Jean-Pierre Papin Away
Jean-Pierre Papin was the French Redemption Figure available in 1997. There were only 2,500 – 3,000 produced. This is one of the rarest figures ever. On the collector file you received with French releases was 1 token, you had to collect 12 of these tokens to receive your away kit figure though on the collector file was a picture of a Youri Djorkaeff in the white away kit. The picture isn’t a photo of an actual figure though, more like an artist’s impression of what one would look like, my guess is they were planning to do Djorkaeff then changed to Papin. You could also send away for a 12 Player Stand but for this you had to send 20 tokens. This figure has become very rare as they’re is simply not enough to go around Corinthian Collectors. The figure has a CRV of 18800, which is very very high for an open (loose) figure.
The figure is worth around £50 and can cost even more if its still in the original French Sachet. I have one of these for sale at the time of writing this piece, if you E-Mail me I may have one for sale if you want to own one of the rarest Corinthian Figures ever get in touch.