1988 Topps Cloth Card Set

[TraugDog]

I am trying to put together a complete set of these very rare experimental cards that Topps did not indent for circulation. The 1988 Topps Cloth card set totals 121 cards but I have 51. If anyone has any of the below cloth cards, I will pay handsomely. I need all the help I can get.

2 Andy Allanson
4 Keith Atherton
6 Billy Bean
7 Steve Bedrosian
8 George Bell
9 Bruce Benedict
10 Dave Bergman
12 Tim Birtsas
13 Bruce Bochy
14 Wade Boggs
17 Tom Browning
18 Carmen Castillo
20 Jack Clark
22 Roger Clemens
24 Keith Comstock
25 Cecil Cooper
26 Joey Cora
32 Doc Edwards
33 John Farrell
35 Curt Ford
37 Damaso Garcia
38 Tom Glavine
40 Tony Gwynn
45 Ed Hearn
46 Tom Henke
47 Whitey Herzog
48 Shawn Hillegas
49 Kent Hrbek / Gary Gaetti
51 Dave Johnson
52 Ron Karkovice
54 Jimmy Key
55 Steve Kiefer
60 Jim Leyland
61 Jose Lind
64 Barry Lyons
65 John Marzano
67 Don Mattingly
70 Terry McGriff
71 Mark McGwire / Jose Canseco
72 Joey Meyer
73 John Mitchell
74 Jeff Montgomery
75 John Morris
77 Dale Murphy
79 Matt Nokes
80 Charlie O'Brien
82 Paul O'Neill
84 Pat Pacillo
85 Tom Pagnozzi
86 Jim Pankovits
87 Bill Pecota
88 Geno Petralli
89 Eric Plunk
92 Terry Puhl
94 Shane Rawley
96 Ron Roenicke
97 Pete Rose
98 Lenn Sakata
100 Juan Samuel
103 Pat Sheridan
105 Nelson Simmons
107 Joel Skinner
108 Ozzie Smith
110 Jim Sundberg
111 Don Sutton
113 Mickey Tettleton
114 Tim Teufel
115 Gary Thurman
118 Tim Wallach
120 Dave Winfield

[ThoseBackPages]

i dont have any

[amex]

Best of luck! I've been looking fora certain '70 test cloth card for decades! 88 is super tough too. i couldn't imaging tackling a complete set

[This is]

I collected 88 Topps as a kid and had no idea about these.. Awesome!

[mwheeler27]

I think I have a complete set, and they are all slabbed. They are buried away pretty deep though.

What are they going for these days? I would want to make sure they are worth my time to look for them.

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by TraugDog

I am trying to put together a complete set of these very rare experimental cards that Topps did not indent for circulation. The 1988 Topps Cloth card set totals 121 cards but I have 51. If anyone has any of the below cloth cards, I will pay handsomely. I need all the help I can get.

2 Andy Allanson
4 Keith Atherton
6 Billy Bean
7 Steve Bedrosian
8 George Bell
9 Bruce Benedict
10 Dave Bergman
12 Tim Birtsas
13 Bruce Bochy
14 Wade Boggs
17 Tom Browning
18 Carmen Castillo
20 Jack Clark
22 Roger Clemens
24 Keith Comstock
25 Cecil Cooper
26 Joey Cora
32 Doc Edwards
33 John Farrell
35 Curt Ford
37 Damaso Garcia
38 Tom Glavine
40 Tony Gwynn
45 Ed Hearn
46 Tom Henke
47 Whitey Herzog
48 Shawn Hillegas
49 Kent Hrbek / Gary Gaetti
51 Dave Johnson
52 Ron Karkovice
54 Jimmy Key
55 Steve Kiefer
60 Jim Leyland
61 Jose Lind
64 Barry Lyons
65 John Marzano
67 Don Mattingly
70 Terry McGriff
71 Mark McGwire / Jose Canseco
72 Joey Meyer
73 John Mitchell
74 Jeff Montgomery
75 John Morris
77 Dale Murphy
79 Matt Nokes
80 Charlie O'Brien
82 Paul O'Neill
84 Pat Pacillo
85 Tom Pagnozzi
86 Jim Pankovits
87 Bill Pecota
88 Geno Petralli
89 Eric Plunk
92 Terry Puhl
94 Shane Rawley
96 Ron Roenicke
97 Pete Rose
98 Lenn Sakata
100 Juan Samuel
103 Pat Sheridan
105 Nelson Simmons
107 Joel Skinner
108 Ozzie Smith
110 Jim Sundberg
111 Don Sutton
113 Mickey Tettleton
114 Tim Teufel
115 Gary Thurman
118 Tim Wallach
120 Dave Winfield

WOW - Best of luck on your endeavor ... like ... holy smokes!!

Originally Posted by mwheeler27

I think I have a complete set, and they are all slabbed. They are buried away pretty deep though.

What are they going for these days? I would want to make sure they are worth my time to look for them.

Ahem ...

