Bo Jackson Baseball & Football Basic Set

imafishinnut

I have just requested that the above set be added to the Set Registry. My idea is to form a basic set including all of Bo Jackson's baseball and football cards from his playing years. I don't want to do it as individual sets, but rather as one combined set. IMO, he is probably the best two sport player of all-time and a very unique player. You might can make an argument for Deion Sanders, but my money is on Bo Jackson. Just thought, I would drop my idea out there to see if: (1) anyone wants to provide me input on what cards should be included and what weights the cards should be given; and (2) anyone else is interested in the set besides me.

Mike

bengineno9

Sounds like a great idea to me. Should be a challenge and a lot of fun! Best of luck.
Ben

mikeschmidt

Mike-

Sounds like a great idea. Why don't you take the initiative and do whatever makes the most sense. Frankly - grade weights are a non-issue for a long time (until a number of people start putting this set together). As for what cards in the set - I would say look at other player sets to get an idea of what the differences are between the basic and the master player sets.

Best-
Marc

helionaut

I like it. Bo's cards are hot. Or at least saleable as opposed to unsaleable. His unfortunately short career will limit the amount of cards in the set to under 100, I imagine, so it'll be doable. Making it a 2-sport set makes perfect sense for a 2-sport athlete.

BugOnTheRug

If I ever do a player set, this may be the one. What a shame his career ended the way it did.

I'm looking to buy his polo and hockey rookie cards - anybody have any???

BOTR

jimtb

I think it's a cool idea. He was a great talent, and collecting the cards in two different sports is a neat twist.
Jim

Bighurt4

I also put in a request for a Bo Jackson Player Set in the Misc section. It would be hard to peg it to either FB or BB. I love Bo. He won his Heisman my freshman year at Auburn. I am looking forward to starting this set and meeting all of you "Bo knows" fans.

Brent

imafishinnut

Brent,

Email me. I have put a list together of the cards that I think should comprise the set. I will send you my version and we can compare notes. I come up with 88 cards that I think should be in the set. It would be interesting to see if you have included the same cards and where we differ.

Mike

Bighurt4

Good morning everyone,

I have submitted my sugggested weightings for the Bo Jackson BB and FB Master Sets and which ones should be in the Basic Set. I have also sent the lists to Mike (Imafishinnut) for review. The sets should be up soon with any luck.

I also requested a combined Master set that would include both BB and FB cards.

Just do it,
Brent

Dallas88

Great idea on the "BO Knows" sets!

I had the wonderful opportunity to see Bo patrol the OF in KC, on that god-awful turf they had.

There were many times, he used to have his pile of sunflower seeds, on the turf, in the OF, right by his position. I never saw any other player "mess with his seeds", as he just left the pile there as the Royals would bat.

Good times.....

Dal

onlychild

Personally I think that the Bo Jackson 90 score b/w card should be listed in the top 200 cards of all time (that and the Bill Ripken FF card). No it is not the most expensive but very attractive in design and thought. Plus Bo was a mega star at the time.

Kevin

Bighurt4

onlychild,

While I am not sure it is one of the top 200, it is without a doubt one of the most attractive Bo cards out there. The amount of hype that surrounded Bo in the late 80's and early 90's still boggles the mind. And to think, we have the management of the Bucs to thank.

Brent

imafishinnut

Here are the cards that I had in mind for the Bo Jackson Combined Baseball/Football Basic set. I have included some cards that normally wouldn't be included in a basic set (e.g., the baseball cards showing Bo in football gear); but, this is not a normal basic set IMO. I am open to adding other cards, but I think these are the most important cards. There are a total of 88 cards. Bighurt4's weighting looked good to me. Just wished I knew whether PSA was going to do a combined baseball/football basic set or separate one.

Mike

CURRENT GRADED BY PSA

Card # Card
38 1986 Donruss Rookies (Baseball)
40 1986 Sportflics Rookies (Baseball)
50T 1986 Topps Traded (Baseball)
35 1987 Donruss (Baseball)
14 1987 Donruss Rookies (Baseball)
369 1987 Fleer (Baseball)
190 1987 Sportflics (Baseball)
170 1987 Topps (Baseball)
220 1988 Donruss (Baseball)
260 1988 Fleer (Baseball)
148 1988 Sportflics (Baseball)
750 1988 Topps (Baseball)
327 1988 Topps (Football)
126 1989 Bowman (Baseball)
208 1989 Donruss (Baseball)
285 1989 Fleer (Baseball)
330 1989 Score (Baseball)
2 1989 Score (Football)
384S 1989 Score Supplemental (Football)
540 1989 Topps (Baseball)
269 1989 Topps (Football)
221 1989 Upper Deck (Baseball)
128 1990 Action Packed (Football)
378 1990 Bowman (Baseball)
61 1990 Donruss (Baseball)
110 1990 Fleer (Baseball)
256 1990 Fleer (Football)
125 1990 Leaf (Baseball)
280 1990 Score (Baseball)
697 1990 Score (Baseball)
10 1990 Score (Football)
300 1990 Topps (Baseball)
285 1990 Topps (Football)
224 1991 Stadium Club (Baseball)
462 1991 Stadium Club (Football)
600 1991 Topps (Baseball)
545 1991 Upper Deck (Baseball)
744 1991 Upper Deck (Baseball)
155 1991 Upper Deck (Football)
470 1992 Donruss (Baseball)
86 1992 Fleer (Baseball)
290 1992 Topps (Baseball)
555 1992 Upper Deck (Baseball)
415 1993 Bowman (Baseball)
91 1993 Finest (Baseball)
255 1993 SP (Baseball)
775 1993 Upper Deck (Baseball)
241 1994 Finest (Baseball)
23 1994 Flair (Baseball)
342 1995 Score (Baseball)
20 1995 Upper Deck (Baseball)

