Have you cornered the market on any serial numbered cards yet?

mrmopar · Dec 28, 2013

I know there are plenty of collectors who grab a single card and that is enough, but then there are those of us who will take duplicates and in some cases, as many of a card as they can find.

Have any of you collectors nabbed up ALL of a print run yet? If so, what is the largest print run out there that someone has monopolized? I know it is not easy! I am close on several #'d to 6 or less and I was able to capture 3/3 once (sorry to any of you Jackson or Randolph collectors out there cursing me).

D-Lite · Dec 28, 2013

I think I have 6 of 10 Bird purple autos, and 13 of 25 of the red waves.

Brewer Andy · Dec 28, 2013

Not more than 50% on any but imma keep trying! Nice TTT run!

Pinbreaker · Dec 28, 2013

As someone who puts various sets together, I have gone up against you and lost.. Here is one that I thought to myself, no one is going to go for this card.. but when I got outsniped, I was like what the heck..

The player collector won out..

Here is the set.. http://www.mcaf.com/pinbreaker/pers_coll/LL04/LL04.htm

and here is the card I picked up later..

I guess I need to start making a stack of Garvey's when I come across them..

brewerfan99 · Dec 28, 2013

Working on adding more of the cards in my signature ... I'm at 8 of 51 so far.

mrmopar · Dec 28, 2013

Yes, set collectors can be a pain for player collectors and vice versa. Mine and yours are the only two I have ever seen offered for sale too. There are 3 more out there hiding someplace still!

Pinbreaker said:
As someone who puts various sets together, I have gone up against you and lost.. Here is one that I thought to myself, no one is going to go for this card.. but when I got outsniped, I was like what the heck..

The player collector won out..

Here is the set.. http://www.mcaf.com/pinbreaker/pers_coll/LL04/LL04.htm

and here is the card I picked up later..

I guess I need to start making a stack of Garvey's when I come across them..

djrulz · Dec 28, 2013

I have about 20 gold refractors of one of my players and still looking for more

chromerookies · Dec 29, 2013

so far I'm up to 5 of the 10 Chrome Judge Purples auto's

Calripkenjrcollector · Dec 29, 2013

I have 10 of the 25 of these thingies... Mostly are just plain gray though.

nosterbor · Dec 29, 2013

I do not think getting all 3 cards of a print run is a hard thing to do when there is not much competition for some players. getting all 10 or better, now that would be much harder to do.

LWMM · Dec 29, 2013

I have 2/3 of two cards. The hard part is just finding them, and I haven't seen either of the other two cards. Ideally one would want to choose a card from a popular, high end product to try to corner. That way, a high percentage will hopefully be broken by more "serious" collectors, who are more likely to list the cards on eBay. Still, the more cards that are there, the more likely it is that one or more will remain in an unbroken box, or in someone's shoebox, collecting dust under the bed.

AmishDave · Dec 29, 2013

I have all 5 of the 5/5 '11 Topps Mueseum Josh Johnson auto'd cards. I think that's the set. I'll get pics after work. 15/50 of the '06 Ultimate Ensembles 3 auto's w/Weaver & Verlander. Many others as well.

mrmopar · Dec 29, 2013

Like LWMM notes below your post, sometimes getting all of the cards to show up is the hardest part, then you still need to purchase or trade for them. Considering that there are a bunch of people who bust new product and sell most of it on ebay, we are lucky to see what does show hop, but there are plenty of people out there that hold on to a nice card they pull just because they don't trade/sell or just would like to keep it despite not collecting that player, team or set. I probably have cards tucked away in my collection that others are actively seeking without even knowing it.

I do track sales of low print run Garvey cards, but only on ebay. To my knowledge, the remain ing cards i need for other smaller sets have never shown up, meaning they are either in personal collections, sitting on a card shore shift or possibly still inside packs!

Here I am missing 1 of the 6, but don't believe it ever showed up for sale. I actually hesitate to share the partial sets for fear of the "hostage" mentality some people have if they have a card they know someone really, really needs/wants, but then again it's not likely that one will show now and if one does and there are no other copies for other collectors to that point, it may sell strong enough anyway:

nosterbor said:
I do not think getting all 3 cards of a print run is a hard thing to do when there is not much competition for some players. getting all 10 or better, now that would be much harder to do.

bigdcardinals7 · Jan 2, 2014

Mrmopar I totally agree with you about being in fear or hesitant to post exactly what you need. I collect Matt Holliday cards and have 5/10 of one of his sets of cards. I was working out a deal with a guy to acquire the 5th one and once I told him which I know was all my fault that card we ould give me 5 of them the price suddenly went way thru the roof.

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jrinne · Jan 2, 2014

I have 70% of a print run right now. The last 30% I may never see or it will take years for them to surface.

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smapdi · Jan 2, 2014

Where's the guy who had 7 copies of a 2007 BC red ref #/5?

MansGame · Jan 2, 2014

I had this SAME idea for a thread... cool idea. I don't have all copies of any Albert Belle card but have probably 10 copies of his 2001 SP Auto /88 and probably 25 copies of his sweet spot auto but no clue on the print run of those things

r2d2 · Jan 2, 2014

smapdi said:
Where's the guy who had 7 copies of a 2007 BC red ref #/5?

They were from Alexi Casilla if I recall correctly.

UMich92 · Jan 2, 2014

Not cornered, or even half, but I was very excited when I hit 40%. I currently have 11/25 of the Verlander Sterling Black Refractors. Here is the nicest one.

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