Card Review: 7.8 (but really, just a middle finger to Leaf) Let's be straight about this, this is a 1990 Leaf. Literally. It's not a new card, not a reprint, it's twenty four years old. Leaf just put some new foil stamping on an old card. In the card collecting world that I grew up in, that makes a card less valuable, not more. For more on this money-grab of a set, read what I wrote about the "base" card by clicking this link. Once again, my OCD forced me to pay $2 for this card on ebay, plus $3 in shipping (I'd be looking to rip people off too if I paid $135 for a 12-card "box" of these). I didn't even like this set in 1990, and feel it has only gotten uglier over the decades.
This gold variation is only numbered to five. Very fancy. Now I have one. And if I'm being honest, I won't hesitate to buy the other four. Unless they go for the kind of insane prices the "Super Special" one of one went for. Then I will hesitate, and let the other Wallach collector in Texas pick it up.
Number of this card in my collection": 1*
*I also have 4 that have been stamped with numbers out of 20, and another 30 copies that are still in Mint Condition and haven't been defiled by Leaf stamping machines.
Wow, nice low distribution card.
ReplyDeleteI've managed to get three out of the five Coras. I also hate these and think it's a terrible gimmick but still begrudgingly scoop them up.
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