RIP Rickey!
Henderson is way too underrated and IMO was the one of the top 10 to ever play the game.
My first “focus” when I got back into collecting was a master Rickey Henderson “set”. It’s an impossible task made even more impossible by all the extreme rarities out there. At one point, I had over 2,000 unique contemporary Henderson cards (pre-2006), but sold many of my rarer Henderson collectibles as I transitioned to collecting HOF rookies. I still have one “one-of-a-kind” Rickey (shown at the bottom below).
There is quite a huge contingent of passionate Rickey Henderson collectors and there are some unbelievable collections out there.
Here are a few cards that are no longer part of my collection. I’m happy to have been a temporary caretaker of so many great cards!
1978-79 Mexican League Sticker (only one known):
1982 Fleer Test:
1982 Topps Blackless:
1977 Chong:
1981 Granny Goose:
1984 Topps “Head In Box” Test Proof:
And the only rarity still in my collection (a “one-of-a-kind”)….
1987 Starting Lineup Talking Baseball Prototype:
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Working on the following:
HOF "Earliest" Collection (Ideal - Indiv): 250/346 (72.3%)
1914 T330-2 Piedmont Art Stamps......: 116/119 (97.5%)
Completed:
1911 T332 Helmar Stamps (180/180)
1923 V100 Willard's Chocolate (180/180)