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That's quite a way to get into the 80s error game. I believe you're well established in vintage on the registry, so that must've been a departure for you. What a neat way to hear about how you got started since the digital footprint for these cards begins and ends with you, at least on the message boards. I was trying to learn as much as possible about these cards in preparation for landing one for myself, which I ultimately did.
Anyways, a hoarder is exactly who I need to talk to in order to take a census on the Bonds errors. Would you be willing to show off your stash? I'd like to try to track down every PSA 9 and 10 if possible and that would be a nice dent in the project. And maybe even establish a ranking for the PSA registry since the Dmitri Young should definitely be atop the list... Quote:
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Having been in Bob's basement I doubt he could find where he stashed his stash. He is also the go to guy for the 1978 Topps Zest Soap set.
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Not really a departure, since my collection goes through 1991—it was simply a departure in the graded area. My 1980-91 sets are ungraded with a few exceptions: 1980-Present HOF Rookies, 1985 Topps Mini, 1990 Donruss Aqueous Test, 1987 All-State Insurance, and 1991 Topps Desert Shield.
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Freaking. Amazing. Are any of these worthy of 10s do you think? Any worth sending back to PSA for a second look, I mean?
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I suspect the origin went a bit like this...
Guy messes up and puts the wrong rookie on Bonds card. Presses roll, cards get printed, rookies get a few sets for themselves. a short time later Boss - Hey X (Inset employee name) X - Yeah? Boss- You got the wrong picture on one of those cards, and that Bonds kid is PISSED! X - man, tell him I'm really sorry. Boss- Yeah, we did. Still mad, the kids a bit of a tool. Said his godfather is Mays, and if we don't change it right away heads will roll. X - Damn, I guess I'm staying late tonight. Card gets fixed, Barry is calmed for a while, and collectors get a pretty tough card to chase. |
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I was a full time dealer back then and remember breaking 600 sets of those things. I found one Bonds error in 600 sets. But here's the thing - the set also had the regular variation too, and the regular one was in the proper sequence (sorting these sets was easy - they were always in the same order.)
So, my assumption was that it was intentional, and every so often one was added to a factory set just to create hype and spur sales - which it did. |
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Very interesting, this was well before any error craze as well. Ive never heard this.
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