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No, they sure dont.
that ship sank long ago
that ship sank long ago
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beautiful card
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If they still made cards like that they'd be taken for granted...and people would still complain!
Great card though. There still are some great GU being made today.
Great card though. There still are some great GU being made today.
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uniquebaseballcards said:
I agree with the first statement, not sure on the second (at least comparatively.)
I have not seen any glove cards in ages (or any other game-used other than bats and jerseys.) Themed cards (like this one) for the most part seem to be a thing of the past. The designs in the Topps high-end sets seem to be the same year after year. For older players no one knows where/what the material in the cards even came from. I have not seen anything I've been excited about. (Of course JMO.)
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I like that card a lot and have always wanted one.
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Mighty Bombjack said:
+1, that's a card that I will own someday. Beautiful!
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I wish I could afford one of those cards.....
Absolutely awesome card.
As for GU - I loved 05 Prime Patches and 05 Absolute TT because not only did they have great GU pieces and patches, but they specifically told you right on the card that this came from a "GU Hat" or "GU Batting Glove" or "GU Letter Patch" vs. "GU Number Patch", etc. Very cool stuff that you will probably never see again.
This is why I've stopped collecting my Phils HOFers post 2009. Nothing worth collecting, especially when you're talking HOF.
As for GU - I loved 05 Prime Patches and 05 Absolute TT because not only did they have great GU pieces and patches, but they specifically told you right on the card that this came from a "GU Hat" or "GU Batting Glove" or "GU Letter Patch" vs. "GU Number Patch", etc. Very cool stuff that you will probably never see again.
This is why I've stopped collecting my Phils HOFers post 2009. Nothing worth collecting, especially when you're talking HOF.
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It's not Topps fault. They started making fake (manufactured) patches and people loved them. Why spend a bunch of effort on actual GU stuff when you don't have to...
OP, sweet card! I have a similar one...
But it's the gold version. At least I think I have it somewhere, haven't seen it for years.
OP, sweet card! I have a similar one...
But it's the gold version. At least I think I have it somewhere, haven't seen it for years.
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rebelpawn said:
Yeah, that one's on my "someday" list, too.
If anyone has any question about how horrible GU'ed cards have become, look at how much the Upper Deck "A Piece of History" bat relics go for. When was the last time a BAT RELIC reached that kind of dough. Its ridiculous. The cards are that awesome that people will pay thousands for a chip of a bat. Never happens anymore.
That ITG card just has a big patch. It has no other reason for me to buy it. No player picture, no team, nothing. Just because the patch is crazy, doesnt mean the card looks good.
That ITG card just has a big patch. It has no other reason for me to buy it. No player picture, no team, nothing. Just because the patch is crazy, doesnt mean the card looks good.
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RL24 said:
That's not Topps' fault?
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Yup.rsmath said:
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CraigsCards1 said:
Right. It's the consumers fault.
Wouldn't you be sad if instead of baseball cards all we had were baseball marbles? Or stickers? Or cards made of cloth? The list of ideas Topps has tried is long, and 9 out of 10 have failed. The consumers didn't purchase enough, and Topps scrapped the idea. The opposite happened with the manufactured patches. Topps tried an idea, and the consumers ate it up. So of course they have expanded on the idea.
I don't know what's wrong with people, I really don't. I do know that they will pay more for a manufactured patch than they will for most other cards from the same Topps set. Clearly there is something wrong with people, I just don't know what it is.
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Topnotchsy said:
I edited this card. I held the glove. It was from the early 70s. We had to be very careful with the wording on the card so as not to imply that these were the bat and glove used during that play.
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