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1989 Upper Deck

shayne54shayne54 Posts: 65 ✭
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I recently bought at case of 89 UD low numbers from Steve at BBCE. The plan is to open half the boxes and sit on the other half.

I remember this coming out when I was 14 years old. I never really opened any of it as it was more expensive and harder to find. Well, my first pack from my first box I opened produced a Griffey Jr! So far I have opened (6) boxes. The last box I opened yesterday yielded (5) Griffey Jrs!

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Just wanted to share with the board.
Shayne A Sherman

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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Five Jr's in one box! Man that must have been a rush.

    Good luck on the rest!
  • shayne54shayne54 Posts: 65 ✭
    The collation on this stuff is so all over the board. I think I got 15 Gary Carter's in the first 2 boxes. The box I opened yesterday with the 5 Griffeys was really strange too. I had opened 8 packs and seriously had 1 Nolan Ryan and about 100 commons of people I didn't even remember playing back then. It's weird, its kind of a boring set to be honest. There are so many cards in the set that I'm surprised the hotdog venders don't have their own cards.

    So far out of the 6 boxes I have 9 Griffey Jrs, 2 John Smoltz, 2 Randy Johnson (1 has a ding on the corner image ), and 1 Craig Biggio.
    Shayne A Sherman
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats! Last UD low box I opened yielded no Griffeys or Randy Johnsons. I did get two Griffey's in one pack once, so correlation seems to be pretty uneven with that issue.
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  • PMKAYPMKAY Posts: 1,372 ✭✭
    I once saw a guy get 873 Jose Cansecos in a box of 1988 Donruss (or was it some other year?)
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I once saw a guy get 873 Jose Cansecos in a box of 1988 Donruss (or was it some other year?) >>




    And put on the BBQ too! Man I miss those posts.

  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I once saw a guy get 873 Jose Cansecos in a box of 1988 Donruss (or was it some other year?) >>


    It was 1989s: Link

    Too bad the pics are gone now image
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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Didn't Jose go swimming too??
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Double Post!!
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    Getting an 89 UD Griffey is on my collecting to-do list.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Didn't Jose go swimming too?? >>




    Can't recall if he did but many others took a dip. In the pool and in the tub.

    A few weren't as lucky and only got beer and cigarette ash on them.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Getting an 89 UD Griffey is on my collecting to-do list. >>




    If you are okay with one that is off centered to the left I have an extra you can have.
  • milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭✭
    Yep the collation was horrible. In 1989, I opened my first box and got 22 Don Aase cards. The second box yielded 18 more. image

    If it was only Griffey................

    Robert
    ebay seller name milbroco
    email bcmiller7@comcast.net
  • DodgerfanjohnDodgerfanjohn Posts: 491 ✭✭✭
    I get the rush of opening a pack, but psa9 griffey Jrs run under $50 on eBay, 9's of RJ go around $10-15, and 9's of Biggio and smolts go under $10.
  • skrezyna23skrezyna23 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭
    I opened ten boxes of mixed high/low 89 UD last month. and if I remember correctly:

    6 Griffey Jr
    9 Johnson
    8 Sheffield
    8 Smoltz
    3 Biggio
    My Don sets / Donnie / Buehrle / Korean
  • DniceDnice Posts: 848
    89 Griffeys are a must have for anyone collection who collects baseball cards IMO. It's an important card in the hobby. Probably the most important and recognizable card in the last 25 years. I purchased a 10 from Mike a couple of years ago but sold it a few months later for another purchase but I recently picked up another from Matt. The card is finally starting to go up in past the $300 range on every sale these days which is amazing for that card since there are a million out there which keeps the price very affordable for most collectors. I would say that it will get up to the $400 range once he enters next year.
  • LargentcollectorLargentcollector Posts: 760 ✭✭✭


    << <i>89 Griffeys are a must have for anyone collection who collects baseball cards IMO. It's an important card in the hobby. Probably the most important and recognizable card in the last 25 years. I purchased a 10 from Mike a couple of years ago but sold it a few months later for another purchase but I recently picked up another from Matt. The card is finally starting to go up in past the $300 range on every sale these days which is amazing for that card since there are a million out there which keeps the price very affordable for most collectors. I would say that it will get up to the $400 range once he enters next year. >>



    Not worth as much but I would consider 89 Hoops Robinson just as important, for basketball cards.

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    Tim
  • PMKAYPMKAY Posts: 1,372 ✭✭


    << <i>89 Griffeys are a must have for anyone collection who collects baseball cards IMO. It's an important card in the hobby. Probably the most important and recognizable card in the last 25 years. I purchased a 10 from Mike a couple of years ago but sold it a few months later for another purchase but I recently picked up another from Matt. The card is finally starting to go up in past the $300 range on every sale these days which is amazing for that card since there are a million out there which keeps the price very affordable for most collectors. I would say that it will get up to the $400 range once he enters next year. >>



    $300 for raw?
  • DniceDnice Posts: 848
    I certainly remember that Robinson card. That was also a big one. I wasn't into basketball cards but i recognized the significance of the Robinson card when I was a kid. I remember it being super hot.

