1994 Topps Pre-Production Send-Away Card
 

Hi -

Snagged this off eBay for a few bucks - anyone have any idea of its origins? It is too large to have been a pack insert.

It is blank-backed.

Could it have been a factory set insert late in 1993?

Thanks!

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Here's what baseballcardpedia.com has to say. But they don't clarify if the redemption was in the factory sets or if the cards were in the sets and the redemption was for the hobby version.

1994 Topps pre-production cards were inserted into 1993 factory sets but what BBCP and TCDB don't address is that there are two different versions of the 1994 pre-production set (they note the Ryan only). So it is entirely possible that Topps sent the version not found in factory sets to collectors who mailed these redemptions in.

The 2011 Standard Catalog says a cello wrapped version was given to dealers and hobby press. A second version was included in 1993 Factory sets

Back of cello.

Up until 1994 I tried to collect anything listed for Topps in the Standard Catalog. I gave up in 1995 because of the proliferation of products and built in scarcity of some issues. Now just do the base and Heritage sets along with any updates to those

Thanks all for the information - I have both versions of the 1994 pre-production set. I keep both in my 1993 master set binder since they were issued with the 1993 factory set.

If I could learn which version was given to hobby press, I would move that to the 1994 master set album.

If one came in a factory set, and the other was given out by Topps, it still doesn't explain the red redemption certificate - if anyone knows anything, please pass it along!

A deeper cut on the variations in this set, Carlos Quintana comes in four (4) versions:

Green wedge on front 1993 copyright hand-drawn 4 over the 3
Green wedge on front 1994 copyright
Brown wedge on front 1993 copyright hand-drawn 4 over the 3
Brown wedge on front 1994 copyright

I have never opened my 93 factory sets. I have 3. The regular one and the inaugural stamped sets for the Rockies and the Marlins. There was also a 2nd 94 Factory set marketed as Bilingual. If what you have is to big to be from pack or boxed set, could it have been an insert in one of the Topps Magazines they published through 1993. I still have mine and can check tomorrow

Checked all of the 1993 issues of Topps Magazine and no such insert in them. Only other thought is that Topps issued a product called Full Shot Supers in 1993. The cards were 3 1/2 by 5. There are 21 cards in the set and SCD says they were packaged one each along with two regular packs of of 93 cards. I never saw or opened one of those packs

Could it just be they are missing a step? Maybe Topps gave out these redemption cards that dealers and hobby press could send in to get the cello wrapped pack of them. The redemption does say it is for a 9 card pack.

Could be. Hopefully someone will have more definite info