1997-98 Score Hockey Forum

hi. are these cards with blank back some parallel set or what is is? i can not find anything about that here neither at beckett. thanks

https://www.comc.com/Cards/Hockey/1997-98/Score_-_Base_-_Blank_Back/83/Peter_Forsberg/15944239

Not a thing. A printing flaw. And did you see the back? I guess the dirt doesn't count as "blank". Won't ever be listed here either.

Not a printing flaw.

The blank back "cards" are the front-cards for the retail blister/hangar packs. These are thinner than the regular cards and have the same front as the base cards they represent.

The construction is a cardboard hanger pack with a plastic insert (making the packs difficult to open). Inside the bubble is a blank white pack with the "face card" which is just a thin gloss/paper card with the card front art and blank back. I cannot find a picture of what the hockey packs look like, but here is a picture of what it looks like for the baseball release:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/v44AAOSwl4xerwXa/s-l1600.jpg

Presumably, the baseball packs also will have the same facing card (thin stock/ blank back) but I have never opened those, only the hockey ones.

Also, IDK about a checklist, but there is not a card for each in the base set. I have not seen any parallels used for the face card. There might be 10-20 of them in total (again, for hockey as I can't speak about baseball or any other sports).

thanks for explanation! jan

After I found some of the ones I have. 2x Paul Kariya, and compared to the regular cards, there is a slight gloss difference. I thought about trying to take a picture of that or of the thickness difference, but my camera isn't good enough to show it.

So basically someone on COMC is asking for $115 for a piece of packaging 

Well it is presuming the card on COMC is actually one of the decoy cards from the retail pack. Certainly it could be an actual blank back error of the regular card. No way to tell by a photo or a scan really.