98 Prestige, Hobby or Retail?

mreuter

How can I tell if a 98 Playoff Prestige football card is Hobby or Retail? Thanks for any replies.

Aknot

I do not believe you can tell by the card itself. I believe the Hobby/Retail label is given because of items in the box and or the ratio as to which they can be pulled.

The card pack and or Box usually states Hobby/Retail. At least they do currently I do not know if they did as far back as 98.

I will dig a little more.

Dallas88

What a great series! I love those cards...

I believe that the BACKS of the cards are the way to tell. The PLAYER PICTURE is the same for each, but the backgrounds differ.

On retail, there is a "regular picture", like the player was on the field - looks like a normal action shot.

On hobby, there is a SINGLE COLOR, kinda "diamond-shaped" foil pattern in the background. I know you need a pic to accurately see what I'm talking about - but just remember - solid pattern = hobby,.....picture in background = retail.

If you send me a scan, I'll be happy to look at it for you.

Dal

Tabe

I think these may help:

Ben Coates *HOBBY* version:


Mark Brunell *RETAIL* version:



Hope that helps!

Tabe
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Dallas88

Thanks Tabe

Thats what I meant - I see you put up a red parallel of Ben Coates.

You can easily see the difference between the "hobby" and "retail" versions in the background!

Dal

joestalin

Yes all the above is true, actually it is quite easy to tell the difference because the hobby were nicer,
thicker cards while the retail were thin and cheap. I might also add that there were a few special
retail releases, green cards I do believe, I remember getting a few packs at a 7-11. Retail cards are
half the price of hobby. Again the above pics are all you will need..the Coats actually will have a backgound
on it that looks like Qbert....(assuming you remember that game!)

Good Luck

JS

Dallas88

Stalin

Q-BERT - I never even thought of that! I loved that game, and the Prestige cards are one of my favorite modern sets!

Love those thicker-stock cards!

Dal

Tabe

<< <i>Thanks Tabe

Thats what I meant - I see you put up a red parallel of Ben Coates.

You can easily see the difference between the "hobby" and "retail" versions in the background!

Dal >>


Having never seen the cards before, I had to guess which version of each to put up FWIW, both cards I displayed are red parallels.

I just did a search of the Beckett marketplace and looked through the listings until I found ones with pictures of the cards.

Tabe
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mreuter

It is the retail version, too bad, the hobby version sure looks better.