What card have you had the most duplicates of? (ie. Had 1,000 Griffey 89 UD RCs)

Allen · May 16, 2008 2:34AM

So what card have you owned the most copies of? How many did you have? What is the most you have ever seen?
Also lets see pics if you still have them.

I think the Sabo guy has a ton of the 89 Topps Sabo, but I guess he is kinda busy right now haha.

nflhof · May 16, 2008 2:38AM

I dont have them anymore but in 1974 I think every Topps pack I opened had a Lee Lacy in it.

fur72 · May 16, 2008 2:44AM

My first year collecting 1982 Topps, I swear for every Cal and Fernando I got at least 100+ Jim Tracey's.

Seriously Being an avid Ryno collector i have bought many lots of raw Ryno. I have well over 100 1992 Donruss cards of him no joke. Sry no pic, i am at work.

CDsNuts · May 16, 2008 2:46AM

Several hundred 1992-93 Stadium Club Litterial Green. Didn't turn out so well for me.

alifaxwa2 · May 16, 2008 2:47AM

I have about 40 of Jason Kendall 1992 (or 93) Classic

onefasttalon · May 16, 2008 3:00AM

Yep... I have my hands full right now, but there isn't much to do in the hospital when the wife and child are sleeping... except find the end of the internet.

I believe I might have just about everyone covered... I haven't counted these, nor really want to. I'd estimate 6000+ of the '89 Topps Chris Sabo's.
It's not just this one card for me though...

Maybe one day I'll do something with these cards.... something 'youtube' worthy.

Shameless Link to my Sabo collection thread.

Allen · May 16, 2008 3:10AM

Can I ask how you ended up with all of those?

larryallen73 · May 16, 2008 3:11AM

Several hundred 1992-93 Stadium Club Litterial Green. Didn't turn out so well for me.

Not sure if you are serious but I thought he would be a great pro. I went to a UCLA v. UGA game back in the 80's I guess it was. Litterial Green looked like the greatest basketball player of all time. Dude had about 40 points in the second half. Hitting shots from all over the court. Single handidly beat UCLA in LA. I thought he would be awesome in the pros but....

larryallen73 · May 16, 2008 3:19AM

Oh ya, I have about 100 1982 K-mart Rod Carew's. I think I could probably do a buy it now at 99 cents and sell them all!

digicat · May 16, 2008 3:26AM

I have about 400 1987 Topps Kevin Mitchell cards.

Why? This was one of my favorite cards when I was a kid, and in adult life, picking up cards I liked when I was a kid is fun and brings a plesant little feeling of excitement, so I figured I'd see how good I fealt with a batch of 400. Diminishing returns.

RipublicaninMass · May 16, 2008 3:29AM

I have mnay 100 ct lots of 1990 score, worse it prolly scott cooper (300) or Carlo Quintana (300) Had tons of Thomas, Knoblach, ryno error, griffeys still have about 20 glavines

OAKESY25 · May 16, 2008 3:31AM

back around 89 I had about 200 or so mike greenwell rookies...
still have a ton packed away somewhere

onefast... that is insane!!! I love looking at dupes of cards I love

glossycrazy · May 16, 2008 3:33AM

I have about 100 1989 topps Gary Sheffields? Anyone want them for cheap?
Paul

mkg809 · May 16, 2008 3:35AM

I still have a butt-load of 1987 Donruss Wally Joyner.

hofautos · May 16, 2008 3:38AM

I have about 10 1991 Little Sun Gold Manny Ramirez Minor league rookie cards.

fur72 · May 16, 2008 3:43AM

onefasttalon, I remember that Sabo pic from you orginal thread, first off congrats, second how did you get all of those?

hofautos · May 16, 2008 4:04AM

<< <i>onefasttalon, I remember that Sabo pic from you orginal thread, first off congrats, second how did you get all of those? >>

He was trying to corner the market on them...picking them up for $1+ each plus shipping...he was successful in cornering the market....just kidding...how did you get those??

Ironmanfan · May 16, 2008 4:10AM

1000 count 1988 Topps Bill Ripken

BobaFett72 · May 16, 2008 4:11AM

ahem.... 350 Cory Snyder Rookies....85' Olympic Team
.....500 Don August Rookies (olympic team)

200 barry bonds rookies (Cha Ching! $$$)

Beck6 · May 16, 2008 4:17AM

Growing up in Cincinnati I think you received a Chris Sabo card with every pair or socks with the stirrups sewn into them that you purchased. Two with every pair of sports goggles bought. That would get you started.

