You might be thinking, surely there aren't any Upper Deck base cards Jon hasn't blogged yet? Well, you'd be surprised...
Card Number 825: Upper Deck Collector's Choice, 1998; #480
This card is from the last year of 'Collector's Choice'. It became UD Choice in 1999 before being lost forever. As a swansong, that is a fantastic card photo.
On the back we have Tony reaching up to sign autographs. He was well-known for signing autographs, often staying behind long after his team-mates had disappeared into the changing rooms. Any regular readers of this blog will know the 'Did you know?' factoid. I comment on it a lot! (It's still remarkable.)
Encore was a parallel set that Upper Deck released, with shiny versions of their base cards from that year. (This could have been a Tuesday Twin card.) As is sometimes the case with these random sets, I've already blogged the two much rarer insert cards from this set. It's nice to add the base card!
Card Number 827: Upper Deck Ovation, 2001; #51
The front is practically the same as the card from the regular set but has an additional 'Encore' on it. The back has half an additional 'Encore' on it. (At the top!)
This completes my run of Tony's base cards in the Ovation sets, as I've already blogged the cards from 1999 and 2000. The central motif of these cards was the baseball 'stitching', which was embossed. The stitiching isn't in red on this card, but the embossing marks are quite clear on the back.
Total: 827 cards
Now that I have caught up with your blogs of Upper Deck cards I have to agree with your sentiment made in your post on the 2005 SP. The hobby is truly at a loss without Upper Deck. They made some really nice cards with great designs and usually nice photography. The Collector's Choice card in todays post is one of my favorite card photos ever.
ReplyDeleteThey are a great loss. (As I say frequently)
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