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CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
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Congratulate me dammit.

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  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations, Lee. That's one great looking card!
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    Attractive!
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  • ElemenopeoElemenopeo Posts: 2,577 ✭✭

    Nice one. Congrats!
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    FAKE
  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭
    What set is that from? Doesn't ring a bell.
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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Thanks for letting me know Allen. I ripped it up and threw it away.

    But seriously, do you have any idea how many 1992 Donruss boxes I ripped to try and get one of these? Not only did I never pull a Ripken, but I didn't pull any of the Elite cards. I think I might try and put a set together now. Same thing with 1991 and the Sandberg auto.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Vito- 1992 Donruss Elite. One Elite card was inserted per 20-box case, and I think there were like 20 cards in the Elite set. Ripken is the only signed card.
  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Thanks for letting me know Allen. I ripped it up and threw it away.

    But seriously, do you have any idea how many 1992 Donruss boxes I ripped to try and get one of these? Not only did I never pull a Ripken, but I didn't pull any of the Elite cards. I think I might try and put a set together now. Same thing with 1991 and the Sandberg auto. >>



    I used to have four 5000 count boxes of that stuff sitting around...and I never pulled an Elite insert either...
  • GuruGuru Posts: 3,127
    That's an awesome card and one to hold on to. Do you have the Sandberg you spoke of?
  • ripkenintheminorsripkenintheminors Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭
    Considering the standards of today it's amazing to think that Cal signed 5,000 copies of that card.

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  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    I pulled the Will Clark Elite in a box my dad got me at Big & Small lots. I was so happy to get that card.
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    PSA 6 Chaz
  • 70chip70chip Posts: 797
    Lee, that is my favorite Ripken card, hands down. I tried and tried to pull one but resorted to ebay to finally get a couple Ripken's. I did pull a Rickey Henderson Legends Series while popping those packs in 92 and I remember freaking out because it was such a rare pull and the card was beautiful.....ahh the good ole days. Nice pickup and great price.
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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    No, don't have the Sandberg yet. There's one on ebay listed at $160, but the going price is $110-$125. I offered $135 so we'll se if he accepts. When I was a kid, the neighborhood convenience store was a Wawa and I used to go in there daily to see if they got any new boxes of anything in. In 1991, one of the neighborhood kids bought one pack and pulled the Sandberg auto- that was the news of the neighborhood for like 6 months.
  • prscott933prscott933 Posts: 1,976
    NICE card!
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  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547
    Congrats!!!

    DNA that bad boy, and you might wana use the blue label they use when doing auto grade only, it will match the color of the card and look great together.

    Giovanni
  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Congrats!!!

    DNA that bad boy, and you might wana use the blue label they use when doing auto grade only, it will match the color of the card and look great together.

    Giovanni >>



    Someone's still smarting from the 4 they put on his red flip...
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    That's awesome Lee, definitely a dream card for any early '90s collector. The only card I ever pulled from that set was the Gary Sheffield.

    I promptly unloaded it at the hieght of his popularity in the middle '90s.

    I've eBayed a few Thomas' over the year though.
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  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    Very nice. The Will Clark is from 1993 and is absolutely plagued by fading autographs. Your Cal looks really strong. I have no idea what the other players sell for, but I know the Wills are a lot cheaper now than they were 15 years ago...

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  • and5zacand5zac Posts: 492
    Congratulations DAMMIT !




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  • chaz43chaz43 Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭


    << <i>image

    Congratulate me dammit. >>






    PSA 10. chaz
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>image

    Congratulate me dammit. >>



    PSA 10. chaz >>



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    Who is this and what have you done with chaz?!?!
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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,253 ✭✭✭
    Good stuff...good stuff...image
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Nice item Lee.


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  • 8irvin88irvin8 Posts: 173 ✭
    Very nice Lee
  • MajorDanbyMajorDanby Posts: 1,343
    lee...i empathize with your struggles. I opened tons of 91 and 92 donruss packs as a kid to try to get an elite insert. to get an auto elite must be orgasmic.

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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Yeah Danby, it must've been like hitting the lotto back then. Nowadays you can pull a $200 card and lose money on the box.

