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1985 Wrestling questions. I purchased a larger lot of these wrestling cards and noticed some of the cards/stickers have one * by the number and some have two ** by the number. Anyone know why? Is one harder to get than the other or rarer / move valuable? The lot has 8 Hulk Hogan with * and 3 with **. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob

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  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 7, 2021 4:38PM

    @milbroco said:
    1985 Wrestling questions. I purchased a larger lot of these wrestling cards and noticed some of the cards/stickers have one * by the number and some have two ** by the number. Anyone know why? Is one harder to get than the other or rarer / move valuable? The lot has 8 Hulk Hogan with * and 3 with **. Any help is appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Bob

    there were prolly two sheets. first sheet (*) most likely contained two cards of each wrestler (base set). the second sheet (**) probably had 1 card from the base set found on sheet one and the other half of the sheet contained some type of sticker or subset.

  • milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,731 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for the reply. This makes some sense but it was the stickers i was mentioning. Why would the stickers have one * or two**? Were they printed on two separate sheets?

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  • SoxSox Posts: 17 ✭✭

    Regarding the 1985 Topps WWF Stickers, has anyone noticed that some of the backs are "glossy" and some of the backs are "non-glossy"? (the "glossy" backs appear to be much rarer).

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Sox said:
    Regarding the 1985 Topps WWF Stickers, has anyone noticed that some of the backs are "glossy" and some of the backs are "non-glossy"? (the "glossy" backs appear to be much rarer).

    this happened w quite a few different runs that year w topps, including gpks. glossys are definitely rarer and command big premiums there.

  • milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,731 ✭✭✭

    Well.......I need to check something else now.

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  • SoxSox Posts: 17 ✭✭

    Will PSA recognize the “glossy” back as a variation (and label it as such) ?

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Sox said:
    Will PSA recognize the “glossy” back as a variation (and label it as such) ?

    they do on gpks. it may take a lil work for them to recognize it. referencing the ‘85 gpks should make the research easy though. both are stickers and from the same year, same company. not too inconceiveable.

  • SoxSox Posts: 17 ✭✭

    Has anyone seen these "mini" versions of the 1985 WWF Stickers? They were attached to the cellophane wrappers on some complete sets that I purchased.

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    completely different set. forget, but these mighta been bread/snack inserts. canadian maybe?

  • SoxSox Posts: 17 ✭✭

    Can anyone confirm where these “mini” stickers came from? I have 10 to 15 examples and they all appear to be the exact same photo/image that was used for the Topps (and OPC) cards. Any info would be appreciated.

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Sox said:
    Can anyone confirm where these “mini” stickers came from? I have 10 to 15 examples and they all appear to be the exact same photo/image that was used for the Topps (and OPC) cards. Any info would be appreciated.

    thats happened w all cards over the course of the past 100 years. pray you dont run across any early bond breads & exhibits from the 40s and 50s.

  • shawthershawther Posts: 284 ✭✭✭

    I acquired a bunch from this set a couple years ago. I sent in most of the Hogans, Andre the Giants sticker and one of “The Body” Ventura. I assumed that they were all Topps cards but the cards just moved to grading and almost all of the stickers were entered as O-Pee-Chee. Is there a chance that they made a mistake when they entered them? Do the O-Pee-Chee cards hold a higher value? I have looked and it seems that they are not graded as often. But I admit, I do not know much about these cards. Thanks.

  • shawthershawther Posts: 284 ✭✭✭

    Just wondering if anyone had any additional information?

  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭

    @shawther said:
    I acquired a bunch from this set a couple years ago. I sent in most of the Hogans, Andre the Giants sticker and one of “The Body” Ventura. I assumed that they were all Topps cards but the cards just moved to grading and almost all of the stickers were entered as O-Pee-Chee. Is there a chance that they made a mistake when they entered them? Do the O-Pee-Chee cards hold a higher value? I have looked and it seems that they are not graded as often. But I admit, I do not know much about these cards. Thanks.

    I cannot be sure here

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