Card Identification Forum

Sorry, I wish I had pics, but my scanners are having issues. So here is the best I could do. I cannot find these in the TCDB. Nice challenge!

1. 1988 Pacific - Legends of Baseball [75 cards in small box]

2. 1992 Colla Collection - FRANK THOMAS, NNO says Promo Card on back.

3. 1994-95 FRANK THOMAS "The Big Hurt", all in gold foil. ONE of 15,000. NNO Sports Stars USA, 1993 Stats, B&W pic.

4. 1991 Playball USA, I have found many of these cards but...these 2 DARYL STRAWBERRY and KEN GRIFFEY JR. frame and name in gold file. Back looks like other Playball, back is blue NNO.

5. These cards are all gold glitter W/ RE AND BLUE STARS on front "Premier Edition, Pro File. Back compliments of Profiles in Sports- The Magazine for the National Hobby.

Promo 10/10 with  TED WILLIAMS, JOE DIMAGGIO, GRIFFEY JR, FRANK THOMAS, SOME HOCKEY PLAYER, TOM GLAVINE, NOLAN RYAN, CAL RIPKEN, BRAVES PLAYER

Promo 12/12 National Sports Collectors Convention July 9-12, Atlanta , Ga. with  FRANK THOMAS, MARK MCGUIRE, DAVE JUSTICE, YANKEE PLAYER, CAL RIPKEN, F.THOMAS, PUDGE, DEION SANDERS, NOLAN RYAN, MICKEY MANTLE, YANKEE.

6. 1993 American Sports Monthly, black border, gold oval with MICKEY MANTLE, 4 SHAQS, 4 JORDANS, RHEAUME.

Any help would be appreciated. That would categorize all my oddball baseball.

Thanks, ~BOB~

OK...I was able to find some sample pics, I loaded them into a webstie slideshow, Please take a look.

http://bobscardz.simplesite.com/430472890

Must be some real stumpers! lol

Thought for sure Cigars would chime in.

~BOB~

LOL, I PMed Cigars a couple days ago and still waiting for a reply so I am assuming he is not here at the moment. As for me, read your post but had nothing intelligent to add!! =P

got to love promo cards, will see if I can find any information

1. Unless I'm way off course this is part of a two series set. Series I (cards 1-110)  http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/9008/1988-Pacific-Legends-I and then the next year Series II (cards 111-220)  http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/9266/1989-Pacific-Legends-II

2. Promo card? If I recall correctly from other discussions Promo cards are a strange beast that has to be added special to an existing set. Or if the set doesn't exist in the database it gets added as a special on its own thing. Wair I see other "Barry Colla" sets in the Odd Ball section for 1992, but not a Frank Thomas set, and he isn't in the All-Star set so it isn't from that set.

3.  Oh dear is this one of the Broder cards?

4. ?

5. Sounds like they were inserted to the magazine? I found an image of the Ripken on a webpage listed as 1992 http://www.supercollectorcatalog.com/ripken-jr-cal.html

6. Sounds like another from the magazine card. Oh looking at an image of the Rheaume I have a Frank Thomas card like this and I think a Nolan Ryan from 91 or 92. This is what annoys me about the early 1990s cards. too many makers, too many sources way way too many multiples of each card. Sometimes I wonder if the trading card world will ever get the nonsense that was the early 1990s completely cataloged and under control. Probably not just as the early tobacco days still hold many mysteries. *Sigh*

2. 1992 Barry Colla Promos - As far as I can tell there is a 17 card set that that card belongs too. Without seeing it,  the Frank Thomas card is a picture of him leaning forward with his right shoulder close to the camera. I have the set created and am getting the checklist composed and uploaded. 

grim25

6. Might be the set you are looking for?? 

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewAllSet.cfm/sid/70555/1993-AmericanSportsMonthly

grim25

Just to add to the mystery of the American Sports Monthly, I have 2 cards of Nolan Ryan that are 1991 American Sports Monthly. They are numbered ASM 31 and ASM 32.  I have nver found anything on these.  If anyone here knows of a source of information on American Sports Monthly's origins, it would be good to share it here.

WOW, you guys are amazing....didn't think to go multi sport.

UPDATE:

1. Nope...The PACIFIC small box set says 75 cards, not the 110 sets; STILL LOOKING

3.  FRANK THOMAS and 4.  Playball USA......STILL LOOKING

5. 12/12 Pro Files Premier edition; STILL LOOKING. 10/10 was found in multi-sports.

Also Found:

Thanks to grim for #2 Colla Collection and #6 [except I have a different Rheaume]

~BOB~