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Today we’re adding one more 1992-93 Stadium Club card to our video collection. We already have videos of some great ones…the Shaq, Alonzo Mourning and Latrell Sprewell rookies, the Jordan Member’s Choice. But there’s something unique about this #292 Eric Murdock card that Topps was hoping you wouldn’t notice. The picture’s blurry. Keep an eye on Brian Shaw’s face there, that’s where you will notice it the most… And I promise it’s not my camera, we’ll compare it with others. If you collect coins, the effect kind of reminds me of what you’d call a “double die” effect. And this is not just a problem with my card. Go to your ’92-93 Stadium Club set and look at your Eric Murdock. It’s this way with all of them. Not sure how interesting you’ll find this, but to me, it was one of those things that once you see, you can’t unsee. Hopefully it comes through the camera, maybe make sure the video is set to 4K.
And 1992-93 Stadium Club was all about the photo. Everything else was minimized on the card to leave room for the full-bleed photo. Even the player’s name was minimal, smaller than the Stadium Club logo itself! The team name was barely noticeable hidden on the top of two gold foil bars at the bottom. Some great photos in this set, and I’m sure with 400 cards in the set, Topps thought nobody would notice a slightly blurry picture!
Let’s take a real quick look at the back before we go. A quick reminder that what they call the “Topps rookie card” really is only that player’s first Topps card. Eric Murdock has ’91-92 cards with the Utah Jazz that are his actual rookie cards. And since Topps took such a long break in printing basketball cards, the ’92-93 Topps set was most players’ first Topps card, including Michael Jordan.
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