I am actively looking for the following:

1993 Lykes Maddux
1997 Topps Finest #158 gold die cut embossed atomic refractor Maddux
1998 Skybox Metal Universe #133 PMG Maddux

1997 Finest Embossed Refractor Derek Jeter #310

I am struggling to find these Topps Chrome Refractors:

1998 Topps Chrome Refractors

21 Roberto Clemente (Found)
110 Jose Canseco
271 Pedro Martinez IL (Found)


2003 Topps Chrome Gold Refractors

369 Damian Miller (Found-Set Complete)

2004 Topps Chrome Refractors

239 Kyle Sleeth (Found)
240 Matt Moses

Once I get these, I will have a complete run from 1996-present. I still need about 20 from 2000 and 40 from 2001. I won't list those to save space. If you have any, please PM me.

Thanks,

Rob A.

Card I can't find
 

I am looking for a 1993 Upper Deck Iooss WI22 George Brett autographed
There were supposed to be 5,000 issued by Upper Deck but I can seem
to find one.

The toughest cards I'm looking for I don't even think exist.

Their from the 1978 Wiffle Ball set..NOT the set of individual die-cut cards that were inserted in boxes. These are the ones that were printed on the boxes themselves.

I've been collecting these since the day they came out. The boxes say there are 88 players in the set, but to date I can only identify 82 of them. The worst part is that most of the cards came five to a box, meaning it isn't a case of just one box missing since there are six unaccounted for. There were some that were issued two on a bat/ball sleeve but the likelihood of three of those being unidentified seems unlikely as well.

I beginning to think they were never produced, unless I see evidence otherwise.

Paired down my list a bit from January 2013:

I have been looking for the following for years. Any help?

Claudell Washington
1977 Rangers Team Issue - 21
1985 Braves TBS America's Team - 4

Dane Iorg
1984 Royals Postcards - 15

Don Robinson
1990 Giants Smokey - 17
1992 Medford Phillies

Garth Iorg
1979 Syracuse Chiefs Team Issue - 9
1980 Syracuse Chiefs Team Issue - 11

Jesse Orosco
1985 Mets Colla Postcards - 21
1987 Mets Colla Postcards - 19
1990 Indians Team Issue - 32

Johnny Grubb
1973 Linnett Portraits - 155

Ken Phelps
1986 Mariners Pacific Northwest Bell - 10

Luis Salazar
1989 Padres Coke - 15

Mike Greenwood
1987 Pocatello Giants The Bon - 9

Mike Morgan
2000 Pacific Platinum Blue - 427

Otis Nixon
1998 Ultra Platinum Medallion - 356
1999 Braves Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jumbos - 11

U.L. Washington
1975 Omaha Royals Team Issue - 17
1976 Omaha Royals Top Trophies - 25
1982 Royals - 21
1984 Royals Postcards - 34

Topps 1991 Winner Game Cards
 

Need the following

12411
12478
12545

They look like the top card here

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...ps59460abb.jpg

Joshua -- which one did you snag? I am still missing the "Big A" card -- and can't seem to find it

Picked up the Schmidt Pep Boys card...still looking for samples of the others.

Joshua

I have a few cards that I've been looking for for a very long time:

1994 Fleer Ultra had two insert sets specific to retail boxes that were one per series. These are hard pulls at one per box.

I need the RBI Kings Matt Williams...I've actually never seen one up on ebay.

I also need the Andres Gallaraga On Base leaders. One came up on ebay for the first time in a few years. I put a snipe over $10 on it which I thought was an insane price, but I wanted the card and I figured its worth $10 to cross it off my list for so long. The one initial bid had a max bid higher than that. Go figure :confused:

The other really tough ones...and I'm not sure that they were even made...The company Signature Rookies had some really nice insert sets of HOF's and sports heroes of various sports...in particular their Gold Standard set, and the Tetrad Titans insert sets. For those that don't know, SR went down in flames sometime in 1996-1997 because the CEO Tim Flatt was into some shady business practices. However, I do believe most, if not all, of their autos were authentic. Lots have found their way into TPG slabs as authentic. I do know that one of the shady business practices is that the owner or someone close to him absconded with autos that were supposed to be redemptions from packs.

