I've said before that I collected in the pre-internet age. I would get information from various magazines, such as Beckett and Baseball Cards, and by talking fellow collectors and the owners at the card shops I frequented. This left some gaps, and some knowledge was not to be found. Flash forward thirty years, and with the power of the internet, I can now look up old mystery cards.
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| I never knew what this Will Clark card was. |
At a show one day, I acquired this Will Clark card. It looked unlicensed to me -- a fellow collector had a number of unlicensed Broder cards from the same time period, and this looked similar (the Broder cards had plain fronts and this had a fancy border, but otherwise it has the same feel). The magazines only covered the licensed sets (I think), and the dealers I knew weren't familiar with this set. So, I tucked it away and figured some things are just mysteries.
In the intervening years, many resources have come online. The back of the card indicates that it is card #9 in a 1988 set called Big League All-Stars Series 2. Thanks to
The Trading Card Database, this is enough information to track it down. I can say now that this is from an unlicensed set by Pacific Cards and Comics. I can't find anything else about Pacific Cards and Comics, but knowing this much is a victory.
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