1992 Topps Micro #385

Card Review: 0.5  Not much card to review here.  These are even smaller than the Cracker Jack cards.  I looked up the Manny Ramirez from this set on eBay (it's my best guess at the most expensive card in the set) to see what it was selling for.  They're readily available for $2.  I'd be curious to see what sort of price these would demand had they been done for an older set.  Say 1980 Topps, in similar numbers.  What would the Rickey Henderson demand?  The only real point of comparison that's even close may be the 1975 Topps mini's, which demand a slight premium.  These are so small though, I can't imagine they would sell for very much.

 Number of this card in my collection: 1
2014 update: 6
2015 update: 8
2016 update: n/a
2017 update: n/a
2018 update: n/a
2019 update: 6 (somehow lost a couple)

2020 update: 7

2021 update: n/a

2022 update: n/a

2023 update: 8

1992 Topps Gold #385

Card Review: 6.9 This card has slightly less "gold" than the '92 Topps Gold Winner, but still way more than the base card.  The novelty of these stupid things has not held up well.  But I admit, I ripped through a lot of packs in '92 chasing this card (unsuccessfully).

Number of this card in my collection: 1
2013 update: 4
2014 update: n/a
2015 update: n/a
2016 update: n/a
2017 update: n/a
2018 update: 6
2019 update: 7

2020 update: n/a

2021 update: n/a

2022 update: n/a

2023 update: n/a

2024 update: 8

1992 Topps Gold Winner #385

Card Review: 6.8  This is just an all-around inferior variant of the regular '92 Topps.  The gold stamping looks horrible, the "winner" just adds more of the stamping, and the "toppsgold" water mark on the back is ridiculous.  The "G" is particularly galling.

In '92 Topps had a scratch-off game card in each pack.  You could win these cards if you scratched off enough runs without scratching an out, or 3 outs, or something like that.  I went about 0 for all of them in my efforts to "win."

Number of this card in my collection: 3
2012 update: 5
2013 update: 21
2014 update: n/a
2015 update: n/a
2016 update: n/a
2017 update: n/a
2018 update: 24
2019 update: n/a
2020 update: 27

2021 update: n/a

2022 update: 28

2023 update: 30

2024 update: 36

2025 update: 37

1992 Topps #385

Card Review: 8.8  This isn't the best photo selection, but overall  it's a nice enough card.  The design is alright, though I'm not wild about the white card stock.  Then again, it's preferable to the back of every Topps set to come out since.
Fun Facts: *1992 was the last Topps set not to feature full gloss on the back of the cards
*1992 was the first Topps set to have full color backs, and white card board stock
*Most of the '92 Topps cards featured panoramic shots of the players stadium on the bottom of the card back
*Cards ending in the numbers "0" and "5" were considered "glamour #'s" and Topps reserved them for the biggest stars.
Number of this card in my collection: 34
7/28 update: 35 via Topps Diamond Anniversary Giveaway
2012 update: 41
2013 update: 91
2014 update: 124
2015 update: 158
2016 update: 176
2017 update: 185
2018 update: 211
2019 update: 250
2020 update: 260

2021 update: 291

2022 update: 318

2023 update: 330

2024 update: 352

2025 update: 357