Herschel Hoard Seek of the Week

   I thought I would return to my Seek of the Week feature, which I have discussed before.  This is where I post a photo of a card front, which is not currently in the Hoard, but is on my radar.

   The images are courtesy of COMC.  Check out my cards.com.  The featured card this week is:

   

This is a 2008 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection  Ultimate Eight Jersey # UEJ7.   The card features jersey swatches of 8 popular Dallas Cowboys players, including Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach, Tony Romo, Marion Barber, Terrell Owens, Felix Jones and of course, our man, Herschel Walker.

This card image, and most other SOTW images are from COMC's sold out section.  Meaning, the cards aren't available for sale at the present time.  I can only get an image of the card fronts, so I couldn't show Walker, who is on the reverse of this one.

The card is serial numbered to 10.   I hope it someday makes its way into the Hoard.

1988 Topps Box Bottoms Checklist Letter P

   

I'm really not big on checklists at the Hoard,  but because this card features a photo of Herschel Walker and Dave Rimington,  I decided to post it.

There were 15 different box bottom cards,  not including the checklist, which featured two players of the era on one card.  Herschel and Nebraska legendary center, Dave Rimington can be seen on the checklist front, in the second row, third card down.

The checklists are not numbered, but are lettered.   The "P" in this example can be seen in the top left corner of the card back.

I have the two player card in the Hoard already,  but I am seeking what is known as a box bottom panels card of Walker.  This was a four card set.  Herschel is shown along with Rimington, Jim Plunkett, Randy White, Charles White, Jim Ritcher, Brad Budde and Bruce Clark.

2019 Panini Absolute Cleat Combos #6 Emmitt Smith/Herschel Walker

   

Another issue from the current year makes its way into the Herschel Hoard.  This is a 2019 Panini Absolute Cleat Combos #6 card, featuring Dallas Cowboys greats, Emmitt Smith and Herschel Walker.

The card features a game used swatch of material from each player.  These cards are serial numbered in runs of 49 or less.  This example is from the run of 11 or less, with this card being #5.

2018 Panini Flawless Platinum #76 One of One

   

In keeping with the Panini Flawless theme, here is the 2018 Panini Flawless Platinum card, from the sealed, encased Flawless line.

This card is a one of one, which can be seen in script, just to the right of the word Flawless, on the card front.    The Hoard needs only the Emerald(serial #'d to 5) and the Canary Yellow(serial #'d to 3), to complete Herschel's run in the set.

2018 Panini Flawless Sapphire #76

   

The Herschel Hoard is pleased to add another card from the 2018 Panini Flawless collection.   These sealed, encased cards include an actual jewel.

This is the Sapphire edition, which is serial numbered to 15, with this example being #12.  This is the 785th different Herschel Walker card in my collection, as I inch closer to 800.

Also in the Hoard from this set are: Ruby, Diamond and Chocolate Diamond.   There is also a Flawless Collegiate set.  I have one of those, which features Herschel in his Georgia uniform.

2018 Panini National Treasures Collegiate Printing Plates Yellow #33 One of One

   

The Herschel Hoard is pleased to add another One of One Printing Plate.  This is the Yellow Plate from the 2018 Panini National Treasures Collegiate set.    Herschel has two different card #'s in this set, 13 and 33.  This is the third printing plate from this series that I own.

1994 Stadium Club Super Bowl XXIX Embossed #33

   

I am very pleased to add this tough to find card to the Herschel Hoard.  This is a 1994 Stadium Club Super Bowl Embossed card, #33 of Herschel Walker.   This card was initially available at the January 1995 Super Bowl card show in Miami.

The Super Bowl XXIX logo is embossed on the card front, just above the RB.  Unlike the Super Teams cards from this set, the logos are not in gold foil, and you almost have to have the card in hand in order to see the embossing.

Here is the blurb on the card from Beckett: "Collectors who attended the 1995 N.F.L. Experience Super Bowl Card Show in Miami could trade five Topps products wrappers for a 5-card cellophane pack of this issue.  The cards are essentially a parallel to the 1994 Stadium Club release embossed with the XXIX Super Bowl logo in the lower left corner of the card front.  Just the first two series of the set were issued with this embossed logo.  Note that the embossed logo does not contain gold foil like the Super Teams Super Bowl redemption cards."

These cards don't pop up very often, so it's a great find for me.