[rcmb3220]

Originally Posted by mwheeler27

I think I have a complete set, and they are all slabbed. They are buried away pretty deep though.

What are they going for these days? I would want to make sure they are worth my time to look for them.

Hilarious!

[mwheeler27]

Originally Posted by rcmb3220

Hilarious!

I wasn't trying to be funny. LOL

Many years ago, I scanned the cards that I wanted to bury deep so that I wouldn't have to disturb them through the years if someone wanted to see them.

I'm not sure that I have all 121 cards, but I have scans of 120. If anyone wants to see one in particular, just let me know. Here are a few I have:

[HarryLime]

Wow. A 1988 Topps Cloth set is quite an impressive achievement. I know of one other person that has one but other than that just finding a person with more than one is usually rare.

I wish I had grabbed a Glavine years ago. That card has shot through the roof.

Arthur

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by mwheeler27

I wasn't trying to be funny. LOL

Many years ago, I scanned the cards that I wanted to bury deep so that I wouldn't have to disturb them through the years if someone wanted to see them.

I'm not sure that I have all 121 cards, but I have scans of 120. If anyone wants to see one in particular, just let me know. Here are a few I have:

Simply amazing. The '88 Topps Team Leaders Canseco/McGwire is among the most expensive card of either of them from the 80s, and I would be willing to bet 90%+ of the collecting community don't even know what the cloth cards are.

[TraugDog]

Originally Posted by mwheeler27

I think I have a complete set, and they are all slabbed. They are buried away pretty deep though.

What are they going for these days? I would want to make sure they are worth my time to look for them.

They run roughly $20 a card. Some of them like Mark McGwire / Jose Conseco, Tom Glavine, Pete Rose and Ozzie Smith and go for over $100.

I’m just going to throw it out there since you said this set was buried deep. Would you be willing to sell it? I can go, $3,000 for what you’ve got if you’ve got 120 of the 121.

[mwheeler27]

Hmmm...

When I bought this set from a guy many, many years ago, I knew nothing about it. He told me it was exceedingly rare. We were friends, so I believed him.

My memory doesn’t serve me as well today as it use to. I seem to remember discussing something regarding the Glavine card, but can’t remember for sure. Of the 120 cards I have scans of, Glavine is NOT one of them. I sure feel like I had it in hand back then though. Darned cobwebs are getting thick.

[mjohnatgt]

Originally Posted by TraugDog

I am trying to put together a complete set of these very rare experimental cards that Topps did not indent for circulation. The 1988 Topps Cloth card set totals 121 cards but I have 51. If anyone has any of the below cloth cards, I will pay handsomely. I need all the help I can get

Welcome to Blowout. You have made the common beginner's mistake of posting a Buy/Sell/Trade thread in the Hobby Talk section. Please refrain from doing that in the future. There is a dedicated space to post threads like this so people looking for discussions don't have to wade through them.

[TraugDog]

Originally Posted by mwheeler27

Hmmm...

When I bought this set from a guy many, many years ago, I knew nothing about it. He told me it was exceedingly rare. We were friends, so I believed him.

My memory doesn’t serve me as well today as it use to. I seem to remember discussing something regarding the Glavine card, but can’t remember for sure. Of the 120 cards I have scans of, Glavine is NOT one of them. I sure feel like I had it in hand back then though. Darned cobwebs are getting thick.

If you have all of them except for Glavine, I’d still be interested. I’m dying to put this set together and you are the first person I’ve come across that has the majority of them. Would you be willing to part with them? You’d be doing me a HUGE favor which is why I’m throwing out the price I am

[mwheeler27]

Originally Posted by TraugDog

They run roughly $20 a card. Some of them like Mark McGwire / Jose Conseco, Tom Glavine, Pete Rose and Ozzie Smith and go for over $100.

I’m just going to throw it out there since you said this set was buried deep. Would you be willing to sell it? I can go, $3,000 for what you’ve got if you’ve got 120 of the 121.

I definitely have 120 of the 121, and I believe I picked up the Glavine later on, but since I don’t have a scan, I can’t be certain.

I wouldn’t want to part with these at this time for $25/card. If they are as rare as it sounds, I should probably do some research.

[TraugDog]

Originally Posted by mwheeler27

I definitely have 120 of the 121, and I believe I picked up the Glavine later on, but since I don’t have a scan, I can’t be certain.

I wouldn’t want to part with these at this time for $25/card. If they are as rare as it sounds, I should probably do some research.

Do some research and name a price. I’m a serious buyer. Do you have any doubles?

[thenwhatjk]

Don Sutton went for $2.75 dlvd a couple weeks ago

[mjohnatgt]

Originally Posted by TraugDog

Do some research and name a price. I’m a serious buyer. Do you have any doubles?

You should negotiate over private message.

[mwheeler27]

[mwheeler27]

Here's an example of the backs of these cards, for those that might not know already:

[TraugDog]

That’s exactly what I’m looking for.

[1977 Cloth]

How about this for a complete set.

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