It DOES exist!

Was just hacking around through eBay a few minutes ago and found a nice lot of MISL autographs and non-autographs.

A while back I mentioned I was still doubting the existence of the Scoop Stanisic corrected version of the 1989-90 card, mostly since I had never seen one aside from a photo on a website. I figured maybe it was a fan-made custom, but a commenter on here told me it does exist and where I could find it.

So I tried. And got the error version.

Today, I found an eBay auction.  And the corrected Stanisic is part of it.

And signed.

Along with several others I need.

I put in an offer. There are over 200 signed cards, plus complete sets of all of the indoor sets. They wanted $140 shipped which I can't justify when I may only need half of what's in there, but for several that I know I need, I figure a lower offer might be worth a try. For all I know the seller may be desperate to move them for cheap.

My fingers are crossed, but at least I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Scoop card is truly real.

EDIT: It sold for $75 plus $35 shipping.  If you bought it and are interested in selling or trading any, please let me know. I talked to Ray in Baltimore and it wasn't him. Rob Parker? You perhaps?

Dammit...

Back to the drawing boards... Also, a success and an outing!

I picked up the box set of 1989-90 Pacific cards on eBay this week, hoping to get the corrected Scoop Stanisic card, as well as hope that it might have the corrected Chris Hundelt card.

Instead, all I got were the errors.

So, my quest to find these still sits at a big fat zero. I had my doubts about the Stanisic at the beginning, and now I'm even doubting the existence of the Chris Hundelt correction. NASLJerseys.com is the only place I've ever seen the Stanisic version, and I've never seen the Hundelt, only seen it listed on Trading Card Database, who does not have a scan of it.

Is there anyone out there who can confirm without a doubt the existence of either?

And if so, what's your price to sell them to me?

I did have one success just after the eBay bonanza in my previous post arrived.

I mailed to Godfrey Ingram in the UK and had gone a few months with nothing so I assumed the worst, that it had disappeared.

On the contrary: it arrived a couple weeks ago with a US stamp over the British one, postmarked from San Diego, with all seven cards signed including the San Diego Storm All Stars card already signed by Daryl Doran.

Nice timing for that: after the FC Dallas-NE Revolution game, I waited outside and got Tom Soehn on three cards, and Fernando Clavijo signed 18, including the St. Louis card. It's now just missing Usiyan and Preki.  I likely will try Tomo after tax season is over. For those who don't know, he works as a tax accountant in California, so he's probably a bit busy for the next few weeks.

Give me a week or two and I'll do a post on players I'm missing for the sets, as well as cards I even need unsigned.

Another 1987-88 variation, and an eBay goldmine

Let's get the boring note out of the way first: Card 22, Godfrey Ingram is in two variations: Godfrey and Godfry. So we're at 127 for that and 801 total. Dammit, I liked the nice even 800...

And now, eBay.

About a week ago, Ray notified me to an eBay auction full of Sidekicks stuff, unsigned cards, signed cards and photos, signed shirts, game programs... and all for $20, plus $10 shipping. So I dug into my stamp budget for April and decided to pull the string on it.

And oh am I ever glad I did.

I contacted the seller about the cards, asking if there were more signed ones and he initially said just the ones in the photos-- but also mentioned Slobo Ilijevski was in among them. Additionally, I needed the Chico Moreira that I saw.  He then messaged to add that there were a bunch more, too many to list in full.

Today the box arrived. I'll let the photos tell the story (ignore the black spots, they're on the lens of my camera, which has been broken for over a year; the spots won't come off)...

If you're counting, that's 80 signed cards and 42 sigs on photos and certificates. There are also two shirts with autographs all over them as well. The shirts are unfortunately stained and worn, but still, I'll take them.

New additions to the Pacific project: Bill Crook, both variations of Ingram, Erik Rasmussen, Slobo Ilijevski, Chico Moreira, and Andy Chapman.

There also are probably over 1000 unsigned cards in here as well. Total price paid including shipping...

$30

I basically paid 25 cents per signature and got the shirts and unsigned cards and shipping free.

Now that's a deal I'll take ANY day.

Debunking theories: the 1987-88 Tatu "Promo" and 89-90 Scoop headshot card

Well, that was quick!

Ray in Maryland emailed me yesterday to show me the source of the blank-back Tatu.

