My 12 Back Clipper Han Solo

[stormcab]

Hi everyone. Was wondering what you guys know about this fella, and generally why you never see any Clippers come up for sale. I don't want a value as that's obviously impossible because there're no sales to compare it to. No plans to sell it anyway unless I obviously have to come up with some ransom money if the wife gets kidnapped

I recently got all my cards out of lock-up to get hi-res photos for insurance and so I can look at my collection whenever I want.

I picked it up like all my cards, at toy fairs in the 90s. I didn't think much of the Clipper bit, just that it was a 12 back, so that made it rare. I bought 3 12 backs originally, and seemed to be quite lucky with unusual ones, although I didn't know it at the time - Vader on a white background, and a Takara Leia.

 

[steve obi wan]

Sorry can't help in the value , however it's a nice piece :shock:

I haven't seen one in years

 

[Ross_Barr]

No plans to sell it anyway unless I obviously have to come up with some ransom money if the wife gets kidnapped

Well, if you feel that way, how about I let you kidnap MY wife if you let me have it......

As we discussed via pm, this is certainly a grail piece for me as a Han Solo original collector, so congrats on having it. Most Clipper 12 backs exist in very small numbers.

 

[theforceuk]

Not sure on price either, don't often see these come up. I'd say £2000+ at a guess, but might be way undervalued.

 

[stormcab]

Not sure on price either, don't often see these come up. I'd say £2000+ at a guess, but might be way undervalued.

Yeah not bothered about value, just that I have a rare card. Had the AFA population report, and am very happy :wink:

I was just curious to know something about this card back as I never see any discussions about them. Does anyone know of someone with a full run? I'd assume the person is in mainland Europe somewhere.

 

[theforceuk]

I don't know much about foreign cards, sorry. Plenty on here that do though.

 

[kvavik]

Amazing item! I'd say around €2500. It's not the rarest clipper, but that still makes it rare!

 

[itfciain]

Funny thing is that these foreign cards ended up in people's collections in the 90s and no-one really thought much of it - in fact, I understand that people were less inclined to purchase the 'foreign' cards than the more sought after Kenner one - how times have changed

It is a beautiful piece - thanks for putting up the pictures