FRONT ROW ALL-TIME GREATS SERIES
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Did anyone collect these besides me in the early 90's?
They came in five card sets with the first card signed by the player.
A new set came out about once a month. I bought them through a company called mail-order concepts.
These are the ones I have:
Front Row All-Time Greats Series
1. Ernie Banks
2. Al Barlick
3. Johnny Bench
4. Yogi Berra
5. Lou Boudreau
6. Lou Brock
7. Rod Carew
8. Bobby Doerr
9. Ray Dandridge
10. Rollie Fingers
11. Whitey Ford
12. George Foster
13. James Hunter
14. Monte Irvin
15. Al Kaline
16. George Kell
17. Ralph Kiner
18. Don Larson
19. Bob Lemon
20. Buck Leonard
21. Juan Marichal
22. Joe Morgan
23. Hal Newhouser
24. Jim Palmer
25. Tony Perez
26. Phil Rizzuto
27. Pee Wee Reese
28. Brooks Robinson
29. Frank Robinson
30. Red Schoendienst
31. Willie Stargell
32. Carl Yastrzemski
The following is an article I found off the internet:
Baseball card market should survive Mitchell report
By Babe Waxpak (Contact)
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Dear Babe: I have a set (No. 11 of 100) from Front Row’s All-Time Great Series that has five Hank Aaron cards. It is No. 10,235 of 25,000. I am not sure if these were ever issued to the public. David Roos, Jr., Atlanta
The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards from the editors of Sports Collectors Digest says that the original plan was to have 100 players each with a five-card set. The cards were issued between 1992 and 1995. The 100-player plan fizzled with just 39 former stars in the set when the run ended. The Standard Catalog lists the five-card Aaron set at $1, the most valuable in the run. Beckett’s Almanac of Baseball Cards says the set is worth $5 with individual cards worth a dollar each. In this day and age of Internet sales, methinks the $1 is more realistic. The real value is in the autographed cards. Each player signed 5,000 No. 1 cards. Those supposedly went to Front Row Collector’s Club members, according the Almanac. The two guides list the signed Aaron card at $40-$50, again the most valuable signed card of the 39 players in the set.
So according to this article I'm missing seven of them.
I think three of the ones I don't have are Aarron, Campanella and Seaver.
Does anyone know the rest?
Here are some scans of what they look like:
Thanks,
Tom
They came in five card sets with the first card signed by the player.
A new set came out about once a month. I bought them through a company called mail-order concepts.
These are the ones I have:
Front Row All-Time Greats Series
1. Ernie Banks
2. Al Barlick
3. Johnny Bench
4. Yogi Berra
5. Lou Boudreau
6. Lou Brock
7. Rod Carew
8. Bobby Doerr
9. Ray Dandridge
10. Rollie Fingers
11. Whitey Ford
12. George Foster
13. James Hunter
14. Monte Irvin
15. Al Kaline
16. George Kell
17. Ralph Kiner
18. Don Larson
19. Bob Lemon
20. Buck Leonard
21. Juan Marichal
22. Joe Morgan
23. Hal Newhouser
24. Jim Palmer
25. Tony Perez
26. Phil Rizzuto
27. Pee Wee Reese
28. Brooks Robinson
29. Frank Robinson
30. Red Schoendienst
31. Willie Stargell
32. Carl Yastrzemski
The following is an article I found off the internet:
Baseball card market should survive Mitchell report
By Babe Waxpak (Contact)
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Dear Babe: I have a set (No. 11 of 100) from Front Row’s All-Time Great Series that has five Hank Aaron cards. It is No. 10,235 of 25,000. I am not sure if these were ever issued to the public. David Roos, Jr., Atlanta
The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards from the editors of Sports Collectors Digest says that the original plan was to have 100 players each with a five-card set. The cards were issued between 1992 and 1995. The 100-player plan fizzled with just 39 former stars in the set when the run ended. The Standard Catalog lists the five-card Aaron set at $1, the most valuable in the run. Beckett’s Almanac of Baseball Cards says the set is worth $5 with individual cards worth a dollar each. In this day and age of Internet sales, methinks the $1 is more realistic. The real value is in the autographed cards. Each player signed 5,000 No. 1 cards. Those supposedly went to Front Row Collector’s Club members, according the Almanac. The two guides list the signed Aaron card at $40-$50, again the most valuable signed card of the 39 players in the set.
So according to this article I'm missing seven of them.
I think three of the ones I don't have are Aarron, Campanella and Seaver.
Does anyone know the rest?
Here are some scans of what they look like:
Thanks,
Tom
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