his name was on the checklist and the seller told me it wasn't. without any copyright info on the packages or anything else other than the Ron Darling theory if its proven to be false you could simply buy 2 of the 89's and just call them 88 and 89 and be done with it.

 

[Mozzie22]

Ron Darling is in the 88 set but not the 89 set. the 89's checklist doesn't include him. like someone here posted there was a Ron Darling up for sale and I also emailed the seller to see if his name was on the checklist and the seller told me it wasn't. without any copyright info on the packages or anything else other than the Ron Darling theory if its proven to be false you could simply buy 2 of the 89's and just call them 88 and 89 and be done with it.

So basically if Darling isn't on either checklist how do we know Tara Plaques were produced in 88 and 89? Could it simply be that they were only produced one year and Darling simply was left off the checklist?

 

[George_Calfas]

I have yet to see any of these 4 Ryan Braun cards ...

2009 Topps Allen and Ginter "RED INK" AU
2010 Topps Allen and Ginter "RED INK" AU
2010 Topps 206 "Polar Bear" AU
2010 Topps 206 "Old Mill" AU

I'm sure the "RED INKS" are out there somewhere but the 206 cards....well I doubt they even exist. My best guess is they intended to make them and put them on the checklist but failed to actually produce the cards. Would love to track any of these down!

-al

Only one I have ever seen. 2009 were redemptions....so yeah.

 

[dietdew]

Ron Darling is in the 88 set but not the 89 set. the 89's checklist doesn't include him. like someone here posted there was a Ron Darling up for sale and I also emailed the seller to see if his name was on the checklist and the seller told me it wasn't. without any copyright info on the packages or anything else other than the Ron Darling theory if its proven to be false you could simply buy 2 of the 89's and just call them 88 and 89 and be done with it.

So basically if Darling isn't on either checklist how do we know Tara Plaques were produced in 88 and 89? Could it simply be that they were only produced one year and Darling simply was left off the checklist?

I found this thread about Tara Plaques. I have no idea if is accurate as I can't find enough images of backs to verify it. http://www.thebenchtrading.com/thebench/archive/index.php/index.php?t-327285.html It does appear that the spellings listed for the '88 match an image from onionring9.

 

[chief7575]

Pretty much my signature is my list. I just picked up a very rare item and my dirty dozen list is now my evil eleven and probably a terrible 10 with the Pacific online winners in that mess.

 

[thelesquad]

Ron Darling is in the 88 set but not the 89 set. the 89's checklist doesn't include him. like someone here posted there was a Ron Darling up for sale and I also emailed the seller to see if his name was on the checklist and the seller told me it wasn't. without any copyright info on the packages or anything else other than the Ron Darling theory if its proven to be false you could simply buy 2 of the 89's and just call them 88 and 89 and be done with it.

So basically if Darling isn't on either checklist how do we know Tara Plaques were produced in 88 and 89? Could it simply be that they were only produced one year and Darling simply was left off the checklist?

I found this thread about Tara Plaques. I have no idea if is accurate as I can't find enough images of backs to verify it. http://www.thebenchtrading.com/thebench/archive/index.php/index.php?t-327285.html It does appear that the spellings listed for the '88 match an image from onionring9.

I started that topic on the Bench and still have not come to a conclusion on the actual differences between 88 and 89 if they both do exist. I've asked sellers for spelling and players on the checklist, and everyone seems to have the same one.

 

[Mozzie22]

I'll have to check the spellings on the back of mine when I get home but I am starting to get a very strong feeling that the two seperate year thing is not real.

 

[JackLondon]

Some tough Jim Fregosi cards that I would love to find someday:

1964 Angels Team Issue #2

1965 Angels Matchbooks County National #1 (already have the Santa Ana variation)

1968 Topps Plaks #3

1969 Transogram Statue #14

1970 Transogram Statue #14B

1971 Angels Jack in the Box #4

1977 Pirates Post-Gazette Portraits #6

1981 Long Beach Press Telegram #26

There are a TON of other Fregosi cards I need, but these ones stand out in my mind.

 

[ffgameman]

These aren't "impossible" for 99% of collectors out there, since they buy and regularly use eBay. However, for me these are near impossible finding for trade:

2001 Stadium Club Play at the Plate Sammy Sosa dirt relic
2001 Upper Deck Gold Glove Slugger's Choice #SCSS Sammy Sosa
2001 Upper Deck Gold Glove Leather Bound #LBSS Sammy Sosa
2002 Upper Deck Honor Roll Game Jersey #JSS1 Sammy Sosa Glove SP
2001 Upper Deck MVP Game Souvenirs Batting Glove #GSS Sammy Sosa

These are the only "oddball" game-used cards I still need (as far as I know).

 

[henderson939]

I'll have to check the spellings on the back of mine when I get home but I am starting to get a very strong feeling that the two seperate year thing is not real.

These are listed in Beckett as having two years. The problem, is that the checklists are identical, and both dont mention a Darling which has been confirmed to exist. It is possible that there is a variation that lists Darling on the back, after they realized he was not on there, but I am convinced that there is only one of these until someone can prove otherwise.

 

[gracecollector]

Some tough Jim Fregosi cards that I would love to find someday:

1964 Angels Team Issue #2

1965 Angels Matchbooks County National #1 (already have the Santa Ana variation)

1968 Topps Plaks #3

1969 Transogram Statue #14

1970 Transogram Statue #14B

1971 Angels Jack in the Box #4

1977 Pirates Post-Gazette Portraits #6

1981 Long Beach Press Telegram #26

There are a TON of other Fregosi cards I need, but these ones stand out in my mind.

Columbia City Collectibles has those listed. They're great for 1950's-1970's stuff.

 

[Mozzie22]

I'll have to check the spellings on the back of mine when I get home but I am starting to get a very strong feeling that the two seperate year thing is not real.

These are listed in Beckett as having two years. The problem, is that the checklists are identical, and both dont mention a Darling which has been confirmed to exist. It is possible that there is a variation that lists Darling on the back, after they realized he was not on there, but I am convinced that there is only one of these until someone can prove otherwise.

I'm with you on this. Until I am proven otherwise I'm taking it off the checklist. As far as Beckett is concerned you could just about squeeze their problems into the Grand Canyon at this point.