1990 Checklist

1990

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YEAR	BRAND	CARD NUMBER	NOTES
90	Best	1	Issued in box form.
90	Best	318	Bonus Card included with boxed set.
90	Bowman	320	Topps bought out the Bowman Card Company in the late 1950's, and in 1990, feeling the pressure from Fleer, Score, and newcomers Upper Deck, they reintroduced the brand name to re-capture a larger market share.
90	Bowman Tiffany	320	Glossy finish. Issued as a complete box set thru Topps direct sales and hobby accounts.
90	Classic	T93	Game card issued in box form. Yellow design.
90	CMC/ProCards	–818	A very confusing issue with a tangled history. Not rare, but wacky. First off, note that the "–" noted is not a typo. If you look at this version this is the actual number seen. CMC (Collector's Marketing Corporation) was a company that specialized in producing minor league cards - one of their competitors was ProCards. However, that competition did not mean they wouldn't try to profit off one another - as they did in this case. CMC purchased a bulk load of ProCards inventory and had them reprinted with: New numbers, the addition of the MLB logo, a glossier finish, but no corporate sponsorship logo. CMC then inserted these cards into their own product line. This version of the CMC/ProCards could be found in a prepriced complete wood box set and primarily differs from the original inventory ProCards (card #1116) by way of a different pose/image of Frank. Follow me so far? Okay, read on... CMC was later purchased by Impel, who in turn was later sold to Skybox, who in turn was sold to Fleer, which was then sold to Marvel, who after nearly going bankrupt, sold Fleer & Skybox to the Grasso family (former owners of the Rite-Aid line of drug stores) who then nearly went bankrupt themselves in scandal, who then sold all the assets to Upper Deck. Got all that? <wink> ;-) Boy, I miss the 90's. So much fun.
90	Coca-Cola / Coke	25	Issued thru the White Sox, handed out at Comiskey Park during a Fan Appreciation Day.
90	Fleer Update	U87	Issued in complete box form.
90	Leaf	300	Considered by many to be Frank's "best" Rookie Card (RC)
90	O-Pee-Chee (OPC)	414	Topps Canadian issue. Has both English & French text on this RC's back.
90	Pan-Am BDK Team USA Red	23	Reprint of the 1988 BDK 'Blue' issue. Often mislabeled or mistaken for the blue.
90	ProCards	1116	Note there are two very similar looking cards from this company. This version can be found with the Gatorade corporate sponsorship logo found on card backs. The other (later) version was produced by CMC (Collector's Marketing Corporation) and did not have the sponsorship logo. See listing above.
90	ProCards A&AA	46	Issued in complete box form. Note that this was issued toward the end of 1990 - and after both the ProCards #1116 and the CMC/ProCards #–818 were issued, as seen by the addition of Frank's Birmingham Barons stats to card backs.
90	ProCards Birmingham Barons	1116	Issued in complete box form.
90	Score	663	x
90	Score Rookie/Traded	86T	Issued in complete box form.
90	Southern League All-Stars Don Jennings	11	Issued in cellophane bags.
90	Southern League All-Stars Don Jennings	44	Issued in cellophane bags.
90	Southern League All-Stars Don Jennings	46	Frank with Jeff Conine. For some strange reason this card is often left off many checklists.
90	Topps	414 (a)	Although Frank already had 1-1/2 seasons in the White Sox minor league system, Topps was strangely unable to obtain a picture of him as a professional. This RC shows him in his college uniform - The Tigers of Auburn University, Georgia.
90	Topps	414 (b)	Known throughout the hobby as the 'NNOF' or No-Name-On-Front error. It's rarity has produced at least several counterfeits, so caution is advised before purchasing "raw" or unslabbed examples. I would recommend purchasing only those cards graded & authenticated by PSA, SCD, or BGS. In 2005 Sports Collector's Digest sold their interest in the grading company they created and the new owners (who have kept the SCD initials) have been caught certifying trimmed and fake cards.
90	Topps Tiffany	414	Premium glossy issue, sold thru Topps direct sales and hobby accounts, as a complete box set.

Notable Non-Card Collectibles

YEAR	BRAND		NOTES
90	Bowman Checklist Poster	n/a	UPDATED 12.18.07: I didn't even think to add this to the checklist since I thought sellers parlaying this particular scam had stopped doing it years ago. Unfortunately it would seem I was wrong. I'm once again seeing another jerk cutting apart this poster and selling them as 'special promos'. He uses titles like: "1990 Bowman Checklist Poster Card". Remember this poster can easily be found in copies of a 1990 Topps Magazine (Summer/Issue 3 with Bo Jackson on the cover).