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Revision as of 19:50, 27 October 2011
Description
1998 Select was a proposed a 250-card fractured set, intended for released in September, 1998. The product was never released due to Pinnacle Brands' bankruptcy.
The base set was fractured based on what Pinnacle called the "Quasar System." The first 100 cards were to be known as the "One-Stars," with the next 75 as the "Two-Stars." The next 50 cards were the "Three-Stars," and the final 25 the "Four-Stars." It is assumed that the One-Star cards were to have been the most common and the Four-Stars the most rare. An additional five cards (known as the "Five-Star Bonus" cards) were also to have been produced, but although these cards were not to have been sequentially-numbered as part of the base set, there were to have been serial-numbered to only 50 copies. Each base card was to have also been available in a "Jersey" parallel, with each card serial-numbered to the player's respective uniform number.
There were to have been four insert sets: Diamond Dominance, Selected, Rare Form, and Select Numbers.
Bankruptcy Issues
A bankruptcy judge ordered all un-issued trading cards (including cards from this product) to be destroyed; however, a number of 1998 Select cards have made their way into the secondary market. The only authorized cards from the set that were issued before the bankruptcy filing were a 10-card promo set of the Selected insert. All other cards were backdoored.
Distribution
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 250 | - | ? |
| One-Star | 100 | - | ? |
| Two-Star | 75 | - | ? |
| Three-Star | 50 | - | ? |
| Four-Star | 25 | - | ? |
| Jersey | 250 | varies | ? |
| Five-Star Bonus | 5 | 50 | ? |
| Diamond Dominance | 10 | - | 1:23 |
| Selected | 10 | - | 1:23 |
| Rare Form | 10 | - | 1:99 |
| Select Numbers | 20 | varies | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
The following 32 cards are the only known base cards to have surfaced on the secondary market. It is unclear, after all these years, what ever happened to the other 218 cards in the set.
It has been estimated that less than 20 copies of each card made their way into the open market.
- 4 Mark McGwire
- 13 Hideo Nomo
- 14 Alex Rodriguez
- 24 Derek Jeter
- 82 Tom Glavine
- 104 Mark McGwire
- 116 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 128 Derek Jeter
- 149 Raul Mondesi
- 159 Gary Sheffield
- 169 Tony Gwynn
- 178 Nomar Garciaparra
- 179 Mark McGwire
- 184 Tony Gwynn
- 229 Mark McGwire
- 234 Tony Gwynn
- 235 Frank Thomas
- 242 Jeff Bagwell
- 243 Vladimir Guererro
- 246 Chipper Jones