September Pickups

[pokerplyr80]

It's September on the East coast, so here goes. The BGS and signed PSA are new additions.

[Classic Wax Cards]

Beautiful! Love that card. Love the auto!

[pokerplyr80]

Thanks, it's a personal favorite of mine. 89 was my first year collecting as a kid.

[alfredoleal2001]

sick cards man!! congrats!!! sick grades as well!!

[Jim65]

Picked up 2 more 1988 Topps Cloth

[pokerplyr80]

I'm not familiar with Topps cloth. How were they issued? Was 88 the only year?

[swarmee]

1977 they made a lot of cloth sticker cards. 1988 Topps may have been a test run and are rarer. There have been some recent Archives sets that put cloth inserts in as well (2012?).

[tjenkins]

2011 Topps Lineage had some cloth sticker also that looked like this:

[pokerplyr80]

Thanks for the info. I did an eBay search and saw a few from the 70s too. There were actually more of those available than the 88s it seems.

[herbc]

Arrived yesterday

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Got this guy, could be considered one of his Grail rookies.

[alfredoleal2001]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

Got this guy, could be considered one of his Grail rookies.

Sick card!!! indeed a holy grail

[Jim65]

Picked up my first 1984 Topps "Head in Box"

[Jim65]

1982 Fleer Test Card and 1982 Fleer Proof

[clydepepper]

A true 1-of-1 of my favorite modern player playing his final season with my favorite team...actually, the following season's issue so his entire career is shown on the card back.

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[JustinD]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I'm not familiar with Topps cloth. How were they issued? Was 88 the only year?

Hey jesse,

The answer to this is complicated. 1977 was the only "real" cloth issue as far as mass distribution (other than modern archives stuff) They were also made as tests for 70, 72 and 76. All of these issues have adhesive backs and are technically cloth stickers.

The 88s are called cloth but in my mind are a different animal. I have about 50 in my test collection. There are only a handful of complete sets as these are "dumpster" cards, Cards that were never meant for the public and were meant to be destroyed but were snuck out. The 1985 minis are the same. Any examples of either are cut from sheets that were taken from the trash. The rumor on the 88s were that they were supposed to turn into a sponge when soaked as a novelty. I have soaked one and it doesn't work.

These are not stickers and are printed (no backs) on a material that closely resembles tough paper towel than cardboard. The 88s used to be more valuable but I feel are now fairly cheap and undervalued as no one knows much about them.

[Bcwcardz]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

A true 1-of-1 of my favorite modern player playing his final season with my favorite team...actually, the following season's issue so his entire career is shown on the card back.

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Love some Wags. Even though he wasnt with the Astros, still think he was awesome and underrated. Threw nothing but fire from his weaker arm!

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[Rookiemonster]

Picked this up to match my favorite vintage pick up

[Rookiemonster]

Just pulled this on Sunday . It's numbered 4/5 autograph buyback . it's also the World Series variation
Of the original card . It was just listed on EBay . But it's currently mine lol .

[herbc]

I'll be attending a card show next week. Gregg Olson will be giving free autographs. I thought a team issued PC would be fitting, and picked this up to have signed. Not sure if it's from 1989 or 90. Opinions welcomed

[clydepepper]

Nice design on this one:

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[Tennis13]

I just pulled this out of a pack. I am a huge Cubs fan, and I think this is rare -- 1/1, even a guy like me knows that. Can any modern expert guide me to my degree of good fortune on this?

[packs]

I'm thinking under $100. If it was his rookie card that would be one thing but it's just a base card.

[Tennis13]

Originally Posted by packs

I'm thinking under $100. If it was his rookie card that would be one thing but it's just a base card.

Great, low enough to not even tempt me to sell it but rare enough to be unique. Perfect, because I have been buying Cubs stuff everywhere, so it's nice to not need to buy something like this. This one stays riht here.

[packs]

Here's the Bowman from the year before. It's at $44 with no bids for reference:

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[Tennis13]

Originally Posted by packs

Here's the Bowman from the year before. It's at $44 with no bids for reference:

Link

That's crazy. Value really is in the eye of the beholder.....