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Title:Sports Memorabilia
Notice:Wanted: 3.*; For_sale: 4.*; Traded: 5.*
Moderator:SCHOOL::KOPACKO
Created:Wed Aug 27 1986
Last Modified:Thu May 08 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:730
Total number of notes:8547

627.0. "Topps 1994 Baseball" by TWOBA::HAYES () Tue Jan 18 1994 12:15

    More errors in numbering. Seems to be a common problem this year.
    4-Sport, then Hoops and now Topps Series I Baseball. Seems two
    cards have number 370 on them. The real 370 is Benito Santiago.
    The other card, Mark McLemore should be 379.
    
    Any others?
    
    Steve
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627.1BlackGold Winner card in my first pack!ZENDIA::SCHOTTThu Feb 10 1994 13:5423
I decided to buy a pack of 1994 Topps baseball on my through the 
grocery store checkout.  Nice cards compared to most of the
regular topps offerings.  Really blow away my old 60's, 70's
and 80's topps cards.

Guess what!?!?  In my pack of 15 was a WINNER A blackgold card!
Can you believe it?

It says to send it in, I'll be sent my 11 blackgold cards and a
WINNER A card returned to me marked TAKEN or something like
that.  What have others done with these winner cards?  Do
you send them in or keep them.  Are they worth more not
being sent in?  I'd really like the 11 blackgold cards...


					Eric

p.s.  I also got a Mike Bell rookie card.  If anyone had dupes
of this one, let me know.  He's a cousin of mine (actually, his
father Buddy Bell's father Gus Bell is my grandfather's cousin -
you decide where I fall) :^)


627.2PENUTS::JST_ONGEJohn St.Onge USDSL DTN 275-2715Thu Feb 10 1994 15:246
    Re: .1
    
    You must've got Walt Ashe's pack. I'd send it in and get the set of
    cards myself which I did with mine anyway.
    
    John
627.3ZENDIA::SCHOTTThu Feb 10 1994 19:302
    Did they send you back the Winner Card too?  I really like it
    as a card with 11 players on it.
627.4YesPENUTS::JST_ONGEJohn St.Onge USDSL DTN 275-2715Thu Feb 10 1994 23:435
    
    Yes, they do send it back. It's kind of a checklist card with the
    mail in stuff removed. No holes punched in it or anything.
    
    John
627.5They're slowWMOIS::ZELENT_JFri Feb 11 1994 09:219
    
    
    		Also expect a delay in shipping. I think the back says
    	6-8 weeks but I sent in one for hockey on 11/08/93 and still
    	haven't gotten the cards yet.
    
    
    							Joe
    
627.6ISLNDS::YANNEKISFri Feb 11 1994 12:5720
    
> I decided to buy a pack of 1994 Topps baseball on my through the 
> grocery store checkout.  Nice cards compared to most of the
> regular topps offerings.  Really blow away my old 60's, 70's
> and 80's topps cards.
    
    I don't know ... I like the quality of the paper and the stats ...
    otherwise I don't like the new cards that much ... the last 3-4 years
    of TOPPS all look essentailly the same ... and IMO trying to please the
    investors they have screwed the collectors.
                 
    In the 60s we had league leader cards, team cards, world series cards,
    and multi-player stuff like "BoSox Bashers".  In addition the card
    styles from year to year varied greatly ... BTW I think the 67 set is
    about the best looking set ever.  I also (and in a great minority)
    liked the stupid poses instead of action shots ... I can see action
    pictures everywhere ... poses on the other hand are hard to find.
    
    Greg
    
627.7PENUTS::JST_ONGEJohn St.Onge USDSL DTN 275-2715Fri Feb 11 1994 16:4817
    Re: .6
    
    Wow, someone who agrees with me team cards,  league leaders etc. The
    only subsets nowadays are the "Future Stars',  "Prospects" etc.  The
    cards people would invest in.
    
    You're also definitely right about the designs. I still thinks Topps
    would be better off using some  of  their old designs (prior to 1970
    of course).
    
    Re. 1
    
    If you do send in these winner cards, make sure you send them certi-
    fied mail. I sent my hockey ones in the beginning of Dec. and got it
    back a couple of weeks ago.
    
    John
627.8ZENDIA::SCHOTTMon Feb 21 1994 14:175
    Well, bought my second pack of 94 Topps and you guessed, it blackgold
    winner card B.  I assume A and B are for series 1, C and D will be
    in series 2??  I just want to make sure I have them all before I
    send them in for redemption. :^)