1989 Upper Deck B & W Blank Backed Proofs + Other Oddities, Join In!

itzagoner

i have about 75 different examples of these cards from the first Upper Deck baseball set (sorry, no Griffey Jr. or RJ ), and i've never seen them discussed here before, so i thought i'd put up a few pics and call it a "Share Day".......i've seen some graded for sale on eBay, i think by ASA, but i know that PSA won't grade them, at least i don't see any in the Pop Report.....the cards are shiny/glossy with perfectly blank milky white backs and rank pretty high up on my Cool Factor scale for stuff that's just fun to look at.....if anyone has some of these, please post them here or share any information you might have about them....hoping someone out there has a Griffey, i'd love to see it.....thanks everyone for taking a peek and i'll post a few more later on if there's some interest.

enjoy.

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

Cool cards- Only B/W card I have is a 1989 FF but they're all fake.



Not a B/W but I have this overprint/printers scrap. Front is Hrbek Back is Bill Ripken/Sheffield-

itzagoner

that's a busy card.

TNP777

I have a coupla them busy cards myself

brumbach

Cool B/W's, never seen one of those before. All I have is a busy one and some missing or funky holograms:

alnavman

This isn't from upper deck but I have a few blank back 1986 topps jumbo cards...here's one of them.....

jacksoncoupage

<< <i>i have about 75 different examples of these cards from the first Upper Deck baseball set (sorry, no Griffey Jr. or RJ ), and i've never seen them discussed here before, so i thought i'd put up a few pics and call it a "Share Day".......i've seen some graded for sale on eBay, i think by ASA, but i know that PSA won't grade them, at least i don't see any in the Pop Report.....the cards are shiny/glossy with perfectly blank milky white backs and rank pretty high up on my Cool Factor scale for stuff that's just fun to look at.....if anyone has some of these, please post them here or share any information you might have about them....hoping someone out there has a Griffey, i'd love to see it.....thanks everyone for taking a peek and i'll post a few more later on if there's some interest.

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Great-looking cards. One factor that worries me about them being blank-backed (I assume there isn't a hologram?) is that stuff like this could have easily been counterfeited back then, and unfortunately with the Upper Deck frenzy that followed this set's release, many oddities probably were (erasing, anyone?). Or they could be printer's waste, ink test type things that weren't meant to leave the factory (this would be my guess), that were professionally cut. I have purchased 1990 Topps cards like this in the past.

Again, they are great-looking cards and if you happen to have a Fernando Valenzuela, Kirk Gibson, Steve Sax or Jose Canseco (#659) that you want to get rid of, feel free to PM me.

Robb

Happen to have Oil Can Boyd?

itzagoner

jackson, i believe you are correct, just test types that were nicely cut and somehow snuck out the door.....as for yours and Robb's requests, i'm sorry i don't have those, but give me a few minutes to post another group and thanks to those who have jumped in so far.

itzagoner

ok, here's another group.....

jackmac85

I have the griffey double print. i have it certified by gai. only one in history i know of

jackmac85

send me your email, and i ll show you pics of it. the file is too big for on here and won;t let me load it up

jasoneggert

billwaltonsbeard

What year did Upper Deck stop printing those 89 Griffeys?

cwazzy

<< <i>What year did Upper Deck stop printing those 89 Griffeys? >>



You mean they actually stopped?

jackmac85

i resized it, here it is

pato1516

<< <i>i resized it, here it is >>



Looks like you went a bit too small