I speared a whale

Labratt21 · Feb 21, 2010

Well, a whale for me. Once I focused my collecting to O'Neill auto the subset I really wanted to put together was the Topps Retired autographs. Now, this got a little interesting because there are 3 base auto and 3 refractor autos. The refractors are SP'd /25 and are very tough to find because the refractors are still very popular with set builders. I'm very happy to say that I finally competed the set with this awesome pickup.

It goes nicely with these...

and these....

Thanks for looking

AmishDave · Feb 21, 2010

Congrats ! They all look beautiful together

Love the '91 Topps one especially. One of my favorite designs of a Topps set ever.

EricChavezCollector3 · Feb 21, 2010

Congrats on completing the set, they look amazing together! My favorite is the second 1 down. Whats the next whale?

Labratt21 · Feb 21, 2010

55_marlins_sp - Thanks!

EricChavezCollector3 - Thanks man! Most of the autos I'm looking for are not /25 or less, so almost everything is a whale. But the big boy out of these would be the 2006 Fleer Greats of the Game, game used bat barrel auto. There are 4 of these and I've only ever seen 1 of them and it went for about $400. So yeah, it's gonna be tough, but getting an auto like the one I found today keeps me in the game.

MOFNY · Feb 21, 2010

Really some of the best looking auto sets ever. There are few that can top the 04/05 TC look.

Seiya · Feb 21, 2010

Congrats on the nice pickup.

gldneagles311 · Feb 21, 2010

very nice pick up...i added that same card (base version) a couple years ago to my PC...a sweet auto set

nevermore · Feb 21, 2010

Nice win, and congrats on completing the set buddy! Love that Topps Original Auto BTW, and numbered to 21 no less!

This 04 Retired Refractor was the first "high-end" O'Neill auto I purchased back in 2006 when my collection was in its nascent stages. However, both 2003 cards have eluded me to this day. Well, I had actually purchased the 03 Refractor with the help of Magicpapa but unfortunately the mailer had gotten lost when my parents were moving along with $100 in other O'Neill cards. ::facepalm: Those mailers have never turned up and I am still very bummed about it.

O'Neill's last regular Topps card was in 2002 so it's nice how these 2003-05 Topps Retired sets gave him additional Topps cards design through 2005. Anyway, congrats again! Is this number 53 now!? I've got some catching up to do.

Here are mine...

***2004***

***2005***

mrwhitesox30 · Feb 21, 2010

Nice! The Topps Retired autos are great cards to collect for player collectors and they're one of my favorite parts of my Sox collection.

1995BBRefractorGuy · Feb 21, 2010

fantastic looking cards!

theplasticman · Feb 21, 2010

Fantastic looking cards. Look great!

Labratt21 · Feb 21, 2010

MOFNY - Thanks man. Agreed, those sets look pretty damn sweet. It's too bad that they're getting too fancy these days. Just give us some good looking cards, preferable on-card autos and we'll be on it like a dog on a 3-legged cat.

Seiya - Thanks!

gldneagles311 - Thanks...and you are correct. Aside of the 97/98 Donruss Signatures they're my absolute favorite sets.

nevermore - Thanks Bro. It's taken a long time to get this one, and I knew you had it so I knew they were out there somewhere and I needed to get my hands on one of them! I severely overpaid for this one and the 2003, but that's just the bullet you have to bite sometimes to complete a set. And yes, once it's in my hands it will # 53.

mrwhitesox30 - Thanks! These are certainly cards that playerc ollectors drool over. On-card auto, great design, not much else we can ask for.

1995BBRefractorGuy - Thanks!

theplasticman - Thanks!

Mr.Whipple · Feb 21, 2010

Thought this thread was gonna be how you went out last night. Got drunk and hooked up with a fat chick and didnt know, Till you woke up this morning....Nice pick up though

Labratt21 · Feb 21, 2010

Nah, that would be over the the "General Chat" section. :lol:

Marro said:
Thought this thread was gonna be how you went out last night. Got drunk and hooked up with a fat chick and didnt know, Till you woke up this morning....Nice pick up though

onionring9 · Feb 21, 2010

Congratulations!

bodiaz · Feb 21, 2010

Nice stuff!

Labratt21 · Feb 22, 2010

onionring9 - Thank you!

bodiaz - Thanks bro!

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