Any Allen & Ginter collectors?

autorook · Mar 11, 2011

Prices dropped from $100 to $60 for the hobby boxes and looking to pickup some.

The only thing that is turning me off from the product are the non-baseball stuff.

How much of the box are baseball and not? for example is it 50% baseball and 50% non-baseball?

pigskincardboard · Mar 11, 2011

It's like 90% baseball and the non-baseball is actually neat unlike some other products.

ThoseBackPages · Mar 11, 2011

wax, its a hellava drug

schmidtfan20 · Mar 11, 2011

60 bucks for what year? Actually some of the more expensive cards are the non-baseball cards, you can sell
them and buy the baseball guys.

Kevin

matchpenalty · Mar 11, 2011

I know 06 wax is very expensive. Not sure about other years how they have held value or not.

matchpenalty · Mar 11, 2011

Price check on Blowout
2006 not in stock. Sure it has to be over $100 a box. Can't be much wax even left from this year. TBP you sitting on any?
2007 not in stock.
2008 $66 a box. Maybe the weakest year in Ginter?
2009 $80 a box. So still holding value. Sleeper year in ginter history.
2010 $85 a box. Little surprised at this one. I think at one time they were in $60 range for a box.

autorook · Mar 12, 2011

Looking at 2010, ebay sellers asking $900 for a hobby case.

hoopster3977 · Mar 12, 2011

autorook said:
Looking at 2010, ebay sellers asking $900 for a hobby case.

I had really bad luck with 2010 Ginter. I was shorted numerous auto's and relic pieces in my case. Didn't pull a rip or silk card from the case.

Pass.......................................................................

ChasHawk · Mar 12, 2011

hoopster3977 said:
autorook said:

Looking at 2010, ebay sellers asking $900 for a hobby case.

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I had really bad luck with 2010 Ginter. I was shorted numerous auto's and relic pieces in my case. Didn't pull a rip or silk card from the case.

Pass.......................................................................

have you ever had good luck with anything?

Ryan The Orange · Mar 12, 2011

I started breaking Ginter in 2008, and I had decent luck with every year. If you are into IP or TTM autographs, 2008 is a great buy because the cards look amazing signed.

As far as the ratio of non-baseball to baseball, I would say that around 40 of the 350 base cards are non-baseball. But in my opinion, those cards make the set even better.

Here is what the 2008 version looks like signed:

George_Calfas · Mar 12, 2011

When do the auto redemptions expire?

matchpenalty · Mar 12, 2011

For 2010 I'm sure redemption's are still good for awhile and Sig Hansen relic redemption gets you his auto.

autorook · Mar 12, 2011

Is $700 too little to offer for a 2010 case.

BunchOBull · Mar 12, 2011

I always seem to at least break even with Ginter, though I've not traded as heavily I used to in the last couple of years.

After getting stiffed in a trade and the run around from a few traders, I had less fun with it.

TBTwinsFan · Mar 12, 2011

I am a big fan of 08 Ginter, mainly because I like the design a lot better than anything else that I have seen with Ginter... the borderless part is the thing that nabs me every time on that product

schmidtfan20 · Mar 12, 2011

2008 was the worst year for Ginter by far. 09 had Phelps and that is a huge hit. Pujols and Tony Hawk in 2010
so that will remain high. 06 is 200+ if you can find it...many HOF'ers and many of the boxes had two autos in
them.

Kevin

autorook · Mar 12, 2011

schmidtfan20 said:
2008 was the worst year for Ginter by far. 09 had Phelps and that is a huge hit. Pujols and Tony Hawk in 2010
so that will remain high. 06 is 200+ if you can find it...many HOF'ers and many of the boxes had two autos in
them.

Kevin

Which HOFers?

Ryan The Orange · Mar 12, 2011

autorook said:
schmidtfan20 said:

2008 was the worst year for Ginter by far. 09 had Phelps and that is a huge hit. Pujols and Tony Hawk in 2010
so that will remain high. 06 is 200+ if you can find it...many HOF'ers and many of the boxes had two autos in
them.

Kevin

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Which HOFers?

If I remember correctly: Musial, Ryan, Ripken, Yastrzemski, Ozzie Smith, Gwynn. Could be wrong though.

Taikob · Mar 12, 2011

I've been on and off with this set since 06(a few blasters) to 09(Exclusively collecting the "champion" memorabilia). It was the first set I actually enjoyed putting together and the mini set is always a fun challenge(many years still a work in progress). After the 2009 release I kind of lost interest because I was under the distinct impression that Topps was just calling it in with their "Champions"(less Phelps) in the auto/mem. sets. Another point that killed my interest was the lack of Boxing champions Allen & Ginter used to feature 06:Spinks/Tyson, 07:L. Ali,Frazier, 08

avlik/Moore/Mancini/Green/Miranda/Fenech/Pryor/Peter/Casamayor memorabilia then suddenly an absence of 2 years. Of course Topps appeared to have read my mind

since we are seeing a much better list of champions and 4? boxers with Pacman,Lamotta,Ward,and Julaton(?). They made the exact adjustment to get my interest back and I am glad to have something to collect this summer.

matchpenalty · Mar 12, 2011

autorook said:
Is $700 too little to offer for a 2010 case.

How many boxes are in a case? I thought 2010 was a decent Ginter year. I recall most people getting 3-4 hits a box. One of the sailors mini set was pretty tough.

Schmidtfan or GC may know. What year did 1/1 plates, /10 silks, 1/1 wood and red ink autos star showing up in the product?

2006 has best auto checklist, what would be second best year for autos and so on? 2010 has a pretty good auto selection. One of the biggest checklist.

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