25th Anniversary - 1989 Fleer Bill Ripken Error Card!

7nohitter · #1 01-03-2014, 06:42 PM

Paul Gibson...hated that guy...I used to watch games and see him come in and think, "Christ, I could crank one off that geek."
Guys like him: Tom Bolton, Joe Hesketh, Tony Fossas....the guys who when you turn a game on you think, "maybe I should have stuck with baseball beyond high school..."

Beatles Guy · #2 01-03-2014, 10:00 PM

I went to a card show shortly after the "error" was discovered and decided to pick up a couple of packs. The first pack I opened, boom, there it was. The dealer offered me $100 on the spot but I declined (hard to do for a 15 year old). I ended up trading it a year later for a friend's entire collection. I picked one up a couple of years ago for $5 at my LCS for old time's sake.

David W · #3 01-04-2014, 03:38 PM

The thing I remember most about the FF card, was all the variations and the debate over which was rarer.

In the pre internet days, it seemed as if no one really knew.

You'd go to a card show and guys would have different versions of it, all priced at crazy prices.

It was definitely hot for a while.

ALR-bishop · #4 01-04-2014, 05:35 PM

What I found interesting was all the fakes and how they became collectibles in their own right

bnorth · #5 01-05-2014, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

What I found interesting was all the fakes and how they became collectibles in their own right

What fakes? The only ones I know of are the Black and White test run cards and The faked whiteouts people made. Any pictures of any other fakes would be greatly appreciated.

ALR-bishop · #6 01-05-2014, 01:59 PM

I agree with you many of the white outs are fake. I also believe many of the canceled or cut outs were faked

bnorth · #7 01-05-2014, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I agree with you many of the white outs are fake. I also believe many of the canceled or cut outs were faked

Yes I do not know how I forgot about the saw cuts. I remember at first there was only a few different ones and they where all long cuts near the center of the card. Now you can find them in every version located all across the card at every length.

My favorite saw cut ebay listing is when they say it was cut multiple times in the same location at different depths. LOL Like the maintenance man adjusted the blade depth on the skill saw and then cut in the same place.

The hole punch cards are a real version but like the saw cuts so easy to fake that they have less value than the regular card.

I have also seen black blobs put over the bat knob to make fake versions, even seen one in a PSA holder.

This is my biggest Ripken find. It is an only known scribble version. It is now owned by the OP of this thread and in a SGC slab. It is listed(incorrectly because there is no way that is a scribble with F card) on his awesome www.billripken.com website.
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Zach Wheat · #8 01-31-2014, 12:17 PM

Al,

That Pederson card....the scan is a little blurry. They obviously airbrushed his arm out of the image - but where did it go? Is it just missing? This is a serious question. Just curious.

Z Wheat

ALR-bishop · #9 01-31-2014, 01:11 PM

Maybe it is now stroking his rear end

jp1216 · #10 01-31-2014, 02:37 PM

I hope you guys are talking about the Gibson card and not some card of me stroking my butt....

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