1999 Skybox Premium
Great looking, high-quality cards made for a fun break. No Autographics or Intimidation Nation but did well otherwise:
Live Bats 1:7
Ben Grieve
Tony Gwynn
Jeff Bagwell
Rookie SPs 1:8
Have to check
Soul of the Game 1:14
Vladimir Guerrero
Ken Griffey Jr. - needed this card...
2001 Topps Series II
This was was a bit of letdown between the lack of inserts and the fact that about half the cards stuck together and suffered some surface damage when pulled apart. Not a box I would pay to open again.
Notable Base:
Edwin Encarnacion RC
Jake Peavy RC
Ichiro RC (x2) -...
2001 Topps Series I
Fun, nostalgic break but a lot of work going through 36 packs with not many inserts or any rookies to look for. Still fun to see names like Desi Relaford and John Jaha though. Cards were in good shape and not sticking together.
Through the Years 1:8
Willie Mays
Johnny...
I've got four "vintage" boxes of cards arriving soon and I'll share the results here.
The boxes are:
2001 Topps Series 1 Hobby - 36 packs
2001 Topps Series 2 Retail - 36 packs
1999 Skybox Thunder Hobby - 24 packs
and
2000 Upper Deck Legends - 24 packs
Not expecting anything more than a...
Plenty of other good stuff but there is the piece de resistance: 1998 Circa Thunder Randy Johnson Super Rave 25/25 :razz:
I didn't have any expectation going into this lot and I was certainly blown away by what I found. In addition to what's pictured there are additional low to mid end cards of...
1998 UD Choice Reserve Alex Gonzalez 66/100 and 1999 Diamond Dynagon Travis Lee Titanium 98/99
1995 Select Certified Gold Team Will Clark and 1999 Fleer Brilliants Gold Jaret Wright 59/99
There's enough Travis Lee, JD Drew and Kerry Wood here to start a museum (of what could have been).
I found a 1999 SPX Mo Vaughn Finite /99 and a Tony Clark Legacy Collection /100 that I'll set aside for you. I think there are a few more Clark inserts as well. I'll send a full list once I have time to sort them all.
These are the highlights of what I found for A-Rod but there are 150-200 other low to mid end inserts and base cards. Ultimate Victory Parallel /100 and Bowman's Best Refractor /400.
Queenstown is my favourite as well. I put on quite a few pounds from Fergburgers while I was there! I've done Milford Sound but not Doubtful Sound yet - it certainly isn't like anything you will see in the states.