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Originally Posted by Brent G.
Is there any chance the Griffey is the most printed card of all time? I read somewhere that 1991 Topps were printed at a rate of 4 million apiece. With the initial '89 UD printing and other nefarious printings that apparently filled 800-count boxes and trunks full of uncut sheets, could it have reached that number? It's definitely the most seen card at shows and the most graded, but I guess that still might not compare to peak junk wax numbers.
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Even with the extra printings of Griffey, I doubt it comes close to any random card in even the 1987 Topps or 1988-89 Donruss print runs.
Dealers were openly selling 50-100-500 and 1000 count lots of Bonds, McGwire, Mattingly, Ryan, Greenwell, Bo Jackson, etc...from 1987 Topps, just from Vending cases they were breaking up. Forget the wax boxes that were piled up in every nook and cranny of America at the time.
I don't remember much about the 91's. I was pretty much on my way out of the game by then.
Upper Deck was still pretty limited (and much more expensive) compared to the other 3 major players. I'd guess they made more then Score and Sportflics....but literally nobody cared about those 2 brands, even back then (at least for baseball).
I would also guess Upper Deck printed a lot more in 1990, then they did in 1989.
Not to say there wasn't a ton of Upper Deck out there in 1989, and there weren't a lot of extra Griffey's printed...but still nowhere near other issues.