Cheap Cool Cards #25: 1988 Upper Deck Promo Cards

[sanjosefuji]

Back in the early 90's, I was fortunate enough to get hired by my local card shop who introduced me to the world of promo cards. Since then, I have accumulated hundreds of different promo cards ranging from baseball to non-sports to soccer cards.


And recently, I picked up the two promo cards have have eluded my collection for twenty-five years.
They're the 1988 Upper Deckbaseball card promos:

#1 DeWayne Buice



#700 Wally Joyner

These cards were distributed in a variety of ways and actually have an interesting story behind them. It even involves a little bit of Upper Deck's history. If you're interested, I encourage you to read this article.


As for me... I grew tired of seeing them sit atop my cardboard wantlist, so I headed over to COMC and purchased the pair for $9.50. With that being said... they're officially the most expensive cards in my promo card collection. But at least I didn't pay the high prices these cards once commanded from card shops.


Happy Wednesday and sayonara!

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[ucffans]

My friend's sister is married to Wally Joyner. Unfortunately, a few years back, they got into a dispute regarding inheritance and aren't talking to each other anymore. It's too bad. I could give him probably 100 Wally Joyner cards from my collection!

[sanjosefuji]

I'm thinking you should play family counselor. Who knows... maybe he'd be willing to sign some of those cards as payment.

My friend's sister is married to Wally Joyner. Unfortunately, a few years back, they got into a dispute regarding inheritance and aren't talking to each other anymore. It's too bad. I could give him probably 100 Wally Joyner cards from my collection!