Entry #5
Another find after a very long wait. Recently browsing an online auction spotted an official binder for the
1992 Rapid Transit System set by GNM Sportscards. It even included a complete set of series one cards and pages to keep them in. I made an offer, it was accepted and I can't believe that after all these years I have one and it's actually the first and only one I've ever seen. And it's like brand new.
Entry #4
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Got a hint of another binder/album I didn't know existed.
It was
released for the 1994 Performance Years Quality Card Company (better
known as
P.Y.Q.C.C.) Mustang Cards. Don't know anymore about it. Please
share if you do
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Entry #3
Another 'folder', this Sticker Album consisted of 48 full-color pages to hold all 180 stickers from 1994
Auto 2000 set by Baio. It was available in a factory set (sticker-cards and album) or sold seperately.
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Not a hard-cover binder like most sets have, this paper-back folder for the
Best Of British cards requires you tape or glue the cards in to it. Or, I also thought one might use something similar to the plastic adhesive hinges used by stamp collectors. Either way, seems a shame to damage the cards just to display them in the album, especially when they come in 5 uncut sheets of 6 cards each. There just has to be a better way to keep them.
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Looking through some old material to research some card sets, I came across an original ad for the
1991 Dream Machines set by Lime Rock and noticed something I never had before. Right there it was in small print:
Officially Licensed Binder (with pocket and sleeves) - $10.00. I never had seen one of them and even searching the web for any info on them left me not knowing anymore than what I've just shared with you. Fortunately, a recent search led me to exactly what I had missed for nearly 20 years.
But the mystery is not just for the Dream Machines binder. Flipping through my
1992 Rapid Transit System set by GNM Sportscards, I also notice on the insert 'order form' card that a binder exists for them, too. What's up with that?
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One I didn't miss was the binder for the
1993 Pony Car Performance set that GNM did. It's a navy-blue binder with white lettering.
So really, how many of the sets you see on Cardboard Highway have officially licensed binders/albums? How many of each were made and what are the binders/albums worth. And why does no publication list them?
I will attempt to find out the answers to all those questions and post it here on Cardboard Highway. Plus, I will show you pictures of the binders/albums I find so that you will know exactly what to look for when you go searching.
