Toughest Topps Baseball Issues 1981-2006

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Dave-- for me these were the toughest Topps sets of the 80s to assemble

80 Coins
82 Blackless
84 Encased or Head In The Box
85 Minis ( blank backs harder than regular backs)
88 Cloth
89 Big Head Suckers
88 Mets/ Yankee Stand Up Prototypes
89 Mets/ Yankees Stan ups

Al,

Do you have the 1988 Cloth Nelson Simmons? I would love to see a scan of the card.

[ripfan008]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Al,

Do you have the 1988 Cloth Nelson Simmons? I would love to see a scan of the card.

Alan,

That was my mistake about the card on the Brooks Robinson thread.

I was using a faulty checklist. It's been confirmed to me that that card doesn't exist.

Sorry about that,

Mike

[ripfan008]

Here's a previous thread on 1989 Topps Gold Border cards.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=191504

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Here's a previous thread on 1989 Topps Gold Border cards.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=191504

Thanks-I didnlt see these in either Standard Catalog or Beckett Almanac. Did they ever get sussed out as to intent/origin?

[ripfan008]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Thanks-I didnlt see these in either Standard Catalog or Beckett Almanac. Did they ever get sussed out as to intent/origin?

The only other info I've been able to find is from some old threads from other forums.

https://forums.collectors.com/discus...ify-other-item

This one claims that bmw cards was the first to sell them on Ebay and they were originally purchased from a former Topps employee.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

The only other info I've been able to find is from some old threads from other forums.

https://forums.collectors.com/discus...ify-other-item

This one claims that bmw cards was the first to sell them on Ebay and they were originally purchased from a former Topps employee.

Hmmm....BMW is a reliable source. Thanks for the link!

[ALR-bishop]

Geez Mike, you and Alan had me in a state of panic

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Alan,

That was my mistake about the card on the Brooks Robinson thread.

I was using a faulty checklist. It's been confirmed to me that that card doesn't exist.

Sorry about that,

Mike

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Alan,

That was my mistake about the card on the Brooks Robinson thread.

I was using a faulty checklist. It's been confirmed to me that that card doesn't exist.

Sorry about that,

Mike

Mike,

Thanks for the clarification. I guess that means my Orioles team set is complete with Jim Dwyer and Mike Hart.

1988 Topps Cloth Test Issue.jpg

[sthoemke]

1991 Topps (C Sheet) Bold 40th Anniversary Logo cards.

I've only heard of Jose Canseco and one other card surfacing from the C sheet with the bold logo.

Sorry 1980 Coins The Original Presentation Board that I have

[Blackless Collector]

Originally Posted by rgpete

Sorry 1980 Coins

Nice Coins!!

[savedfrommyspokes]

While this 2006 Topps blue parallel set is numbered to 10, it really should be numbered to one as Topps sent out only one of these ten sets.

I don't collect many modern cards at all, but I picked up this card years ago in the auction mentioned in the link below...even to this day I have yet to see any copies from this set not numbered 7/10, so I guess none of the other sets were snuck out of Topps' back door. I wonder what Topps did with the other 9 sets?


Here is what the recipient of the 7/10 set tells about the set in a listing.


https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...0-145-only-one

Originally Posted by Blackless Collector

Nice Coins!!

That is the original Presentation Board for the 1980 Prototype Coins that I bought at a Flea Market in NJ

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

1991 Topps (C Sheet) Bold 40th Anniversary Logo cards.

I've only heard of Jose Canseco and one other card surfacing from the C sheet with the bold logo.

Do you have a photo?

I’ve found partial bolds on C* sheet cards but never a full, distinct Bold 40th card. Just higher saturation red in that area.

[sthoemke]

There is an image on Tanner Jones' Canseco website:

https://tanmanbaseballfan.com/my-hav...age_number_0=1

Looking at the card, I think it might be possible that it is higher ink saturation, as you suggest.