Breaking the Seal(s)

Careful - this post may hurt.

"Breaking the seal" usually refers to the first pee after you start a night of drinking.  It usually feels amazing and leads to future pees that happen far more frequently than before the "seal" was broken.

This term used in terms of card collecting means something much more painful.

I have a lot of Griffey rookies, and until recently I had almost every one.  Almost.  The one official Griffey rookie that eluded me was the 1989 Topps Traded #41T Tiffany.  You probably know about Tiffany cards if you've ever actively collected - they're re the super-glossy versions of Topps, Bowman, and Fleer sets from the 80's and 90's printed on white card stock in very limited quantities.

Now, with the Traded set which is already printed on white card stock the only characteristic that differentiates a Tiffany card from the regular version is the gloss coating which can be difficult to spot on a card that is encased.  For this reason I've actually been through a couple of duds purchased online (Tiffany cards are tough to buy online because you can't verify them).  The way I figured, the only way I was going to land a true Tiffany 41T with absolute confidence was to buy the sealed set, so I did just that.

The set arrived, and it sat in my Griffey cupboard for weeks before I decided it was time...to break the seal.

It hurt to do, but I wanted my Griffey, guys.  I wanted my Griffey.

And there it was, perfectly cut and shiny as the day the Good Lord made it.  The thing was more valuable with that little gold sticker intact, but this card is 95% of the value of the set, anyway.  Plus, I got these:

A pair of nice PC cards, and....

All these to boot!  Looking back I would do it again, and I have to admit that yes, I have mixed feeling about it; but I feel glad that the cards within are being enjoyed by me and anyone cool enough to read this blog.

And yet, I should admit here that on that fateful night, after dispatching the virtue of that little '89 Tiffany Traded set, I got what you may call a bit of a seal-breaker's high.

Here is a sealed 1987 Bellingham Mariners Team Set.

As you can see on the back here, Mr. Griffey appears on two cards: #15 and #33 which is this very checklist.  There is a team photo on the other side.  Know how I know?

That's right - I did it again.

What an amazing card!  Is it wrong that this card will no longer be sentenced to an eternity facing the back of card #14 Wade Taylor?  No!  This belongs scanned and on the Internet for all to enjoy, then secured in a nice, clean screw case where its edges may remain ever sharp.  It's real nice, too.  A little off-center, but otherwise perfect.

There were also a handful of other fun cards I wasn't aware of when I bought the team set, a pair of funny names and two little kids of whom I'm not totally jealous.  I'm not.

I have a few other items I haven't broken the seal on, those being a 1993 Stadium Club Master Photo jumbo set (the Griffey is stuck between two other cards),  a bunch of small sets with Griffeys I already own loose, and a few Starting Lineup figures with cards in the blister packs.  I'll probably leave most of those intact for now; but if there's a card I need for the collection with a layer of thin plastic between it and me, I'm not above breaking said plastic.

Actually, those Starting Lineup figures might not even last the day.

He Made Me an Offer I Couldn't Refuse

Say hello to my latest and greatest acquisition: the 2012 Topps Gold Team Coin Autograph #GTC-KGJ #/30.  It's an excellent specimen of on-card autography, bright and shiny, rich in color, and larger than life.

You may have noticed it includes a heavy gold coin embedded right into the card.  At first I thought the coin may just be foil-stamped paper or aluminum (which is how they make Mardi Gras doubloons), bu this thing is a real heavy metal of some kind.  It's a very impressive card.

The card was originally won by Jason of the now-extinct Joe Average Card Collector.  You can still see the post he did when he won this baby here.  I commented on it back then with great jelliness.  Jason contacted me recently in need of some funds for an amazing baseball-related experience, and he sold it to me for far less than I would otherwise ever hope to get it for.

I don't want to overstep my bounds, but here's a picture Jason sent me of him sitting with the owner of his heritage team, the Colorado Rockies:

That's awesome, bro.  I'm glad I was able to help make that happen.  We miss you, Jason!  Thanks for the amazing deal!

