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Trade / Sale Please only list Juan Gonzalez cards here. You can also post "Wanted" cards. Please use the FS, FT, and WTB prefixes on your thread title. |
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No need to, we can see who won it via the list!
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I have one of these now, but it's not the copy akar just auctioned. His excellent description prompted me to google 1990 CMC team sets, and I found this site:
http://www.lakecountryminors.com I purchased an English Leather set and a Drug Emporium set from him for $19 each, and he says he has nine more sealed 89ers team sets but doesn't know what variations they are. I didn't mention what akar's copy was going for; so if anyone is feeling lucky, you should give him a call and get him to find and/or open those sets. I was really excited when they arrived on Saturday.... |
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I just talked to them and all they have left are the Drug Emporium sets. I had him open all of them. So, if you need a Drug Emporium version give them a call.
Fantastic find Kevin!!! Very resourceful. Aren't you glad you weren't the guy who bid $115??? My bet is that it was adelith. Quote:
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I think the one who bid $115 is glad to have a copy of the card that no one else will probably be able to acquire.
To me, getting these classic hard to get cards are more satisfactory than any "1 of 1" card, unless they are one of the original flair masterpiece cards. |
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Lake Country Minors must have bought some old stock from another dealer, because back when I was collecting I tried getting my English Leather version from them, but all they had was Drug Emporium.
Most dealers don't keep minor league team sets without big name stars on the teams. Lake Country Minors is happy to buy up these old or obscure team sets. |
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Well, hopefully everyone knows by now that card collecting will never be financially rewarding again. But when you desire a card, whether it's a card that comes up often on ebay but priced beyound what you want to spend or a card you never see that finally ends up in your collection it's called self satisfaction. I bought my BYN set from Lakecountryminors years ago. Kyle told me he was working to obtain a English Leather and I'm glad his work paned out for him. I certainly spent many hours trying to find one and other collectors had looked as well for me. But was never able to find one. Mike got his 93 Refractor that he waited for 14 years but not because of opportunity but because of set of goals that he put on himself. I promised myself that I would have an English Leather card if I ever had the chance. Alan gave that chance to me and I'm soon going to be able to add it to my collection.
Jonas Last edited by jjt111; 08-07-2007 at 03:26 AM. |
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Kyle,
I was told that the few sets that they had made were in wooden boxes with English Leather put on the box much like they did on the cap of their aftershave. But means as they couldn't tell them apart I guess that wasn't true. Last edited by jjt111; 08-07-2007 at 03:26 AM. |
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Well, first of all, the name is Kyle. I've been called a lot of worse things, but jzk_ksy Kevin might not appreciate being confused with me.
As for the wooden English Leather box, what you heard might well be true -- the set I got from Lake Country was an opened one. This sounds like something that akar could confirm for us. Kyle |
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My set was sealed and it was exactly like the Drug Emporium set.
Plain, clear plastic wrapping. I called or e-mailed every minor league card dealer I could find, no one knew what I was talking about when I told them I wanted the English Leather version. I had them all look, even Lake Country Minors. Even the place I eventually bought it from, didn't know there was a difference. I am guessing that if that set had special packaging at least one person one have known what I meant by the English Leather version. |
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