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=Description=
=Description=


1997 Upper Deck is a 550-card set released in two series of 240 and 250 cards and two 30-card "Update" sets.  Series One, containing the first 240 cards were released in January, 1997; while Series Two (cards #271-#520) was issued in June.  Every base card is "game dated" on the front with the exact time and place in which the photo was taken.
1997 Upper Deck is a 550-card set released in two series of 240 and 250 cards and two 30-card "Update" sets.  Series One, containing the first 240 cards was released in January, 1997; while Series Two (cards #271-#520) was issued in June.  Every base card is "game dated" on the front with the exact time and place in which the photo was taken.


Each series was supplemented by two 30-card update sets that were only available via a wrapper redemption offers.  The "Postseason Highlights" set (cards #241-270) could be had for 10 Series One wrappers and $3 shipping & handling.  A similar offer for the "Traded" set (cards #521-550) was offered for 10 Series Two wrappers and $3.
Each series was supplemented by two 30-card update sets that were only available via a wrapper redemption offers.  The "Postseason Highlights" set (cards #241-270) could be had for ten Series One wrappers and $3 shipping & handling.  A similar offer for the "Traded" set (cards #521-550) was offered for ten Series Two wrappers and $3.


1997 Upper Deck is notable for having the first game-used cards in a mainstream baseball product.  It should also be noted that the "Griffey's Hot List" subset in Series Two (#415-424) was short-printed -- one of the first instances of a set featuring cards that were intentionally SPed for the sole purpose of adding secondary market "value."  
1997 Upper Deck is notable for having one of the first game-used cards in a mainstream baseball product.  It should also be noted that the "Griffey's Hot List" subset in Series Two (#415-424) was short-printed -- one of the first instances of a set featuring cards that were intentionally SPed for the sole purpose of adding secondary market "value."


=Distribution=
=Distribution=
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=Insertion Ratios=
=Insertion Ratios=
===Series One===


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!Retail Odds
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||550||-||?||?
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||240||-||?||?
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|Series One||240||-||?||?
|Star Attractions||10||-||N/A||one-per-pack
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|-
|Postseason Highlights||30||-||?||?
|Rock Solid Foundation||20||-||1:7||1:7
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|Series Two||250||-||?||?
|Power Package||20||-||1:24||1:24
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|-
|Traded||30||-||?||?
|Ticket to Stardom||20||-||1:34||1:34
|-
|-
|Star Attractions||20||-||N/A||one-per-pack
|Amazing Greats||20||-||1:138||1:138
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|-
|Rock Solid Foundation (S1)||20||-||1:7||1:7
|Game Jersey||3||-||1:800||1:800
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===Series Two===
 
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!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
!Retail Odds
|-
|-
|Power Package (S1)||20||-||1:24||1:24
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||250||-||?||?
|-
|-
|Ticket to Stardom (S2)||20||-||1:34||1:34
|Star Attractions||10||-||N/A||one-per-pack
|-
|-
|Amazing Greats (S1)||20||-||1:69||1:69
|Predictor||30||-||1:5||1:5
|-
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|Predictor (S2)||30||-||1:5||1:5
|Hot Commodities||20||-||1:13||1:13
|-
|-
|Hot Commodities (S2)||20||-||1:13||1:13
|Long Distance Connection||20||-||1:35||1:35
|-
|-
|Long Distance Connection (S2)||20||-||1:35||1:35
|Run Producers||24||-||1:69||1:69
|-
|-
|Run Producers (S2)||24||-||1:69||1:69
|Blue Chip Prospects||20||500||?||?
|-
|Blue Chip Prospects (S2)||20||500||?||?
|-
|Game Jersey (S1)||3||-||1:800||1:800
|}
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===Series One===
===Series One===


'''NOTE:''' The Jackie Robinson Tribute, Strike Force, Defensive Gems, Global Impact, Season Highlight Checklist, and Star Rookies subsets are all printed on foilboard.
'''NOTE:''' The Jackie Robinson Tribute, Strike Force, Defensive Gems, Global Impact, Season Highlight Checklist, and Star Rookies subsets are all printed on foilboard, but are NOT short-printed.
   
