25th Anniversary - 1989 Fleer Bill Ripken Error Card!

[jp1216]

*Not my card*

[steve B]

That's cool! The photographer must have really been annoying him.

Steve B

[the 'stache]

I guess I'm weird, or something. I never got the big deal. Somebody put f face on his bat. Ok, so Cal Ripken will be remembered for being a Hall of Fame shortstop that broke Lou Gehrig's unbreakable consecutive games streak. Billy Ripken will be remembered for a baseball card with something written on the end of his bat.

What's the attraction?

[jp1216]

It's the inner kid connection. As a kid, I was blown away by a major league player writing the F-bomb on his bat and having it appear on a card.

The fun continued when the corrections appeared. If the FF card had never been corrected, it wouldn't have the same effect. Scribbles, boxes, saw-cuts, etc etc. Variations upon variations.

With all the vintage talk about T206 scraps/misprints etc - there are plenty of FF related scraps too. Print defects etc were pulled from trash dumpsters outside of the Fleer plant. Endless collecting!

[bnorth]

Here are a few pictures of some of my oddball Ripkens. The card in the last picture is not mine anymore, the OP now owns it. It is a only known version and one of the few cards I regret selling.

[bnorth]

More oddball Ripken cards.
The first card is a custom made Reverse Negative Refractor.
Middle card is a real Bulls Eye Variation for comparison.
Last card is a custom made Super Refractor.

[jp1216]

Should be noted that those cards are all new creations and not original '89.
Beautiful cards though.

[sylbry]

Originally Posted by bnorth

More oddball Ripken cards.
The first card is a custom made Reverse Negative Refractor.
Middle card is a real Bulls Eye Variation for comparison.
Last card is a custom made Super Refractor.

Is that considered a bulls eye variation? When I think Fleer and bulls eye this is what comes to mind. The card has an actual bulls eye on it.

[1963Topps Set]

I remember in the spring of 2007 when that Derek Jeter card came out showing Mickey Mantle and George Bush. My son was born around that time and I wanted to pick one up as a remembrance of that time. Sadly, by the time everything settled down and I was able to go to a show and pick one up there was so many variations and values, I had to give up!

One day though.. Just a nice inexpensive keepsake...of the time my son arrived.