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So I am giving away a box of Topps Five Star Baseball
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jeremyporter
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- Aug 24, 2008
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Wow, great contest!
Dennis Eckersley.
I love the classy vintage look of this card and Eckersley's artistic and stylish looking signature falls right in line with the flair of his persona. Whether it was his thick mane of black hair fluffing out from all edges of his cap, his well-coiffed matching mustache, or his whirling dervish side-armed delivery. Eckersley's numbers set the bar for which all future closers were to be judged. He had a two year period between 1989-90 where he walked just 7 batters and struck out 128, oh and he saved 81 games. That wasn't even his Cy Young/MVP season of 1992.
Despite this sounding like a love fest or man crush. I hated that guy. Seeing him come into the game meant one thing--the M's were going to lose again. I cheered when Gibby took him deep and pumped his arm rounding second base. It was the first time that I'd seen a human beat the machine.
Mariano Rivera may go down as the king of all closers, but before there was Mo, there was Eck.
Dennis Eckersley.
I love the classy vintage look of this card and Eckersley's artistic and stylish looking signature falls right in line with the flair of his persona. Whether it was his thick mane of black hair fluffing out from all edges of his cap, his well-coiffed matching mustache, or his whirling dervish side-armed delivery. Eckersley's numbers set the bar for which all future closers were to be judged. He had a two year period between 1989-90 where he walked just 7 batters and struck out 128, oh and he saved 81 games. That wasn't even his Cy Young/MVP season of 1992.
Despite this sounding like a love fest or man crush. I hated that guy. Seeing him come into the game meant one thing--the M's were going to lose again. I cheered when Gibby took him deep and pumped his arm rounding second base. It was the first time that I'd seen a human beat the machine.
Mariano Rivera may go down as the king of all closers, but before there was Mo, there was Eck.
austinsports
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- May 25, 2011
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...0516904487?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item53f07b6627
Not really sure what you can pick this up for but clearly one of the better condition cards for this set. That is a rare Five Star card indeed.
Not really sure what you can pick this up for but clearly one of the better condition cards for this set. That is a rare Five Star card indeed.
stangy24
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...0820080231?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item460a462667
Yeah, I'm a Giants homer, which is why I picked this one, but the patches are extremely colorful and the three players are symbolic (and always will be) of the 2010 and 2012 title runs. Because Five Star seems to run a little low on patches, it makes it that much more of a scarce card, being #'d /5. Plus (and I'm no patch expert) the Sandoval looks like it could be a 2010 World Series patch, making the card even more historical for Giants collectors.
The BIN on this one is pretty pricey and probably way out of the ballpark of what it's really worth, but Giants fans have pretty deep pockets, so I'd be surprised if this one doesn't eventually get scooped up. Maybe the box Chris is giving away has one of the other 4 from the run....
Overall, I like the product as the "painted" portraits are pretty sharp. From what I've seen and read the condition sensitivity issue is a potential problem, especially for a pack that costs hundreds. Lots of redemptions and the lack of patches and vintage relics are made up by tons of great autos and when you do land a patch (like the Giants triple) it's probably going to be a nice card. And you can never go wrong with bat knobs!
If I had a ton of extra money to spend on cards right now, I'd try a box. But with the holidays and other priorities, probably won't happen anytime soon.
Thanks for the chance!
Yeah, I'm a Giants homer, which is why I picked this one, but the patches are extremely colorful and the three players are symbolic (and always will be) of the 2010 and 2012 title runs. Because Five Star seems to run a little low on patches, it makes it that much more of a scarce card, being #'d /5. Plus (and I'm no patch expert) the Sandoval looks like it could be a 2010 World Series patch, making the card even more historical for Giants collectors.
The BIN on this one is pretty pricey and probably way out of the ballpark of what it's really worth, but Giants fans have pretty deep pockets, so I'd be surprised if this one doesn't eventually get scooped up. Maybe the box Chris is giving away has one of the other 4 from the run....
Overall, I like the product as the "painted" portraits are pretty sharp. From what I've seen and read the condition sensitivity issue is a potential problem, especially for a pack that costs hundreds. Lots of redemptions and the lack of patches and vintage relics are made up by tons of great autos and when you do land a patch (like the Giants triple) it's probably going to be a nice card. And you can never go wrong with bat knobs!
If I had a ton of extra money to spend on cards right now, I'd try a box. But with the holidays and other priorities, probably won't happen anytime soon.
Thanks for the chance!
I like the design. i think the on card autos will be much sought after in 5 to 10 years when this stuff dries up. The rookies are ok but I was thinking of putting together retired autograph set. With players like Koufax, Aaron, Musial, Ripken, Griffey its hard to go wrong. For price of a case it might be worth trying to put set together but You got to knock off the big ones like Koufax first to even have a chance:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...0694541390?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item564f1dd04e
Not a bad price for low numbered HOFer from a high end brand.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...0694541390?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item564f1dd04e
Not a bad price for low numbered HOFer from a high end brand.
emarc27
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This has the potential to be "the card" in someone's collection
Tony Gwynn 1/1 Letter Patch
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...0951711819?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item23256c544b
Five Star's checklist is chock-full of all-stars, and some of the cards (e.g. the bat knobs, letter patches, etc.) are amazing. However, there design leaves something to be desired in my opinion. For some reason I get the feeling the cards are cheap looking. it's almost as if there's too much going on with the cards. Additionally, the silver and gold autos /5 and /10 just dont look good on the cards. It must have something to do with the colors and the thickness of the pens.