So I assembled the Tetrad Titan from 1994 without too much difficulty, and for not much money. Includes autos of Bruce Jenner, Larry Holmes, Bobby Hull, Bobby Allison, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas and some other olympians. Also an infamous OJ Simpson auto which I do, and will not, ever own. The 1995 one is only a 5 card set. 3 were easy and inexpensive for what they are...Dennis Rodman, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and Katarina Witt. The last two...well I don't remember ever seeing them on ebay...

Bob Griese
Roberto Duran

I'd love to own these(if they actually exist). The 1994 ones are nicer and feature easier to read autos.

FWIW, there was a near impossible set of cards to get...the Kromax product had an insert set of 5 autos of all star NBA players..Dominique Wilkins and Tim Hardaway had productions of around 1000. Those pop up on ebay every now and then. However the Scottie Pippen I believe is numbered out of about 30, and the Charles Barkely and Patrick Ewing are numbered out of 5. Those came up a year or two ago on ebay and I think went in the $350-400 range.

I knew there had to be someone else collecting Signature rookies.

The 8x10s were plentiful and cheap for a while, but I don't see them anymore. Most weren't numbered but I think they weren't common.

The retail only set was pretty tough too. It looked like a boxed set, but wasn't and had its own inserts. There was a TV shopping version of the same set that had what I think were exclusive signature cards.

There's a lot of their stuff that's not cataloged, and a lot of their sets from the very end that just didn't seem to get totally released. One of the last hockey sets I think was only about 60% signed.
I also think some of their less common stuff was held internally as a golden parachute of sorts. There's a whole class of stuff that I don't ever recall seeing when it was current that showed up a couple years after they closed.

Steve B

What's curious is that some of the stuff that I beleive someone scurried off with has never popped up for sale AFAIK. Or at least not recently. I suspect a lot of redemption items never made it...like you said, nearly half of one set didn't get released.

Today is a great card day for me. After several years of looking I finally got the 89 Fleer #81 Wade Boggs with out the Dot after Throws Right. I know it is a $1 card but to me it was my white whale.

I am also on the BO forum and bumped an old thread saying I was looking for one and with in 5 min. I got a response from a fellow member saying they just looked and had one. When I asked what they wanted for it the reply was "just the address to send it to".

I hope the rest of you looking for a tough card get yours also. I love it when I get that card that makes me feel like a little kid again.:D

You mean this? There are three of them on Sportlots.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A...aRBIKing11.jpg

I'm hunting 2 modern cards for my Chris Sabo Collection

1995 Upper Deck Electric Diamond GOLD #433
and
1995 Upper Deck Special Edition GOLD #152

obviously both are low end and probably stashed in a 5000 ct monster box somewhere. Believe these came 1 or 2 per box from what I have been able to determine, but they're just not easy to come across. Not many people have the stack of cards 20 years old to look thru.

So similar to others, they're cheaper cards but are some of my white whales to complete my Chris Sabo super collection or regularly issued cards!

I actually got that for a good price on ebay eventually. Thank you for the link to that site though.

One thing that concerns me is no picture for any of the cards. For that issue its a concern, not because of condition(its unrealistic that you'll find anything above NrMt because of border chipping out of the pack), but because sellers so often confuse years. In 1994, it was a difficult pull(I believe 1 rbi king per retail box). In 1995, the RBI King insert set was very common...something like 1:6 packs. Sellers mistitle things all the time and without a pic its impossible to veryify.

A couple months ago, I thought I'd scored a bargain when I picked up a 1953 Topps JW Porter card on sportslots for $1 plus shipping. The seller had listed it's condition as 'Very Good'. I once heard someone say that a card in Poor condition is one that looks like a truck ran over it; I think the condition of my card would be improved if a truck ran over it. There are pictures on my site here if you want to see what I mean. When I sent it to Mr. Porter for him to sign, he felt so bad about its condition that he tossed in his own signed card.

