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Posted By: MikePugeda

Mark,

I agree that the number is well over 40, but I was thinking maybe more in the ballpark of 200-300 Clementes are out there. For a few years I kept track of all Clementes that were auctioned on e-bay and auction houses. I kept digital pics and a lot of them had unique faults (chipping, decal wear, etc.) so it was somewhat easy to tell one from the other. When the condition was better, it was much more difficult to keep track and I'm not sure if some in the major auctions were auctioned previously (which I'm sure some were).

Anyway, I did ask a "prominent" nodder collector once, how many he would guess-timate existed. Unfortunately, he seemed a bit of a jack-a$$ and wouldn't give me his opinion.

Oh well...here's mine I purchased about 5 years ago...the name decal is complete, unfortunately the last part was folded over when applied. This was a "holy-grail" piece for me when I was younger.