In most sports, a card displayed on a box is taken straight from the normal set (see all of Topps Baseball in the 1980s). This is the rare situation where it was completely different. Granted, other sports collectors may also recall that several companies did put cards for cut-out on the bottom or sides of boxes, however I highly doubt that was the intention with these Pacific boxes.

I also won't count the Michael King card on the 1988-89 box either.

Ray also said he hadn't seen the 1989-90 Scoop Stanisic headshot card anywhere except on the site that I saw it on, so I believe it is just a well-made graphic and not an actual physical card.

So it appears we can lay the concerns to rest and have a nice, even 800 sigs needed for the project.

Another error found, plus a rare promo

Well, at least now the project is at a nice, round 800 sigs needed.

The bad news is the new one is Slobo Ilijevski, who is deceased.

Look at Scoop Stanisic's 1989-90 Pacific card. That's not him. Big thanks to Rob Parker for pointing that out. He thought it was Scott Manning, but upon further review it's Slobo. He's wearing the same shirt on his 1988-89 All-Decade card.

I did also see this card of Scoop-- a corrected version. However, I don't know if this was a fan mock-up or an actual card. Can someone confirm?

If real: well, that puts us at a not-so-round 801.

ADDENDUM

Or was at 800.

I forgot about being shown this blank-back Tatu card, evidently a pre-press promotional/proof card that has been making the rounds on eBay. I would love to know more about it. Bottom right, photo lifted from an eBay auction that currently has it.

So we're at 801, maybe 802.

EDIT: Check the comments. I'm leaning more toward Manning again.

A 1987-1992 Pacific Soccer Error and Variation Compendium

Normally when I work on getting a set completely signed, I won't bother with most of the error cards or even the variations. The only ones I would mess with are any wrong photo errors. Everything else I'd let go.

But with the soccer sets, I decided I'd go for the whole thing. After all, which version of the 1987-88 Chicago Sting cards are correct, the white text or the black text?

So even with true errors, I'm getting them all signed. Cards with the wrong photo I'm going to get signed hopefully by both the listed player and the depicted player. Here's a full list of corrected errors, uncorrected wrong-photo errors, and variations. I'm not going to list things like wrong birthdates or incomplete stat lines; only errors that affect the front of the card. Fortunately Pacific got it together and the final two sets had no problems. But the first three were loaded with them.

Cards I have signed already have no note, cards I need either signed or unsigned are notated, as are ones I have but not signed.

1987-88
#2 ERR - Krys Sobiesk
#2 COR - Krys Sobieski

#4 ERR - Willie Molino
#4 COR - Willie Molano

#17 ERR - Rickey Davis
#17 COR - Ricky Davis

#43 ERR - Victor Nogueria
#43 COR - Victor Nogueira

#74 VAR - Cris Vacarro, black text
#74 VAR - Cris Vacarro, white text

#75 VAR - Heinz Wirtz, black text
#75 VAR - Heinz Wirtz, white text

#76 VAR - Ben Collins, black text
#76 VAR - Ben Collins, white text

#77 VAR - Frank Klopas, black text
#77 VAR - Frank Klopas, white text

#78 VAR - Paul Krumpe, black text
#78 VAR - Paul Krumpe, white text

#79 VAR - Chico Moreira, black text
#79 VAR - Chico Moreira, white text

#80 VAR - Batata, black text
#80 VAR - Batata, white text

#81 VAR - Teddy Kraft, black text
#81 VAR - Teddy Kraft, white text

#82 VAR - Mark Simanton, black text
#82 VAR - Mark Simanton, white text

#84 ERR - Tino Lettieri, green border
#84 COR - Tino Lettieri, red border

#85 ERR - Gary Ethernigton
#85 COR - Gary Etherington

#92 ERR - Ken Forgerty
#92 COR - Ken Fogarty

1988-89
#53 - David Doyle, photo actually Duncan MacEwan
#67 - Mike Sweeney, photo actually Dave MacKenzie
#84 - A.J. Lachowecki, photo actually Kris Peat

1989-90
#34 ERR - Scoop Stanisic, photo is Scott Manning
#34 COR - Scoop Stanisic, correct photo

#67 ERR - Kevin Hundelt, photo is Chris Hundelt (got it signed by Kevin; need it signed by Chris)
#67 COR - Chris Hundelt, same photo but correct name (need it signed!)