1985 Modesto A's Chong

This 28-card set of the 1985 Modesto A's, a Class A California League affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, features white-bordered posed black-and-white player photos on its fronts. The player's name and position is printed at the bottom. The white back carries the player's name, position and biography. This issue includes the minor league card team set debut of Mark McGwire. Sets have either a correct spelling Mark McGwire or an error Mark McGuire. Ac… [Read More]

This 28-card set of the 1985 Modesto A's, a Class A California League affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, features white-bordered posed black-and-white player photos on its fronts. The player's name and position is printed at the bottom. The white back carries the player's name, position and biography. This issue includes the minor league card team set debut of Mark McGwire. Sets have either a correct spelling Mark McGwire or an error Mark McGuire. According to the printer, three printings were made of this set. Approximately 500 error sets were made, with another 500 corrected sets; both are commonly found slightly off center. A subsequent, centered printing of about 700 corrected sets was then printed from an uncut sheet (not the printing plates), making these cards noticeably lighter. Both corrected versions are valued equally. It has since been alledged that there are many more than the announced number of Mark McGwire corrected cards on the marketplace due to reprinting the McGwire correction. [Collapse]