1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Card Checklist Part #5

The updates are much less interesting recently. This time around, we have a couple Houston Astros players and basketball Hall-of-Famer Magic Johnson (Basketball HOF 2002). There have been lots of soccer players and minor league baseball players featured in the set.

Magic Johnson / Larry Bird PSA/DNA Authenticated Autographed 8x10 Photo

5/21/1984
Wade Rowdon - Minor League Baseball Player
Pat Ercoli - Soccer Player
Dave Stieb - Professional Baseball Player

5/28/1984
Terry Puhl - Professional Baseball Player
Juan Carlos Michia - Soccer Player
Charlie Puleo - Minor League Baseball Player

6/4/1984
Paul Householder - Minor League Baseball Player
Scott Manning- Soccer Player
Earvin "Magic" Johnson - Professional Basketball Player

6/11/1984
Fred Toliver - Minor League Baseball Player
Tony Glavin - Soccer Player
Alan Ashby - Professional Baseball Player

1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Card Checklist Part #4

Here is the latest installment to the 1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon checklist. This grouping appears to follow a pattern of Professional Baseball Player, Soccer Player, and Minor League Baseball Player. There was only one Hall of Fame player in this group: Goose Gossage (Baseball HOF 2008).

1973 O-Pee-Chee #174 Rich "Goose" Gossage PSA 9 RC

4/16/1984
Pete Rose - Professional Baseball Player
Ty Keough - Soccer Player
Gene Dusan - Minor League Baseball Player

4/23/1984
Curtis Heidenreich - Minor League Baseball Player
Helmut Dudek - Soccer Player
John Candelaria - Professional Baseball Player

4/30/1984
Batata - Soccer Player
Skeeter Barnes - Minor League Baseball Player
Goose Gossage - Professional Baseball Player

5/7/1984
Dave Van Gorder - Minor League Baseball Player
Mark Liveric - Soccer Player
Dave Kingman - Professional Baseball Player

5/14/1984
Sam Bick - Soccer Player
Bernard King - Professional Basketball Player
Brad Lesley - Minor League Baseball Player

1990 Donruss Blue / White Test Issue Variation

I've always wondered if a particular card in the 1990 Donruss Blue / White Test Issue could be found in both blue and white versions.  It never really mentioned in the SCD if they could be found both ways.  I no longer need to wonder.  On eBay this week someone listed Alan Trammell / Mike Stanley and Carl Yastrzemski / Willie McGee cards where each player has blue and white versions.  Currently, I've only found the Cal Ripken, Jr. card in a white version.  See the images below:

1990 Donruss Blue / White Test Issue Alan Trammell

1990 Donruss Blue / White Test Issue Mike Stanley

1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Card Checklist Part #3

Here is a the latest update to the 1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon checklist. The highlights include Eric Davis on the Wichita Aeros, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Basketball HOF 1995), and Tom Kite (Golf HOF 2004). I also uncovered the strangest names yet with the soccer players Zeee Kapka and Tasso Koutsoukos.

Tom Kite PSA/DNA Authenticated Autographed 8x10 Photo

3/19/1984
Larry Brown - College Basketball Coach
Tom Kite - Professional Golfer
Marcus Dupree - USFL Football Player

3/26/1984
Loren Hibbs - College Baseball Player
Bobby Knight - College Basketball Coach
Dennis Mepham - Soccer Player

4/2/1984
Jim Daniel - College Baseball Player
Zeee Kapka - Soccer Player
Sandy Sadler - College Tennis Player - Woman

4/9/1984
Eric Davis - Minor League Baseball Player
Tasso Koutsoukos - Soccer Player
Kareem Abdul-Jabber - Professional Basketball Player

1997 Score Board Talk N' Sports Phone Cards $1000 Samples

 

1997 Score Board Talk N' Sports Phone Cards $1000 Samples #1 Cal Ripken, Jr. [FRONT]

For some time I have been looking for a Cal Ripken, Jr. 1997 Score Board Talk N' Sports $1000 Phone Card and have never even seen one. According to the Beckett annual guide there were only 10 serial numbered cards produced. Just a few days ago, I found a copy on eBay for $8.99 plus shipping and was ecstatic! Surely this could not be what I had been looking for all these years at that price. It wasn't. However, it was something I had never seen before either. It was an unnumbered sample card. I have no idea how many of these samples are actually out there and they are not in any guide. Instead of a serial number and phone number to call to use the phone card, it had the word "SAMPLE" printed on the back. I have verified 3 of the 5 cards in the set exist. I think the full checklist is as follows and is the same as the regular $1000 phone card set:

1997 Score Board Talk N' Sports Phone Cards $1000 Samples #1 Cal Ripken, Jr. [BACK]

1. Cal Ripken, Jr.
2. Scottie Pippen
3. Brett Favre
4. Allen Iverson
5. Eddie George

I've noticed a number of these phone cards without serial numbers and other information missing on the backs on eBay over the past few months.