GROUND FLOOR Opportunity! .. Leaf Steel "SILVER" Promos

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FIRST .. THE LISTINGS ..
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1996 Leaf Preferred Steel
SILVER "Promotional Card" PROMOS
Player Checklist (77 of your favorite players):

1 Frank Thomas - Chicago White Sox
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2 Paul Molitor - Minnesota Twins
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3 Kenny Lofton - Cleveland Indians
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4 Travis Fryman - Detroit Tigers
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5 Jeff Conine - Florida Marlins
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6 Barry Bonds _ San Francisco Giants
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7 Gregg Jefferies - Philadelphia Phillies
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8 Alex Rodriguez - Seattle Mariners
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9 Wade Boggs - New York Yankees
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10 David Justice - Atlanta Braves
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11 Hideo Nomo - Los Angeles Dodgers
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12 Roberto Alomar - Baltimore Orioles
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13 Todd Hollandsworth - Los Angeles Dodgers
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14 Mark McGwire - Oakland Athletics
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15 Rafael Palmeiro - Baltimore Orioles
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16 Will Clark - Texas Rangers
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17 Cal Ripken Jr - Baltimore Orioles
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18 Derek Bell - Houston Astros
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19 Gary Sheffield - Florida Marlins
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20 Juan Gonzalez - Texas Rangers
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21 Garrett Anderson - California Angels
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22 Mo Vaughn - Boston Red Sox
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23 Robin Ventura - Chicago White Sox
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24 Carlos Baerga - Cleveland Indians
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25 Tim Salmon - California Angels
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26 Matt Williams - San Francisco Giants
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27 Fred McGriff - Atlanta Braves
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28 Rondell White - Montreal Expos
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29 Ray Lankford - St Louis Cardinals
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30 Len Dykstra - Philadelphia Phillies
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31 J T Snow - California Angels
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32 Sammy Sosa - Chicago Cubs
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33 Chipper Jones - Atlanta Braves
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34 Bobby Bonilla - Baltimore Orioles
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35 Paul Wilson - New York Mets
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36 Darren Daulton - Philadelphia Phillies
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37 Larry Walker - Colorado Rockies
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38 Raul Mondesi - Los Angeles Dodgers
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39 Jeff Bagwell - Houston Astros
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40 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees
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41 Kirby Puckett - Minnesota Twins
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42 Jason Isringhausen - New York Mets
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43 Vinny Castilla - Colorado Rockies
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44 Jim Edmonds - California Angels
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45 Ron Gant - St Louis Cardinals
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46 Carlos Delgado - Toronto Blue Jays
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47 Jose Canseco - Boston Red Sox
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48 Tony Gwynn - San Diego Padres
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49 Mike Mussina - Baltimore Orioles
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50 Charles Johnson - Florida Marlins
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51 Mike Piazza - Los Angeles Dodgers
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52 Ken Griffey Jr - Seattle Mariners
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53 Greg Maddux - Atlanta Braves
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54 Mark Grace - Chicago Cubs
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55 Ryan Klesko - Atlanta Braves
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56 Dennis Eckersley - St Louis Cardinals
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57 Rickey Henderson - San Diego Padres
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58 Michael Tucker - Kansas City Royals
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59 Joe Carter - Toronto Blue Jays
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60 Randy Johnson - Seattle Mariners
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61 Brian Jordan - St Louis Cardinals
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62 Shawn Green - Toronto Blue Jays
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63 Roger Clemens - Boston Red Sox
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64 Andres Galarraga - Colorado Rockies
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65 Johnny Damon - Kansas City Royals
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66 Ryne Sandberg - Chicago Cubs
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67 Alan Benes - St Louis Cardinals
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68 Albert Belle - Cleveland Indians
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69 Barry Larkin - Cincinnati Reds
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70 Marty Cordova - Minnesota Twins
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71 Dante Bichette - Colorado Rockies
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72 Craig Biggio - Houston Astros
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73 Reggie Sanders - Cincinnati Reds
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74 Moises Alou - Montreal Expos
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75 Chuck Knoblauch - Minnesota Twins
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76 Cecil Fielder - Detroit Tigers
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77 Manny Ramirez - Cleveland Indians
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We have just listed a nice selection of these
SUPER RARE 1996 "SILVER" Promos
of the Leaf Preferred "LEAF STEEL" product ..
(LEAF STEEL was the revolutionary new HOBBY-FIRST standard-sized STEEL
card product, created with collector-safe flat edges, and was
collector-friendly, fitting into STANDARD card sleeves, collector
pages & holders!)
in our ebay auctions & ebay store ..
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Now .. SOME BACKGROUND ..
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Here is one of those really RARE opportunities for player & team
collectors to get in on the ground floor, and acquire a truly rare
item, which is not only super rare, but also was never intended to be
released to the collecting public!

Although prepared & first displayed Tuesday June 26, 1996 at the
Donruss Corporate booth at the 1996 Anaheim National (NSCC)
Convention, Pinnacle opted to distribute ONLY the "GOLD" Promos
(GOLD's then and now .. have always been quite hard to find, and in
high demand!) through their distributors & brokers network (to
dealers) on Friday August 2, 1996 .. retaining the "SILVER" Promos for
internal use only (& possibly only for Pinnacle execs, a secret
"little detail" not known until years later!) ..

Until very recently, just a couple examples of these SILVER Promos
managed to find their way into the hobby .. and thus, not only was the
general public unaware of the existance of these SILVER Promos, they
also were never catalogued in any sportscard price guide.

Why didn't Pinnacle release BOTH sets, which would NOW be the typical
thing to do? Some background is in order .. Pinnacle had just
acquired Donruss/Leaf in late-1995, and was operating Donruss separate
from Pinnacle operations. Donruss traditionally created promo card
sets with twelve cards or less, while Pinnacle was on the cutting edge
trying all kinds of new promotional methods & products, never before
tested in the sportscard hobby. So when Pinnacle launched one of
their brand new test products .. Leaf Preferred (a one year product,
with six card packs retailing for $3.49) .. as Pinnacle aimed for a
brand new quality image, the "GOLD" STEEL promos were selected for the
promotional splash, with an unprecented 77 different promo card set!
Talk about creating a BIG hobby buzz .. and .. HUGE promo card chase!

NOW .. in 2004, with a small number of sets (have seen some accounts
ranging from "as few as" FIVE to TEN sets, to 10 to 25 sets) finally
making it into the hobby arena, player and team collectors are
scrambling to secure examples
for their collections before this very rare supply dries up ..
possibly a ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME opportunity!

As most collectors are well aware, prices of other "hard to find" and
"never released" Pinnacle promos & products have soared once the
circulating supply dries up, as it most certainly will in due time for
these "never released" SILVER promos. In fact, sales for a number of
players have already been noted in the $100 to $200+ range,
understandable since IF these promos had been available in the
mid-1990's, even commons would have started in the $50-$100 range, and
many stars would have started out in excess of $500 retail. So don't
miss out on this present "ground floor" opportunity!

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You won't want to miss these !!!

IF you are interested in a DIRECT PURCHASE, prefering NOT to 'mess
with' AUCTIONS, or IF you require a card picture, or IF you have any
other related or un-related questions, please email ..
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