   
====Jackie Robinson Tribute====
====Jackie Robinson Tribute====
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====Defensive Gems====
====Defensive Gems====


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====Global Impact====
====Global Impact====


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====Season Highlight Checklists====
====Season Highlight Checklists====


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====Star Rookies====
====Star Rookies====


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===Postseason Highlights===
===Postseason Highlights===


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===Series Two===
===Series Two===


'''NOTES'''  
'''NOTES'''  


* The Star Rookies, Season Highlights Chceklist, Capture the Flag, and Diamond Debuts subsets are printed on foilboard.
* The Star Rookies, Season Highlights Chceklist, Capture the Flag, and Diamond Debuts subsets are printed on foilboard but are NOT short-printed.
* The Griffey's Hot List subset is short-printed and printed on etched foil.
* The Griffey's Hot List subset is short-printed and printed on etched foil.


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====Diamond Debuts====
====Diamond Debuts====


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===Traded===


===Traded===
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'''NOTE:''' This set was available through a Series Two wrapper-redemption offer.
'''NOTE:''' This set was available through a Series Two wrapper-redemption offer.
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====Capture The Flag White Back Variation====


==Inserts==
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===Star Attractions===
Each card in the Capture the Flag subset is also available in a "White Back" variation.


This 20-card set was exclusive to specially-marked six-card "Memorabilia Madness" packs -- which were sold only at mass-market retail outlets -- and seeded at the rate of one-per-pack.  Cards 1-10 were exclusive to Upper Deck Memorabilia Madness packs, while 11-20 were in [[1997 Collector's Choice]] Memorabilia Madness packs. In addition to these cards, the Memorabilia Madness packs also included randomly-seeded redemptions good for various autographs.
==Inserts==


A Gold parallel was also randomly seeded into packs.
===Rock Solid Foundation===


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===PowerDeck===
 
Randomly inserted into a limited number of Series One Hobby boxes was a Ken Griffey, Jr. PowerDeck "card."  An experiment into multimedia trading cards, each "card" is a die-cut compact disc containing a brief interview with Griffey.  In order to listen to the interview, a hole in the middle of the "card" had to be punched out -- therefore damaging the "card" -- and placed into a special adapter that was included with the "card." 
 
Ken Griffey, Jr.
 
===Rock Solid Foundation===


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===Power Package===
===Power Package===


NOTE: A special 5" X 7" version was randomly inserted into specially marked Series One boxes sold exclusively at Sam's Club stores.
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'''NOTE:''' A special 5" X 7" version was randomly inserted into specially marked Series One boxes sold exclusively at Sam's Club stores.


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===Ticket to Stardom===
===Ticket to Stardom===
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====Ticket to Stardom Combos====
====Ticket to Stardom Combos====
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This 10-card set is a parallel of the Ticket to Stardom insert set.  Each card features two Ticket to Stardom's fused together into a 2 1/2" X 6 1/2" "strip." One strip was inserted into each specially-marked Collector's Choice three-packs sold exclusively at mass-market retail outlets.
This 10-card set is a parallel of the Ticket to Stardom insert set.  Each card features two Ticket to Stardom's fused together into a 2 1/2" X 6 1/2" "strip." One strip was inserted into each specially-marked Collector's Choice three-packs sold exclusively at mass-market retail outlets.


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===Amazing Greats===
===Amazing Greats===
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This Series One set features cards printed on a (non game-used) wood veneer with a die-cut "window."  Inside the window is a plastic translucent image of the player.


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===Predictor===
===Predictor===
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This 30-card set was randomly seeded into Series Two packs at the rate of 1:5.  Unlike previous year's Predictors, the fronts of each '97 edition had four scratch-off gold "bats," behind each is a specific feat.  If the player meets of exceeds that feat in a 1997 MLB game, it can then be redeemed (along with $2 for shipping & handling) for an upgraded "Totally Virtual" parallel.  Unlike previous Predictor sets, all 30 cards were potential winners.
This 30-card set was randomly seeded into Series Two packs at the rate of 1:5.  Unlike previous year's Predictors, the fronts of each '97 edition had four scratch-off gold "bats," behind each is a specific feat.  If the player meets of exceeds that feat in a 1997 MLB game, it can then be redeemed (along with $2 for shipping & handling) for an upgraded "Totally Virtual" parallel.  Unlike previous Predictor sets, all 30 cards were potential winners.
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===Hot Commodities===
===Hot Commodities===
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===Long Distance Connection===
===Long Distance Connection===
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===Run Producers===
===Run Producers===
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===Blue Chip Prospects===
===Blue Chip Prospects===


Randomly inserted into Series Two packs, each card is serial-numbered to 500 copies.
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Randomly inserted into Series Two packs, each Blue Chip Prospect card is die-cut to look like a film slide.  The "slide" area of the card features a translucent image of the player.  Each card is serial-numbered to 500 copies.


