1984 Fleer Update - Mike Fitzgerald #U37 - Missing from Factory Sets?
Writer11
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Hi everyone,
I wondered if anyone out there has any knowledge about this card. I have read that this card was missing from some 1984 Fleer Update factory sets. This would seem to make sense because there are only three Fitzgeralds that have been graded by PSA (the lowest pop along with Gene Richards). Has anyone else heard that or have any information on this? If you could let me know, that would be great.
Thanks again.
I wondered if anyone out there has any knowledge about this card. I have read that this card was missing from some 1984 Fleer Update factory sets. This would seem to make sense because there are only three Fitzgeralds that have been graded by PSA (the lowest pop along with Gene Richards). Has anyone else heard that or have any information on this? If you could let me know, that would be great.
Thanks again.
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All that being said - there are a *number* of cards from the set that have only 5, 6 or 7 examples graded. So finding a specific card that only has three examples graded isn't what I would call an outlier. There appear to be only three people currently putting this set together in graded form [with Vintage Corvette having two complete sets]. But there just is not enough data to make any conclusions here. I do not think it was generally missing from factory sets.
~ms
Steve
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<< <i> Mike Fitzgerald seemed to get a bad rap in the 1984 sets. I have also been told that his 1984 Donruss card is next to impossible to find in high-grade. >>
There are four graded examples by PSA - three eights and one nine. Given that there are still some examples from the 1984 Donruss set where only one example is graded - I'm not sure on that one, either.
The two most difficult cards from my experience are #100 Robinson and #112 Summers. No specific flaw, just something wrong with all of them. With Fitzgerald and Richards, I got 9's on my first try so I didn't bother submitting any more. But the other two were elusive, so I submitted more of them trying to get a 9. That is why you see higher "total" POP numbers for those cards. Also, the POP's on those cards have not changed since August 2003, so it's not like any other wackos like me are bothering to submit them. Basically, the total POP numbers in this set (for commons) are directed related to how my sets progressed.
And I still have a crapload sitting around.
Currently collecting.....your guess is as good as mine.