tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post114573127348708449..comments2024-03-20T04:07:19.586-04:00Comments on The Baseball Card Blog: Best Set Countdown: 38 – 34josh Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10212453263195870177noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-56128228143062966252009-08-19T21:10:00.015-04:002009-08-19T21:10:00.015-04:00I have the fuckface card. Anyone know the value?I have the fuckface card. Anyone know the value?robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01136456636002468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-48690391670219072812007-10-11T13:30:00.000-04:002007-10-11T13:30:00.000-04:00HelloThe FF card is one of my collecting passions....Hello<BR/>The FF card is one of my collecting passions. I have found over a dozen varaitions and a wealth of info. Some of it is posted on our website www.billripken.com along with a few pictures of similar adult errors. Happy HuntingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-76951482445597430512007-05-30T03:16:00.000-04:002007-05-30T03:16:00.000-04:00I have the complete uncut set 6 Sheets A,B,C,D,E,F...I have the complete uncut set 6 Sheets A,B,C,D,E,F of 1987 Topps. <BR/>The Box has never been opened can anyone tell me what it could be worth DON'T want to sell it just would like to find out some things about it you can email me at <BR/>chcohio@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1145929984598029432006-04-24T21:53:00.000-04:002006-04-24T21:53:00.000-04:00I attempted to create a blog like this one last ye...I attempted to create a blog like this one last year, but got bored with it. Besides you are a more entertaining writer than I am. I stumbled across this blog today because I am now the ebay expert in my office since I was able to help another guy make a grand selling an old boat engine. Somebody brought in a pile of baseball cards and I tried to figure out what they were and did a google search and came across this site. This site wasn't helpful for that, but allowed me to waste an afternoon taking a trip down memory lane. It's amazing to think how much time collecting baseball cards took up on my young life.<BR/><BR/>Anyway...my old blog is still up, but I haven't updated since October. Maybe if I get some energy I'll post some more of my old cards. I probably have every set made from 1978-1988. 1989 was the year I quit collecting, since I basically lost interest and was 16 then. There were like 7 regular sets that year and countless more traded sets. I was spending money on cars, girls, alcohol, hair metal records and whatever else 16 year olds in 1989 wasted money on. I didn't have the extra income for 20 sets of cards. I have a a few half completed sets from that year. I also have a few cards from cereal boxes or given as gifts by well meaning, but clueless relatives later than that. They are all worthless, but have more sentimental value, so I'll never throw them out.<BR/><BR/>My old blog is at http://baseballcardguy.blogspot.com. I might update it, although, I see it mostly has became a place for losers to post links to porn sites in the comments area. In fact, I'll post something on there right now, since I am inspired by this blog.<BR/><BR/>Some thoughts to keep this post topical.....<BR/>I'll bet he 1988 Fleer cards were designed by the same people that designed toothpaste boxes.<BR/><BR/>The 1989 Fleer set looked like a full set version of those Toys R Us/Woolworth's/Kay Bee deck of card sets of all stars that were everywhere in the late 1980's. I think Fleer even made those sets.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170852386254175201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1145921338934831392006-04-24T19:28:00.000-04:002006-04-24T19:28:00.000-04:00not to be a dick, but 43 times 3 is 129, 44 times ...not to be a dick, but 43 times 3 is 129, 44 times 3 is 132Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1145915227196083722006-04-24T17:47:00.000-04:002006-04-24T17:47:00.000-04:00I thought I read somewhere that Topps based their ...I thought I read somewhere that Topps based their card numbers on the order that they received the contract from the individual players...anyone else know about that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1145910711139014462006-04-24T16:31:00.000-04:002006-04-24T16:31:00.000-04:00To go with the 132 thing, I believe there are 132 ...To go with the 132 thing, I believe there are 132 cards on each printed sheet.<BR/><BR/>And your math was wrong before-- 132 is divisible by 3-- it gets 43. However, it is not divisible by 9. So it'll fill page rows evenly, but not a full page evenly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1145895141813697632006-04-24T12:12:00.000-04:002006-04-24T12:12:00.000-04:00Yes, the Fuck Face card is a good study on how the...Yes, the Fuck Face card is a good study on how the market can be so screwed up in cards. <BR/><BR/>There were about 5 different corrections. You had the scribble out version, the white box version, the black box version, I believe there was another white box version placed differently, and even some cards that had a physical cut through it to eliminate the bat. <BR/><BR/>That reeks of a panic move to me. Either Fleer legitimately didn't see it coming, or they saw it coming and didn't realize there would be such an uproar that they scrambled for ideas to correct it. And in the end, they rushed them all out there. <BR/><BR/>What always got me is that somehow there was a market demand for the scribble out version over the black box version if I remember correctly which actually made the scribble out card worth more than the black box card, and actually worth more than the Fuck Face card. <BR/><BR/>And my question is...how is a card with a scribble on it worth more money because it's a scribble? That is where we put too much emphasis on rarity. The only thing collectible about it is the fact that there were less scribbles than any other. That isn't a big deal to me. <BR/><BR/>Me, I always just wanted the Fuck Face card. And I have it. I could give a damn about whether my correction was a white box or a scribble. The actual card has a much better story to it.The Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573551553863558468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1145886880955749322006-04-24T09:54:00.000-04:002006-04-24T09:54:00.000-04:00There are 132 cards per uncut sheet. Easy math.There are 132 cards per uncut sheet. Easy math.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1145854469869504762006-04-24T00:54:00.000-04:002006-04-24T00:54:00.000-04:00I always liked that Fleer kept teams together, and...I always liked that Fleer kept teams together, and placed the teams in the order of finish from the previous year. I felt like it provided a connection to what happened on the field that was lacking in the other sets. For instance, if I ever forget for a second who won the World Series in '83, I immediately remember the Mike Boddicker card that led off the '84 fleer set.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and your question about the number 132 (from the last post). I think it's something about the way the cards were pressed (I thought about this a lot as a 11-12 year old). 660 (the count from the fleer and donruss sets) is 5x132. Add 132 to that, and you get 792. And 132 cards in the traded set. Must be a printing thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com