First up, the signature parallels:
The lone gold signature of the box (ie, the only card with potential to have monetary value) is Allen Watson. Sigh.. oh well.. You don't buy Collector's Choice for the hits. That Griffey checklist might be the best o' the box. Other big names here are Bonds, Belle, and Bernie. Tim Salmon (obscured under Bernie) was probably a hot card when this set first hit shelves.
Next are a few more probable "keepers"..
A couple nice final tributes in Brett and Ryan. And some decent rookies. (Although none of these are "true RCs", I'm sure, what with draft pick cards n' such.) Butch Huskey was the original Rock Shoulders.. a guy you had to love for his bad-ass name if nothing else. (Champ Summers is another one that comes to mind.)
Here's Sandy Alomar fleeing for his life from psycho Turk Wendell. Then below, Chris Gwynn tries to uncomfortably squeeze past an Oriole (perhaps foreshadowing for the ALCS?) while Mark Grace lobs a baseball at his head. It's not easy being a Royal.
So there you go. Again, I would love to dump a chunk of my 94 Collector's Choice stack on you, so please let me know if you have even the slightest ounce of interest in any cards from this set! Of the cards pictured, really the Griffey checklist and Nolan Ryan non-checklist are the only cards that are off the table. Lots of dupes, too. Dupes within the same pack, even! If that happened today with the tiny packs they give us, that'd be inexcusable. But with how many cards you got per pack/box back then, it's hard to complain. Again, a fun/cheap wax (foil) ripping fix.
See ya next time.
A Turk Wendell sighting! Nice!
ReplyDeleteI loved watching the Cubs on WGN every time Turk pitched. They would have a list of different superstitions every time.
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't happen to have an extra Gary Gaetti card would you. It's the one card I need to complete my team set. Let me know and we can work out a trade of some sort, I already have a few cards set aside you might like.
Nah, I think Gaetti was in Series Two, and the box I got was Series One, sorry to say. But yeah, hopefully I can dig up some other cards for you whenever you wanna get around to a trade!
DeleteI can always use Brewers, especially if you pulled any of those silver signature parallels.
ReplyDeleteI would be interested in Pirates. Plus the Bay and Casey and Sanders from your previous box break. Send me a message. pezboy30@msn.com
ReplyDeleteI'll take Astros off your hands, especially silver sigs. Oh, and if you've got a spare Turk Wendell, definitely throw that in the bunch. I need to add him to my eccentric pitchers collection.
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