June 2023 - New Arrivals

[nkdbacks]

Love that red auto!

Thanks! I wish they had kept the hand numbering on the front rather than the back but whatcha gonna do.

A few more random pickups of non-current players now that I have a working scanner again.

A couple higher-end relics:




The Peralta completes his rookie year Superfractors (there were only 2), and the Archie 1/1 was too cheap not to buy.


And a couple early-mid '00s Randy's - I decided at the end of last year to try and commit to getting the entire run of Topps Black from 2003-present day so this is a big one to knock off. Outside of a couple big ones, don't think it'll be too expensive, just hard to track some down. Currently only at 25% completion rate.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

Couple of 1997 Totally Certified master set pickups in the mail today. I can't afford to build the Platinum Gold set /30 so Samples will have to do.

 

[mrmopar]

I had a Miggy, but wanted a Tigers card. The one I really wanted was the Fan Fave/Archives 76 Topps Traded design. The 72 Heritage was a close 2nd. I settled for this one, because I didn't want to drop the extra $$. If anyone has that 76 TT card and wants this one, I am down for a trade. I don't know what the BVs are, but I don't care if they are not even (that would only help if mine was "worth" more, I know).


Not a metal card, more like a small statue almost (has a small base "stand" on the bottom to allow for display), but I had no idea these existed. I guess it was probably a Target exclusive, most likely available only in Minnesota. I don't normally like to show off things before I get them, but the other one is late and they belong together. I didn't see any other players on ebay, so I have no idea if there are more. This might be a "set".

Puckett (Arived).

Hrbek (yet to arrive)

 

[jmc855]

Couple of 1997 Totally Certified master set pickups in the mail today. I can't afford to build the Platinum Gold set /30 so Samples will have to do.

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Anyone ever confirmed a Clemens SAMPLE ?

 

[mrmopar]

Always appreciate adding small sets to my collection when they are cheap enough. I have dozens and dozens of sets like this from team issues, collector issues, manufacturer boxed sets, etc. This lot of 4 sets was $10 plus shipping, so around $4 a set.

 

[jmc855]

Had a HUGE mailday Friday via trade. Filled MANY important holes and went over 3100 unique Rocket cards. Will post sparingly to get some mileage out of it lol

 

[mrmopar]

Tough to see, even in person, but I do like this set. Maybe a silver paint pen would have been a better choice? Xavier Nady.

 

[jmc855]

#/50 green foil

 

[Dilferules]

My first pickup from Series 2 was a good one.


The Reggie finishes up all of my non-Rickey Topps Sterling base needs from the various years they put that set out with a base set 10-15 years ago. Very happy to get a 2002 Topps Chrome Black Refractor A's team card 11/50. Team cards are always a pain to search for, especially for my team where people could list them as Athletics or A's. Still need quite a few from this set, this is my first pickup in 6+ months at least.


Eric Hinske 2001 Donruss Class of 2001 First Class (double repetitive) 25/50 gets me one away from that team set. Robert Puason Pro Set auto is 24/25. And the Sheldon Neuse National Treasures has a cool patch and serial number.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

Anyone ever confirmed a Clemens SAMPLE ?

I don't know. I have the Bagwell Red and the two Golds. Haven't looked for the Clark, Clemens, or Walker yet.
Edit: I just bought a Clemens Blue Sample on eBay so it does exist. There are more copies there.

Mail and show pickups from the last couple days

2023 Heritage Red Border - I don't know if these are SPs or what since there were unannounced but I love the color match.


2017 Museum Collection Primary Pieces /99 - I've upgraded this card for better patches 4 or 5 times now. I think I'm done with it though other than sending it to SGC soon so it matches the rest of my PC.


1997 Totally Certified Certified Gold Team Ken Griffey Jr - This one was in a GGS 9 (never heard of them) "slab". Glad I only paid raw price because I got it home, started to crack it, and figured out it was one of those snap slabs that isn't even sealed so I just opened the case and put it in the binder with the rest of the master set build.


