Toughest Topps Baseball Issues 1981-2006

[ripfan008]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Al,

Do you have the 1988 Cloth Nelson Simmons? I would love to see a scan of the card.

Alan,

That was my mistake about the card on the Brooks Robinson thread.

I was using a faulty checklist. It's been confirmed to me that that card doesn't exist.

Sorry about that,

Mike

[ripfan008]

Here's a previous thread on 1989 Topps Gold Border cards.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=191504

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Here's a previous thread on 1989 Topps Gold Border cards.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=191504

Thanks-I didnlt see these in either Standard Catalog or Beckett Almanac. Did they ever get sussed out as to intent/origin?

[ripfan008]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Thanks-I didnlt see these in either Standard Catalog or Beckett Almanac. Did they ever get sussed out as to intent/origin?

The only other info I've been able to find is from some old threads from other forums.

https://forums.collectors.com/discus...ify-other-item

This one claims that bmw cards was the first to sell them on Ebay and they were originally purchased from a former Topps employee.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

The only other info I've been able to find is from some old threads from other forums.

https://forums.collectors.com/discus...ify-other-item

This one claims that bmw cards was the first to sell them on Ebay and they were originally purchased from a former Topps employee.

Hmmm....BMW is a reliable source. Thanks for the link!

[ALR-bishop]

Geez Mike, you and Alan had me in a state of panic

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Alan,

That was my mistake about the card on the Brooks Robinson thread.

I was using a faulty checklist. It's been confirmed to me that that card doesn't exist.

Sorry about that,

Mike

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Alan,

That was my mistake about the card on the Brooks Robinson thread.

I was using a faulty checklist. It's been confirmed to me that that card doesn't exist.

Sorry about that,

Mike

Mike,

Thanks for the clarification. I guess that means my Orioles team set is complete with Jim Dwyer and Mike Hart.

1988 Topps Cloth Test Issue.jpg

[sthoemke]

1991 Topps (C Sheet) Bold 40th Anniversary Logo cards.

I've only heard of Jose Canseco and one other card surfacing from the C sheet with the bold logo.

Sorry 1980 Coins The Original Presentation Board that I have

[Blackless Collector]

Originally Posted by rgpete

Sorry 1980 Coins

Nice Coins!!

[savedfrommyspokes]

While this 2006 Topps blue parallel set is numbered to 10, it really should be numbered to one as Topps sent out only one of these ten sets.

I don't collect many modern cards at all, but I picked up this card years ago in the auction mentioned in the link below...even to this day I have yet to see any copies from this set not numbered 7/10, so I guess none of the other sets were snuck out of Topps' back door. I wonder what Topps did with the other 9 sets?


Here is what the recipient of the 7/10 set tells about the set in a listing.


https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...0-145-only-one

[ALR-bishop]

Neat item. Mark me down as one of the previously clueless collectors

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

I guess none of the other sets were snuck out of Topps' back door.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...0-145-only-one

I have a 2004 Topps Updates Brad Fullmer in my Fullmer PC, which is unnumbered. Same colored border. Have yet to see another of him.

Originally Posted by Blackless Collector

Nice Coins!!

That is the original Presentation Board for the 1980 Prototype Coins that I bought at a Flea Market in NJ

[JustinD]

I would think 1998 Topps SportsCubz has to be way high. Not sure if a current set exists, the only one possible was broken up as I remember.

1985 minis have always been a favorite of mine. Tan blanks would be crazy hard to build a set of as there were only 3 sheets found from my understanding, the white backs are way more common. The red only version is also likely a single sheet.

The full size 1985 Fuch and Acme proofs are not known to exist in quantity to make a set so it is impossible. Those came to auction in 2015. I have examples, but the only currently for sale is priced at a crazy 10k on eBay.

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

1991 Topps (C Sheet) Bold 40th Anniversary Logo cards.

I've only heard of Jose Canseco and one other card surfacing from the C sheet with the bold logo.

Do you have a photo?

I’ve found partial bolds on C* sheet cards but never a full, distinct Bold 40th card. Just higher saturation red in that area.

[sthoemke]

There is an image on Tanner Jones' Canseco website:

https://tanmanbaseballfan.com/my-hav...age_number_0=1

Looking at the card, I think it might be possible that it is higher ink saturation, as you suggest.