1992 Donruss: Overproduced and Underappreciated

Old sets are right in my wheelhouse, but this post took a while to put together for one simple reason: I want everyone to like this set as much as I do.  Massively overproduced as it was, '92 Donruss is a gem of the early 90's, especially when you look at it in the context of the Donruss designs that preceded it.  This was a brand trying to reinvent itself, and this was meant to be the set that laid the groundwork.

It’s hard to tell whether Donruss' fundamental design change happened in reaction to Upper Deck’s success or if it happened organically. Donruss was 12 years into the card business, after all, and its clients were growing up. What we see in 1992 is a more mature product and design than ever before. Clean lines, limited colors, and high-end paper stock brought an air of maturity and worldliness. Donruss had gotten its pubes, and it was time to show them off.

Whether the change can be attributed directly to Upper Deck’s success is up for debate. At this point everybody was moving to higher-quality white paper stock and two-sided, full-color printing. In my opinion, these were upgrades that were long overdue anyway, and improvements in printing allowed for better quality cards to be made at lower cost. Cards like this were inevitable.  You can't put it all on Upper Deck.

The design itself is dominated by a horizontal strip of light blue along the top and bottom of the card with the player name in a thick, heavily-shadowed font along the bottom. The letters are a prominent matte silver that resembles the part of a scratch-off you rub with a coin. I’m not normally crazy about monochromatic designs (’91 Fleer, ’90 Donruss, ‘01 Topps to name a few), but that blue is just muted enough to not be inappropriate for all teams.

The cards are advertised as glossy, but it’s funny what was considered glossy in 1992 considering ’93 Flair which featured what may be the glossiest surface ever created by science came out just a year later and glossed everyone’s eyes out. I will say that ’92 Donruss is smooth and sharp - there is definitely quality here.

The Donruss logo is different this year, too, in that it isn’t there at all - just the year and brand written in tastefully spaced-out letters along the top banner. I like to think this was meant to class up the design and signal Donruss’ transformation into a more modern look.

That quality extends to more than just the cards themselves: the photography in this set is some of the best Donruss ever had. I didn’t really know this until recently when I happened upon a pair of boxes, one from each series, priced at five bucks each from my LCS. The quantity of great shots I came across while flipping through those packs blew my mind. Here are a few from that stack I set aside just for this post:

Awesome action

Bonkers batting

Harrowing hitting

Captivating catching

Precocious pitching

And a whole lot of ragin' Rated Rookies

This is some solid photography, guys, even by today's standards; and the Rated Rookie portraits are everything I wish they had been back in ’89. I guess I always overlooked the photography in this brand because it’s right in the middle of the overproduction era. Never again. Donruss’ attempt at self-improvement is a hit with me.

Nothing signals the change Donruss was going through more than their new card back. There’s a lot going on here, so let’s look at a side-by-side comparison with the back of the previous year’s base set:

At first glance it’s like night and day, right? Look again. Notice that every aspect of the previous card back has been feng-shui’d into the new design, including Donruss-only favorites like the full name and contract status. No other brand took their modernization this far and with this much detail. In that respect this is arguably the greatest card back Donruss ever produced.

And did I mention the massive, full-color portrait that fades into the stat box? Did I need to?

After this year the full player name would disappear from the card backs, and the contract status would stick around for one more set only to be completely done away with by ’94. The only part that would stay is the stat box and player details, but with all the fun exclusives gone there was no comparative advantage left to set Donruss apart.  They gave up a little bit of their identity each year after this.  To me, '92 is the last true Donruss set.

OK, let’s get down and dirty:

1992 Donruss #165

Here’s a bright, sunny day game shot. Looks like a ground ball to second almost certainly sneaking by some unsuspecting infielders into right center. That’s just how Junior rolls.

Lucky for us they still had the full player name this year. I wish Donruss hadn’t missed the boat on including Chipper Jones in this set – the whole Larry thing would have blown my 11-year-old mind.

1992 Donruss #24 All-Star

I’ve been praising this set a lot, but Junior’s all-star card feels awkwardly-framed, badly-lit, and you can barely see his face (though what you can see is showing some mad focus, y'all). It looks like they were going for the candid action shot of Junior taking a lead off the bag, an idea that is much better-executed on other cards in the set.