2003 Donruss Team Heroes Beckett Sample GOLD Steve Garvey.

If I remember correctly, these sample cards were issued one per Beckett monthly, glued with that rubbery, semi sticky stuff that was meant to allow for no damage and peel right off, to a subscription card. I remember getting a run of several magazines that had these cards in them at the time and they we're also hitting ebay pretty heavy.

This is one that could easily exist but be tucked away in full magazines, tossed by uninterested collectors or perhaps it was never actually made. I have the silver one and the gold shows up on checklists, but i have not seen one offered. i know the gold versions were supposedly made in a fraction of the quantity of silver versions (15% according to an online source), but you'd think someone, somewhere would have one for sale or at least share a photo or mention of it, but no dice. Of course, how many silvers were made to begin with?

Edit to show the cards I have tracked down. Still looking for the others.

I am STILL looking for a 2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractors #146 Fernando Tatis for my Cardinals team set run. I have every single Topps Chrome Refractor except that one. Been looking for over 4 years now (I think).

Here are the 2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractors I still need (700 plus card parallel sets suck):

187 Frank Thomas
190 Craig Biggio
297 Conti/Wakeland/Cole
302 Mark McGwire GM
325 Will Clark
412 Edgar Renteria
419 Luis Lopez
465 Erubiel Durazo
561 Glenallen Hill

I'm still looking for a ton of '10 and '11 Topps Heritage 3 card salesman samples. They appear on checklists but might not even exist. Unfortunately those are so thinly collected that they are rarely listed.

The toughest modern cards you're still looking for...
 

I have been looking for this card since I started collecting Hideo Nomo back in 1995.
1995 Upper Deck Electric Diamond Gold #226
I have every minor, rookie, 2nd year, and even Japanese cards but still can't find this one. I haven't even ever seen one on eBay, although I have not checked for one there in a while.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but looks like one just sold last month.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1995-Upper-D...p2047675.l2557

That figures, and at a time when I am layed off too. Although it did go for about twice as much as I'd be willing to go. Thanks for the bad news, but at least I know they are out there some where.

I'm looking for any Canseco I don't have, but at the top of my list are:

1989 Donruss & Leaf Blue Chips
1990 Donruss Aqueous
1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold
1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum Gold
1998 Donruss Crusade Red

Among others ... Let me know if anyone has any, thanks!

2003 Topps Trademark Variations
 

I'm hunting these guys down. There should be about 150-200 of each of these printed, but can't seem to find them anywhere.

a freakin 81 topps eckersley psa 10. nothing fancy at all. last one sold for $20 and missed it by 4 minutes...

Heritage Panels
 

Anthony- it's strange no checklist for these has surfaced. Maybe start a thread stating what you have here and on CU and ask others to add to it

2001 Fleer Greats of the Game Autos
 

I am looking for the SP's in this set.

Banks
Garvey
Torre
Mays
Brett
Yount


Thanks, Rick

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I'm a "supercollector" of Josh Fogg and the majority of what I'm misssing are 1/1s or printing plates.

However, the other ones that have eluded me for over 12 years are the 2003 Donruss/Leaf Beckett Samples. They were supposed to have been produced and released in the monthly BSCM and marked with the word SAMPLE on the back. There were silver and gold versions and I believe the gold versions were something like 10x harder to get than the silver.

Either way, I've never seen any of the Josh Fogg ones.

I even emailed Chris Olds a couple years ago and he said they probably weren't even made and that the checklist for the sample sets is basically a copy of the original sets and not necessarily a list of the cards that were actually made.

This is a nightmarish set to complete but looks like it would be so worth it. I saw a Brett recently, guy was asking for $750. Good luck!

I finally tracked down a card that took me way too long to find!

http://i.imgur.com/C7r8Z1m.jpg

The mays is horrible as I have never even seen one. The others are scarce but attainable. The Banks and Brett are the most expensive


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The damn '91 Topps Oil Can Boyd flag tip with border!!!! I have been searching for YEARS!!!!!!

The only modern set I have started trying to complete is a 2002 Leaf Certified Samples set. This is a new effort that started when I pulled out a box of Samples I bought in 2002 and thought it would be a fun set to attempt. I have only been going at it for a little over a month.