Tony Gwynn 1/1 Letter Patch
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...0951711819?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item23256c544b
Five Star's checklist is chock-full of all-stars, and some of the cards (e.g. the bat knobs, letter patches, etc.) are amazing. However, there design leaves something to be desired in my opinion. For some reason I get the feeling the cards are cheap looking. it's almost as if there's too much going on with the cards. Additionally, the silver and gold autos /5 and /10 just dont look good on the cards. It must have something to do with the colors and the thickness of the pens.
Anthony
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Wow, amazing contest! I haven't opened any of this product (limited collecting budget), but I do very much appreciate on card autos. I would have to say that is the best feature of this product. And for the BIN, a tip of the cap to this Chipper Jones auto/jsy.
Anthony
Anthony
mikeypaul
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOB-GIBSON-...1131509735?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3ccca69fe7
Posting this one because you can never go wrong with a Gibson auto and at an awesome price.
Posting this one because you can never go wrong with a Gibson auto and at an awesome price.
RandomH
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Nice Silver On-Card auto http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...0979191439?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item19d6e0128f
Cards look neat.Wish I able to afford the high $$$.
Cards look neat.Wish I able to afford the high $$$.
Bill Buckner silver auto. A ball found a way through his legs but BillyBuck found a way to guide silver pen to paper. 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...0926407840?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item2577f61ca0
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...0926407840?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item2577f61ca0
trubear
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Yoenis Cespedes Auto I would love to have however I am concerned w/ chipping around the edges opened a 3box case last nite and 9 of the 30 cards had chipping 2 very bad also i card had a bad picture fram in the jumbo patch - an albert pujols can you believe it pay that price and have problems hope we can get repacements
Cut auto!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...1184666781?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3a7bc5d89d
Would be nice if Topps could insert each card into a sleeve and toploader like recent Leaf products. Would help a LOT!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...1184666781?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3a7bc5d89d
Would be nice if Topps could insert each card into a sleeve and toploader like recent Leaf products. Would help a LOT!
CatdaddysCards
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Love this octo-patch booklet. If Topps could get the quality issues taken care of, this would be an exquisite product. It's not a product I'll ever afford, but maybe stuff like this will help keep the high rollers out of my products
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...1025058082?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item416e661522
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-...1025058082?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item416e661522
hudsonfan15
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I got the one card out of the product that's truly PC, unfortunately it's a redemption so I'll have a long wait on my hands. In the meantime, an on-card auto of maybe the hardest working man in baseball (I'm not a Red Sox fan either) has to be a solid deal:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-TOPPS-...0881858653?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item35c1a1945d
Overall I'm not seeing great ROI on this product but the concept and the cards themselves are fine. I think with a couple more releases they will get it right overall, this one just had too many low level retired players and too many redemptions for the big hits. Also, would an inner box to protect the cards from moving around a bit more be too much to ask?
Thanks for the contest!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-TOPPS-...0881858653?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item35c1a1945d
Overall I'm not seeing great ROI on this product but the concept and the cards themselves are fine. I think with a couple more releases they will get it right overall, this one just had too many low level retired players and too many redemptions for the big hits. Also, would an inner box to protect the cards from moving around a bit more be too much to ask?
Thanks for the contest!
gt5717b
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHIPPER-JON...1027655531?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item416e8db76b
$105 for a GU auto Chipper. Good looking card with what looks like a farewell photo of Chipper. Others list the same card for $250.
$105 for a GU auto Chipper. Good looking card with what looks like a farewell photo of Chipper. Others list the same card for $250.
Resident Bay Fan
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Here's a Gibby for some one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOB-GIBSON-...1131509735?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3ccca69fe7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOB-GIBSON-...1131509735?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3ccca69fe7
gt5717b
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After posting I realized several other Chipper GU autos were mentioned already.
Here's a Nelson Cruz auto for $13 shipped.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-TOPPS-...1027365082?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item416e8948da
Here's a Nelson Cruz auto for $13 shipped.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-TOPPS-...1027365082?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item416e8948da
fsulevine
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHIPPER-JON...1104585179?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3f1f17addb
I really like this card. While I am not a Braves fan, Chipper Jones represents everything good in sports. He played his entire career with the same team during an age of free agency when top players bolted for the most money they could get. He was always a great leader and never had any off-the-field issues. This classy card exemplifies that with the picture of him lifting his hat to the fans, it is a perfect picture for a card in his retirement year. The design of the card is really, really nice and the relic fits the coloring of the card, though the relic per se does not stand out as anything special.
I really like this card. While I am not a Braves fan, Chipper Jones represents everything good in sports. He played his entire career with the same team during an age of free agency when top players bolted for the most money they could get. He was always a great leader and never had any off-the-field issues. This classy card exemplifies that with the picture of him lifting his hat to the fans, it is a perfect picture for a card in his retirement year. The design of the card is really, really nice and the relic fits the coloring of the card, though the relic per se does not stand out as anything special.
