The 1998 Topps Tek Thread

togaman · Dec 19, 2014

Wish I had something that was a dupe to me that I could trade but my only dupe is a Dunwoody 36 Pattern# 63... odd in that I had 3 of that particular diffractor card/pattern before trading one away last year. 3168.. Impressive. If I ever get one that is a dupe to me that you dont have I will certainly contact you first xyz

togaman · Dec 19, 2014

Also does anyone have any of these base 1998 Topps TEks for sale or trade?

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 # 21,36
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
Tim Salmon........Card # 72 Pat # 30
Jeff Bagwell........Card # 74 Pat # 78
Mussina.............Card # 80 Pat# 35
AJ Hinch.............Card # 83 Pat # 56
Jim Thome..........Card # 89 Pat # 46
Lankford.............Card # 90 pattern# 90 (2)

Pattern # 1 Want List (Set # 2) ... 3,4,6,7,8,11,14,16,17,18,23,26,29,30,31,
34,35,36,37,38,39,45,47,48,50,51,53,56,58,59,60,61,62,64,65,67,71,72,84,87,90

Same Card #/ pattern # Want List (Set # 2).....13,21,41,51,61,63,90

shadowking86 · Dec 19, 2014

I recently bought a lot of 1998 Topps Tek singles in an effort to get the lone Sandy Alomar Jr. Unfortunately none of them were diffractors. The rest of them are up for trade or sale for Alomar patterns I need, though I would consider other Alomar cards I need. This is what I have:

12 - Craig Biggio pattern 35
24 - Todd Walker pattern 67
25 - Tino Martinez pattern 14
38 - Vinny Castilla pattern 36
42 - Derek Bell pattern 81
52 - Jason Kendall pattern 50, 76
57 - Barry Larkin pattern 22
58 - Tony Clark pattern 81
62 - Jose Cruz Jr. pattern 28
70 - Chuck Knoblauch pattern 47, 53
75 - Brian Jordan pattern 66
78 - Mark Grace pattern 31
79 - Jeff King pattern 67
90 - Brian Jordan pattern 16

The Alomar patterns I need are:
6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 34, 40, 51, 54, 55, 66, 70, 71, 78, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88

tonsofcommons · Dec 19, 2014

I am getting the 5 sets. I will let everyone know when I get them what was in there.

Yanks2151 · Dec 19, 2014

tonsofcommons said:
I am getting the 5 sets. I will let everyone know when I get them what was in there.

Good luck..... It's like Christmas opening them and checking patterns. I hope its a pile of the super shinny ones. By the way, looking for O'neill card #37 patterns 14,90

onionring9 · Dec 19, 2014

tonsofcommons said:
I am getting the 5 sets. I will let everyone know when I get them what was in there.

Nice, good luck!

MansGame · Dec 19, 2014

tonsofcommons said:
I am getting the 5 sets. I will let everyone know when I get them what was in there.

So you got five sets of 1-90, so it will be interesting to see if any diffractors got in the mix but otherwise which patterns you got for each player. If they're available, I'll be interested in any of the Belle you get

togaman · Dec 20, 2014

tonsofcommons said:
I have an opportunity to buy 5 complete sets (1-90) for $50 per set. I don't think this is even close to a good price. What should I try to grab these at?

Are you going to try to bust them and sell individually?
I would pay high Beckett for any of these below

My 1998 Topps TEK WANT LIST

Dunwoody Card # 36 Pat 36
P Martinez Card # 41 Pat # 41
Konerko Card # 63 Pat # 63
Mussina Card # 80 Pat # 35
AJ Hinch Card # 83 Pat #56 (Replace)
Lankford Card # 90 Pat # 90 ------------------(need 2)

Ivan Rodriguez....Card # 5 Pat # 47
D Bichette…….…… Card # 8 Pat # 36
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 # 21,36
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
Tim Salmon........Card # 72 Pat # 30
Jeff Bagwell........Card # 74 Pat # 78
AJ Hinch.............Card # 83 Pat # 56
Jim Thome..........Card # 89 Pat # 46

Any common Pattern # 1

Same Card #/ pattern # Want List (Set # 2).....card 41,61,63
Any other common Same card# pattern #

u2me57 · Dec 20, 2014

tonsofcommons said:
I am getting the 5 sets. I will let everyone know when I get them what was in there.

Let me know which Thome cards you get. Thanks.

shadowking86 · Dec 20, 2014

I will jump in here too and ask about Sandy Alomar Jr. cards.

MansGame · Dec 20, 2014

Its been a while since I've listed my Tek doubles...

