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I recently got this card, but can not find it listed on beckett guide. Any info will be appreciated.
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ballerskrip
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If I remember correctly, there was a giveaway/redemption for an entire topps set #d /10.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but that is what I remember.
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but that is what I remember.
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hofmichael
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Skrip is right.As far as I know the only set to be redeemed and split up was #7/10.
If you have one, it's a pretty special item. In 2006 Topps they had redemption cards for the ASG home run derby. IIRC, each redemption card has a player on it, and if that player won the derby, you could redeem your card for the complete blue parallel set of 2006 Topps. These cards were really rare, 1:1000s of packs. As far as is known, only one person actually found one of these winning cards and redeemed it. He posted it on the Beckett boards a few years back, took some offers on singles, wanting a pretty stiff price for what was then thought to be a #/10 set, but then generally disappeared. Cards like this surface from time to time, but they're very tough, probably a mostly complete set is still sitting in someone's closet. If it was to be broken up, it'd make for a very interesting study, essentially a complete set of 1/1s.
Gwynn545
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That's an amazing card, and an amazing story! Now, the question is: how'd you get the Thome??? 
Gwynn545 said:That's an amazing card, and an amazing story! Now, the question is: how'd you get the Thome???
Looks like an ebay listing from a big time Thome collector selling his collection. I've looked for those for awhile myself, they never show up for sale.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-TOPPS-...0654317443?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item1e6b9aab83
IUjapander
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Very interesting story. I have a player I collect in the 06 set, and didn't know anything about this. Did they do this for other years too? I pulled this out of a pack of 08 Topps last year, I will have to read the back to see what the prize was if you won.
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Thanks for the information. I got this because I was looking to start collecting a player not as expensive as Griffey had been as of late. I remember the Griffey from this set was sold about 2 to 3 years ago.
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spikes said:
Any clue on the price it went for?
Crazy how only 1 set got redeemed,I could see player collectors,and even set collectors going nuts for these.
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smapdi said:
It was like 1:25000 retail packs, I know... because I pulled one out of a blaster. Each Contest card featured a player that was POSSIBLY in the HR Derby. Each card was also #'d to 10 (one for each possible set to be won). I pulled a horribly package krimped Hank Blalock (who ended up not even participating).
#7 of 10 was the only set to be redeemed... so yeah, it SHOULD be a 1/1 (until the rest gets backdoored)
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clarkfan said:Gwynn545 said:That's an amazing card, and an amazing story! Now, the question is: how'd you get the Thome???
Looks like an ebay listing from a big time Thome collector selling his collection. I've looked for those for awhile myself, they never show up for sale.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-TOPPS-...0654317443?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item1e6b9aab83
HE PAID $10?!?!?!?!?!?! HOLY CRAP
Huge steal for a RARE card.
A_Pharis
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Here's the contest card I pulled. Was HUGE odds in retail. I wish I could pull something 1:24000 today
#'d 2 / 10
I think I gave it away a few years ago.
#'d 2 / 10
I think I gave it away a few years ago.
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spikes
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The price of the Griffey was something like 150-200 range but I can be wrong. I just remember topps blue #ed to 10. Actually $9.99; with the economy these days a penny saved is a penny earned
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I wonder who ended up with the Griffey?spikes said:The price of the Griffey was something like 150-200 range but I can be wrong. I just remember topps blue #ed to 10. Actually $9.99; with the economy these days a penny saved is a penny earned
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The guy who won the contest was on here I believe. I remember him selling the cards both here and on ebay, mostly using BINs.
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Jack Straw
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I know Lance has the Frank Thomas. The Granderson was posted here awile back.
As far as the 2 griffeys they were auctioned off by buttercontrol a couple months
back. The regular went for pretty good money I want to say 260 and the big reds went
for a little over a 100. I belive Kurdelski won them both?
As far as the 2 griffeys they were auctioned off by buttercontrol a couple months
back. The regular went for pretty good money I want to say 260 and the big reds went
for a little over a 100. I belive Kurdelski won them both?
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