The 1998 Topps Tek Thread

Longtime FCB member but just discovered this wonderful thread. I'm a Griffey collector, and think there are a few opportunities for mutually beneficial trades with the Teks that I have available. Am looking to trade, not sell.

Looking for: any Griffey Diffractor I need. Please note that my HAVE list is below:



Available:

Griffey Base:
1, 3, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 26, 30, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45,
46, 47, 50, 54, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 67, 68, 70, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90

Diffractors:

• Albert Belle Pattern 19
• Jeromy Burnitz Pattern 61
• Ken Caminiti Pattern 86
• Tony Clark Pattern 1
• Darin Erstad Pattern 55
• Brad Fullmer Pattern 48
• Ben Grieve Pattern 22
• Ken Griffey Jr. Pattern 52
• Richard Hidalgo Patterns 23 and 70
• A.J. Hinch Pattern 80
• Brian Jordan Pattern 76
• Eric Karros Pattern 62
• Kenny Lofton Pattern 48
• Greg Maddux Pattern 54
• Quinton McCracken Pattern 61
• Raul Mondesi Pattern 73
• John Olerud Pattern 38
• Rafael Palmeiro Pattern 15
• Alex Rodriguez Pattern 12

Again, trade, not sell. Do send along those PMs. Chris

ckurdelski said:

Longtime FCB member but just discovered this wonderful thread. I'm a Griffey collector, and think there are a few opportunities for mutually beneficial trades with the Teks that I have available. Am looking to trade, not sell.

Looking for: any Griffey Diffractor I need. Please note that my HAVE list is below:

1998 Topps Tek Diffractor #30 - I Have Patterns:
1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 45, 48, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 63, 66, 68, 69, 72, 77, 80, 84, 86, 88, 89		Need 56

Available:

Griffey Base:
1, 3, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 26, 30, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45,
46, 47, 50, 54, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 67, 68, 70, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90

Diffractors:

• Albert Belle Pattern 19
• Jeromy Burnitz Pattern 61
• Ken Caminiti Pattern 86
• Tony Clark Pattern 1
• Darin Erstad Pattern 55
• Brad Fullmer Pattern 48
• Ben Grieve Pattern 22
• Ken Griffey Jr. Pattern 52
• Richard Hidalgo Patterns 23 and 70
• A.J. Hinch Pattern 80
• Brian Jordan Pattern 76
• Eric Karros Pattern 62
• Kenny Lofton Pattern 48
• Greg Maddux Pattern 54
• Quinton McCracken Pattern 61
• Raul Mondesi Pattern 73
• John Olerud Pattern 38
• Rafael Palmeiro Pattern 15
• Alex Rodriguez Pattern 12

Again, trade, not sell. Do send along those PMs. Chris

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Welcome aboard.

PM coming on Brian Jordan and Tony Clark

ckurdelski said:

Longtime FCB member but just discovered this wonderful thread.

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Dude... first post was Aug 2012 LOL

Great to have you in the thread! PM coming...

I wonder who that is? I dont recall seeing that y***r bidding before.. Maybe die-hard Griffey collector... I'm not bidding on it. My only Griffey Diffractor so far in my ~300 diffractor collection is a pattern# 12 in my one completed 90 card diffractor set ... Too $$$$ for my collecting habit.

PM on Belle already sent.

Looking for 1998 Tek diffractors of your favorite player? I'm willing to trade (not sell) from the list below of about 300 1998 Tek diffractor patterns (my extras). I will trade in your favor for diffractor patterns that I don't have. Send me a list of what you have and what you are interested in. I have about 40% of the set, so the odds are 6 out of 10 that I need any diffractor that you have!

