It's been awhile since this thread has had a bump. Aren't too many Thomas folks around here, so I'll share a few "hard to find" items that I've picked up here and there.
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First of all, I found a rookie season publication I didn't know existed. Pretty excited to add this to my RC year stash...
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Next, I got lucky and happen to spot the following card in a stash of junk cards on eBay...
By all accounts these were promotional items at a Chicago card show. Franklin Execs got up in arms about their logo being so prominently displayed on the card and not receiving kick backs for it. DonrussLeaf pulled the promos and airbrushed the card for the actual release. This card helped lead to the decision that any company who had an agreement with Major League Baseball could be inadvertantly displayed or advertised for on the items produced by other companies licensed by the MLB.
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Another hard to find promo item:
Not much difference to the released card other than the size and placement of the facsimile signature and cropping of the picture on the front and back.
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Kind of cool. I didn't know there was a 1995 You Crash the Game promo set given away for the All-Star game. Anyway, any player to hit a HR during the game was a "winner" card. Frank and I believe Piazza were the only winners and could be redeemed for an 8 card set similar to the pack inserted winner redemption set. The redemption card is much harder to find and I stumbled across it.
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I've picked up a lot of harder to find inserts as well, but these are the things that are probably entertaining to even those people who aren't into modern or Frank Thomas.
Nice cards! I love that power alley, Leaf promo and of course the crash the game cards. I would think that Frank made a publication sooner then that? I remember him being the hottest player on the planet for a couple months that summer. Next year went to Yankee Stadium just to see him play.
Well, he was just called up in August of 1990 and this magazine was the Nov/Dec 1990 edition, so it probably came out in October. Now, by the fall of 1991 and spring of 1992, he started appearing on a lot of covers. In the fall of 1990, he was just starting to get recognized I think. He wasn't even a top 20 prospect in the summer of 1990.
Funny I remember having his Leaf rookie probably around Sept. and it was if I remember about 20 bucks and the hottest card going. I'm surprised he wasn't considered a top 20 player at that point. Baseball and Hockey cards where such a big part of my life back then. Miss the good old days.
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I have a new mail carrier though...I hope I don't have an issue.
Very nice pickups though John.
Obviously the coin is important here, not the card...'97 Gold Plated
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<< <i>Nice pick up Ross. >>
Thank you sir...if I could only find the solid gold copy now...I said "copy" because it's singular...there are no copies.
Goes well with this one:
Unique Chicago Cards
Wrestling Cards
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First of all, I found a rookie season publication I didn't know existed. Pretty excited to add this to my RC year stash...
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Next, I got lucky and happen to spot the following card in a stash of junk cards on eBay...
By all accounts these were promotional items at a Chicago card show. Franklin Execs got up in arms about their logo being so prominently displayed on the card and not receiving kick backs for it. DonrussLeaf pulled the promos and airbrushed the card for the actual release. This card helped lead to the decision that any company who had an agreement with Major League Baseball could be inadvertantly displayed or advertised for on the items produced by other companies licensed by the MLB.
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Another hard to find promo item:
Not much difference to the released card other than the size and placement of the facsimile signature and cropping of the picture on the front and back.
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Kind of cool. I didn't know there was a 1995 You Crash the Game promo set given away for the All-Star game. Anyway, any player to hit a HR during the game was a "winner" card. Frank and I believe Piazza were the only winners and could be redeemed for an 8 card set similar to the pack inserted winner redemption set. The redemption card is much harder to find and I stumbled across it.
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I've picked up a lot of harder to find inserts as well, but these are the things that are probably entertaining to even those people who aren't into modern or Frank Thomas.
Collecting Robin Ventura and Matt Luke.
1997 Bowman's Best Mirror Image, Inverted and Inverted Refractor...just need the Inverted Atomic Refractor to finish off the 6 card rainbow.
1997 Donruss Power Alley Die Cut
I would think that Frank made a publication sooner then that? I remember him being the hottest
player on the planet for a couple months that summer. Next year went to Yankee Stadium just to
see him play.
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about 20 bucks and the hottest card going. I'm surprised he wasn't considered a top 20 player
at that point.
Baseball and Hockey cards where such a big part of my life back then. Miss the
good old days.
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