General Forum

I bought a large box of mid to late 80s to help complete sets from those years. I ran across a 1988 Rick Honeycutt Oakland As with a Blank Back that did not get printed. I have been collecting for 40 years and this was a first for me. Is this a common thing from those years? Regardless of value it is a first for me so will be going in my Specialty collection. Thanks for info...Hal

Common, not really, but in the big picture, probably more common than some of our short prints of the modern sets. The thing is, we have no idea how many actually exist, or that this happened to, etc. They are not catalogued here, but that doesn't mean there isn't a market for them. A player or a team collector will most likely pay quite a premium over a normally printed version of the same card. They are fun to find. I remember finding a bunch in packs back in 1985 opening Topps packs. I had a Gooden like that. I eventually sold it on ebay, but if I had sold it when I was doing card shows in the early 90s, I could've done a lot better with it. Oh well. I still have the 1985 Rod Carew in my HOF binder. :)