First , I think the days of the 96 Futera Tendulkar base card selling for a $1 are long over..... and judging from the past 4 months on Ebay I think the days of finding it for $25 are over as well. Going rate these days are anywhere between $45 - $65 and I think a lot of the variety depends...
So what you are describing would be the 1996 Futera Workd Cup. Limited to 5,000 boxes and only 17,500 of each Base Card. Very limited considering the 2.5 Billion Fans out there.
There were only 5,000 boxes produced of 96 Futera World Cup which means about 15k- 20k of the Tendulkar base cards were ever produced. Not incredibly rare but also not overly produced either for such a global superstar.
Hi All - In search and willing to pay fair value for the following Sachin Tendulkar Cards:
1992 ProSport
1992 Total
1996 SportsDeck Golden Wicket #66
Reach out if you have or are interested in selling!