I ended up stopping in to the baseball card section as I always do when I go in and looking over the stacks of old wax piled up there. Pat the sports card manager bought a huge collection recently and I've posted some other old school breaks from this stuff. Well he had a box of Series 1 and Series 2 Fleer Ultra sitting there for $7.99 a box. I couldn't resist. I remember when this stuff came out it was the shit. And the boxes still had their original price tags on them. Series 1 was marked for $100 and Series 2 $50. Needless to say waiting almost 20 years to buy this two boxes netted me a huge discount.
I have to say these cards hold up really well. They still look great even by today's foil and chromed out cards. And the 92's looked way better than the 91 flagship offering.
Of course the 93's look very similar to this years. Take a look.
Here are some more of the HOFer's and Stars from the set.
My one Tony Gwynn Commemorative Series card. You could also send in for a special set of Tony Gwynn cards with wrappers. In 93 I remember it was Dennis Eckersley that was featured. I guess these are about 1:36 since I only pulled one.
Glavine Award Winners.
I guess these are about 1:12 packs. The odds aren't on the wrappers of series 1, except for the Gwynn auto.
The only name I recognize from the all rookie team was the Karros.
A few names you might recognize here. I have to say I'm going to see how this collates. There are 300 cards in Series 1 and 2 and you get 504 cards per box so in theory there should be a full set in there.
Cheers
cb out.
Good stuff. I've been close to picking up some from baseball card exchange a few times.
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