Donruss went hard into the promotional market this year, making for some sweet branded oddballs. Check it:

1992 Donruss McDonald's MVP #22

This McDonald’s MVP card has a great action pic featuring the Kid maintaining a concentrated gaze despite being in a very compromised position balance-wise. In addition to having a superior photo compared with both Griffey base cards, the unique matte gold lettering instead of silver and an MVP logo that is not ostentatious about its fast food pedigree make this a pretty solid oddball. I’m lovin’ it.

1992 Donruss Cracker Jack Mini #12

Mickey D's wasn't the only company to get in on the baseball card craze with Donruss.  These Cracker Jack minis are actually really high-quality with designs kept as faithful as possible to the regular base design for being so tiny.  They feature a different photo than the original base card and a reasonably functional back tailor-made for smallness.

1992 Donruss Cracker Jack Mini Wrappers

“Toy Surprise.” Surprise! It’s not a toy – it’s a card. Cards aren’t toys; but thank you, Cracker Jack marketing department, for getting with Donruss and making these cool little things happen.

While the cards inside are identical, you’re better believe that different wrapper is a variant.

The Diamond King for the Mariners this year went to Randy Johnson. I like the Big Unit, so I’m not going to besmirch this choice (cough, All-Star Game MVP, ahem), but there is one card from the Diamond Kings insert that needs to be shown:

Yes, this is lifted from COMC.  Mine is filed away, and I don't feel like digging it out at this moment.  You get the idea...

There he is: Dick Perez himself. DP is a legend in the card collecting community for his polarizing player art. From the majorly tripped-out backgrounds of 80’s and 90’s Donruss to the questionable-at-best blotchiness of 2006 Allen & Ginter Dick Perez Collection zombie Griffey, we all have some kind of opinion of Mr. Perez. Like him or not, his work is fun to talk about.

One of the better generations of DK designs, though the checklist
could use some tweaking

Diamond Kings inserts appeared in boxes at around four hits per (though I managed to pull five from one box). Still, imagine being a kid and saving up your allowance for weeks until you finally have enough for an entire box of ’92 blue only to pull a DK checklist featuring Dick Perez’ bearded mug. I would have thrown a major hissy, but as an adult I cherish that card.

I should go ahead and mention here a common mistake made among collectors:

See this? The back of this card indicates it is from 1992, but this is really the Diamond King from the 1993 Donruss base set. The closest to a Diamond Kings insert Griffey got in ’92 was the Gallery of Heroes from Triple Play. I, too, am guilty of this mistake. You can’t always count on the copyright year (especially with Collector’s Choice and mid-90’s Score). Griffey collectors, update your checklists.

Oh, and this year's Donruss set featured a Rod Carew Puzzle.  Yes, I have the whole thing, but I won't be showing it here as that would entail me popping out the little pieces and putting the thing together, then finding a way to store said assembled puzzle.  All respect to Mr. Carew, but no thank you.

Here are the Griffeys I need from 1992 Donruss:

Promo #7

Elite #13 #/10,000

Leaf Preview #24

The stated odds of that Elite insert give something remarkable away about this set (and other sets from this period). At 10,000 copies of each of ten Elite Series cards plus 7,500 of the Rickey Henderson multiplied by stated odds of one Elite card per 55 boxes (according to Baseballcardpedia), we can extrapolate the number of boxes of this product to be 5,912,500. That's a hair shy of 3 B-B-Billion cards.  This is the bottom number as it’s not clear whether those odds include jumbos. There could be considerably more.

Let’s take this even further: Each card is 3.5” at its longest point. At 504 cards per box, that’s 1,764 inches of card per box which totals 10,429,650,000”. The Equator measures 1,558,010,995.2 inches around. This means you can lay out all the 1992 Donruss cards ever produced end-to-end around the world almost seven times. That’s just one set from the overproduction era. I think this may have a little to do with why some people hate ’92 Donruss. There’s far too much of it on this planet. Remember that stat next time you feel guilty about throwing away a bunch of junk wax.

Then again, the more you throw away, the more my ’92 Donruss cards are worth.

Thanks for reading!  Coming soon: two boxes of 1992 Donruss Series 1 and 2.

