In 1993 Whataburger handed out packs of lenticular cards
that were called Nolan Ryan Recollections, a 10-card set highlighting the
exploits of Nolan Ryan. It was a regional set for their Southwest stores.
I didn’t have any luck at my local Whataburgers, they
always seemed to be out, not even my local LCS had any. In the end I had to
hunt them down at shows finally finding only one seller had them and since it was a sellers market he was asking
for an insane price, I believe it was around $5 each, so I only picked up two. After
paying that for just two cards I decided the other 8 cards would have to wait
and by the end of 1993 I had basically given up on the set. Here are the two
cards that I had purchased in 1993.
For whatever reason I remembered the set while I was
going through COMC during their Black Friday sale and when I saw the prices of
the singles I had to buy them. The other 8 cards were selling between ¢.30 and
¢.50 each, so about $3 for all 8 cards. I will admit I was pretty excited about
finally completing this 10-card set that has been out of my mind for over 20
years.
These are the cards that I picked up to complete the set
