Need some help identifying Biggio cards

[cletus_83]

Have a few cards that I need help identifying. Any help is appreciated.

1. There are a bunch of these on eBay, but I'm not sure of the brand. Number?

Front:
<a href="http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/?action=view&current=1989biggiofront.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/1989biggiofront.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Back:
<a href="http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/?action=view&current=1989biggioback.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/1989biggioback.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

2. I'm sure at one point I knew what this was, but there are no identifiers at all. Year? Brand? Number?

Front:
<a href="http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/?action=view&current=bagwellbiggiofront.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/bagwellbiggiofront.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Back:
<a href="http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/?action=view&current=bagwellbiggioback.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/bagwellbiggioback.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

3. This card appears to be an error, but how common? Here is one on eBay, but it says "Central Division."

Front:
<a href="http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/?action=view&current=prestigefront.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/prestigefront.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Back:
<a href="http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/?action=view&current=prestigeback.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/stan0283/prestigeback.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

 

[mj23bullsfan]

i would think with no year/trademark etc... the first two are some kind of broder card.

just my guess.

paul

 

[DaClyde]

#1 is an unlicensed issue commonly referred to as a "Broder"

#2 is 1995 Red Foley, from their yearly "Best Baseball Book Ever". That was the first year they switched from stickers to plain cardboard with stuff on the back.

 

[cletus_83]

Thanks for the help!

 

[BiggioDiogu759]

Glad to see another Biggio collector

 

[Dilferules]

The Playoff Prestige card is not an error. Beckett OPG lists all these different variations from the set:

2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions AL Central #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions AL Champs #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions AL East #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions AL West #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions AL Wild Card #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions NL Central #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions NL Champs #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions NL East #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions NL West #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions NL Wild Card #7 Craig Biggio - n/a
2005 Playoff Prestige Playoff Champions World Series #7 Craig Biggio - n/a

No idea how they were distributed or anything, but it looks like they had variations for every division/league. Don't know if one is more common than another. Just happened to remember these because I was going through the Beckett checklist for one of my players last night and thought they were weird.
Richard

 

[cletus_83]

Thanks, Richard. It seems like maybe it was a set that was targeted towards each division & league champion. Good to know that it's not an error... bad to know that there are 10 more out there that I don't have!