I'm often discussing 90's parallels and the price fluctuations that go along with them. Today let's take a look at one of the more affordable parallels from the era, Stadium Club One of a Kind.
1998 Stadium Club Tony Womack One of a Kind /150
I feel like I should always put a disclaimer on these type of posts that if you collect Jeter or Griffey Jr then my "affordable" line doesn't apply. Those two are in a league of their own for the era in terms of pricing. Other expensive players of the era like Chipper Jones and Maddux will sell for less than $10 while the big 2 will be in the $50 to $100 range. Crazy stuff.
Interest in the One of a Kind's on eBay seems tepid overall. To me the reason seems obvious in that making a parallel of an already great base set is likely only going to make it worse. Much like the gold parallels in the recent Stadium Club sets (which can easily go unnoticed). Fun inserts like the Triumvarate cards seem much more popular.
When trying to pick these up my usual protocol is to either find sellers that offer free shipping on eBay or make them part of a bulk order on COMC. Most of the Pirates seem to sale in .99 to $3 range. I believe this Womack ran me around $1.50 on COMC. So you can how shipping can sometimes be more than the card itself.
If anyone happens to see the Al Martin version of this card let me know. The 1999 version has been on eBay for a while, but can't seem to locate the 98.
Enjoy the games today!
Thanks for reading.
I have a couple of the NBA version of the parallels. I agree, they aren't as nice as the base cards...not that it would stop me from adding more sometime. Kind of funny that a parallel called One of a Kind has a print run of 150.
ReplyDeleteI always thought the same thing about the name not matching the print run.
DeleteI have a couple of these, and remember pulling a Steve Traschel.
ReplyDeleteSteve Traschel! The were in for a 4 hour game when he was on the mound!
DeleteI'd take a Piazza but have never seen one. It may be the scan but in the shot above both players appear to float mid-air.
ReplyDeleteIt is probably one of the better parallel sets find a star on the cheap side. Even Rickey Henderson was just a shade over $10.
DeleteI was sifting through some of my 90's Jeter inserts and was blown away by how much some of them sold for. As for these one of a kind parallels... I have a few commons sitting in my collection. Never understood why they weren't more popular for being so rare.
ReplyDeleteThey just don't really differ enough from the regular card. Jeter is just out of this world expensive.
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