Flashback time - Signature Rookies - new twists and turns

[jetsman]

Hi everyone,

A few years ago I put up a thread on one of my guilty pleasure sets - 94-95 Signature Rookies. Since then, I've all but stopped collecting hockey (aside from some Jets), but this set has stayed with me.

Since my original post I've found a menagerie of new cards from the set and I thought I'd share my work here in case there are any other sadistic collectors still working on this mammoth.

Here we go with the convolusion.

Base set
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- 70 cards were part of the base. 69 players, 1 CL. Print run: 45,000
- There were quite a few uncorrected errors (though they were corrected for the autos... hmm...)

Future Flash
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- 10 players. Print run: 7,000
- each had an autograph parallel. Serial #/2100

Cool 5
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- 5 players. Print run: 7,000
- Each had an autograph parallel. Serial #/1050
- NEW INFO - I recently discovered that there was a Brad Park promo auto. #/72. I don't know if there are promo autos for the other players (image available if anyone wants to see).


Autograph parallels
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Ok... here we go.

- Each card has an autograph parallel "serial #/7750".
- A number were redemptions.
Here's why there are air quotes around the serial.
-- I have found a few autographs that aren't serial numbered but instead have a Sig Rookies hologram. I currently own 2
-- As helped by a few collectors on here in the past, there appears to be a full set that are "promo autographs". Promo is written in the serial numbered space with hand numbering elsewhere on the card. Some cards have less than 50 copies, obscenely unheard of for the era. It is unknown if these cards were cut from the 7,750 count or if they were done separately
-- NEW INFO - There are also two short-numbered auto cards, seemingly a parallel to the original 7,750. They are Jim Carey (hand numbered to 2500) and Brian (sp) Berard (hand numbered to 2575)

Promos
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In addition to the aforementioned promo autos, there were two other promo programs
- A 5 card set only offered through the Sig Rookies "Club". print run was 20,000
- An autograph parallel was produced of these cards. serial numbered to 500.
- An additional prom card was created of Eric Fichaud (his only in the entire set). print run 7,750


I'll use the disclaimer that this is what I THINK is the full run, but I have the feeling there are a couple more layers out there.

For anyone who has any of these available, let me know. I'm working on the promo autos and inserts/insert parallels still, and don't have any of the redemption cards.

 

[chihawk19]

Hi everyone,

Base set
----------
- 70 cards were part of the base. 69 players, 1 CL. Print run: 45,000
- There were quite a few uncorrected errors (though they were corrected for the autos... hmm...)

There is a corrected version for Milan Hejduk. I don't know if any of the others got corrected though.

Cool 5
-------
- 5 players. Print run: 7,000
- Each had an autograph parallel. Serial #/1050
- NEW INFO - I recently discovered that there was a Brad Park promo auto. #/72. I don't know if there are promo autos for the other players (image available if anyone wants to see).

I have 3 copies of the Brad Park #/72. I have not seen PROMO versions for any of the other players in the Cool 5 set.

-- I have found a few autographs that aren't serial numbered but instead have a Sig Rookies hologram. I currently own 2

I've got 9 that fall into this category

-- As helped by a few collectors on here in the past, there appears to be a full set that are "promo autographs". Promo is written in the serial numbered space with hand numbering elsewhere on the card. Some cards have less than 50 copies, obscenely unheard of for the era. It is unknown if these cards were cut from the 7,750 count or if they were done separately

I have 53 out of the 69 cards. I have not seen copies of any of the ones I don't have. It seems most of the ones I'm missing are guys who had error cards with the wrong person on the card. These may not have been made. There are 2 players who only signed 23 PROMO versions. I have 2 PROMO cards which are not hand numbered even though I have copies of the same players that are.

-- NEW INFO - There are also two short-numbered auto cards, seemingly a parallel to the original 7,750. They are Jim Carey (hand numbered to 2500) and Brian (sp) Berard (hand numbered to 2575)

These are the only two I know of.

 

[steveottfan]

Great info, thanks for this post!

 

[jetsman]

There is a corrected version for Milan Hejduk. I don't know if any of the others got corrected though.

The Hejduk must be fairly rare. Never seen one. It's going high on ComC.

I have 3 copies of the Brad Park #/72. I have not seen PROMO versions for any of the other players in the Cool 5 set.

Nice have! I reckon those are exceedingly hard to find especially today.

I've got 9 that fall into this category

I have 53 out of the 69 cards. I have not seen copies of any of the ones I don't have. It seems most of the ones I'm missing are guys who had error cards with the wrong person on the card.

We should compare lists. I have 25 promo AUs in hand / incoming. Ryabchikov is my lowest print run at 60.

Of the stickers, I have 2 - Finnstrom and Souray. There's a Morozov also up on ComC that was too high for my price point

 

[spooner9ball]

Hey, not too familiar with this set, but since I had a dozen I scanned them up in case there's anything randomly goofy in there to help out.

sigrook2 by Shaun Lindsay, on Flickr

sigrook1 by Shaun Lindsay, on Flickr