Have several team issued Seattle Mariners postcards from the early 80s that I need including a Dave Henderson in a white jersey

1990 aqueous lance parrish
 

I have just about everything for my lance PC that's not a 1/1 except the one that has been evading me for years - 1990 donruss aqueous.

I had to take several years off due to being on disability and in cancer recovery and sold most of my money cards. ( thank god for my collection as it kept my family under a roof) however no lance ever left my home. Unfortunately the only one I have ever seen came up during that time I could not touch it.

If anyone has a lead on that aqueous it would be the final key needed. :D

Now that I have my health and my life back I would love to have that baby.

Also wanted - 2013 panini hometown heroes 167 lance parrish zip code

The 1985 Indianapolis Indians Andres Galarraga card. Ive only seen it once and never again.......

I collect mainly vintage cards but have always wanted to get a griffey jr 93 finest refractor. He was my favorite player growing up. It's not that hard to find, just a matter of being willing to spend the money.

I'd love to pick up his 89 upper deck in bgs 10, but can't justify paying for it either when I have a psa 10 already and could never tell the difference other than the holder.

1999 Upper Deck Exclusives #/100
 

Still need the following Matt Luke cards:

1998 Pacific Online Winners
1999 Aurora Red #4
1999 Aurora Opening Day #d/31 #4
1999 Pacific Platinum Blue #
1999 Upper Deck Exclusives #d/100 #122

Forever grateful to anyone who can provide leads/help me locate any of these for purchase.

PM sent regarding the Hometown Heroes zip code card

Thanks again Jantz!

Still looking for these:

Claudell Washington
1977 Rangers Team Issue - 21
1985 Braves TBS America's Team - 4

Don Robinson
1990 Giants Smokey - 17

Garth Iorg
1979 Syracuse Chiefs Team Issue - 9
1980 Syracuse Chiefs Team Issue - 11

Johnny Grubb
1973 Linnett Portraits - 155

Ken Phelps
1986 Mariners Pacific Northwest Bell - 10

Luis Salazar
1989 Padres Coke - 15

Mike Greenwood
1987 Pocatello Giants The Bon - 9

Mike Morgan
2000 Pacific Platinum Blue - 427

Otis Nixon
1999 Braves Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jumbos - 11

U.L. Washington
1975 Omaha Royals Team Issue - 17
1976 Omaha Royals Top Trophies - 25
1982 Royals - 21

Still looking for these:

Claudell Washington
1977 Rangers Team Issue - 21
1985 Braves TBS America's Team - 4

Don Robinson
1990 Giants Smokey - 17

Garth Iorg
1979 Syracuse Chiefs Team Issue - 9
1980 Syracuse Chiefs Team Issue - 11

Johnny Grubb
1973 Linnett Portraits - 155

Ken Phelps
1986 Mariners Pacific Northwest Bell - 10

Luis Salazar
1989 Padres Coke - 15

Mike Greenwood
1987 Pocatello Giants The Bon - 9

Mike Morgan
2000 Pacific Platinum Blue - 427

Otis Nixon
1999 Braves Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jumbos - 11

U.L. Washington
1975 Omaha Royals Team Issue - 17
1976 Omaha Royals Top Trophies - 25
1982 Royals - 21

1984 Fleer Update Roger Clemens PSA 10 with great centering.

Just a few I'm struggling with...
 

Nothing overly rare or expensive. Just trying to find one in the desired grade and reasonable price:

1976 Hostess Dennis Eckersley
1978 Hostess Eddie Murray
1987 Kahn's Barry Larkin (the card "books" for $10 but a NM one just sold on Ebay for $21.50.)
1990 Fleer Canadian David Justice

Not a card or maybe it is ?
I still need 1 puzzle block to complete
the/my run of Donruss puzzles ..... a #(s)55 , 56 & 57
Donruss Originals 2002 Ted Williams .
Maybe it will happen , who knows ,
Ken

Im looking for these........


