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88-89 Fleer Basketball: Grade Opinions Please

vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭
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So I was at my folks house this weekend and was telling them I got back into cards, when my mom tells me there's an armoir in the garage full of cards, and she'd like them gone. My dad says they're his, but I know exactly what he has, since I helped him acquire most of it, and outside of a couple sets and some unopened, his collection fits in a cigar box, not an armoir. NO. Most certainly this was some of the random stuff I've been looking for at my home but unable to find.

Sure enough...it was. Lots of 89 UD...3 Factory Sets (cool) and about 4 wax boxes of commons (not so cool). A 3200ct box of 87 Donruss, which I can't wait to go through because though I pulled Bonds, Clark, Bo, McGwire, Canseco, Larkin, Sierra, even Palmiero and Bonilla...I never pulled Maddox, so I feel there's at least a handful hidden in that box. I also found an 800ct box of 81-85 Donruss, with puzzle pieces every 15 cards or so, so I'm pretty sure these are from "Rookie Hunts", so most if not all rookies will be missing, but many HOFers should still be there, because I typically didn't pull them, I'd rip and store for future sorting. Same story on an 800ct box of Topps 79-86.

I still have much to go through, but I found the one thing I'd been looking for...my set of 88-89 Fleer Basketball. Previously, I had only found my box of doubles, and it was irking me to no end, cuz I KNEW I had hand sorted a set.

Well the set was in a binder in sheets, and as I flipped through, I realized most of the key cards were well centered and sharp.

Pippen and Rodman were a bit O/C, but the rest were quite solid and I would appreciate opinions on whether or not any of these might 10.

The Bird sticker is currently a Pop 1. Could this make it 2, or should I put down the pipe?

Opinions appreciated.

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If I find anything of note while going through the rest I'll share.
52-90 All Sports, Mostly Topps, Mostly HOF, and some assorted wax.

Comments

  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭
    I'll give Bird a 9 at best due to T/B centering. All of the others look great. Nice find.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Great cards....send them em to get graded! If you aren't a member, you can piggyback with me!
  • RaulsmasterRaulsmaster Posts: 663 ✭✭
    Reggie looks real good. Stockton probably 10's, Jordan's maybe 9 and the Bird would be 9 tops. All this said, it's tough to see the edges and surface obviously
    It never leaves you...
  • UnwoundSageUnwoundSage Posts: 496
    If the edges and corners are all good, I would sub all the ones you have shown.
  • burke23burke23 Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭
    Pics are too small to tell except for centering. Snow/Print dots are the killers. Bird and MJ AS centering would seem to keep them out of a 10 slab.
    Looking for rare Randy Moss rookies and autos, as well as '97 PMG Red Football cards for my set.
  • vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Pics are too small to tell except for centering. Snow/Print dots are the killers. Bird and MJ AS centering would seem to keep them out of a 10 slab. >>



    No snow on any. Stockton is super clean. Small print dot to left of M in Michael. Small print dot above Reggie's head (color registration in name appears off too). Print dots clearly keep em out of a 10, but can they still 9?

    Help me on the sticker....L/R centering looks good. T/B is in question. However, every sticker I have from this year seems to have the same T/B centering, but the L/R is way outta whack on large majority. The red, white and blue stripes on the bottom, seem pretty close to same size, albeit the blue just a touch shorter than red and white, but they all have the thick top blue border...so I guess my question is, is it really OC T/B? Could it still withstand tolerance?

    Thanks guys. Feedback helps so much.

    Jim
    52-90 All Sports, Mostly Topps, Mostly HOF, and some assorted wax.
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
    All of those came from the same pack, right?
    My cards on COMC
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    All of those came from the same pack, right?

    My google calendar says we're about 2 months away from a mmync thread bump. I don't know if I can hold out that long.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>All of those came from the same pack, right?

    My google calendar says we're about 2 months away from a mmync thread bump. I don't know if I can hold out that long. >>



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  • vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭


    << <i>All of those came from the same pack, right? >>



    Indeed. Pack of my life. Fleer sequencing gods smiled on me. LOL

    That was a funny thread and I felt bad for the guy trying to slip a Jordan into a pack rip story, thinking no one would notice.

    However, I do believe many of the cards I used to build this set, came from the same case we had at the shop.
    52-90 All Sports, Mostly Topps, Mostly HOF, and some assorted wax.
  • UnwoundSageUnwoundSage Posts: 496


    << <i>

    << <i>All of those came from the same pack, right? >>



    Indeed. Pack of my life. Fleer sequencing gods smiled on me. LOL

    That was a funny thread and I felt bad for the guy trying to slip a Jordan into a pack rip story, thinking no one would notice.

    However, I do believe many of the cards I used to build this set, came from the same case we had at the shop. >>




    Ummm.....yeah
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭


    << <i>
    Help me on the sticker....L/R centering looks good so I guess my question is, is it really OC T/B? Could it still withstand tolerance? >>



    Not for a 10. Could pull a straight 9.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
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