    On the plus side, I have a ton of Dave Nilsson and Ruben Amaro Jr. rookies so I might get some money back if they ever pan out.
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,756 ✭✭✭
    nice pull


    Thanks,

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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Sorry, I guess it's confusing to read my posts, but I didn't pull this card from a pack. I got it the old fashioned way- by overbidding on ebay.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Are you going to drill through it?

    Steve


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    Good for you.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Maybe, I haven't decided yet. I actually might drill a hole through all my cards, that way if any of them get stolen I'll know they're mine.
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    I remember a local card shop owner that used a metal detector to scan the boxes for these cards. He would buy a case from Sams Club and then take them back if he didnt get a hit. Not even sure if it worked but I wrote a letter to Beckett questioning them about the technique. The cards mysteriously disappeared from the price guide in the same issue that my question appeared.
  • TNTonPMSTNTonPMS Posts: 2,279 ✭✭
    Wow, that blows my mind that, that card had been sittin in that exact spot all of those years just begging to be pick and it finally was .

    The best part about it is that it went to a fan of the player .

    Congrats on that , Would have like to have seen your face as you noticed what it was image
  • joeknowscardsjoeknowscards Posts: 49
    Nice one Lee. Should grade high.

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  • diamondmandiamondman Posts: 2,020
    Lee, very nice pickup , have that sucker slabbed . I think I ripped a case in 91 & 92 and got a nolan ryan & a tony Gwynn not autographed but pulling those cards were like hitting the Lotto back in the day. Enjoy the card and keep Chaz away from it LOL.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Let's keep bumping this thread up for a year long celebration like that guy with the 1956 Mantle keeps doing.
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
    Lee, have you flipped it yet for a PSA 10 copy of one of the "11s" in the 86 Fleer set?
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  • cohocorpcohocorp Posts: 1,371 ✭✭
    congrats. nice card.
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  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭
    Beautiful sig ( a 10 if I've ever seen one) .... and a great looking card!

    Congrats Lee .... No such thing as overspending on a gem like that image

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,982 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Geez Lee, I have about 5 of these sitting in my old lunch box collecting dust in the basement. You should be more vocal about cards you are looking for, ya never know someone like myself might be able to help you out.
  • DavidPuddyDavidPuddy Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭
    You help me out every time you post! Hello Perkies!!
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  • ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422
    I pulled a Terry Pendleton Elite back in the day. It use to book around $80. I think I sold it on Ebay last year for $.99. Nice card Lee
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  • jasoneggertjasoneggert Posts: 486 ✭✭
    So lets do some math. If there were 20 or so of these like you said (I have no idea, lets just say there are) and they all have print runs of 10,000 except for the Ripken, which is 5,000 and there is only 1 per 20 box case.... that would mean they made 195000 cases of that crap. (almost 4 million boxes) Can't be right, can it? Maybe there are only 10 different Elite cards and that would mean they only made 2 million boxes! No wonder its all worthless.
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  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,951 ✭✭✭✭
    Very nice, that's one of those 'Holy Grail' cards for me. Maybe some day when I grow up I'll get one of them. I remember ripping those ugly freaking packs back in the day, hoping to pull one, finally I just gave up. That would look sweet slabbed... image
  • StopYurWhiningStopYurWhining Posts: 719
    "that would mean they made 195000 cases of that crap. (almost 4 million boxes) Can't be right can it?"

    damn skippy. heck they probably made MORE than that.
  • AhzzyAhzzy Posts: 184


    << <i>That's awesome Lee, definitely a dream card for any early '90s collector. The only card I ever pulled from that set was the Gary Sheffield.

    I promptly unloaded it at the hieght of his popularity in the middle '90s.

    I've eBayed a few Thomas' over the year though. >>




    I pulled the 1994 Thomas Elite when I was collecting as a kid. It was the first time I had ever seen an insert and I figured it was just a regular card until I noticed the serial number on the back about a year later. I couldnt have been any older than 9 or 10 at the time. Not a clue where the card is now heh.
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  • jswietonjswieton Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭
    What does that ripken sell for on ebay. I have never seen one before. I have a hard time believing there were 5000 printed and signed.
  • julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    go terps.

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