1985 Indianapolis Indians Team Set #3 Andres Galarraga
1996 Leaf Preferred Press Proofs #29 Andres Galarraga
1996 Pinnacle Aficionado First Pitch Preview #14 Andres Galarraga
1998 Stadium Club Co-Signers #CS15 Tony Gwynn B/Andres Galarraga
1998 Stadium Club Co-Signers #CS18 Mark Grudzielanek A/Andres Galarraga
1998 Upper Deck SPX Finite Homerun Hysteria #HR7 Andres Galarraga/62
1998 Upper Deck SPX Finite Spectrum #332 TW Andres Galarraga /50
2000 Topps MVP Promotion Parallel #387 Andres Galarraga /100
2001 Absolute Memorabilia Ball Hoggs #BH28 Andres Galarraga /50
2001 Absolute Memorabilia Boss Hoggs #BH28 Andres Galarraga /25

Topps Heritage
 

Still looking for these

Topps Heritage Ad Panels

2009 Panels
Guthrie/Blackburn/Lewis

2009 High Number Panels
Uribe/Soriano/Gload,*Crede/Hernandez/Lyon,*Jaramillo/Medlin/Ramirez,*Scales/Zavada/Jaramillo,* Bard/Greene/Perry,*Schlereth/Cecil/Huff,*Gerut/Schlereth/Cecil

2010 Panels
Cruz/Jones/Russell, Guillon/Hawpe/Wainwright, Rollins/Hamels/Huff, Johnson/Gardenhire/Jurrjens

Topps Heritage
 

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Heritage Panels
 

Anthony-- how did you determine what you were missing , did you find checklists for these ? What years have there been panels ?

Al-I've got checklists, although there is some question if they are actual ones or theoretical.
Panels were issued starting in '08.

1996 Pinnacle Aficionado First Pitch Preview Jeff Conine.

At one point, I had 3. I have no idea where they went.

Im also looking for the aficionado first pitch preview of andres galarraga and its nowhere to be found!!

1987 Sportflics 4.5" Superstar Disc Dale Murphy (#5) -- the last disc I need to complete the set.

I haven't been able to find a raw copy in the 3-years I've been collecting it.

If you have one, I'll trade you my home for it.

I noticed that you did not list the 1977 Top Trophies U.L. Washington as a need, so you must have that one. Those are quite hard to track down. Out of curiosity, where did you find it?

Mungo:

I don;t have the Top Trophy, another added to the list.

Erik

2008 Topps Heritage chrome #285 Hairston. Plenty to trade.

Hey Aaron, I sent you a Pm.

That's a tough one.

Good Luck!

Looking for these from 2001 UD Legends of New York:

Joe Torre Bat
Mel Ott Bat

Edit: discovered neither of these actually exist.

1993 Pacific Nolan Ryan Ghostwriting cards
 

Thanks for sharing all those modern toughies. I knew about quite a few of them, but was unaware of some of the more recent ones. I am amazed at the number of tough modern cards out there.

For me, the toughies that I’m looking for are the 1993 Pacific Nolan Ryan Ghostwriting cards. There are 110 different cards in total numbering from 111-220. Each card has 1 of 10 possible messages on the back that glows in the dark. The messages are all geared towards keeping kids off drugs and alcohol and staying in school.

Below is a list of the 10 different messages listed alphabetically.

1. BE SMART. DON'T START DRUGS OR ALCHOHOL
2. D.A.R.E. TO KEEP KIDS OFF DRUGS
3. DRUGS RUIN DREAMS
4. IN SPORTS DRUGS CAN CAUSE YOU TO MAKE AN ERROR
5. JUST SAY NO
6. SAY NO TO DRUGS
7. STAY IN SCHOOL
8. TO BE A WINNER YOU HAVE TO BE DRUG FREE
9. TO GET THE BEST GRADES, YOU HAVE TO STUDY
10. WINNERS DON'T USE DRUGS

Here is a photo of the front and back of card # 111 with the third photo taken in the dark showing the message, ”D.A.R.E. TO KEEP KIDS OFF DRUGS” on the back.

http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/...psomxlswd5.jpg

If anyone has one of these please let me know.

Thanks,
Donato

Interesting, I've never even heard of them. Are the messages specific to the card? So say message 2 is always on card 111?

