# Is this football card still rare?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-football-card-still-rare/317132>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 15, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-football-card-still-rare/317132 "2005-08-15T19:43:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-football-card-still-rare/317132/1 "2005-08-15T19:43:09Z")

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Back in 1989, I opened my first ever pack of football cards, and, through a stroke of luck, got an exremely rare card; the Pro Set green bordered version of William “the Refrigerator” Perry. Apparently, it was worth something like $50 at the time; I’m not clear the details, but Pro Set stopped the print run midway through production because of a contract change, and for the rest of the print run the card had an orange border and a different picture.

I recently came across this card and tried to look up it’s price. However, I can’t even find a mention of the green bordered version, let alone a comparison in price to the more numerous version (which is selling for 18 cents.) Does anyone know if the card is still worth anything?

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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-football-card-still-rare/317132/2 "2005-08-15T19:50:05Z")

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[This](http://store.yahoo.com/startcollecting/sc1618.html) green-border (gem mint 10, mind you) seems to be selling for $14.99.

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**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-football-card-still-rare/317132/3 "2005-08-15T19:53:27Z")

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That’s the one, thanks! Mine is slightly less than mint, but not that bad; I might be able to get 5 bucks for it or something. Ah, well, should have sold it when I had the chance.