These two don't necessarily fit any collection. I just thought they were cool.

 

[Topnotchsy]

I decided to pursue the 2000 Fleer Greats of the Game Auto set around a year ago. Over a period of a year, I was able to acquire around 5-10 cards from the set, so slow going. Most of the cards in the set are pretty readily available on eBay, so I wasn't in a rush, and tried focusing on the SP's and getting the cards in lots, and trying to make sure not to overpay.

Recently, Probstein had many of the SP's on eBay. I was watching them and somehow totally forgot to bid and missed out on them. Many of them sold for cheaper than I recalled seeing in a really long time.

A few days later a seller listed a number of SP's taking offers and was open to sell for similar prices to the ones that had just sold on most of them (there were a few exceptions).

While I still need the two priciest ones (Kirby Puckett and Mike Schmidt), I was able to acquire quite a few SP's.

Pulling from baseballcardpedia, here are the print runs. Still have probably 75% of the set left, but really nice to tackle some of the tougher ones.

Reggie Jackson (250)
George Brett (275)
Whitey Ford (300)
Stan Musial (300)
Ozzie Smith (350-500)
Duke Snider (350-500)
Warren Spahn (350-500)
Robin Yount (350-500)
Tom Seaver (not SP'd)

 

[jmc855]

I don't know. I have the Bagwell Red and the two Golds. Haven't looked for the Clark, Clemens, or Walker yet.
Edit: I just bought a Clemens Blue Sample on eBay so it does exist. There are more copies there.

Mail and show pickups from the last couple days

2023 Heritage Red Border - I don't know if these are SPs or what since there were unannounced but I love the color match.
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2017 Museum Collection Primary Pieces /99 - I've upgraded this card for better patches 4 or 5 times now. I think I'm done with it though other than sending it to SGC soon so it matches the rest of my PC.
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1997 Totally Certified Certified Gold Team Ken Griffey Jr - This one was in a GGS 9 (never heard of them) "slab". Glad I only paid raw price because I got it home, started to crack it, and figured out it was one of those snap slabs that isn't even sealed so I just opened the case and put it in the binder with the rest of the master set build.
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These two don't necessarily fit any collection. I just thought they were cool.
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Copy. Yes I have the blue sample.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

Copy. Yes I have the blue sample.

As far as I know that's the only sample for Clemens. They did two players in each of red, blue, and gold.

 

[Dilferules]

1941 Play Ball Jack Knott, still need 4 from that set. And the last Topps base card I needed from the Oakland years, which also happens to be an Andre Dawson RC. I guess I'll start tracking down my needs from the Philadelphia and Kansas City Topps years at some point.

 

[Dazed]

From the break I got in yesterday. My 2 random teams were the Tigers & Twins. Nothing but base until the last card in the last box. (2022 Topps Chrome Black)

Gold Mini-Diamond 04/50 (1:13 Boxes) Miggy!!!

My 1st Miguel Cabrera Auto!!!​

 

[jmc855]

As far as I know that's the only sample for Clemens. They did two players in each of red, blue, and gold.

Whew! Getting tired of finding new stuff to track down

 

[mrmopar]

This was yesterday, just forgot to hit post..

Another large batch of ProLine stamped auto runs. Either someone bought a ton and/or was a crazed collector OR someone got ahold of a stamp and it forging their way to ??? The players aren't big names and aren't selling for a lot, so I doubt they are fake. Still, this seller has sold a ton of these in lots of a few to all 9 of a player.

Brister, Byers, Jeffires, Peete, Swilling.

I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) this game when I was doing a Raider player search. there are 300 some odd football player cards included. The game isn't too terribly expensive as a whole, so either they were massively produced or people just don't care.

 

[mrmopar]

From my COMC order, most was Dodger related of course. here is the rest:

 

[jeffv96masters]

Anyone ever confirmed a Clemens SAMPLE ?

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Graded one of mine June 2005 ( with peel)
Haven't graded a without peel one yet
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[madbull34]

Two new Darvish cards: