Proof Card from 1989 Fleer ?? Or ???

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

Please help me identify this card. Sorry pic so small. I can email bigger pic or whatever. It is normal on back and not bleached. It is teh 1989 Fleer #616 Bill Ripken FF card. GEM labeled Proof on Flip butthey dont authenticate so......... Thank You

Southsider

Based on reputation alone, GEM is one of the last grading companies I would trust to accurately identify and authenticate a rare or hard to find proof.

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

Does PSA or BGS grade them? I also heard all proofs are blank backed. True? This has the normal back on it.

divecchia

1989FleerBillRipkencollector...

It's hard to tell from the scan, but they may be calling it a proof because one or more of the color steps is missing. Sometimes a card company producing the card may do this to check certain colors without have the distraction of looking at other colors. But most preproduction proofs are usually blank, so this may have just been a case of the color running out and some sheets got by.

Just a thought....Donato

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

Thank You I thought so too. Another collector said he has seen many of these Bill Ripkens missing color. If anyone has one I would be intereted in obtaining it or getting a scan. Thanks