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Cool 91 Desert Shield Lot

MyDaughtersNameIsMattinglyMyDaughtersNameIsMattingly Posts: 541 ✭✭✭
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I worder how much this one will go for .99 to $500+ in like ten minutes

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  • MyDaughtersNameIsMattinglyMyDaughtersNameIsMattingly Posts: 541 ✭✭✭
    make that $1000+ in 10 minutes.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    $1,025 now!
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did you happen to see what the Buy It Now price was?
  • MyDaughtersNameIsMattinglyMyDaughtersNameIsMattingly Posts: 541 ✭✭✭
    I don't think there was a BIN...if there was I missed it

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Buy It Now price is no longer available since bidding has started.

    Current bid: US $1,050.00
    Shipping: US $99.99 -- Expedited Shipping (USPS Priority Mail).
    Item number: 170792464341


    I was just wanting to see if it was like 10k plus or something. I know these go for big money in PSA 10.

  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭✭✭
    why do these go for so much money?
    What I Collect:

    PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


    PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


    PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My understanding is they sent these over to the Persian Gulf for the troops and were very limited in production.

    I am sure someone else has a better more thorough explanation.
  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323
    They were shipped over seas to out troops for the most part I believe by Topps as a "thank you" gift. A very rare set, im not sure of the print run numbers but have always been a favorite with collectors.
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PSA article
  • MyDaughtersNameIsMattinglyMyDaughtersNameIsMattingly Posts: 541 ✭✭✭


    << <i> A very rare set, im not sure of the print run numbers but have always been a favorite with collectors. >>



    I've always wondered the exact print run. I've read that they produced 6300 to 6800 sets.

  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    The cards are identical to the 1991 Topps regular issue, but have a gold shield overlayed on them. Topps shipped some cases over to the troops in the first Gulf War. Trust me, we threw many of them in fire pits and brought some of them home in terrible condition. The war was over so fast, that many cases never were shipped over. I have a friend who drove to NC (to a big card show) and bought several of the wax boxes. The rough estimate of complete sets is somewhere in the neighborhood of 6000 sets. Of course if this is a good number, there is no way that many sets will ever be put together. I own two wax boxes, three raw sets and need just a few cards to complete my graded set in all PSA 9 or better. It has taken me over 5 years to get where I am currently. If you want the set in lower grade, it can be easily be put together quickly and cheap. There are some who think that error cards exist in the set, but I have never seen one in person (put side by side of two DS cards). Topps put the shield on after the cards had be printed. The checklist do not have the shield on them, hence the number of PSA 10s out there.

    I know the seller of these cards. He put the set together and retired it. He is a great person to deal with.

    Several months ago, PSA had a personal friend of mine write an article for the PSA monthly magazine. It is a great read and explains the set in greater detail.

    This is just a short explaination of the set. If you have any other questions, please do not heistate to pm me.

    James
    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    I've always loved this set... even opened a couple packs about six years ago. Way too expensive for me to tackle. I love the history of these cards, and what they mean. What makes these even more rare than their limited print run is the amount of cards that were just thrown away by soldiers who didn't give two craps about baseball cards.

    They are heavily counterfeited, and packs are impossible to identify without opening them, as they are not marked on the outside at all.
  • ToroToro Posts: 1,515
    Steve purchased a few boxes and individually labeled the packs as the Desert Shield version. They sold out pretty quickly. A great set and one heck of auction.
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
    might as well turn this into a showoff thread image

    image

    Dodgers collection scans | Brett Butler registry | 1978 Dodgers - straight 9s, homie
  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323
    Would I be wrong in saying a PSA 10 set could command $250,000.00 (yes 250k)
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a great lot!

    Wow - I was in Saudi/Desert Storm - can't believe it was 20 yrs ago.
    Mike
  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323


    << <i>

    Wow - I was in Saudi/Desert Storm - can't believe it was 20 yrs ago. >>



    Thank You
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Thanks for your service guys!

    Wow ... there are more of these cards graded than I thought.

    Total Graded - 31,200

    PSA 10s - 3,820

    PSA 9s - 13,113
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>Would I be wrong in saying a PSA 10 set could command $250,000.00 (yes 250k) >>


    Mr. Buffett ... who knows what that set would go for. There are 792 cards in the set and to date there are 57 cards that are not graded higher than "9".
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323


    << <i>

    << <i>Would I be wrong in saying a PSA 10 set could command $250,000.00 (yes 250k) >>


    Mr. Buffett ... who knows what that set would go for. There are 792 cards in the set and to date there are 57 cards that are not graded higher than "9". >>



    I was looking on eBay and common PSA 10's bring 300.00 easy. Just at 300 a card thats $237,600.00 == I think that might rate in the top 5 sets ever compiled (if it ever happens).
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    This is a fantastic lot. If I had the money, I'd pursue it even though I'm not an active collector any more.
  • Sean1125Sean1125 Posts: 3,479
    2.25k with 9 days left.

    Wow.
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    The Aug '07 issue of Tuff Stuff had an article about all the sets produced in the '90s. Basically said all were crap as far as collector value is concerned with notable 5 exceptions.

    '93 Pinnacle Cooperstown Dufex
    '91 Topps Desert Shield
    '93 Topps Finest Refractors
    '95 Leaf Signature Autographs
    '96 Select Certified Mirror Gold
  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323
    "The checklist do not have the shield on them, hence the number of PSA 10s out there."

    How do you determine the DS checklist from the regular ones them?


    link
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323


    << <i>The Aug '07 issue of Tuff Stuff had an article about all the sets produced in the '90s. Basically said all were crap as far as collector value is concerned with notable 5 exceptions.

    '93 Pinnacle Cooperstown Dufex
    '91 Topps Desert Shield
    '93 Topps Finest Refractors
    '95 Leaf Signature Autographs
    '96 Select Certified Mirror Gold >>



    I agree with all of of them as iconic sets of the 90's but one. 1993 Pinnacle Cooperstown Dufex does not belong on that list. 1995 Bowmans Best refractors was a way more important set that the Pinnacle set. JMHO
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    I have a checklist from this set that I never sent in for grading because I assumed there was no way to tell it was DS. I'll have to dig that thing up.
  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323


    << <i>I have a checklist from this set that I never sent in for grading because I assumed there was no way to tell it was DS. I'll have to dig that thing up. >>



    Grasshopper...thats the question. How do we tell. We need a Great One to inform us of your shortcomings. Those checklists look like basic checklists to me.
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    There is no difference between the Desert Shield and the regular issued Checklist. Topps didn't put the shield on the checklist; they just inserted them into the DS packs.

    TNP777 that is an amazing Brett Butler, thanks for sharing!!!

    Here is one of my favorites from my set

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    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    Obviously that's one of my favorite cards from the set too, but another one I'll never be able to afford.
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