Card Identification Forum

I got this card, obviously an unlicened product, but I don't know what its story is.  Pretty sure I picked it up as part of a big Ryan lot of cards.  I also did a search on eBay for "Living Legend Series 1 #16" and what came up was it for an auction on eBay saying it was a Broder Type card, so not much help there!

It's from this set, which is actually a 20 card set, not 18. I don't recall who the last 2 cards are.

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewAllSet.cfm/sid/95180/1990-Living-Legends-Blue-(Unlicensed)?PageIndex=1#6680538

I have tried for years to figure out where some of these came from. There are also orange, and silver border sets. None are really hard to come by except for the yellow. Probably someone made these in their garage, or when no one was looking at one of the real card companies. For a while I thought some of these may have come from a magazine, in a sheet form. But after searching for some time, never found anything on that.

We've had this discussion here before, but some will tell you these are worthless and should be destroyed. I don't agree, they are not worth much. Not having that MLB stamp hurts it, and is part of its appeal. A cheap "knock-off", or "bootleg" is all it is.

I resisted them for many years, until I noticed some are quite nice, and sometimes have photos you won't find anywhere else.

I agree with most of what Doc had to say with one minor exception - the part about the photos. Usually, these "Broder" makers would use photos that were in fact used elsewhere (other cards, magazines, posters, etc.).

Very true, but we can't all see everything all the time, might be new to me :)

Hey, I can add the image to its checklist!

Does the site allow for mobile uploads, or should I wait until I get back to my laptop?

I probably should wait, I need to resize that guy anyway.

And looking at it and other images of the set, it does seem lifted and not the creator's own image.