Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Me and Julio Down by the School Yard...

Some time ago, I received an email from Mr. Franco (I am not using his first name because I'm not sure he wants me to). He asked me if I happened to have any Julio Franco cards that he might need. Of course, I am dense as dirt, so it took a few emails back and forth before I finally asked if HE was related to Julio Franco. He is not, though his son is a huge fan of Julio's and Julio even made a surprise visit to Mr. Franco's son's school to visit him as part of a fundraiser Mr. Franco's son had headed up!

It turned out I only had 1 (maybe 2) of the cards he needs for his collection of Julio Franco cards, and I happily sent those along. I am hoping that he and I can get his "want list" down to nothing! :-) In the meantime, however, he sent me a padded envelope with ALL KINDS of Tribe goodies!



These are Polaroid/JcPenney Team Issue cards from 1985. The Indians issued this type of card before, but the sponsor in previous years had been Wheaties. The complete set has 32 cards, and there are enough cards here to make a nearly complete set! That alone would have made my day, but there is more...



There were also a stack of Oh Henry! Cleveland Indians from 1986!! The complete set has 30 cards total plus a team photo. Again, he sent me a nearly-complete set of them!! Thrilled to death, I couldn't believe there were more cards inside...



Mr. Franco had told me that he wanted to send me some "Gatorade cards." I had not heard of these before, so I was anxious to see what they looked like. Well, again, he sent me a bunch of them!! There are cards from 1987 AND 1988! SUH-WEET!



Of course, what would a trade of Julio cards be without some Julio cards!? :-)



I have to say that when I pulled this out of the envelope, I knew I was going to be on a mission to hunt down any and every Julio Franco card he needs! This is a 1953 Red Man BOB FELLER! UN-believable!

In order to help him out, I am posting his Julio Franco want list below. If you happen to have any of these, let me know and we'll work out a trade so that I can get them to Mr. Franco. Thanks!


