Duke Autographed Cards
by David Graybeal
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| 98-99 Autographics |
| Danny Ferry |
The quantity of sports card brands have grown dramatically over the last decade causing many
collector's to change the way in which they collect cards. In the 1980's it was relatively
affordable to collect all brands of all sports. That is now impossible. Personally, I collect
a little of every sport, but I can no longer afford to collect everything like I did as a teenager
in the 80's. I have focused my collecting on my favorite team, the Duke Blue Devils. This too is
beginning to be impossible with players such as Grant Hill, but at least it helps keep collecting
fun.
One area that I find exciting is collecting the autographed cards. The draft pick sets in the
early 90's started the trend of inserting limited edition autographed cards in their packs. It's
interesting how the draft pick companies seem to come and go, but the autographs remain and are
becoming even more popular.
Star Pics
In 1990 Star Pics became the first company to produce draft pick cards and also started the
trend of inserting autographed cards. The auto cards are the same as the regular series cards except
they are autographed on the back and have a certified signature sticker from Star Pics.
The 1990 Star Pics set contains three Duke players -
Alaa Abdelnaby, Danny Ferry and Phil Henderson. I am not sure how scarce these cards are, but
find them pretty difficult to locate. They are each valued at about $15.00. The 1992 Star Pics
set also contained autographed cards of Brian Davis, Mike Krzyzewski and Christian Laettner.
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| 90 Star Pics #6 |
90 Star Pics #18 |
92 Star Pics #15 |
| Alaa Abdelnaby |
Phil Henderson |
Mike Krzyzewski |
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| 92-93 Classic Four Sport |
| Auto Christian Laettner |
Classic/Scoreboard
Classic became the standard for draft pick sets in the early 90's. They had a basketball set
as well as a Four-Sport (or Five-Sport) set which contained basketball, football, baseball and
hockey draft picks. Christian Laettner appeared in the 1992 basketball and four-sport set.
The Four-Sport card is valued at $40.00 while the Classic Draft Pick auto is not catalogued.
Others to appear in Classic sets are
Antonio Lang in 1994's four-sport, Erik Meek in 1995's basketball, and Cherokee Parks in 1995's
basketball and five-sport. Signature Rookies also produced a number of draft picks sets which
contained Cherokee Parks autographs in 1995.
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| 92-93 Draft Pick |
94-95 Four Sport |
95-96 Auto Edition |
| Christian Laettner |
Antonio Lang |
Eric Meek |
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| 95-96 Classic Auto Edition |
95-96 Classic 5-Sport Auto |
95-96 SR Tetrad #13 |
| Cherokee Parks |
Cherokee Parks |
Cherokee Parks |
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| 95-96 SR Signature Prime #28 |
95-96 SR Tetrad Autobilia #8 |
95-96 SR Autobilia #12 |
| Cherokee Parks |
Cherokee Parks |
Cherokee Parks |
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| 95-96 Press Pass Auto |
| #12 Cherokee Parks |
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| 97-98 Press Pass |
| Jeff Capel |
Press Pass
While Classic was the standard for the early 90's, Press Pass has become the standard for the late
90's. Players to be included in Press Pass sets include Cherokee Parks in 1995, Jeff Capel in 1997,
and Roshown McLeod in 1998. All of these are shown below. Press Pass has signed Elton Brand for
exclusive rights to his photo and autograph in any Draft Pick sets. William Avery and Trajan
Langdon also appear in this year's Press Pass issue.
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| 98-99 Press Pass |
98-99 Double Threat Rookie |
98-99 Authentics Sterling |
| Roshown McLeod |
Scripts Roshown McLeod |
Roshown McLeod |
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| 99-00 Standout Signature #11 |
99-00 Press Pass #1 |
99-00 Press Pass #10 |
| William Avery |
Elton Brand |
Trajan Langdon |
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| 98-99 SAGE Red #A31 |
| Roshown McLeod |
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| 98-99 SAGE Gold #A31 |
| Roshown McLeod |
SA-GE
SA-GE began issuing draft pick sets in 1998. Their primary purpose is to distribute autograph cards
by containing one in every pack. SA-GE stands for Sequentially #'d Autographed Guaranteed Every pack.
Many levels with different quantities are produced. These include Red (£ 999), Bronze (£ 650), Silver
(£ 400), Gold (£ 200), Platinum (£ 50) and Master Edition (1). The 1998 set included Roshown McLeod.
The Red and Gold versions are shown here. The 1999 set will include William Avery, Trajan Langdon
and Corey Maggette.
On to page 2 of The Card Gallery
for more autographed cards...