Finally, a New Card

This is the 1997 Score Showcase Series Artist's Proof.  Initially the card appeared on Ebay with a Buy It Now price of about $25.00.  Luckily a second one appeared just a few days later with a much more reasonable price.  I was glad I waited on it.

So this is the first new card added in a long time.  Things have been really slow on this collection lately.  Hopefully some new cards get released soon, but I am not optimistic.

Card #376: 1990 Baseball Card Magazine #63

YEAR: 1990
BRAND: Baseball Card Magazine
SET: Baseball Card Magazine
NUMBER: 63
SUBSET: NA
INSERT: NA
TEAM: Cleveland Indians

These cards were inserted into one of the many baseball card price guides that existed in the early 1990's.  There were typically three cards together that had to be cut apart.  This card's design is based on the design of the 1969 Topps set.

Card #375: 2006 Upper Deck Gold #677

YEAR: 2006
BRAND: Upper Deck
SET: Upper Deck
NUMBER: 677
SUBSET: NA
INSERT: Gold
TEAM: Los Angeles Dodgers

One of the very few Los Angeles Dodgers cards of Alomar, this is the gold parallel and is serial-numbered 270/299.  The picture is kind of boring, but I do like this card anyway because the only cards that feature Alomar with the Dodgers are the 2006 Upper Deck and its various parallels.

Card #374: 2001 SP Game Bat Milestone Piece of Action Trios #OTA

YEAR: 2001
BRAND: Upper Deck
SET: SP Game Bat Milestone
NUMBER: OTA
INSERT: Piece of Action Trios
SUBSET: NA
TEAM: Chicago White Sox

This was my first White Sox relic card and it features game-used bat pieces from Magglio Ordonez, Frank Thomas, and Sandy Alomar Jr.  The bat pieces have White Sox logos burned into them as well.  This is definitely a favorite card.  Alomar is definitely the lesser of the three players in 2001, but that is fine.

Card #373: 1990 Score McDonald's #2

YEAR: 1990
BRAND: Score
SET: McDonald's
NUMBER: 2
SUBSET: NA
INSERT: NA
TEAM: Cleveland Indians

These cards were only available at 11 McDonald's stores in Idaho and Oregon for a three week period and came four to a pack with the purchase of fries and a drink.  Quite frankly, I am surprised this was not harder to find than it was with that kind of distribution.  The picture is the same one that would appear on Alomar's base card from 1991 Score.

Card #372: 1991 Topps Rookies #1

YEAR: 1991
BRAND: Topps
SET: Topps
NUMBER: 1
SUBSET: NA
INSERT: Rookies
TEAM: Cleveland Indians

These cards came one per retail jumbo pack.  The set is similar to the All Star glossy set, featuring a glossy front, but focused on rookies from the year before.  This is a decent shot of Alomar warming up a pitcher before a game.

Card #371: 1991 Kenner Starting Lineup #15

YEAR: 1991
BRAND: Kenner
SET: Starting Lineup
NUMBER: 15
SUBSET: NA
INSERT: NA
TEAM: Cleveland Indians

My second Starting Lineup figure of Alomar came with this card.  The card is interesting in that they crowd can be seen fairly clearly.  I think that companies have tried to distance themselves from this somewhat over the years.  It was a lot more common awhile back.  This figure also came with a coin, which I won't put up as part of this series, but can be seen early on in my blog.

Card #370: 1995 Topps Pre-Production #PP4

YEAR: 1995
BRAND: Topps
SET: Pre-Production
NUMBER: PP4
SUBSET: NA
INSERT: NA
TEAM: Cleveland Indians

This is the Pre-Production sample that was available in special 1994 Topps Factory Sets.  Each set came with a pack of four of these cards as well as one Spectralite parallel.  It is virtually the same card except for the missing 1994 stats and the number.