RinkRat38 1998 Tek Diffractors to Trade

B. Grieve 1– 18, 55, 63, 70, 74, 80
J. Olerud 4– 12, 79
I. Rodriguez 5– 40, 79
F. Thomas 6– 37
B. Williams 7– 18, 29, 38, 56, 79, 84
D. Bichette 8– 15, 25, 39, 63, 70, 74, 77
A. Rodriguez 9– 1, 18
T. Glavine 10– 24, 56, 75, 87
E. Karros 11– 7, 78
C. Biggio 12– 4, 5
M. McGwire 13– 10, 28, 56, 70
D. Jeter 14– 3, 70, 72
N. Garciaparra 15– 28, 80
V. Guerrero 17– 42
Ch. Jones 19– 4, 13, 17, 31
J. Edmonds 20– 15, 20, 43
R. Clemens 21– 1,12, 44, 55, 72, 77
M. Kotsay 22– 45, 52, 54, 56, 75, 86
T. Gwynn 23– 9, 25, 52
T. Walker 24– 3, 87
T. Martinez 25– 10, 65
S. Alomar 27– 6, 72
G. Sheffield 29– 10, 13, 48, 65, 67
A. Ramirez 31– 80
C. Schilling 32– 1, 17, 27, 32, 42, 43, 51, 80
R. Ventura 33– 10, 52, 67
L. Walker 34– 10, 15, 31, 59, 65
T. Dunwoody 36– 1, 15, 17, 38, 39, 63, 79
P. O’Neill 37– 31, 74
V. Castilla 38– 21, 42, 48, 52, 65
R. Johnson 39– 38, 45, 59
R. Palmeiro 40– 10, 40, 63, 72
P. Martinez 41– 20, 27, 42, 45, 48, 67, 77, 79
D. Bell 42– 11, 17, 63, 74
C. Delgado 43– 9, 30, 40, 41, 77
M. Williams 44– 54
K. Lofton 45– 79
E. Renteria 46– 13, 18, 40, 66, 86
A. Belle 47– 69
J. Burnitz 48– 32, 51, 79
A. Beltre 49– 12, 39, 51, 54, 55
G. Maddux 50– 5, 32, 65
C. Ripken 51– 48
J. Kendall 52– 70, 75, 80
E. Burks 53– 26, 27, 31, 42, 75, 84
P. Molitor 54– 39, 72, 75, 84
M. Alou 55– 38, 63, 65, 70
R. Mondesi 56– 7, 10, 20, 21, 30, 36, 37, 45, 50, 52, 59, 63, 72, 77, 84
B. Larkin 57– 17
T. Clark 58– 1, 6, 9, 11, 18, 20, 25, 37, 44, 48, 63, 65, 83, 88
T. Lee 59– 15, 17, 29, 60
T. Glaus 61– 1, 4, 6, 40, 78
J. Cruz 62– 12, 25, 31, 37
P. Konerko 63– 29
E. Martinez 64– 66, 72, 81
J. Lopez 65– 10, 15, 28, 40, 42, 54, 87
M. Ramirez 66– 36, 46, 55, 58, 72, 74, 76, 78, 79, 86
K. Caminiti 68– 31, 74
C. Knoblauch 70– 15, 21, 31, 43, 55, 73, 78
K. Brown 71– 6, 21, 25, 37, 39, 48, 52, 63, 75
T. Salmon 72– 63, 73, 80
O. Hernandez 73– 10, 12, 23, 58
B. Jordan 75– 1, 13, 15, 27, 36, 39, 63, 75, 85, 88
D. Lee 76– 15, 18, 45, 55
B. Fullmer 77– 5, 52
J. King 79– 17, 25, 59, 65, 77, 84
M. Mussina 80– 5, 73, 79
Q. McCracken 82– 1, 6, 15, 20, 32, 38, 61, 79
A.J. Hinch 83– 1, 10, 16, 45, 59, 84, 86
R. Hidalgo 84– 12, 27, 66, 75
M. Vaughn 87– 13, 21, 37, 66, 80
S. Rolen 88– 10, 85, 86

Short replies by PM or longer ones by e-mail to [email protected]

Rich Roth
South Deerfield, Mass.

So I got my package yesterday from that guy who broke up his 241 card lot pricing up a condition upgrade of Burnitz 48 pat# 21, not quite mint, but better than the one in my Master set plus five pattern # 1s and same card#/ pattern# 98 TEKs. So if any of you guys have these below in great condition let me know.

