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SINFULONE

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Focus 2000 Manias numbered to 300....Focus 2000 Rookie Portrait version....Topps Chrome 2006 Black, Blue, and Red Border Refractors... Topps Turkey Red 2005 White Borders..Ultra 2006 Gold Medallions...Bowman Chrome 2012....1962 Topps...1969 Topps

Who out of the Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion do you need?I should have a few of those.
 

PadresFan86

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Have this incoming. Will be for trade when it arrives.

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togaman

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I have no vested interest in the Bench but it is not true that it is 100% trading. Ive sold close to 1000 98 TEKs on The Bench over the years. Agreed that most of sales are smaller sales other than box sales
 

togaman

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Who out of the Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion do you need?I should have a few of those.
actually It 2003 and 2006 Gold Medallions . I finished the 2002 Gold Medallion set. I did a Gold Medallion sets each year since 1995 Im down to these to complete my final two Fleer Gold Medallion sets
Ultra 2002Gold Medallions (My Want List)
226(Ripken/Roberts), 245(Garciaparra/Hillenbrand)

Ultra 2003 Gold Medallions (My Want List)
201,209,212,215,222,223,225,226,232,233,234,238,239,240,241,243,247
 

SINFULONE

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actually It 2003 and 2006 Gold Medallions . I finished the 2002 Gold Medallion set. I did a Gold Medallion sets each year since 1995 Im down to these to complete my final two Fleer Gold Medallion sets
Ultra 2002Gold Medallions (My Want List)
226(Ripken/Roberts), 245(Garciaparra/Hillenbrand)

Ultra 2003 Gold Medallions (My Want List)
201,209,212,215,222,223,225,226,232,233,234,238,239,240,241,243,247

Are those the rookie SP's?Next time I go through my inserts boxes I'll see if I have any.
 

cbarnes274

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So how much should a "set" sell for?

Good question. Assuming we are okay with the idea that one card of 1-90 equals a set, what is a fair price? Recently a seller put up three sets on ebay for $40 each or best offer, and all three sold for $40 that night. That seems like a way better deal than $160 for a box - heck, you even get more cards than in a box.

And of course you always have that hope... that hope that the person putting the set together couldn't recognize a Diffractor from base. Who knows how many Diffractors could be inside? :mrgreen:

What about a "set" of a particular player? The only one I've seen was just recently. The seller listed a complete set of Griffey for $799 or best offer. It sold for $380. That's still a pretty good haul by the seller. $4.22 per Griffey ain't bad.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1998-TOPPS-TEK-KEN-GRIFFEY-JR-CARD-30-ENTIRE-PATTERN-90-CARDS-RARE-FIND-/350577301391?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item51a009178f

I have five Griffey Diffractors, but I didn't have to pay market for all of them. Here is my favorite example of sellers having a tough time listing them. The seller did not list this as a Diffractor, and the pic is not good enough to easily tell that it is a Diffractor. I think I got it for $17:

ebay pic:

GriffeyDiffractorBad.jpg


my scan once I got it in hand:

Pattern 68

GriffeyDiffractorGood.jpg
Hi.. I am fairly new to this site, but I was just looking through some old boxes that I purchased off eBay probably 9 years ago. I pulled out a Griffey TEK, looks the same as the above but it is card 30 pattern 47. The card looks pretty solid. PM me if you are interested in the card. I always look for 2008 TTT baseball...Thanks
 

togaman

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do you have any regular 1998 TEK in those boxes you are referring to ID be interested in trading for the Griffey pattern# 47 diffractor if it in in mint or near mint condition. Its one of 16 cards I need for my second 90 card diffractor set..PM me
 
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elberson

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I have a bonds collector friend that has 67 diffractors (super collector). I wonder if anybody has the completed 90 card diffractor set of one single player?
 

PadresFan86

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I have a bonds collector friend that has 67 diffractors (super collector). I wonder if anybody has the completed 90 card diffractor set of one single player?

I wondered the same thing. I wish I collected since 98. I think its amazing to have 67 diffractors of one player. I have 17 Caminiti diffractors.

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rinkrat38

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I have a bonds collector friend that has 67 diffractors (super collector). I wonder if anybody has the completed 90 card diffractor set of one single player?

I think Jeff Mazur's 67 Bonds diffractors collection is currently the top one. I've not heard of anyone finishing a set of 90 diffractors of one player. Stu Thomas' David Justice web site has him at 66 Justice diffractors. I have no idea how up-to-date that is. He's been doing this as long as Jeff has been on the Bonds set. My top two diffractor collections are 51 of Roger Clemens and 55 of Manny Ramirez. Barry, Manny, Roger, and a mention of Ken Caminiti as well. Hmmm.

Rich
 

MansGame

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I think Jeff Mazur's 67 Bonds diffractors collection is currently the top one. I've not heard of anyone finishing a set of 90 diffractors of one player. Stu Thomas' David Justice web site has him at 66 Justice diffractors. I have no idea how up-to-date that is. He's been doing this as long as Jeff has been on the Bonds set. My top two diffractor collections are 51 of Roger Clemens and 55 of Manny Ramirez. Barry, Manny, Roger, and a mention of Ken Caminiti as well. Hmmm.

Rich

That's AMAZING... I've only been chasing Belle diffractors for a little while but only have 13... I did have a double of a pattern but traded it...
 
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