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==Autographs & Game-Used==
===PowerDeck===
 
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Randomly inserted into a limited number of Series One Hobby boxes was a Ken Griffey, Jr. PowerDeck "card."  An experiment into multimedia trading cards, each "card" is a die-cut compact disc containing a brief interview with Griffey.  In order to listen to the interview, a hole in the middle of the "card" had to be punched out -- therefore damaging the "card" -- and placed into a special adapter that was included with the "card." 
 
Ken Griffey, Jr.
 
===Star Attractions===
 
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Upper-Deck---Star-Attractions/SA8/Tino-Martinez.jpg?id=543975c8-529a-4a67-9652-6b97b81cde04&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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This 20-card set was exclusive to specially-marked six-card "Memorabilia Madness" packs -- which were sold only at mass-market retail outlets -- and seeded at the rate of one-per-pack.  Cards 1-10 were exclusive to Upper Deck Memorabilia Madness packs, while 11-20 were in [[1997 Collector's Choice]] Memorabilia Madness packs. In addition to these cards, the Memorabilia Madness packs also included randomly-seeded redemptions good for various autographs.
 
A Gold parallel was also randomly seeded into packs.
 
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===Sister Assumpta===
 
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This card was distributed at the 1997 National Sports Collectors Convention which took place August 7th through the 10th at the I-X Center in Cleveland.  It is a tribute to Sister Mary Assumpta, who began baking chocolate chip cookies for the Cleveland Indians players in 1986.  The back displays ten trivia questions with the answers printed upside down in a blue bar at the bottom.
 
==Game-Used==


===Game Jersey===
===Game Jersey===


One of the landmark sets in Hobby history, this three-card set was randomly inserted into Series One packs.  Each card features a swatch of a game-worn jerseys cut up and placed on the card. These cards were the first memorabilia insert cards to hit the baseball card market.
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One of the landmark sets in Hobby history, these three cards were randomly inserted into Series One packs.  Each card features a swatch of a game-worn jersey, cut up, and placed on the card. These cards were the first of their kind to hit the baseball card market and have become a staple in baseball card products since.


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{{Upper Deck}}
[[Category:Upper Deck]]
[[Category:Upper Deck]]
[[Category:1997]]
[[Category:1997]]

Latest revision as of 20:13, 14 December 2023

Description

1997 Upper Deck is a 550-card set released in two series of 240 and 250 cards and two 30-card "Update" sets. Series One, containing the first 240 cards was released in January, 1997; while Series Two (cards #271-#520) was issued in June. Every base card is "game dated" on the front with the exact time and place in which the photo was taken.

Each series was supplemented by two 30-card update sets that were only available via a wrapper redemption offers. The "Postseason Highlights" set (cards #241-270) could be had for ten Series One wrappers and $3 shipping & handling. A similar offer for the "Traded" set (cards #521-550) was offered for ten Series Two wrappers and $3.

1997 Upper Deck is notable for having one of the first game-used cards in a mainstream baseball product. It should also be noted that the "Griffey's Hot List" subset in Series Two (#415-424) was short-printed -- one of the first instances of a set featuring cards that were intentionally SPed for the sole purpose of adding secondary market "value."

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.49)

Retail:

10 packs per box, 12 cards per pack

20 packs per box, 12 cards per pack

28 Packs Per Box, 12 Cards Per Pack

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 240 - ? ?
Star Attractions 10 - N/A one-per-pack
Rock Solid Foundation 20 - 1:7 1:7
Power Package 20 - 1:24 1:24
Ticket to Stardom 20 - 1:34 1:34
Amazing Greats 20 - 1:138 1:138
Game Jersey 3 - 1:800 1:800

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 250 - ? ?
Star Attractions 10 - N/A one-per-pack
Predictor 30 - 1:5 1:5
Hot Commodities 20 - 1:13 1:13
Long Distance Connection 20 - 1:35 1:35
Run Producers 24 - 1:69 1:69
Blue Chip Prospects 20 500 ? ?

