Desert storm baseball cards

[drc]

There were the regular, plentiful 1991 Topps baseball cards and a parallel edition made for the troops and issued in packs/boxes-- same cards but with a gold emblem. There is also a non-sport Desert Storm issue which isn't worth much. The edition made for the troops is the limited and valued ones.

[tbob]

I had the entire foil Desert Shield set at one time years and years ago and sold it. I don't remember the selling price but it was a heckuva lot more than the regular Topps set issued that year.
Although the prices have slid down from what they once were, to say they were issued in huge numbers and aren't worth that much is just flat wrong.

[mcadams]

I wouldn't say that prices have settled down. Earlier this year, the #1 Desert Shield set on the PSA registry sold for $75,000 at auction. The attention from that auction attracted some new collectors to the set.

The set also had renewed interest in 2012 because the premiere card of the set is Chipper Jones RC, and as we all know 2012 was MLB's continous episode of Farewell Chipper. The Chipper in a PSA 9 has moved from a $250 card in 2008 to a $500-$600 card today.