Well guys - in my very best Ron Burgundy voice I would like to say....
"I don't know how to put this but this thread is kind of a big deal!!!"
Why? Well, until I opened today's mailday I had never seen this card - not even a photo of it. Had it not been for the Futera File I still may not know that it exists! In fact, I had owned the Futera File for near on 6 months before I finally made it to the back of the book, where, tucked away on p113 under the heading "Other Promotional Cards", I read the following passage...
Autographed Sir Donald Bradman
Redemption Cards
Retail 1993/94 Series
Ten specially produced Sir Donald Bradman autograph cards. These were produced in conjunction with the Crusaders and Catchers Sports Marketing Pty. Ltd. Ten picture cards were signed by Sir Donald Bradman and were embossed with a gold foil seal featuring the words "Limited Edition Authentic Autograph". The cards have the following corresponding certification numbers: 582, 581, 999, 986, 985, 948, 947, 946, 945 and 944.
Proceeds from the auction sale of these cards went to charity. The sale of the last of these cards occurred in January 1996 and resulted in a sale price of $1750.00. The highest price achieved from these charity card auctions stands at $2600.00. At the time of publication (1998) none of these cards are known to have hit the collectable market.
Only 10 of these were made....that effectively makes this card 5 times rarer than the 1998/99 Select Bradman signature card!
Anyway that's enough background info from me - after what has felt like an eternity paying off this cracker of a card I can finally say, "CARD IS IN-HAND....AND HERE ARE THE PICTURES!"
Enjoy!!
"I don't know how to put this but this thread is kind of a big deal!!!"
Why? Well, until I opened today's mailday I had never seen this card - not even a photo of it. Had it not been for the Futera File I still may not know that it exists! In fact, I had owned the Futera File for near on 6 months before I finally made it to the back of the book, where, tucked away on p113 under the heading "Other Promotional Cards", I read the following passage...
Autographed Sir Donald Bradman
Redemption Cards
Retail 1993/94 Series
Ten specially produced Sir Donald Bradman autograph cards. These were produced in conjunction with the Crusaders and Catchers Sports Marketing Pty. Ltd. Ten picture cards were signed by Sir Donald Bradman and were embossed with a gold foil seal featuring the words "Limited Edition Authentic Autograph". The cards have the following corresponding certification numbers: 582, 581, 999, 986, 985, 948, 947, 946, 945 and 944.
Proceeds from the auction sale of these cards went to charity. The sale of the last of these cards occurred in January 1996 and resulted in a sale price of $1750.00. The highest price achieved from these charity card auctions stands at $2600.00. At the time of publication (1998) none of these cards are known to have hit the collectable market.
Only 10 of these were made....that effectively makes this card 5 times rarer than the 1998/99 Select Bradman signature card!
Anyway that's enough background info from me - after what has felt like an eternity paying off this cracker of a card I can finally say, "CARD IS IN-HAND....AND HERE ARE THE PICTURES!"
Enjoy!!