88 score

ldferg

this set is very inexpensive...and very difficult to find MINT cards. the colored borders are notorious for chipping. nice action shots of ryan, schmidt, ripken, etal.

Stingray

88 Score? Notorious for chipping? Never heard that. I know when they very first came out they had a problem with the cutting on the corners and there was an extra piece of cardboard fuzzy on them. They corrected that problem, but as far as chipping on the border I do not think that was ever an issue. These were very plentiful cards, but if you look back at the photography, IMO it was very dull and not the greatest. Though it was nice seeing a set that was all action shots. Boxes can be had very cheaply I believe. Mass produced.


Stingray

mikeschmidt

My experience is that MINT cards are extraordinarily easy to find [because the price is so low]. GEM MINT can be tough.

Soft corners - distribution method made it easy to damage corners. And dark borders led to easily seeing corner/chip damage.

Stingray

I guess I did realize that even with the color borders on the 88 Score, that there was a problem with chipping on them?

Stingray

kingraider75

That was a nice set at first. I should buy some boxes and make a set for fun.

RipublicaninMass

Although it was "mass" produced, it was the first year of Score. Usually the first issue of soemthing is worth a bit for it's anitquity. I also predict Score will be know as the first company to feed an entire nation with their leftover 1990 cases in the year 2017...

Stingray

Yeah, that darn Score burnt me bad on their 90 footaball, everyone thought it was going to be like 1989 football. Right!!

Stingray

kingraider75

score football was nice looking, but pretty worthless. Same with most the topps football of the early 90's.

ROCKDJRW

<< <i>Yeah, that darn Score burnt me bad on their 90 footaball, everyone thought it was going to be like 1989 football. Right!!

Stingray >>


That set got me as well but it didn't cost me nearly as much as the 1990 Fleer football set did! As for the 1988 Score set, I remember paying ten dollars for four Greg Jeffries cards.

ldferg

picked up some rack packs cheap. busting for fun but may grade some of the stars if they look to be 10s. sting, you're right, this set is basically all action shots...

ms, yes the packaging is less than desired. several corner dings on some of the rack packs.

all in all, it's nice pulling some good shots of bo, mattingly, puckett, etal...

studentT206

Ah, 88 Score. Pure nostalia for me. I am from Sioux Falls, SD and my dad is from Minor County SD where my grandmother lived and still lives. In the fall we would go pheasant hunting there. In 1987 there was small packing company in the town my grandmother lives in that was packaging the new 88 Score cards. I read about the new company in Beckett and was thrilled when I found out that they where packaging them there. My brother and I went dumpster diving one rainy afternoon after pheasant hunting and we yeilded some miscut rejects. Nobody had these yet! It was awesome. I also vivdly remember the terrible corner fuzzies these cards had for the first month or so they were released. I also happily recall my best friend and I figured out some sequences for the packs. You could easily see the first card on front. Eckersley on the front and Mattingly was always underneath. Can't remember which common on front had Mcgwire underneath or other sequences (we knew them all back in the day), but I do remember we had tons of stars and rookies from our knowledge that were liquid at the time for around $1- $3 each. Big money when you are 13. Kinda nice that folks my age can relive their childhood for less than the packs cost us at the time compared to what previous generations would have to pay for the same feeling for busting packs of their generation. Probably the best upside to busting junk wax. Hope I didn't hijack here and thanks for letting me share.

Damian