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    Player Collectors- What are the top 10 cards from your collections?

    There are a few others that might have made the cut, but I can't find scans of them right now. But I think that's a pretty solid list of my favorite Jack Wilson cards.
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    FT Refractor trading: by team

    What Pirates do you have? I'd certainly love to get some Brewers cards to a good home.
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    Huge Addition to my Darryl Kile Collection

    Congrats, Billy. The best and worst part of a player collection is when you get down to just needing those super hard to find cards.
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    What were your card collecting habits, 10-15 years ago ?

    1999 - I was out of the hobby completely. I had stopped collecting after Jordan retired, and that pretty much marked the end of my childhood collection. I would get back into the hobby chasing 2000 Fleer GotG autos the next year. 2004 - I was exclusively a player collector, focusing on my...
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    Player Collectors: Topps Factory Set parallels (2013 Orange /230, 2011 Red /245, etc.)

    The factory set parallels are an absolute nightmare. I managed to find most of the 2011 Pirate team set and the Jack Wilson for my player collection on ebay for about $1/card with combined shipping. But the 2012 Orange and 2010 Red sets have been almost impossible to find from what I've seen...
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    How many of you team collectors collect Minor League sets and

    I love adding minor league team sets when the price is right. I've had pretty good luck finding team set lots on ebay or find a seller who has multiple sets listed and saving on combined shipping. You may also want to see if you can find any collectors in that area willing to help out - most...
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    ~~~~~So are there TOO MANY color variations?~~~~~

    It's just pure laziness in my view. How many variations were there for base Topps this year? WalMart Blue, Target Red, Toys R Us Purple, Gold, Camo, Pink, Black, Platinum, Silk, Slate, Silver Slate, whatever the /25 parallel in Update was called, 4 printing plates, and a partridge in a pear...
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    1998 Donruss Collections *NINE* Box Group Break - 7 slots - $45 dlvd *CLOSED*

    If whoever buys Lot 5 would be interested in selling off the Pirates, I'd be interested.
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    Heading to my first card show in YEARS!

    Have fun! It's been 8 or 9 months since there's been a card show around here. If you find a good deal on any Bucs stuff you aren't interested in, let me know.
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    How long have you been collecting?

    I started collecting in 1991, mostly just dad buying me a pack or two of cards when he would go to the gas station or something along those lines. I didn't really consider myself a collector as a kid - it was one of many things I enjoyed, but my parents would buy me a few packs of low end...
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    Ultra pro/other brand pages?

    I buy Ultra Pro pages by the case. A 10 box case (1000 pages) comes out to about $130 shipped, plus a few dollars back in ebay bucks. That seems pretty close to what most of the used page lots on ebay have ended for.
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    Player Collector at a crossroads...I need help

    I think that's a great idea. With how often players move around these days, it's almost impossible for one guy to spend his entire career with one team. From a player collector standpoint, I think it just becomes a questions of whether or not you decide to continue collecting the player after...
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    Regional or local oddities - Items that just all but disappear shortly after issue

    I think part of the problem is that a large percentage of these regional/team issues are going to non-collectors. I can't tell you how many times I've found rare Pirate items (not valuable, just stuff rare) at flea markets sitting at a table next to some expired cans of beans and a pile of...
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    COMC Thread

    The point is that there simply isn't enough demand for many of the commons that sellers have submitted to the site, regardless of price. Sure some of the cheapest copies may sell, but COMC likely has a significant portion of their warehouse space tied up in these cards that are more or less...
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    COMC Thread

    I do wonder about the space issue. There are probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of commons that have been submitted to the site that are never going to sell. There are 88 copies of 1990 UD Barry Bonds, ranging from $.44-2.25. Sales data shows 11 copies of the card have sold on...
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    New Member here, left Blowout Cards Forums

    Ways not to start off your time on a new forum: 16) "Hi, I was just banned from another forum. So now I'm coming here..."
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    COMC Cyber Monday Shopping Spree

    Nada.
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    COMC Black Friday. Post what you've bought and deals you've found!

    From what I'm reading on Blowout, it seems like most of the sellers who are running (legitimate) high percentage sales are moving a ton of inventory. But overall I think the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales have left something to be desired. Aside from some major sellers who decide to clear out...
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    COMC Black Friday. Post what you've bought and deals you've found!

    I picked up about 50 cards today, with another 150 or so I'll be keeping me eye on for the rest of the weekend. Like others have said, the deals seemed best for low end stuff, adding a bunch of low end autos and numbered cards. But then again that's always been the bread and butter of the...
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    Coworker wants to know... Autos Inside

    Agreed that they look pretty rough. But even if the signatures were legit, there's not much value there. Aside from the biggest names, most wouldn't sell for much more than the cost of authentication. I come across 8x10's with similar stories once or twice a month. There are a lot of fake...
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    Topps Heritage collectors probably need to look at this

    Awesome card. How does the auto look in person? It looks like it's been exposed to quite a bit of direct light.
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    Donruss/Leaf Beckett Samples (thread to help player collectors)

    I'm pretty sure at the time retail copies were shipped in plastic bags, so people couldn't pull out the sample card without buying the magazine. I'd venture to say a majority of retail copies went unsold and were trashed, so a large percentage of cards may have never made it out of the...
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    FS/FT TTM/IP Autographs for trade/sale

    I'd be interested in quite a few of what you have listed, or even working out a deal for the entire lot if that's something you'd be interested in.
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    Has anyone attended RedsFest?

    The sth passes definitely made it easier. But I traded with a guy I knew who had Reds season tickets, and he gave me a STH pass at Redsfest and then I got him into the STH area at Piratefest. The STH area is basically just two additional lines, with the same 250 cap as all the other lines...
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    Has anyone attended RedsFest?

    I went to Redsfest last year, and was a little underwhelmed with the experience. I went Friday only and had a season ticket holder pass, and managed to come away with I believe 12 or 13 autos (most players were willing to sign multiples). The setup was frustrating for me after years of...

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