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chief7575
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Greetings!
I don't often post here, mainly because I don't have much activity to chime in on or show. I try and read the boards through the week. Anyway, I somehow managed to pick up 3! cards to add to my collection in the past week, which hasn't happened, in about 10 years or more.
First up is the 99 Finest Gold Refractors that others have recently snagged. Had it not been for this message board, I would've totally missed these to be honest. And I always peel these types of cards - that's how I like them displayed in my collection.
Next up is a Team giveaway - a 98 Indians Ballpark set. I grabbed the whole set as I was missing the Tribe Infielders card. I never even knew this particular card existed until a few years ago when a fellow collector gave me a heads up on it. I had the regular card of Travis, but not the group picture. One thing of note, this particular team set does not have stats/info on the back, like previous copies I have do. So an interesting variation, but again, one I'm very glad to snag!
And the grand finale. 2002 Fleer Triple Crown Red. Big deal, right? This should be easy enough to find, right? Well, in this particular parallel, the red is equal to the # of home runs the player hit the year before. Travis was injured and missed about 60 games the year prior, so he only hit 3 home runs! I didn't think I would ever see one of these surface, and I was right for 14 years. Until one came up for sale from a fellow in Japan a couple weeks ago. This is the lowest pack issued Fryman card on my list (save for 1/1's obviously) and I finally have it. Yay!
That leaves me down to 1 pack issued Fryman that I am still searching for - the elusive 98 Bowman Chrome Golden Anniversary Refractor /5. If anybody ever gets a lead on one, please give me a shout. I'm still in search of a couple variations and some may/may not exist promos/samples (and that pacific online if one ever got redeemed). Thanks!
- Greg
I don't often post here, mainly because I don't have much activity to chime in on or show. I try and read the boards through the week. Anyway, I somehow managed to pick up 3! cards to add to my collection in the past week, which hasn't happened, in about 10 years or more.
First up is the 99 Finest Gold Refractors that others have recently snagged. Had it not been for this message board, I would've totally missed these to be honest. And I always peel these types of cards - that's how I like them displayed in my collection.
Next up is a Team giveaway - a 98 Indians Ballpark set. I grabbed the whole set as I was missing the Tribe Infielders card. I never even knew this particular card existed until a few years ago when a fellow collector gave me a heads up on it. I had the regular card of Travis, but not the group picture. One thing of note, this particular team set does not have stats/info on the back, like previous copies I have do. So an interesting variation, but again, one I'm very glad to snag!
And the grand finale. 2002 Fleer Triple Crown Red. Big deal, right? This should be easy enough to find, right? Well, in this particular parallel, the red is equal to the # of home runs the player hit the year before. Travis was injured and missed about 60 games the year prior, so he only hit 3 home runs! I didn't think I would ever see one of these surface, and I was right for 14 years. Until one came up for sale from a fellow in Japan a couple weeks ago. This is the lowest pack issued Fryman card on my list (save for 1/1's obviously) and I finally have it. Yay!
That leaves me down to 1 pack issued Fryman that I am still searching for - the elusive 98 Bowman Chrome Golden Anniversary Refractor /5. If anybody ever gets a lead on one, please give me a shout. I'm still in search of a couple variations and some may/may not exist promos/samples (and that pacific online if one ever got redeemed). Thanks!
- Greg
