Icons & Immortals: High-End Sports Memorabilia and Card Auction
Lot 590:
Description
BID PER WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, NOT THE AI GENERATED TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS! MLB Baseball Barry Bonds 1997 Topps Stadium Club Patent Leather PL3 Die-Cut
This is a 1997 Topps Stadium Club Patent Leather insert card featuring Hall of Fame contender Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants. Identified as card number PL3, this highly sought-after 1990s insert is distinguished by its intricate die-cut shape and a specialized embossed texture designed to simulate the look and feel of patent leather. The card front showcases Bonds in his home Giants uniform set against a leather-textured background with a large baseball glove illustration and his name rendered in reflective gold foil script. The reverse side provides a comprehensive fielding statistics table spanning his career from 1986 to 1996, alongside biographical details and official MLB/TSC licensing. This English language card represents a prime example of the innovative "super-premium" insert technology prevalent in late-90s baseball card collecting.
Condition report:
This card is ungraded (raw). Centering: The die-cut design appears well-aligned with the printed elements. Corners: The corners are sharp and well-defined, showing only the faintest trace of white on the reverse tips under magnification, consistent with a Near Mint (NM) grade. Edges: The complex die-cut edges are clean and free of the chipping or fraying often associated with 1997 Stadium Club inserts. Surface: The patent leather textured surface is excellent and free of indentations. The gold foil lettering is vibrant and shows no signs of rubbing, tarnishing, or oxidation.
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