1998 Topps TEK Diffractor want list (Set # 2)…14 to go out of 90 to complete set
9,13,14,16,30,51,57,61,66,67,74,78,80,85

1998 Topps TEK Diffractor want list (Set # 3)…35 to go out of 90 to complete set
1,3,6,7,9,10,13,14,15,16,17,23,26,27,30,34,36,39,43,44,45,47,50,51,56,57,60,61,66,67,74,78,80,85,87

My only dupe 1998 TEK Diffractor to trade (for Diffractors only) is Dunwoody Card 36 Pat # 63

My 1998 TEK Condition Upgrade Want List

Ivan Rodriguez....Card # 5 Pat # 47
D Bichette…….……Card # 8 Pat # 36
Derek Jeter........Card # 14 Pat # 44
Brady Anderson….Card # 16 Pat # 34
David Justice......Card # 18 Pat # 25
Chipper Jones.....Card # 19 Pat # 28
Tino Martinez.....Card # 25 Pat # 38
Curt Schilling.....Card # 32 Pat # 7
T Dunwoody.......Card # 36 Pat # 36
Paul O' Neill.......Card # 37 Pat # 24
Randy Johnson....Card # 39 Pat # 11,21,27
Albert Belle........Card # 47 Pat # 36
Jeromy Burnitz....Card # 48 Pat # 36
Jason Kendall.....Card # 52 Pat # 15
Ellis Burks..........Card # 53 Pat # 25
Barry Larkin.......Card # 57 Pat # 28
Paul Konerko......Card # 63 Pat # 8
Javy Lopez.........Card # 65 Pat # 31
Knoblauch..........Card # 70 Pat # 36
Kevin Brown........Card # 71 Pat # 36
Jeff Bagwell........Card # 74 Pat # 78
AJ Hinch.............Card # 83 Pat # 56
Jim Thome..........Card # 89 Pat # 46

Pattern # 1 Want List (Set # 2) (53/90 so far)
3,4,6,7,8,11,14,16,17,18,23,28,29,30,31,36,37,38,39,45,48,50,51,53,56,58,
59,60,61,62,64,67,71,72,84,87,90

Same Card #/ Pattern # Want List (Set # 1)…..(85/90 so far)
13p13(Mark McGwire), 21p21(Clemens), 51p51(Cal Ripken), 61p61(Troy Glaus), 63p63(Paul Konerko)

Same Card #/ Pattern # Want List (Set # 2)......(48/90 so far)
2,5,6,7,8,9,13,14,15,18,21,23,27,29,30,31,33,39,41,45,48,49,51,52,53,54,55,57,
60,61,63,64,65,66,67,74,76,78,81,83,86,90

Carl Tompkins
Houston, Texas
[email protected]

ckurdelski said:

Longtime FCB member but just discovered this wonderful thread. I'm a Griffey collector, and think there are a few opportunities for mutually beneficial trades with the Teks that I have available. Am looking to trade, not sell.

Looking for: any Griffey Diffractor I need. Please note that my HAVE list is below:

1998 Topps Tek Diffractor #30 - I Have Patterns:
1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 45, 48, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 63, 66, 68, 69, 72, 77, 80, 84, 86, 88, 89		Need 56

Available:

Griffey Base:
1, 3, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 26, 30, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45,
46, 47, 50, 54, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 67, 68, 70, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90

Diffractors:

• Albert Belle Pattern 19
• Jeromy Burnitz Pattern 61
• Ken Caminiti Pattern 86
• Tony Clark Pattern 1
• Darin Erstad Pattern 55
• Brad Fullmer Pattern 48
• Ben Grieve Pattern 22
• Ken Griffey Jr. Pattern 52
• Richard Hidalgo Patterns 23 and 70
• A.J. Hinch Pattern 80
• Brian Jordan Pattern 76
• Eric Karros Pattern 62
• Kenny Lofton Pattern 48
• Greg Maddux Pattern 54
• Quinton McCracken Pattern 61
• Raul Mondesi Pattern 73
• John Olerud Pattern 38
• Rafael Palmeiro Pattern 15
• Alex Rodriguez Pattern 12

Again, trade, not sell. Do send along those PMs. Chris

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Thanks for the Diffractor swap, Chris. And the base cards are perfection - thank you!

