More poppage, autographed 89 UD Griffey RC...

digicat

I've had this card since I was a kid. In 1990, Griffey Jr and his dad were doing a show at the local Howard Johnson. The folks putting on the show had a stack of several hundred 89 UD Griffey's that they were blowing out at $7 each. I brought my own, money for an autograph ticket, and an extra $60 that I was bent on using to buy 2 boxes of 1990 Upper Deck (sigh). Well, I got my Giff auto'ed and shook his hand, then went into the card show and found a few boxes of 90 UD for $20 each. I used the extra $20 to pick up some loose cards here and there.

Jr's auto has gotten a lot prettier over time. In 1990, it looked like this.



Well, the Giff has been sitting in my collection for all these years, and for some reason, I decided to go ahead and pack it up with my last minute August special submission and get it graded/authenticated.

Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type Country
1 1 14014664 MINT 9 1989 UPPER DECK 1 KEN GRIFFEY JR. PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card US
Total Items: 1
Date Received: 8/26/2008
Date Shipped: N/A
Order Status: OK

The 9's a good grade for it. I didn't think it'd pull a 10. I was more worried about Griffey's sloppy auto being rejected as a fake.

DES1984

That's a cool card. Congrats on the card.

julen23

cool card.

sorry giants are so bad this year, zito doesn't look right in a giant's uniform & i miss the hell out of benito santiago.

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DrJ

Congrats on the grade. It is a shame Griffey auto's are so tough to come by these days outside of UD product.

bdunndchi

Cool card. I have one too, minus the auto

lawnmowerman

That was always one of my favorite baseball cards.


Nice grade too!

mickeymantle24

Nice Card Man!

digicat

Theis was THE card to have when I first got into the hobby in 1989. It also looked a lot better than his other rookies, so I figured I'd get it signed when I went to the show. I think they charged $15 per item you wanted signed.

I pulled the Griffey from a pack in 1989 too.




<< <i>sorry giants are so bad this year, zito doesn't look right in a giant's uniform & i miss the hell out of benito santiago. >>



Benito was awesome, even though he was juicing. I can't listen to Zito games, too much pain. The "Youth Movement" is exciting though. I hope it works!

Stone193

Nice card!

I think this is one of the times where the authentication used common sense - if it looks close to his sig - it's gonna get the benefit of the doubt - they figure - who would fake an auto on a card that's in that kind of shape?

I have a bat with his sig and it's also very sloppy - it's never been authenticated - a friend got it in person - would be funny if they said it was fake!

Superb - thanx for sharing. I always enjoy your stuff.
mike

digicat

The slabbed card came today: