That must have been an nervous package opening I bet! This makes me think I need to scour the bay a little harder just in case someone lists an A-Rod incorrectly one of these days
Haven't posted any pickups the last few months but I've slowly been picking up a few higher/mid ends that I wanted to share:
Haven't seen many 2000 Topps Stars /99 parallel's out there. The Platinum press proof was especially exciting as I've seen people on this thread mention how hard they...
I didn't get the chance to buy many packs growing up in Soldotna, Alaska that were hobby but one that really stands out as a "good" insert out of a pack was a Piazza 1999 Metal Diamond Soul that booked at $20 at the time. They are really sweet cards and I have an A-Rod I was able to snag at $4...
Quick question, what scanner did you use? I keep my best cards in magnetics and I'm curious if your scanner does well with those also. Your scans look great and show the detail of the foil cards well too
I remember really liking the 99 Hologrfx set and picked up a few boxes...really like the design of the base set but the 2000 Hologrfx boxes were harder to find
Really like that Ripken Tim! Not a National pickup since living in Alaska keeps me from such events lol, but a seller on ebay listed a few of these and I was quick to pick this one up :)
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Not sure how many of you have a beckett from the 90's, but I picked up an August 2000 edition with A-Rod on the cover and the prices of our favorite 90's inserts is crazy!! If anybody is curious about one let me know. My biggest surprise so far is how many inserts at the 1:120 rate or so were...