Anyone have a McGwire diffractor to swap? I've got an extra #66 :

Here's the last on my need list:

1,2,4,5,7,8,9,17,18,19,
20,24,26,29,33,35,36,39,41,43,
46,47,48,49,50,53,55,57,60,61,
65,67,68,71,72,75,76,79,81,
82,83,85,86,87,89,90

I just got in a huge lot of 1998 Tek cards including about 100 diffractors across nearly all players. Local shop liquidating and got SUPER lucky

That said, I am ONLY trading. Also, you will need to find one of the Belle cards that I do not currently own. Good luck, I only own ~90% of all Belle cards that exist Send those PMs!!!

MansGame said:

I just got in a huge lot of 1998 Tek cards including about 100 diffractors across nearly all players. Local shop liquidating and got SUPER lucky

That said, I am ONLY trading. Also, you will need to find one of the Belle cards that I do not currently own. Good luck, I only own ~90% of all Belle cards that exist Send those PMs!!!

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!!wow!! Congrats.

athletics07 said:

!!wow!! Congrats.

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I think it smells a lil' rotten Mac and his stories.


Ryan

MansGame said:

I just got in a huge lot of 1998 Tek cards including about 100 diffractors across nearly all players. Local shop liquidating and got SUPER lucky

That said, I am ONLY trading. Also, you will need to find one of the Belle cards that I do not currently own. Good luck, I only own ~90% of all Belle cards that exist Send those PMs!!!

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Holy sh*t!! I've been to every card shop in a 100 mile radius of my house and they are all utterly garbage!

MansGame said:

I just got in a huge lot of 1998 Tek cards including about 100 diffractors across nearly all players. Local shop liquidating and got SUPER lucky

That said, I am ONLY trading. Also, you will need to find one of the Belle cards that I do not currently own. Good luck, I only own ~90% of all Belle cards that exist Send those PMs!!!

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I hope you didn't find many Andruw's since I doubt I'll be able to find and acquire a Belle you don't have.

Still, it's a huge score. Would love to see what all you picked up.

MansGame said:

I just got in a huge lot of 1998 Tek cards including about 100 diffractors across nearly all players. Local shop liquidating and got SUPER lucky

That said, I am ONLY trading. Also, you will need to find one of the Belle cards that I do not currently own. Good luck, I only own ~90% of all Belle cards that exist Send those PMs!!!

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A little frustrated, are we?

MansGame said:

I just got in a huge lot of 1998 Tek cards including about 100 diffractors across nearly all players. Local shop liquidating and got SUPER lucky

That said, I am ONLY trading. Also, you will need to find one of the Belle cards that I do not currently own. Good luck, I only own ~90% of all Belle cards that exist Send those PMs!!!

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Congrats, Man! That's so awesome and a little of a fantasy for me to go digging around the back rooms/hidey holes of an old card shop! I'll look through your list again, or maybe if something Belle pops up on Ebay that you don't have, I am sure somebody would buy it for you and trade it for their Tek needs!

onionring9 said:

Anyone have a McGwire diffractor to swap? I've got an extra #66 :

Here's the last on my need list:

1,2,4,5,7,8,9,17,18,19,
20,24,26,29,33,35,36,39,41,43,
46,47,48,49,50,53,55,57,60,61,
65,67,68,71,72,75,76,79,81,
82,83,85,86,87,89,90

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Yeah, I can help out with a swap. Do you have any 98 Tek you can kick in my direction to help me with one of my Tek projects? I'll post this to the board instead of PM in case it helps you with other deals.

Pattern 1 McGwire

MansGame said:

I just got in a huge lot of 1998 Tek cards including about 100 diffractors across nearly all players. Local shop liquidating and got SUPER lucky

That said, I am ONLY trading. Also, you will need to find one of the Belle cards that I do not currently own. Good luck, I only own ~90% of all Belle cards that exist Send those PMs!!!