    And no, not $300 raw lol. For a PSA 10
  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,449 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>89 Griffeys are a must have for anyone collection who collects baseball cards IMO. It's an important card in the hobby. Probably the most important and recognizable card in the last 25 years. I purchased a 10 from Mike a couple of years ago but sold it a few months later for another purchase but I recently picked up another from Matt. The card is finally starting to go up in past the $300 range on every sale these days which is amazing for that card since there are a million out there which keeps the price very affordable for most collectors. I would say that it will get up to the $400 range once he enters next year. >>



    $300 for raw? >>



    No, in a PSA 10
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  • PMKAYPMKAY Posts: 1,372 ✭✭


    << <i>I certainly remember that Robinson card. That was also a big one. I wasn't into basketball cards but i recognized the significance of the Robinson card when I was a kid. I remember it being super hot.

    And no, not $300 raw lol. For a PSA 10 >>



    That's what I figured but when you said there were a million out there...
  • Lothar52Lothar52 Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭
    Whats up milbroco!! Bob been a long time brother!! This set is classic..and I spent way too much collecting it in its heyday lol

    Loth
  • ElToroLocoElToroLoco Posts: 914 ✭
    I believe I have opened about 7 boxes since 1989 and still have yet to pull a Ken Griffey Jr.
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Didn't they let the presses run on full sheets of just the Griffey? Or is that urban legend?
  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,154 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Didn't they let the presses run on full sheets of just the Griffey? Or is that urban legend? >>


    No, that's true. They gave the cards as bonuses to employees.
  • Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
    "All told, according to company sources, Upper Deck produced 125,000 cases of baseball cards in 1989. In addition to the 65,000 cases of low-series baseball cards produced in cases, Upper Deck issued high series cards in August numbered 700-800 as well as cards already sorted in to sets and singles."

    Card Sharks How Upper Deck Turned A Child's Hobby Into A High-Stakes Billion Dollar Business, Pete Williams, Page 131
  • shayne54shayne54 Posts: 65 ✭


    << <i>I believe I have opened about 7 boxes since 1989 and still have yet to pull a Ken Griffey Jr. >>



    Man that sucks, out of the 6 boxes I opened only 1 didn't have a Griffey. That last one with (5) in it was quite the rush.
    Shayne A Sherman
  • milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭✭
    Hey Ryan. Yes its been a while. I shot you a pm.

    Unfortunately, I did not spend a lot on this product. I bought the two boxes which yielded 40 Don Aase cards and packs that would total another box. I only got 1 Griffey. image
    ebay seller name milbroco
    email bcmiller7@comcast.net
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This thread made me go look at completed listings on ebay. I couldn't believe it. The demand for this card is shocking. I know it's an iconic card but there's just so many of them. The PSA 9's sell for ~$50 and there's 20,000 of them. That has to be the highest price point for any card with a pop of 20,000. Actually, it might be the only card with a pop of 20,000.

    Personally, I've always liked the Donruss and Fleer cards more aesthetically but I'm very clearly in the minority.
  • saucywombatsaucywombat Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Didn't they let the presses run on full sheets of just the Griffey? Or is that urban legend? >>



    Cards 1-100 in 1989 Upper Deck all can be found with the following variation - either "TM" or the enclosed "c" copyright symbol to the right of the team or rookie logo on the front of the card.

    For 99 of those cards the "c" is by far the more scarce variation by 15 or 20 to 1 ratio.

    With the Griffey the "c"'s appear abundantly and the ratio probably falls to 5 to 3 ratio from 20 to 1. I would say that Upper Deck was producing Griffey's with the "c" in vast quantities to have that type of effect of population relative to the other cards.
    Always looking for 1993-1999 Baseball Finest Refractors and1994 Football Finest Refractors.
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  • shayne54shayne54 Posts: 65 ✭
    I opened 2 more boxes last night. First box I got (5) more Griffeys! Second box yielded 1 that was centered about 90/10 lol. So far out of the 8 boxes I have opened I have pulled 15 Griffeys. Not to shabby.
    Shayne A Sherman
  • totallyraddtotallyradd Posts: 941 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I once saw a guy get 873 Jose Cansecos in a box of 1988 Donruss (or was it some other year?) >>



    Perhaps the greatest thread I'd ever seen on this board. I cried with laughter every time I went to that thread.
  • totallyraddtotallyradd Posts: 941 ✭✭✭✭
    Back to the Griffey's though, a few years ago I bought a lot of 18 rookies for around 20 a card, kept the ones I thought would grade well (five cards), and resold the rest as a lot for 20 a card.

    Getting those as a 10 is pretty tough because not only is the centering not the best, but the hologram on the back needs to be perfect to. The combination of both makes it difficult. Of the 5 I sent in, they came back as followed, I still dunno how I let that 3 happen.

    7 1 21658580 VERY GOOD 3 1989 Upper Deck 1 Ken Griffey Jr. Star Rookie Card
    7 2 21658581 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1989 Upper Deck 1 Ken Griffey Jr. Star Rookie Card
    7 3 21658582 MINT 9 1989 Upper Deck 1 Ken Griffey Jr. Star Rookie Card
    7 4 21658583 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1989 Upper Deck 1 Ken Griffey Jr. Star Rookie Card
    7 5 21658584 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1989 Upper Deck 1 Ken Griffey Jr. Star Rookie Card
    7 6 21658585 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1989 Upper Deck 1 Ken Griffey Jr. Star Rookie
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