Beacoup Choses de la Belle France, Kevinsent

My dog just had surgery, and I didn't have the heart to cut her out of this picture.

Jackpot!

Kevin of the great new blog The Card Papoy (which, incidentally, has some of my favorite post titles around), lives in France.  Unfortunately for him he is also a baseball fan, specifically the Blue Jays.  I offered to send him a bunch of Jays I have laying around in exchange for some yummy French stuff.  As for what he could send me in return, I gave the examples of chocolate, cheese, and mustard.  Well, Kevin sent all three in a big box with some sweet cards to boot.

But before we get to the cards, let's talk about the food.  The cheese is soft but strong-tasting, a tiny bit salty but a lot more sweet with a lot of that roof-of-the-mouth stinging goodness.  The chocolates are smooth and completely unlike what I buy here (mostly Russell Stover or Lindt's if I'm feeling saucy).  More soft and melty in the mouth than what I'm used to.  I'm trying to take my time eating them.  The mustards I have not gotten into yet, but I am super excited about the different flavors there.  Great stuff, all.

Okay, this is not a food blog:

Kevin has a good eye for fun and unique cardboard.  He also seems to love Stadium Club which I can relate to.  Whoever down at the Topps offices chose that picture for Erik Pappas is a sick man, but I love the brazen resolve on Tim Naehring's face that says "Watch your ass, umpire - I'm getting this bastard out."

It's amazing to me how many baseball cards feature a football.  It makes sense what with the slight overlap of the seasons and the fact that many of these guys must have played football in high school (apparently Rangers prospect Russell Wilson is also a footballer of some kind.  Isn't that wild?).  The BJ Birdy is one of my favorite cards from this package.

We are the Pelicans now, formerly the Hornets.  I really wish we had the name Jazz back.  It was pretty perfect.

Thanks for the card, Monsieur Kevin!  I'm already stockpiling Blue Jays for you, but if there's any American food I can send you (McGriddles?) I'd be happy to oblige.  I do live in New Orleans where we have access to some excellent sauces and spices.

Vive la France!

A Box of 1996 Fleer Metal Universe

I have strange taste in cardboard.

Since I started collecting again I’ve been setting aside every ’96 and ’97 Metal Universe card I come across in a separate mini-box I labeled “Metal.” I could never put my finger on exactly why I was doing this until recently when it dawned on me that I could – nay, must – take a shot at building the set. It’s just so creative and cartoony and fun. There’s never been another brand like it.

Now, I’ve already written a post about these, so this post is more about the box break as opposed to the set as a whole.

Without further ado, let’s look at some sweet, sweet box booty from 1996!

A nice cross-section of inserts here, including the coolest of them all, the hobby-only Mother Lode insert. It looks nothing like the rest which are essentially just flat, metallic cards that are kind of dull by any standards. Mother Lode has cool designs in holofoil that are striking against the stark white.

The Platinum parallel is kind of dull, too. I get what they were going for in that it’s all about the texturing of the foil here, and in the absence of coloration you can really make out all the etched detail; but overall it’s still kinda boring. I’d have preferred another regular base card in each pack instead of these.

And, of course, there were a bunch of these...things.

Let’s get to the heart of this set’s appeal: the super kick-ass base cards.

These are just a few pages from the shiny new set binder.  This set does not scan well.  For a better look at some great Metal Universe base cards, see my original post.

I got 154 base cards from this box. Of those, zero were duplicates. Zero! Thank goodness for that, too, because that’s a small portion of the base set for a box that has so few cards in it.

The base set consists of 250 total cards, so the box put me at just over 61% completion. I still need a bunch of them, though. I already landed a handful on Just Commons. If anyone out there has any of my needs I’d repay them handsomely.

I’m also making a standing offer here and now: anyone out there who has the regular version of a base card I need, I will swap out my Platinum parallel version (assuming I have it) of the same card for nothing. Just send it via PWE, and I will do the same.

For the complete list of cards I need from 1996 Metal Universe and other sets, please see my Set-Building Needs. My list of Platinum parallel versions for trade for their common versions is also there.

