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Thursday, August 13, 2020

Joining the Elite

I never lucked into pulling an Elite from a pack though I ripped a lot of early 90s Donruss back in the day. But I recently turned to eBay to rectify that.


Fred McGriff won me over during his brief time in San Diego and I've been a big fan ever since. Not a big enough name to break the bank, so he was an easy choice to target. Looks great.


I ended up complementing the Crime Dog pick-up with HOFer Robbie Alomar. He went to Toronto in the blockbuster deal that sent McGriff to the Padres, as you probably already know. I like the look of this one a lot, too. Shipping cost was more than the winning bid.


They don't bother numbering cards out of this many any more, but back in the go-go baseball card days of the time, they were tough pulls out of the millions of base cards that got cranked out.


A nice pairing together. These were from 1993 Donruss. I'd love to expand my collection into snagging an Elite or two from 1991 and 1992 sometime.


Tried capturing a little "refraction action" to give a feel of the card in-hand, dancing in the light. It was kind of a big deal as one of the first "shiny cards" on the market. There might plenty of dazzling parallels out there these days, but still hard to beat a classic insert like this.
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9 comments:

  1. The Diamond KingAugust 13, 2020 at 5:15 PM

    I love those early Elite's. Good memories.

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  2. The Lost CollectorAugust 13, 2020 at 5:22 PM

    These are awesome. I never pulled one either!

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  3. shoeboxlegendsAugust 13, 2020 at 7:49 PM

    Yep, a couple of classics indeed! Nice score!

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  4. MattAugust 14, 2020 at 3:18 AM

    I never pulled any as I wasn't collecting back then, but I have been wanting at least one of those at some point.

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  5. BoAugust 14, 2020 at 8:37 AM

    Never seen on in person. Was going to ask how shiny it was but you took care of that nicely.

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  6. acrackedbatAugust 14, 2020 at 10:52 AM

    1993 was my entry into the hobby. A friend and I broke a whole case of Donruss. It netted ONE singular Elite, the Alomar. These were, and are nice cards. I still think about building the set but probably never will.

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  7. FujiAugust 14, 2020 at 2:55 PM

    Sweet cards. If I wasn't cutting back on spending, I'd target the McGriff for my Padres collection too.

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  8. JongudmundAugust 16, 2020 at 2:01 PM

    Ooh, those are very 90s cards.

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  9. JonAugust 24, 2020 at 5:21 AM

    Very cool! The pseudo card shop that's fairly close to me has a couple of sealed (shrink wrapped and all) boxes of 1991 Donruss series 2 for $6 apiece that I've been toying with buying, just so I can chase an Elite. I was never fortunate enough to pull one way back when, and to my knowledge I still haven't ever seen one in person.

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