HAVE NOT BEEN GRADED BY PSA

Card # Card
180 1988 Score (Baseball)
185 1989 Pro Set (Football)
70 1989 Sportflics (Baseball)
155 1990 Pro Set (Football)
200 1990 Sportflics (Baseball)
105 1990 Upper Deck (Baseball)
124 1991 Action Packed (Football)
243 1991 Bowman (Football)
632 1991 Donruss (Baseball)
561 1991 Fleer (Baseball)
110 1991 Fleer (Football)
346 1991 Pro Set (Football)
5 1991 Score (Baseball)
100 1991 Score (Football)
99 1991 Topps (Football)
361 1992 Score (Baseball)
654 1992 Stadium Club (Baseball)
186 1993 Flair (Baseball)
195 1993 Fleer Final Edition (Baseball)
316 1993 Leaf (Baseball)
495 1993 Stadium Club (Baseball)
400 1993 Topps (Baseball)
535 1994 Bowman (Baseball)
173 1994 Donruss (Baseball)
84 1994 Fleer (Baseball)
18 1994 Fleer Update (Baseball)
307 1994 Leaf (Baseball)
513 1994 Score (Baseball)
RT3 1994 Score Rookie/Traded (Baseball)
24 1994 SP (Baseball)
150 1994 Sportflics Rookie/Traded (Baseball)
167 1994 Stadium Club (Baseball)
547 1994 Stadium Club (Baseball)
500 1994 Topps (Baseball)
90T 1994 Topps Traded (Baseball)
117 1994 Upper Deck (Baseball)
507 1995 Donruss (Baseball)
227 1995 Fleer (Baseball)
140 1995 Sportflix (Baseball)
2 1995 Stadium Club (Baseball)
592 1995 Topps (Baseball)

Bighurt4

Mike,

You have a much more complete list than I do so I will yield to your judgement on the basic set. The weightings are from Becket since Bo doesn't rank in the SMR.

Brent

Bkritz

I have a PSA 10 1989 Topps Bo Jackson (FOOTBALL) on ebay ending Sunday. Bkritz is my user ID. If a board member wins it, free shipping is theirs. Bo was awesome. Too bad about the hip.

Bkritz

Virtualizard

For anyone interested, I compiled a spreadsheet of all Bo Jackson cards. It is in Microsoft Excel (you need to have it installed on your computer to open the file). If you'd like a text version, let me know. I think you'll be surprised at how many cards there are!

JEB.

Bo Jackson spreadsheet

Bighurt4

OK everyone, the Bo Jackson Basic and Master Sets are available in the Misc section in the Set Registry. They are combined sets of both football and baseball cards. I think this is the first set of it's kind.

Bo knows,
Brent

graytiger

Brent & Mike, I totally agree about Bo. I went to Auburn 1982-1986. We had some awesome teams then with Bo, Charles Barkley and Frank Thomas. I've started a web site, although in its infancy stages due to limited time to devote to it. (www.freewebs.com/bojacksoncollector/). See whatcha think. Waaar Eagle!

Mark )

Bighurt4

Nice site Mark. I gpt to talk to Bo in line at a grocery store in Auburn. He was very gracious. His Auburn career was amazing and clearly began Auburn's great run during the 80's. I hope you register a set. It is a ball reliving his career.

Brent

2dueces

Anyone interested, Last week I went through an old album and found about 200 Bo Jackson cards. Not sure how they would grade out but all are pack fresh. If any1 is interested, e-mail me at twodueces22@yahoo.com. Joe

Bighurt4

Well, I am over 60% in the Master set and it has been slower going than I would have thought. I have a submission in with about 25 more Bo's and a monster I am putting together with 81 more. It has been so much fun going through all of the old cards and reconnecting with the aura that surrounded him during the late '80's and early 90's.

Brent

Bighurt4

I see that the #2 set was deleted from the master set collection. I hope Baseball Nut gets back in eventually. I do love collecting Bo cards.

Brent

ArnyVee

I'm looking for a PSA 10 '86 Donruss rookies card of Bo. I won an auction for one for $20, but the seller had an issue and couldn't complete the auction. Anyone have an extra PSA 10?

Darin

I'm looking for a PSA 10 '86 Donruss rookies card of Bo. I won an auction for one for $20, but the seller had an issue and couldn't complete the auction. Anyone have an extra PSA 10?

No, but I do have 1500 87 topps Bo cards.

imafishinnut

Brent - I decided to move away from the Master Set and will only be collecting the Basic Set. Most of the cards that strictly belonging to the Master Set were sold to a fellow board member. It was easier to just delete my set rather than removing the cards I sold.

If anyone is interested in buying the reminents of my Master Set, I can provide a list of the remaining cards after Christmas. Will be out of town until then.

Regards,
Mike

Bighurt4

I am interested in anything I don't already have or need to upgrade. My email is bbautigers@comcast.net.

Brent

Rogermnj

I have a couple of bo jacksons in my ebay store. Let me know if you need anything and i will give you guys a discount.
Just click the link in my signature and type in bo jackson in the store search box.
Thanks and happy holidays,
Roger-

imafishinnut

Brent,

I will send you a list of the cards I still have available after the holidays. But, I doubt if I have anything that you don't already have.

Regards,
Mike

Bighurt4

Hey Mike,

Thanks a lot for that. I hope you have a great Christmas.

Brent