jsonnentag Wrote:i have a 1991 topps kirby puckett blank front card
Yeah, blank fronts from that year are very common (as common as blank fronts get), but blank backs from 1991 Topps are extremely tough to locate.
This has been my experience with modern Topps blank front/backs:
1981 fronts: never seen
1981 backs: see them periodically, but somewhat scarce.
1982 fronts: never seen
1982 backs: see them once in a while, somewhat scarce
1983 fronts: never seen
1983 backs: see them often, still tough to find
1984 fronts: can't recall seeing one
1984 backs: see them on ebay periodically, not too rare but the proofs are, you can tell the difference by looking at the inset photo, if it's inside the box, it's a proof.
1985 fronts: have seen a couple, pretty scarce
1985 backs: have only seen a few, pretty scarce (McGwire is always a fake)
1986 fronts: haven't seen any
1986 backs: show up once in a while, but pretty scarce
1987 fronts: show up often, not too scarce
1987 backs: show up periodically, somewhat tougher to locate
1988 fronts: show up often, not too scarce
1988 backs: show up periodically, somewhat tougher to locate
1989 fronts: fairly common, many found in Fairfield Target blisters and Kruk Cards sells complete sets of them. Probably the easiest to find of the 80's.
1989 backs: have only seen a few, somewhat scarce
1990 fronts: fairly common, show up often for sale in large lots or quantity of player or sets.
1990 backs: have only seen a handful over the last 19 years. The Griffey that shows up for sale is usually cut from the top of the box and not a "real" blankback.
1991 fronts: fairly common, show up often for sale in large batches or sets.
1991 backs: scarce but once or twice a year you'll see them offered - usually just commons. Another tough year for blankbacks.
1992 fronts: hardly ever offered for sale.
1992 backs: fairly common.
1993 fronts: Kruk cards has many complete sets of these. Pretty common.
1993 backs: not scarce but not too rare.