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

NOTE: The Jackie Robinson Tribute, Strike Force, Defensive Gems, Global Impact, Season Highlight Checklist, and Star Rookies subsets are all printed on foilboard, but are NOT short-printed.

Jackie Robinson Tribute

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Strike Force

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Defensive Gems

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Global Impact

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Season Highlight Checklists

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Star Rookies

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Postseason Highlights

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NOTES

  • This set was available through a Series One wrapper redemption offer.
  • All cards are printed on foilboard.

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Series Two

NOTES

  • The Star Rookies, Season Highlights Chceklist, Capture the Flag, and Diamond Debuts subsets are printed on foilboard but are NOT short-printed.
  • The Griffey's Hot List subset is short-printed and printed on etched foil.

Star Rookies

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Season Highlight Checklists

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Capture the Flag

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Griffey's Hot List

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Diamond Debuts

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<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1997') AND (setname='Upper Deck') AND (num BETWEEN 484 AND 520) ORDER BY num +0 ASC; </sql2wiki>

Traded

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NOTE: This set was available through a Series Two wrapper-redemption offer.

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Capture The Flag White Back Variation

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Each card in the Capture the Flag subset is also available in a "White Back" variation.

Inserts

Rock Solid Foundation

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Power Package

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NOTE: A special 5" X 7" version was randomly inserted into specially marked Series One boxes sold exclusively at Sam's Club stores.

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Ticket to Stardom

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Ticket to Stardom Combos

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This 10-card set is a parallel of the Ticket to Stardom insert set. Each card features two Ticket to Stardom's fused together into a 2 1/2" X 6 1/2" "strip." One strip was inserted into each specially-marked Collector's Choice three-packs sold exclusively at mass-market retail outlets.

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Amazing Greats

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This Series One set features cards printed on a (non game-used) wood veneer with a die-cut "window." Inside the window is a plastic translucent image of the player.

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Predictor

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This 30-card set was randomly seeded into Series Two packs at the rate of 1:5. Unlike previous year's Predictors, the fronts of each '97 edition had four scratch-off gold "bats," behind each is a specific feat. If the player meets of exceeds that feat in a 1997 MLB game, it can then be redeemed (along with $2 for shipping & handling) for an upgraded "Totally Virtual" parallel. Unlike previous Predictor sets, all 30 cards were potential winners.

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Hot Commodities

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Long Distance Connection

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Run Producers

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Blue Chip Prospects

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Randomly inserted into Series Two packs, each Blue Chip Prospect card is die-cut to look like a film slide. The "slide" area of the card features a translucent image of the player. Each card is serial-numbered to 500 copies.

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PowerDeck

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Randomly inserted into a limited number of Series One Hobby boxes was a Ken Griffey, Jr. PowerDeck "card." An experiment into multimedia trading cards, each "card" is a die-cut compact disc containing a brief interview with Griffey. In order to listen to the interview, a hole in the middle of the "card" had to be punched out -- therefore damaging the "card" -- and placed into a special adapter that was included with the "card."

Ken Griffey, Jr.

Star Attractions

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This 20-card set was exclusive to specially-marked six-card "Memorabilia Madness" packs -- which were sold only at mass-market retail outlets -- and seeded at the rate of one-per-pack. Cards 1-10 were exclusive to Upper Deck Memorabilia Madness packs, while 11-20 were in 1997 Collector's Choice Memorabilia Madness packs. In addition to these cards, the Memorabilia Madness packs also included randomly-seeded redemptions good for various autographs.

A Gold parallel was also randomly seeded into packs.

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Sister Assumpta

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This card was distributed at the 1997 National Sports Collectors Convention which took place August 7th through the 10th at the I-X Center in Cleveland. It is a tribute to Sister Mary Assumpta, who began baking chocolate chip cookies for the Cleveland Indians players in 1986. The back displays ten trivia questions with the answers printed upside down in a blue bar at the bottom.

Game-Used

Game Jersey

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One of the landmark sets in Hobby history, these three cards were randomly inserted into Series One packs. Each card features a swatch of a game-worn jersey, cut up, and placed on the card. These cards were the first of their kind to hit the baseball card market and have become a staple in baseball card products since.

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