[SyrNy1960]

This is definitely a mystery that I will continue to try to figure out. At this point, the facts are there were no Ken Griffey Jr. 1997 SP Autograph 1996 Upper Deck SP Buyback cards numbered to 10; only numbered to 312. I contacted Upper Deck and they could only verify the Upper Deck Hologram Number BAE12239 as a buyback card.

The reason SGC didn't authenticate the card as a 1997 SP Autograph Buyback card is because the COA card wasn't submitted with the card. Beckett does the same thing.

The 1997 SP Autograph Buyback cards came with a secondary COA card (like this Arod one). So many collectors lost or misplaced the COA card, and since Upper Deck lost their database for these cards, Upper Deck Customer Service will verify via email the cards as buyback cards, but can't be more specific. That part is definitely frustrating.