So at a recent card show I bought a random box of unsorted cards, as I usually try and do. To me if at a show you get a box of cards at a reasonable price why not? You might find some useful cards, you might find some trade bait, you might find crap. And for under 20 bucks isn't that the same odds of any hobby box? So for under 20 I purchsed about 1200 cards. In the lot there was as expected a bunch of this...
No offence to Stan Javier or Dodgers Fans but we know the era and what iti is.
Also in the box was some other more interesting stuff...like this.
A few broder cards and random in person autos. Anything earth shattering? No. But some good throw ins to player or team collectors during a trade. So cool enough.
Also a good mix of something like this. Not high end by any means but some cool trade bait.
The Francona is from 1962 and from a coin set called Salada. Nothing huge but pretty cool. Jeter Mini,Verlander rookie, a couple of Ruth serial numbered, some Nolan Ryan etc.., and the Rickey 90 Fleer (why would he include that you say) is the 1990 Canadian version which increases the BV x100 for some reason.
Also, and one of the primary reasons for this post was this...
Here is the back.
As can be seen it is a 1990 Fleer Canadian card of Shawn Hilligas. Looking at it you would think it was a printing plate, except it is on normal card stock for the set. Now looking up things on the net I found some things like this from the same era...
which claim to be printing proofs ala black, cyan, yellow printing proofs of the published card. No I have no illusions of finding a valuable piece of hobby history, but does anybody have any insight into exactly what this is??
Oh ya, before you judge "Why would he buy a box of this, even if cheap?" It isn't because also int the box ended up about 100 cards needed for sets and Tiger Cards. It is because of the box break rush and the possibility of running into things like this, which by the way was also in the box...
All seen are marked for trade, along with others that will be added as I can.
No offence to Stan Javier or Dodgers Fans but we know the era and what iti is.
Also in the box was some other more interesting stuff...like this.
A few broder cards and random in person autos. Anything earth shattering? No. But some good throw ins to player or team collectors during a trade. So cool enough.
Also a good mix of something like this. Not high end by any means but some cool trade bait.
The Francona is from 1962 and from a coin set called Salada. Nothing huge but pretty cool. Jeter Mini,Verlander rookie, a couple of Ruth serial numbered, some Nolan Ryan etc.., and the Rickey 90 Fleer (why would he include that you say) is the 1990 Canadian version which increases the BV x100 for some reason.
Also, and one of the primary reasons for this post was this...
Here is the back.
As can be seen it is a 1990 Fleer Canadian card of Shawn Hilligas. Looking at it you would think it was a printing plate, except it is on normal card stock for the set. Now looking up things on the net I found some things like this from the same era...
which claim to be printing proofs ala black, cyan, yellow printing proofs of the published card. No I have no illusions of finding a valuable piece of hobby history, but does anybody have any insight into exactly what this is??
Oh ya, before you judge "Why would he buy a box of this, even if cheap?" It isn't because also int the box ended up about 100 cards needed for sets and Tiger Cards. It is because of the box break rush and the possibility of running into things like this, which by the way was also in the box...
All seen are marked for trade, along with others that will be added as I can.
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