Need help identifying a card...Topps Porcelain??

[teammaddux]

Bought this recently...not sure if its a homemade job or if someone did legitimately produce them for whatever reason.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300438675080&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Thanks in advance for any help.
John

 

[mindbinge]

it's legit...there are several different years that these were made...just an oddball item...pretty cool though, always liked them myself.

 

[teammaddux]

I'm assuming Topps did not make them? Or were they one of those things you could order from a catalog? Any idea who the producers were?

 

[mindbinge]

company called R&N out of Ohio did them...there are a bunch of them out there covering a ton of players and years. They came with COA's from Topps and were made and released by Topps at Halmark stores and places like that...they included a clip you could use them as Christmas tree ornimates as well...The packaging had the Topps logo on it and everything.

 

[mindbinge]

Here is an ad for one set...these are on ebay for about $200 now and never sell lol.

http://books.google.com/books?id=fO...snum=10&ved=0CDkQ6AEwCTgU#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[DaClyde]

Yeah...they made LOTS of players:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MARK-LEMKE-BRAV...d=ViewItem&pt=US_Baseball&hash=item27b31e4beb

http://cgi.ebay.com/Topps-Porcelain...d=ViewItem&pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3a56be63a2

http://cgi.ebay.com/1998-Topps-Dodg...d=ViewItem&pt=US_Baseball&hash=item1c0d8b2198

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-Nice-1993-TOP...d=ViewItem&pt=US_Baseball&hash=item2eadbc9787

Seriously? Wes Chamberlain and Mark Lemke?

 

[Loyalty32]

I actually have an Andre Dawson listed on eBay right now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110553537181&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Thanks
Craig

 

[teammaddux]

I think I vaguely remember seeing ads for those when I was younger...thanks for the info!!

 

[Yankeeswin]

I believe for several years in the mid-90's every Topps card was reproduced in porcelain. Very rare I see these online though.

 

[budd2222]

The ones I had came with a wood base, some were standard size and some the size of 90's Donruss Champions cards.

 

[DaClyde]

I'm thinking maybe the only set that was produced in bulk was the 1993 set. It's the only one I see with tons of commons, the rest are all stars of the day or part of the "rookies" line. Then they also seem to have done large chunks of Nolan Ryan, Mickey Mantle and Cal Ripken's cards all at once.

This might be a good question for the folks at the Topps Vault!

 

[Tankp]

On the back of the card it says topps 1995????