Topps Double Headers 1989/90

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Al, the 1989 Mets/Yankees set actually contains 13 Mets and 11 Yankees. The cool thing is an untouched box contains an entire set.

I know the Standard Catalog says the 1988's are proofs but they were actually sold in some stores so they are really a test, not proofs or prototypes.

The 89 All Stars are the same way, each box contains a complete set in the same order. The McGwire was is the front left side on the very bottom if I remember correctly, been a long time.

I still have a ton of the 89/90 All Stars, if anybody wants some or a bunch cheap PM me.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Just making sure I have this straight. Please correct me if I am wrong. I just found out about these yesterday!

1988: only 8 cards...all Mets and Yanks
1989: 24 cards, and they are made up of the previous year's all-stars, right?
1990: 72 cards

The 89s and 90s look pretty affordable. Am I missing anything?

[ALR-bishop]

Almost

The 72 item 1990 set, uses 90 card with rookie card
The 24 item All Star set 1989, uses 89 card with rookie card
The 24 item Mets/ Yanks regional set 1989,, uses 89 card with rookie card
The 8 item Mets/ Yankees Test ? Set 1988/ 89... Uses 88 card with rookie card

The checklists for all 4 are in my post above. The last two are tougher to find, particular the 8 item set, and more expensive

One more complication, the few Met and Yankee players in the 89 All Star set are identical to those in the expanded Yankee/ Met only 89 set

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

One more complication, the few Met and Yankee players in the 89 All Star set are identical to those in the expanded Yankee/ Met only 89 set

A lot of Ebay sellers don't understand this, they list the Mattingly and Strawberrys like they are rare, which they are not.

[ALR-bishop]

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