And like the noble Native Americans would use every part of the buffalo, I used every part of the box.  First, I cut out the Metal Universe logo and used it to label the spine of the set binder:

Then I cut out that cool Manny Ramirez card from the front of the box which is indistinguishable from the real base card apart from the blank back:

It belongs in the binder, and I can cut cards out like an adult now.

Coming soon: a Box of 1997 Fleer Metal Universe.  Thanks for reading!

Official Wantlists

This is a perpetually updated list of specific Griffeys as well as set needs I'm looking for.  If you have any of these you would part with, e-mail me at thejuniorjunkie at gmail dot com and let's trade. Thanks for looking!

First, I need any Griffey not on THIS LIST.

1996 Beckett Tribute Checklist (Priority!)

Current needs:

1. NONE - COMPLETE!

2007 Upper Deck Ken Griffey, Jr. Chronicles:

1, 2, 9, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37-43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50

Griffey cards done in the Topps base set design from the following years:

1962
1967
1973
1976
1977
1978
1979
1981
1983
1984
1986

Also:

1989 Upper Deck #1 BGS 10
1989 Upper Deck #1 PSA 10
1989 Upper Deck #1 SGC 98+
1991 Donruss Advertising Sheet (mine has a damaged corner)
1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold
1996 Topps Laser Power Cuts #P14 (mine has damage)
1997 Collector's Choice Team Set Checklists w/ Griffey on back (all 11 teams, #'d & NNO of each)
1997 Donruss Limited Counterparts #1 (w/ Rondell White) Limited Exposure (mine has a print line)
1997 E-X2000 A Cut Above #2 (mine has a print line)
1997 Finest Embossed Refractor
1997 Pinnacle Certified Gold Team #/500 Mirror Gold /25
1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum Gold
1998 Donruss Crusade Red #/25 :-)
1998 Donruss Crusade Call to Arms (any)
1998 Finest The Man #TM1 Refractor #/75
2008 Topps Back to School Variation #TB4
2012 Topps Tier One Rookie Clear Cut Auto #CRA*KG #/25
2013 Topps Archives Mini Framed 1973 Autograph

And I'm always interested in:

Any Griffey 1/1
Any card featuring both Junior and Senior (esp. autographs and relics)
Any Oddballs
Any Griffey cameos

Set Needs:

I'm not just building the ultimate Griffey collection - I'm also a casual set-builder.  Here is a continuously-updated list of sets I am working on and the cards I need to complete them.  E-mail me at thejuniorjunkie at gmail dot com and let's trade!

Note: I'll try and update this list with names to go with card numbers when I have time (I'll never have time).

1981 Donruss:

1, 11, 33, 49, 90, 94, 100, 113, 119, 131, 212, 214, 323, 328, 364, 374, 392, 393, 396, 397, 399, 404, 406, 413, 430, 437, 441, 443, 446, 449, 451, 466, 468 473, 513, 537, 538, 558, 590, CL 361-480

1982 Donruss:

1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 12, 18, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 47, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 74, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 89, 92, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 103, 104, 105, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 130, 135, 138, 140, 145, 149, 152, 156, 157, 159, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 172, 174, 175, 177, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 207, 211, 213, 214, 215, 219, 223, 224, 225, 229, 233, 240, 243, 244, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 257, 260, 263, 264, 267, 268, 276, 277, 281, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290, 292, 293, 294, 295, 299, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 312, 314, 319, 321, 325, 326, 328, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339, 343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 364, 366, 367, 369, 370, 372, 382, 386, 387, 394, 396, 397, 398, 399, 404, 405, 407, 408, 409, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 422, 423, 425, 426, 428, 429, 430, 432, 436, 437, 438, 439, 442, 443, 444, 447, 448, 449, 453, 454, 455, 456, 458, 461, 466, 467, 470, 471, 475, 476, 477, 480, 482, 483, 484, 490, 492, 500, 502, 503, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 511, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 527, 528, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540, 541, 543, 544, 545, 552, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 566, 567, 568, 570, 575, 576, 579, 587, 588, 590, 591, 595, 599, 601, 602, 603, 605, 606, 609, 612, 614, 616, 623, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 631, 632, 634, 635, 636, 637, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 649, 651, 653, CL1, CL2, CL3

