1989-1994 OPC splurge.....
CDsNuts
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I just bought out a few ebay dealers of their unopened OPC stuff. These things are impossible to find, so when a deal came along I jumped all over it. I'm definitely going to be ripping some of it, but I just wanted to share some of the cool stuff I was able to pick up:
1986 Stickers box (x2)- OPC sticker boxes rarely show up and are fairly high in demand for what they are.
1988 Stickers box (x4)
1989 wax box (x2)- The Randy Johnson RC is by far his hardest issue in terms of quantity and condition. If I had to guestimate, I'd say the OPC print run in 1989-1991 was about 5% of Topps.
1991 set (x3)- Cool condition-sensitive set with Chipper's RC.
1992 wax case- This had by far the highest production run of all 90s OPC, but still was almost nothing compared to what Topps flooded the market with.
1993 vending box (x11)- 1993 was a fun year because OPC decided to create a design rather than just go with Topps'. The result is one of the best card designs in that era. They also decided on cutting the sheets with some type of sharpened blade instead of letting 90 year olds cut them with rusty scissors during an earthquake. I really like this set.
1994 wax box (x5)- This was the last OPC baseball issue, and it seemed like they were desperate- there were insert sets and redemption cards seeded at one per pack, and the design was a poor attempt at being modern with their whole marketing campaign being "borderless". I think the print run for this set was really really low, and they decided to get out of baseball for good after its release. Chipping on the edges was ridiculous- one of the most condition sensitive issues I've ever seen.
1994 set (x6)
If you look at the PSA pops, you'll find just about every star card has a PSA 10 pop of 1 or less. It's really insane to me that there's not more of a demand for this stuff because it's the only true rarity in an era of mass overproduction. I think as the player registries start to get more specialized, people are going to be looking to break this stuff for gradeable cards. I would imagine some will come out of the woodwork then, but I really don't think there's a lot of it around.
I think I'm going to sell some of it off and keep the rest. If anybody has been looking for any of the things I've bought, I'd be happy to give them first crack.
Lee
1986 Stickers box (x2)- OPC sticker boxes rarely show up and are fairly high in demand for what they are.
1988 Stickers box (x4)
1989 wax box (x2)- The Randy Johnson RC is by far his hardest issue in terms of quantity and condition. If I had to guestimate, I'd say the OPC print run in 1989-1991 was about 5% of Topps.
1991 set (x3)- Cool condition-sensitive set with Chipper's RC.
1992 wax case- This had by far the highest production run of all 90s OPC, but still was almost nothing compared to what Topps flooded the market with.
1993 vending box (x11)- 1993 was a fun year because OPC decided to create a design rather than just go with Topps'. The result is one of the best card designs in that era. They also decided on cutting the sheets with some type of sharpened blade instead of letting 90 year olds cut them with rusty scissors during an earthquake. I really like this set.
1994 wax box (x5)- This was the last OPC baseball issue, and it seemed like they were desperate- there were insert sets and redemption cards seeded at one per pack, and the design was a poor attempt at being modern with their whole marketing campaign being "borderless". I think the print run for this set was really really low, and they decided to get out of baseball for good after its release. Chipping on the edges was ridiculous- one of the most condition sensitive issues I've ever seen.
1994 set (x6)
If you look at the PSA pops, you'll find just about every star card has a PSA 10 pop of 1 or less. It's really insane to me that there's not more of a demand for this stuff because it's the only true rarity in an era of mass overproduction. I think as the player registries start to get more specialized, people are going to be looking to break this stuff for gradeable cards. I would imagine some will come out of the woodwork then, but I really don't think there's a lot of it around.
I think I'm going to sell some of it off and keep the rest. If anybody has been looking for any of the things I've bought, I'd be happy to give them first crack.
Lee
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Thanks again for '92's.
Arthur
Right now he has a box of 82, 85, and 86 for sale in his ebay store. link
If you decide to rip some and have singles available to sell, you know who's got wantlists
* C. PASCUAL BASIC #3
* T. PEREZ BASIC #4 100%
* L. TIANT BASIC #1
* DRYSDALE BASIC #4 100%
* MAGIC MASTER #4/BASIC #3
* PALMEIRO MASTER/BASIC #1
* '65 DISNEYLAND #2
* '78 ELVIS PRESLEY #6
* '78 THREE'S COMPANY #1
WaltDisneyBoards
CINCINNATI REDS
1976 - 1991 - Topps PSA 10
1983 & 1985 Fleer PSA 10
1985 Donruss PSA 10
Blue Ink Signed Topps Cards
Game-Used Bats/Jerseys
OPC PSA 10
MC & OC Cards
OTHER:
Eric Davis Anything
Votto, Willingham, Cantu, Doumit, Gomes
Baron Davis Game Used Jersey
We had a few K-Mart's here in MD that never carried OPC products from what I can remember. In fact, I didstinctly remember a time in late 1993 when the '93 OPC set had all up arrows in Beckett, so I went to every local store that carried cards to look for them with no success. I don't think I ever even saw a '94 OPC box until my recent spending spree. Maybe it was a northern US thing?
Lee
<< <i>Lee if you want to go a little older I just bought some opc singles from a guy in canada who had some 80s boxes listed, I would give him a good reference. >>
DA cards world has the 85 boxes for about 10 bucks cheaper - I bought one a few months back and it was pretty nice.
Lee
Please let me know-
marc.schoenen@ge.com
i just picked up an 86t opc box. curious to see how these are compared to normal 86s. will post scans if any are worthy. thanks for giving me the itch....LOL
btw, still nothing on the subs.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
<< <i>Did OPC, not counting Premier, make some sets with their own design and not just use the same as Topps?? What years where these?? >>
Lee mentioned in his original post that the two years for which the OPC design was unique were 1993 and 1994.
Also, most of the OPC sets had unique cards that weren't available in their Topps counterparts. Examples would be the 1992 Gary Carter Tribute set, 1982 Ozzie Smith on the Cardinals, and 1988 Delino DeShields RC. I was always hoping that DeShields would be great because this was his only card for 2 years and thought it could be valuable if he turned out to be a Rickey Henderson type player.
Lee
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Geordie
Dodgers collection scans | Brett Butler registry | 1978 Dodgers - straight 9s, homie
Lee
Thanks - Andrew