# list Set Name Card # Description
1. 1984 Indians 13 Julio Franco
2. 1985 Indians 14 Julio Franco
3. 1985 Indians Polaroid 14 Julio Franco
4. 1985 Topps/OPC Minis 237 Julio Franco
5. 1986 Indians Team Issue 21 Julio Franco
6. 1988 Indians Team Issue 13 Julio Franco
7. 1988 Starting Lineup Indians 11 Julio Franco
8. 1990 Rangers Smokey 7 Julio Franco
9. 1990 U.S. Playing Cards All-Stars Silver JKO Joker#{Julio Franco
10. 1992 L and K Decals 12 Julio Franco
11. 1992 Rangers Team Issue 7 Julio Franco
12. 1993 Pacific Beisbol Amigos 14 Julio Franco#{Jose Canseco#{Rafael Palmeiro
13. 1993 Rangers Decker 8 Julio Franco
14. 1994 Rangers All-Stars Pins 17 1989 Julio Franco#{==Ruben Sierra#{==Nolan Ryan#{=
15. 1994 Rangers All-Stars Pins 18 Julio Franco
16. 1994 Rangers All-Stars Pins 19 1991 Rafael Palmeiro#{==Ruben Sierra#{==Julio Fran
17. 1994 White Sox Kodak 8 Julio Franco
18. 1995 BBM Japan 628 Julio Franco SP
19. 1995 BBM Japan All-Star Game A49 Julio Franco
20. 1995 Donruss Press Proofs 328 Julio Franco
21. 1995 Ultra RBI Kings Gold Medallion 5 Julio Franco
22. 1997 Donruss Team Sets Pennant Edition 89 Julio Franco
23. 1997 Finest Embossed Refractors 291 Julio Franco S
24. 1997 Fleer Tiffany 77 Julio Franco
26. 1997 Indians Score Platinum 5 Julio Franco
27. 1997 Indians Score Premier 5 Julio Franco
28. 1997 Pacific Light Blue 68 Julio Franco
29. 1998 BBM Japan All-Star Game A38 Julio Franco
30. 1998 Calbee Japan Star Cards S-26 Julio Franco
31. 1998 Pacific Invincible Team Checklists 15 Nil/Vina/Burn/Franco/Cir
32. 1998 Takara Japan MA-7 Julio Franco
33. 2002 Topps Chrome Black Refractors 424 Julio Franco
34. 2002 Upper Deck 40-Man Electric 527 Julio Franco
35. 2002 Upper Deck 40-Man Electric Rainbow 527 Julio Franco
36. 2003 Donruss Team Heroes Chicago Collection 34 Julio Franco
37. 2003 Donruss Team Heroes Glossy Hawaii 34 Julio Franco
38. 2003 Donruss Team Heroes Hawaii 34 Julio Franco
39. 2003 Donruss Team Heroes Master 34 Julio Franco
40. 2003 Donruss Team Heroes Samples 34 Julio Franco
41. 2003 Donruss Team Heroes Samples Gold 34 Julio Franco
42. 2003 MLB Showdown 26 Julio Franco
43. 2003 Upper Deck 40-Man Rainbow 411 Julio Franco
44. 2004 Absolute Memorabilia Signature Spectrum Gold 22 Julio Franco/25
45. 2004 Absolute Memorabilia Signature Spectrum Platinum 22 Julio Franco
46. 2004 Absolute Memorabilia Spectrum Gold 22 Julio Franco
47. 2004 Absolute Memorabilia Spectrum Platinum 22 Julio Franco
48. 2004 Diamond Kings Recollection A 32 Julio Franco 87 DK/25
49. 2004 Donruss Classics Significant Signatures Platinum 76 Julio Franco
50. 2004 Donruss Classics Timeless Tributes Green 76 Julio Franco
51. 2004 Donruss Classics Timeless Tributes Platinum 76 Julio Franco
52. 2004 Donruss Classics Timeless Tributes Red 76 Julio Franco
53. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 499 Julio Franco 83/14
54. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 500 Julio Franco 84/15
55. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 501 Julio Franco 85/30
56. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 502 Julio Franco 86/46
57. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 503 Julio Franco 87/59
58. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 504 Julio Franco 88/122
59. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 505 Julio Franco 88 BB/1
60. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 506 Julio Franco 88 DK/75
61. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 508 Julio Franco 90/46
62. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 509 Julio Franco 90 AS/26
63. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 510 Julio Franco 90 MVP/1
64. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 511 Julio Franco 91/62
65. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 512 Julio Franco 92/38
66. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 514 Julio Franco 94/18
67. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 515 Julio Franco 95/21
68. 2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection A 516 Julio Franco 97/14
69. 2004 Fleer Sweet Sigs Autograph Gold JF Julio Franco
70. 2004 Fleer Sweet Sigs Auto Masterpiece JF Julio Franco
71. 2004 Fleer Sweet Sigs Autograph Platinum JF Julio Franco/14
72. 2004 Leaf Recollection Autographs 12 Julio Franco 90/8
73. 2005 Topps Pristine Power Core Bat Knob Relics JF Julio Franco/6
74. 2005 Topps Pristine Power Stick Bat Knob Relics JF Julio Franco
75. 2005 Topps Rookie Cup Gold 52 Julio Franco
76. 2005 Topps Rookie Cup Original Relics 116 Julio Franco B/2
77. 2005 Topps Rookie Cup Reprints Chrome 52 Julio Franco 84
78. 2005 Topps Rookie Cup Reprints Chrome Refractors 52 Julio Franco 84
79. 2005 Topps Rookie Cup Silver 52 Julio Franco
80. 2006 Fleer Glossy Gold 62 Julio Franco
81. 2006 Fleer Glossy Silver 62 Julio Franco
82. 2006 Topps Platinum 431 Julio Franco
83. 2006 Upper Deck Gold 710 Julio Franco
84. 2006 Upper Deck Silver Spectrum 45 Julio Franco
85. 2006 Upper Deck Special F/X Blue 45 Julio Franco
86. 2006 Upper Deck Special F/X Blue 710 Julio Franco
87. 2006 Upper Deck Special F/X Purple 45 Julio Franco
88. 2006 Upper Deck Special F/X Red 45 Julio Franco
89. 2007 Fleer Mini Die Cuts Gold 139 Julio Franco
90. 2007 Topps Platinum 531 Julio Franco

7 comments:

  1. I might have a double of either the 84 or 85 one if its the Wheaties version

    Dennis
    clsddifrancesco@yahoo.com

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  2. Have you ever actually seen any of the 1986 Indians Team Issue cards? Several web searches result in nothing but checklists and wantlist, but no one who actually HAS any of the set. I'm hunting the Bernardo Brito card, myself, so I thought I'd ask.

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  3. Well, I actually have several of the 1986 Oh Henry "Team Issue" if those are what you are referring to...

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  4. Hi Dennis / Jason/ David
    Hope all is well & thank you for helping. I have the cards that the Indians gave away Gatorade (87,88), Wheaties (83,84), Oh Henry(86), and Polaroid JCPenney(85) They also gave away a B&W team issue post card size set. I have (83,86,87) I am looking for (84,85, & 88)
    plfranco@bellsouth.net

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  5. No, not the Oh Henry cards, according to Beckett, in 1986, there was another 52 card team issued set. From their picture in the Beckett Almanac, the card is almost entirely a player portrait with very thin white border and just the player's name, position and team at the bottom. It also says the card backs are "black". I'm not sure if that's a typo for blank" or not. It says they were unnumbered. SCD doesn't have a listing for these cards.

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  6. Now, having read the previous post more closely, it would appear what I'm looking for comes from that 1986 b&w postcard set.

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  7. The Cleveland Indians should be always competitive enough to keep pace with the others. I really like them; they’ve always been my favourite teams in MLB.Just read about them here:
    http://www.indianszone.com

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