Didn’t know these existed

Why would they make a package deal out of the 1991 and 1992 Pro Line sets unless they knew they wouldn’t make any more? It’s a bizarre concept, and not one that I think people collectors were demanding.

That extra SB seal on some cards

At the bottom left of this Warren Moon profiles card is an embossed seal that isn’t the Pro Line seal. Outside of the odd Pro Line card with this seal, I’d never run across these seals on any cards. I mentioned this in a prior post and got the following answer from a reader. If anyone else can verify any of this, that’d be great:

“The SB embossing is from the company Score Board, who acquired Pro Line in the mid 90’s. With the acquisition, Score Board decided to place the leftover Pro Line autograph inventory into their own sets adding the second embossing in an attempt to make it their own. I could be wrong, but I believe the Pro Line / SB cards were inserted into 97/98 SB products.

“Score Board took the Pro Line 1 autograph per box theme and blew it out of control even to their own demise. They relied heavily on redemption cards. When Score Board went bankrupt there were thousands of collectors who never received the autographs and memorabilia they were promised. I want to say Fleer/Donruss aquired SB after they went bankrupt and honored a small number of these redemptions.”

Why are these numbered?

Here’s another blog entry that is more question than answer. Does anyone know why these are numbered? Hand-numbered? I am lucky enough to have one of these 1992 Pro Line Portraits of Deion Sanders, but mine isn’t hand-numbered. I have no explanation. There’s no number. The card is stamped. It all seems official. But where would the hand numbering come from? Please let me know, if you know.