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Sounds like xx ploy rubbing off. Congrats. IS that the store I have visited in Dallas (Triple ??) or did someone else have some 98 TEKs

My 1998 Topps TEK WANT LIST

McGwire Card # 13 Pat # 13
Clemens Card # 21 Pat # 21
Dunwoody Card # 36 Pat 36
Ripken Card # 51 Pat # 51
Glaus Card # 61 Pat # 61
Konerko Card # 63 Pat # 63
Mussina Card # 80 Pat # 35
AJ Hinch Card # 83 Pat #56 (Replace)
Lankford Card # 90 Pat # 90 ------------------(need 2)

1998 Topps TEK Diffractor want list (Set # 2)…14 to go out of 90 to complete set
9,13,14,16,30,51,57,61,66,67,74,78,80,85

1998 Topps TEK Diffractor want list (Set # 3)…35 to go out of 90 to complete set
1,3,6,7,9,10,13,14,15,16,17,23,26,27,30,34,36,39,43,44,45,47,50,51,56,57,60,61,66,67,74,78,80,85,87

My only dupe 1998 TEK Diffractor to trade (for Diffractors only) is Dunwoody Card 36 Pat # 63

My 1998 TEK Condition Upgrade Want List

Ivan Rodriguez....Card # 5 Pat # 47
D Bichette…….……Card # 8 Pat # 36
Derek Jeter........Card # 14 Pat # 44
Brady Anderson….Card # 16 Pat # 34
David Justice......Card # 18 Pat # 25
Chipper Jones.....Card # 19 Pat # 28
Tino Martinez.....Card # 25 Pat # 38
Curt Schilling.....Card # 32 Pat # 7
T Dunwoody.......Card # 36 Pat # 36
Paul O' Neill.......Card # 37 Pat # 24
Randy Johnson....Card # 39 Pat # 11,21,27
Albert Belle........Card # 47 Pat # 36
Jeromy Burnitz....Card # 48 Pat # 36
Jason Kendall.....Card # 52 Pat # 15
Ellis Burks..........Card # 53 Pat # 25
Barry Larkin.......Card # 57 Pat # 28
Paul Konerko......Card # 63 Pat # 8
Javy Lopez.........Card # 65 Pat # 31
Knoblauch..........Card # 70 Pat # 36
Kevin Brown........Card # 71 Pat # 36
Jeff Bagwell........Card # 74 Pat # 78
AJ Hinch.............Card # 83 Pat # 56
Jim Thome..........Card # 89 Pat # 46

Pattern # 1 Want List (Set # 1) (52/90 so far)
3,4,6,7,8,11,14,16,17,18,23,26,28,29,30,31,36,37,38,39,45,48,50,51,53,56,58,59,60,61,62,64,67,
71,72,84,87,90

Same Card #/ Pattern # Want List (Set # 1)…..(85/90 so far)
13p13(Mark McGwire), 21p21(Clemens), 51p51(Cal Ripken), 61p61(Troy Glaus), 63p63(Paul Konerko)

Same Card #/ Pattern # Want List (Set # 2)......(48/90 so far)
2,5,6,7,8,9,13,14,15,18,21,23,27,29,30,31,33,39,41,45,48,49,51,52,53,54,55,57,60,61,63,64,65,66,67,
74,76,78,81,83,86,90

Plus any Same card # / pattern# or Pattern# 1s even if not on want list above

MansGame said:

I just got in a huge lot of 1998 Tek cards including about 100 diffractors across nearly all players. Local shop liquidating and got SUPER lucky

That said, I am ONLY trading. Also, you will need to find one of the Belle cards that I do not currently own. Good luck, I only own ~90% of all Belle cards that exist Send those PMs!!!

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Let me know if you got any Venturas or Konerkos....I helped you track down that 2nd to last Belle you need

Hook, line, sinker... [MENTION=3754]MansGame[/MENTION]

Ryan