I actually loved Chris Sabo growing up. I traded a stack of football hall of fame cards from the 60's for a Chris Sabo autographed card and his topps traded back in the day. Boy did I take that guy. What has that Johnny Unitas done lately?

fkw · May 16, 2008 4:18AM

In the 1980s-90s it was common practice for dealers advertising in SCD to sell lots of 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000+ of the same exact card. Commons sold for a few pennies ea. on up to a couple dollars for a current Ryan, Rose, Brett, etc.

I never bought these, but I know of many a dreamer who bought all the Cory Snyder, Steve Sax, Chili Davis, Joe Charboneau rookies they could find. Nothing like investing in modern cards

Im sure these savvy investors then sold there hoards and invested in Pogs, Beanie Babies, Starting Lineups, eTopps, etc.

Brian48 · May 16, 2008 4:20AM

ChrisC · May 16, 2008 4:33AM

Back in the 80's I had atleast 6 sheets full of Ricky Henderson rookies (54 Cards)

Today, I think i have 7 or 8 2001 UD Tiger rookies.

Stone193 · May 16, 2008 4:41AM

Allen

In the early 90s people were selling boatloads of stars cheap and some "momentary" stars - and I have to confess - I couldn't resist a bargain - now? I wish I had resisted!

Besides 100F and 100T Glavine RC's, I've got an 800 ct. box of his 2nd yr Topps cards.

I've got an 800ct box of Bonds 87T RC's.

A 250ct box of Thomas 90B RC's.

And more stacks of "never gonna get it" momentary stars - too numerous to mention like Pete Incaviglia, Cal Eldred and Got knows who else!

Now that I think of it? I wish you hadn't brought it up!

mike

xphunk · May 16, 2008 4:48AM

i have between 100 and 400 each of about 10 different Kirby Puckett cards. 1986 Topps, 1987 Topps, 1988 Donruss, 1989 Donruss, 1990 Donruss, 1990 Donruss MVP, 1990 Fleer All-Star insert, etc. I bought a couple really big lots of Pucketts a couple years ago and was going to start a registry set but haven't gotten around to it yet. I know i have something like 600 different and a monster box full of doubles.

frankhardy · May 16, 2008 6:41AM

I have over 100 1987 Topps Roger Clemens. I don't even collect him. When I get cards, I do sort out the stars by name and put them in 5 row boxes. Somehow, I have ended up with that many 87 Topps Clemens'.

(I'll insert here what people that don't know anything about cards say). I'm going to hang on to them for a few years, and then they'll be worth a lot of money some day!

DavidPuddy · May 16, 2008 7:35AM

I think I have about 150 81 Topps Tim Raines Cards.

RoarIn84 · May 16, 2008 9:05AM

back in the early 50s, my grandfather lived in a lighthouse on the shore. one day he saw about 4-5 suspicious guys in the middle of the night loading hundreds of boxes onto a small ship. just as they were about to set sail, he approached them and asked them what they had and what they intended on doing with them. they said they were each paid $50 from an undisclosed company to 'do away' with their unsold backstock. my grandfather, being the obnoxious pack rat that he is, offered to take the load off their hands. Well, unfortunately, my grandfather had passed away not long after leaving us with the mess to clean. as we were rummaging thru his life, we found 238 sealed cases of bubblegum cards. we opened them all and sorted them out. i'd say we have roughly 1200 of each card in the set. guess we'll save money on Halloween candy now...

2dueces · May 16, 2008 11:15AM

I had 100 Sosa Leaf rookies that I found in common boxes in 1990 for $.50-$1.00 ea.
I had a feeling he was going to be great. In 98 I sold about 80 of them for between
$50- $75 to my local card shop 2 or 3 at a time. He was flipping them for $80-100.
We had an assemble line going for awhile. The last 19 I sold in the $20 ea range after his star
started to fall. I still have 1 left though.

Now for the other side of the coin.
100 Hemsley Mullens RC
100 Steve Decker RC
100 Kevin Moss RC
100 Carlos Baerga RC
100 Chuck Knoblouch RC
100 Dave Justice RC
100 Ben McDonald RC

I just can't bring myself to throw them away. Maybe they will all unretire and make a great comeback
and have HOF stats? Hey, It could happen!

What card have you had the most duplicates of? (ie. Had 1,000 Griffey 89 UD RCs)

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