Belle #47 , patterns 6, 10, 24, 49, 55, 58, 73

Other base:

Edmonds 20 p2
Walker 24 p36
Erstad 35 p31
Maddux 50 p48
Ramirez 66 p90
Noblauch 70 p76
Salmon 72 p45
Piazza 86 p34
Thome 89 p82

Diffractors:

Dunwoody #36 , pattern 79

BenG76 · Dec 20, 2014

I still need these 98 Teks

Card # 2 Kerry Wood. Need Patterns- 2, 3, 4, 9, 19, 20, 24, 25, 30, 31, 40, 43, 46, 50, 51, 53, 56, 58, 63, 64, 67, 71, 72, 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 90 Need all Diffractors except- 46
Card # 8 Sammy Sosa Need Patterns- 2, 20, 24, 25, 28, 32, 41, 45, 47, 49, 53, 54, 56, 57, 60, 73, 76, 82, 84, 88 Need all Diffractors
Card # 78 Mark Grace Need Patterns- 1, 4, 20, 22, 24, 27, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 62, 68, 71, 73, 80, 83, 85, 86, 90 Need all Diffractors except 16, 88

rinkrat38 · Dec 25, 2014

Merry Christmas to all the '98 Tek collectors. Hope the New Year brings you the cards you need.

u2me57 · Dec 26, 2014

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. A big Thank You to all the Tek collectors who helped me get my Thome Tek collection rolling this year.

bigunitcards · Dec 26, 2014

Another sealed box just sold for $313, a new record. Same seller had another one go for $288 a week ago. Wondering how many he has left in the closet.

RustyGreerFan · Dec 26, 2014

holy christ

Brewer Andy · Dec 26, 2014

bigunitcards said:
Another sealed box just sold for $313, a new record. Same seller had another one go for $288 a week ago. Wondering how many he has left in the closet.

This is completely illogical

gamecockfanatic · Dec 26, 2014

never opened any tek back in the day (the first year of it came out right at a time i was entering an unplanned/unwanted hiatus from my big buying days and the last year was right before i was able to get fully into the hobby again) so i have almost none...i think i opened exactly one pack each of 1998 and 1999 that came in variety boxes several years ago plus i have probably less than a dozen loose singles scattered around (among over 2 million total cards)....i knew i had a 98 ben grieve sitting on a shelf by itself for nearly 10 years and for some reason i was thinking it may have been a diffractor ...made a point to go pull it down this week and was disappointed to see it was just a base card ....

my disappointment was eased a bit when i resumed one of my organization projects christmas eve night ....covering all sports , i have about 1200 products boxed up in numerical order (with details of what product is in what box entered into my excel files)....have been slowly working my way through 5-6 more boxes integrating stuff into the correct boxes and creating new ones....included in the the current material were 10 tek cards , 5 each from 1998 and 1999....don't have a scan of it yet (will try to get one up when i finally get all the junk off my scanner) , but i was very pleasantly surprised to discover my very first diffractor , a 1998 darin erstad card 35 pattern 32....(as an absolute parallel fanatic AND a 90's insert fiend , merely having ONE of these means i will now likely be forced to start chasing down more)....

also , i knew these were quite popular , but when i looked on ebay and saw what the last erstad sold for it really blew my mind...over 35 dlvd - almost 6 times hi column....it brings up a question for tek (and especially diffractor) collectors...was a sale that high typical or was that one a serious aberration ? also , do you think the new tek product has fueled (or will fuel) interest in the older product (primarily among people who have never been interested in tek before) or do you think it will have the opposite effect , sort of de-mystifying the product and making it seem less "special" ?

togaman · Dec 27, 2014

Brewer Andy said:
This is completely illogical

Sounds like someone got a big Christmas bonus and just had to have a box of 1998 TEKs.

u2me57 · Dec 28, 2014

game****fanatic said:
never opened any tek back in the day (the first year of it came out right at a time i was entering an unplanned/unwanted hiatus from my big buying days and the last year was right before i was able to get fully into the hobby again) so i have almost noe...i think i opened exactly one pack each of 1998 and 1999 that came in variety boxes several years ago plus i have proablay less than a dozen lose singles scattered around (among over 2 million total cards)....i knew i had a 98 ben grive sitting on a shelf by itself for nearly 10 years and for some reason i was thinking it may have been a diffractor ...made a point to go pull it down this week and was disappointed to see it was just a base card ....

my disappointment was eased a bit when i resumed one of my organization projects christmas eve night ....covering all sports , i have about 1200 products boxed up in numerical order (with details of what product is in what box entered into my excel files)....have been slowly working my way through 5-6 more boxes integrating stuff into the correct boxes and creating new ones....included in the the current material were 10 tek cards , 5 each from 1998 and 1999....don't have a scan of it yet (will try to get one up when i finally get all the junk off my scanner) , but i was very pleasantly surprised to discover my very first diffractor , a 1998 darin erstad card 35 pattern 32....(as an absolute parallel fanatic AND a 90's insert fiend , merely having ONE of tese means i will now likely be forced to start chsing down more)....

also , i knew these were quite popular , but when i looked on ebay and saw what the last erstad sold for it really blew my mind...over 35 dlvd - almost 6 times hi column....it brings up a question for tek (and especially diffractor) collectors...was a sale that high typical or was that one a serious aberration ? also , do you think the new tek product has fueled (or will fuel) interest in the older product (primarily among people who have never been interestd in tek before) or do you think it will have the opposite effect , sort of de-mystifying the product and making it seem less "special" ?

Congratulations on your first diffractor. That is awesome. Got my 1st Thome diffractors this month and they are so cool looking in hand. Let me know if any of those Tek cards you have are of Thome. I think the new Tek cards, if anything, will rekindle iterest in the older Tek cards, especially 1998 Tek. And hopefully start new interest in them.

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