Were they in packs, or distributed some other way? I can see someone making a public relations issue like some of the police sets by stamping a whole bunch of an existing set.

Steve B

1993 Pacific Nolan Ryan "Ghostwriting" cards
 

Hi Steve,

Yes, the messages are specific to the card number. Card #111 will always have "D.A.R.E. TO KEEP KIDS OFF DRUGS".

The cards were issued in foil packs. I have yet to pull one myself in the 1/2 dozen or so boxes that I've opened, but I know someone who has pulled a couple from these boxes. (see box pictured below)

I read somewhere many years ago that according to Mike Cramer, president of Pacific Cards, that there were only 200 of each message printed. That means there would be about 2,000 cards in total numbered from 110 through 220. He also said that not all of them made it into production because the thicker cards kept jamming up the machines, so some were pulled from production. So, I don't think anyone really knows how many are out there.

To date, PSA has graded about 160 "Ghostwriting" cards in total of which 70 are unique card numbers out of the possible 110. That means there are still 40 card numbers of the 110 that have yet to have an example graded by PSA. The card numbers that have been graded are all included in the Nolan Ryan Master set on the PSA Registry. I've only got 13 out of the 70 graded so far, so I have a looooooooong way to go.

If anyone has any other info or leads to these cards I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Donato

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=21008

Never seen one
 

2005 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Dual Materials Signature Patch Aaron Rowand/Scott Podsednik. There are only 5 of these so I assume I'll never see one but I'll put it out there in just case. There are other versions of this card (autos only, jerseys only and auto jersey) but I am looking for the patch/auto version.

I'll have to check and see if I have any. I'm not even sure I have any of the regular set. Just one of those that slid past me.

Steve B

Looking for a 1982 FBI Schmidt panel
 

FBI drink panels from Canada are one od the rarest sets of the 1980s. I have the only PSA registry set which consists of PSA 2 - 4s including Brett, Ryan and Rose panels. Can anyone help me out on the Schmidt panel ?

I'm afraid this is not available unless I someday dismantle the Garvey collection, but here is a Rice/Garvey panel

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a81...-GarveyFBI.jpg

FBI Discs
 

ArmourPhil, That will not be an easy set to complete. Good luck with your search.

I agree, these FBI discs are really tough. I have seen a few of the 1982 FBI discs, but I have not seen too many from 1981. I am looking for this Ryan/Bosetti FBI Panel pictured below. It's not a great photo, but it is the only photo I have seen of this panel. Any info leading to one would be appreciated and also compensated if I make the purchase.

Thanks,
Donato

http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/...psjhvmyjdb.jpg

There is one for sale on Sportlots

Thought Id update this as I found 2 cards I had listed..... added a new one as well

Not baseball, but there was a phone card issued for one of the games in 1996 or 1997 of Michael Payton and Eric Kresser who both quarterbacked the Marshall University Thundering Herd to DIAA National Championships. There are a handful of weird university issues that are really hard to find unless you were at the games. They were usually in very small qualities, distributed only the the first 500 or 1000 in attendance. Of those, many did not have interest in the product. I've only seen one phone card for sale (missed it) on eBay in 20 years of looking.

Looking for:
 

I have been unable to find 2 sets. The 2001 and 2002 Post Cereal Memphis Redbirds.

I've been looking for the Mattingly Topps Cloth and the two mattingly 86 Donruss Highlights with white letters for years. If anyone has one let me know


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Anyone have a 1994 Topps Black Gold ABCD Winner Card? Added it to my list in the OP.

I've got both the winner and certified winner (redeemed). I paid $100 for the latter 5 years ago. Very tough card.

Note that the second one has "certified" under ABCD

I happen to know that Shane finally found this card. He bought a lot of close to 200 2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractors to find this one card. He managed to sell the rest for close to what he paid for him. He was willing to pay a large sum for the card, because he offered me a lot for mine. I'm glad he got it at a reasonable price.

This is an updated list from the one I posted long ago.

Any help, please PM me.

I thought about buying this myself, so I could have a second home. But here is the complete set, and I can see the Murphy tucked in there. Congrats!