Any jersey serial # card collectors out there?

I don’t typically seek them out, but for this one, I made an exception – it is a MONSTER!

For higher numbered cards, seeking out a specific serial number can be like searching for a needle in a haystack…a 25 year old haystack.

Enter: the 1999 Fleer Mystique Fresh Ink /250.

This card holds the distinction of being the very first pack pulled autograph of Jose Canseco! Though it is numbered to 250, they typically sell for significantly higher than other much rarer autographs of his, given that it is a monumental release, and the tendency of hardcore fans hoarding them.

The reason this specific copy is so special, is that it is numbered to his jersey! My buddy landed it initially, and I geeked out with him about it for quite a while. Eventually he moved it to my collection (for a king’s ransom, I might add, and yes, it was well worth it…no regrets!) 🙂

When this was released, I was 19 years old, and not into cards much, but I could imagine if I was, I would’ve lost my ever loving mind pulling one of these – why? Because that’s exactly what happened as a 44 year old when I got this one!

While I’m not a fan of those “eBaY OnE Of OnE” listings trying to say a jersey # is the same as a 1/1 (though they do command a premium,) having his first ever pack-pulled card numbered to his jersey number is more valuable to me than the vast majority of the true 1/1s in existence.