1998 Topps Stadium Club

halosfan

Is there any way to tell the different versions of the Triumvirate cards apart?

halosfan

Someone has to know how to tell these bloody things apart. Help a brother out. The Standard Catalog (2007) and the Beckett site were no help.

Stone193

Sorry guy...

I know nothink!!

samsgirl214

ramdomly inserted into hobby packs only at the rate of one in 24. this 15 cards hobby exclusive set features color photo of THREE outstanding teammates printed on die cut cards that combine to form one triumvirate. A parallel illuminscent set was also produced with an insertion rate of one in 96 packs. An illuminator version of the set was seeded at the rate of 1:192 packs

Allen

It is a refractor like finish. Look on ebay for examples.

bjork73

Here is what my '98 Illuminator looks like... quite an attractive card IMO, like a translucent die-cut refractor

From what the Beckett Plus sez, the Luminous are 1:48 retail packs, the Luminescent are 1:192 retail packs, and the Illuminators are 1:384 retail packs. I guess they could have been released in both hobby and retail, but I understood Beckett's listing as implying a retail-exclusive insert (the Hobby packs had stupid Co-Signers cards instead... poor Hobby packs ).

halosfan

Bjork ... nice card but that is a different year.

I just want to be able to get the flips right as PSA seems to be as confused with this issue as I am.

OK, here are a few scans -- all of these cards are not the same .... Which is which???

Stone193

OK, I'm sucked in!

This stuff is confusing! They "all" look different to me.

Here's one I found - I must have pulled it in some packs I bought - I didn't do the set - so I must have a handful of the cards somewhere?

Only thing I know for sure:

1. Retail only.
2. Total of 54 players - in 2 series.
3. There are three different versions: a. Luminous. b. Luminescent. c. Illuminator.
4. It appears that PSA has the flips wrong?

mike

Stone193

What's confusing is the fronts.

If the McGwire and Arod are Luminous - how come the McGwire's name isn't on the front?

My Ripken looks similar to the McGwire and the Arod except - the Ripken has silver lettering vs. gold for McGwire - that could be an American vs. National League thing?

Good luck on this one!

halosfan

Thanks Stone. At least I'm not crazy.

If any of you have any of these I'm sure they can find a home here.

Stone193

<< <i>Thanks Stone. At least I'm not crazy.

If any of you have any of these I'm sure they can find a home here. >>


Do you need the Ripken?

mike