1989 Donruss (perpetual):

ALL

1992 Studio:

21, 114, 189, 204

Heritage Insert: all except BC-1, 2, 3, 4-8, 14

1995 Leaf Frank Thomas Insert:

need Season 2 and Season 5

1995 Select:

9, 18, 36, 49, 64, 102, 112, 124, 204, 209

1995 Upper Deck:

I need the entire trade set (card #451-495) EXCEPT for 469, 479, 481, 485, 486, 487, 493

2008 UD Masterpiece SP's:

99, 109, 111, 112

Donruss Puzzles:

1982 Donruss Babe Ruth: ALL
1983 Donruss Action All-Stars Mickey Mantle: ALL
1984 Donruss Action All-Stars Ted Williams: ALL
1986 Donruss Hank Aaron: 31-33
1990 Leaf Yogi Berra: ALL
1991 Leaf Harmon Killebrew: 1-3, 4-6, 13-15, 19-21, 22-24, 28-30, 31-33, 37-39, 40-42, 46-48, 49-51, 58-60

Thanks again for looking!

My Set Needs

I'm not just building the ultimate Griffey collection - I'm also a casual set-builder.  Here is a continuously-updated list of sets I am working on and the cards I need to complete them.  E-mail me at thejuniorjunkie at gmail dot com and let's trade!

Note: I'll try and update this list with names to go with card numbers when I have time (I'll never have time).

Lists are current as of 1.10.2020

1981 Donruss:

1, 11, 33, 49, 90, 94, 100, 113, 119, 131, 212, 214, 323, 328, 364, 374, 392, 393, 396, 397, 399, 404, 406, 413, 430, 437, 441, 443, 446, 449, 451, 466, 468 473, 513, 537, 538, 558, 590, CL 361-480

1982 Donruss:

1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 12, 18, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 47, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 74, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 89, 92, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 103, 104, 105, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 130, 135, 138, 140, 145, 149, 152, 156, 157, 159, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 172, 174, 175, 177, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 207, 211, 213, 214, 215, 219, 223, 224, 225, 229, 233, 240, 243, 244, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 257, 260, 263, 264, 267, 268, 276, 277, 281, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290, 292, 293, 294, 295, 299, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 312, 314, 319, 321, 325, 326, 328, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339, 343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 364, 366, 367, 369, 370, 372, 382, 386, 387, 394, 396, 397, 398, 399, 404, 405, 407, 408, 409, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 422, 423, 425, 426, 428, 429, 430, 432, 436, 437, 438, 439, 442, 443, 444, 447, 448, 449, 453, 454, 455, 456, 458, 461, 466, 467, 470, 471, 475, 476, 477, 480, 482, 483, 484, 490, 492, 500, 502, 503, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 511, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 527, 528, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540, 541, 543, 544, 545, 552, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 566, 567, 568, 570, 575, 576, 579, 587, 588, 590, 591, 595, 599, 601, 602, 603, 605, 606, 609, 612, 614, 616, 623, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 631, 632, 634, 635, 636, 637, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 649, 651, 653, CL1, CL2, CL3

1989 Donruss (perpetual):

ALL

1992 Studio:

1, 12, 20, 21, 29, 31, 39, 54, 69, 73, 93, 98, 104, 113, 114, 141, 151, 161, 169, 178, 189, 194, 199, 204, 209, 234, 244, 248

Heritage Insert: all except BC-1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14

1995 Leaf Frank Thomas Insert:

need Season 2 and Season 5

1995 Select:

9, 18, 36, 49, 64, 102, 112, 124, 204, 209

1995 Upper Deck:

451-495 (the entirety of the trade set)

2008 UD Masterpiece SP's:

99, 109, 111, 112

Donruss Puzzles:

1982 Donruss Babe Ruth: ALL
1983 Donruss Action All-Stars Mickey Mantle: ALL
1984 Donruss Action All-Stars Ted Williams: ALL
1986 Donruss Hank Aaron: 31-33
1990 Leaf Yogi Berra: ALL
1991 Leaf Harmon Killebrew: 1-3, 4-6, 13-15, 19-21, 22-24, 28-30, 31-33, 37-39, 40-42, 46-48, 49-51, 58-60

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