After dropping off the kids at school on Monday I stopped at a Walgreens nearby in search of one of the Walgreens exclusive 2019 Topps Series 1 hanger packs. I’ve seen shelf space for them at two different stores but to date I have yet to actually see any of the packs in person.
This Walgreens didn’t have any of the yellow exclusive packs, but they did get a new batch of the 100-card repack boxes priced at $4.99. I know some people swear by these and buy them often. I often don’t buy them and just walk away … unless something showing on the front intrigues me.
On this date I was intrigued … by a 1987 Fleer Roger Clemens card.
I could have walked away. I mean I already have a copy of this Clemens card in my collection. And for $5 I could buy a dozen of these. But it’s not every day that you see a 30-plus old card of your favorite player on the front of a repack, so it almost feels like an omen when you find one in the wild. So I had to own it … right?
As luck would have it, there were actually TWO identical 87 Fleer Clemens in the box, so now I have an extra, one I shall give to my son for his collection.
How about the remainder of the box?
Started strong with a cool 1987 Fleer Limited Dale Murphy right behind the Clemens cards.
A solid vintage 1979 Topps Julio Cruz. Condition is great condition. Yes, it’s just a common, just nice to see I. A repack.
I’ve always been a fan of the early 1990s Minor League releases.
I bet it’d be fun to be a Jim Edmonds collector. He was a great defender and his actions were often captured on his cards, like this 1998 Topps release.
Oh look, it’s a chrome prospect auto. I guess I got the 1:4 box hit. Luebke was a solid MLB pitcher for a year or two, totaling 200 Ks and a near 3.50 ERA over his brief career.
Bro, it’s Steve Balboni and his mustache on bright white paper stock used for the 1989 Topps Traded set. You know I have to post that.
This 1991 Donruss Diamond King Edgar Martinez ain’t worth much of anything, but Inhave always been a fan of these. This was the last of the basic Diamond Kings before Donruss turned them into chase cards the following year.
Fred McGriff on this 1990 Fleer Card looks like he is ready to break into his patented finger point like he did in the Tom Emanski baseball video.
Oh look, it’s a 1997 Leaf Cody Bellinger Card … I bet these are 1 in every box now.
Here’s a 2018 Topps Indians team set Yan Gomes Card. I have a cool piece coming up that touches in Yan Gones and his concussion-like symptom from a few years ago.
This Gregg Jefferies Future Stars Card from 1989 Topps is one of my childhood favorites. It may be worthless, but it made me smile.
The sealed pack in this box was a 1990 Upper a deck that was very uneventful, save for a Bo Jackson All-Star Card.
There are dozens of other cards in the box, but we’ll wrap this up with three 2011 Topps Update cards, which suggests that perhaps maybe … and I mean maybe … there is a box out there containing one of Mike Trout’s Topps Update rookie cards
Was it “worth” the $4.99? Depends. The resell value probably isn’t there, but trips down memory lane are always fun and sometimes priceless.
So I was thinking … A recommendation for Beckett Magazines
Posted in Commentary, Misc. with tags baseball, baseball cards, Beckett, Beckett Magazine, rookie cards, sports, Topps on May 8, 2019 by Cardboard IconsA few weeks ago I picked up a copy of the newest Beckett Baseball. Don’t ask why. I just like to have a new copy in my hand every few months. I really only buy it once or twice a year.
Anyway, I was just flipping through the magazine as I normally would and it dawned on me that Beckett is missing an opportunity.
Hear me out.
A few years ago Beckett stopped publishing in its monthly magazine any set released before 1980. The move was done to keep a more modern presence and to reduce the size, and maybe the cost, of the monthly magazine. I get it.
So here’s my idea. Why don’t we trim out all this nonsense like the 3-inch listing of 1990 Fleer and just list key cards going all the way back to t206? I mean seriously. Not to pick on Ozzie Smith or Robin Yount, but we don’t need to know that those cards are listed at 15 to 40 cents in the book.
What’d be more valuable is seeing key rookie cards and even other major HOFers from vintage sets from t206 to 1980; and then list other key rookies and some inserts from 1980 to current. Don’t you all think it’s a bit asinine that a person returning to the hobby can’t buy a copy of the monthly magazine and see what year or how much a rookie card of Mantle, Mays or Aaron is, but can go find damn near every 1990 card of George Brett or Greg Maddux?
And this is not a forum for you to blast the magazine. I know — hell, we all know it’s not as valuable to the hobby as it used to be — rather this post is a suggestion to improve the product, and maybe help find a way for it to be useful in today’s market.
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