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2006 Upper Deck Special FX Blue
Bumping an old thread. Anyone find theirs? Finally found mine in 2022, as recounted here. -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
It's not every day you add an eleven-year-old card to your collection. And, certainly, it's not every day when that eleven-year-old card is a mainstream issue that you didn't even know existed until it popped up on eBay. Such, however, is the case here. This is the 2014 Topps Power Players... -
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Just thought id post a few of my nicer cards from my Rocco Baldelli collection. Can post more if people are interested. Thanks
Great stuff! Hadn’t seen this thread before (@sammysports thanks for bringing it back up), and enjoyed taking a look. If you have any more, please feel free to share. -
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Finding Obscure Cards
Good luck! Assume you’ve tried eBay/COMC/Spotlots/Beckett/Blowout also, but if not, those are places to look. When dealing with low-numbered cards that are (relatively speaking) that old, realistically, its a matter of (a) finding what’s listed now, and then (b) being extremely patient and... -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
Thanks! There are a lot of fun ones in there. It's an unsustainable rate of pickups, though, as a lot of it represents the low-hanging fruit, so to speak, and, increasingly, the medium-hanging fruit. A lot of what's left on eBay etc. is thus way overpriced. But, hopefully, more cards... -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
Update on Gomes goal #6 for the year (see post #68). Most of these are overpriced cards that had been sitting forever, and for which I finally decided to just go for it; the bottom two rows are from the same seller on Beckett (he still has an auto/patch /10 listed for $250—no thanks), and the... -
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Player Collectors: 2004 Skybox LE Artist Proof
Added Josh Beckett 18/50 (13/50 and 29/50 were already on the list). It was on eBay advertised as "/50" when I made the update above, and the seller just provided the serial number. -
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Player Collectors: 2004 Skybox LE Artist Proof
I would think that it's more likely than not that the Alomar exists. The only discrepancy seems to be after card #100. Likewise, accounting for 46/100 examples (whether serial numbered or backdoored) seems like a decent number given that we didn't start keeping track until ten years after the... -
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Player Collectors: 2004 Skybox LE Artist Proof
Just did another update based on what's on COMC (active/sold) and eBay. The only fully new example is Curt Schilling, no version of which I'd seen before. Potentially partially new examples are of (1) Tony Batista, which was previously on the list as /un#'d, and now with a copy advertised as... -
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Can't sign into FCB App
Was the issue with the app ever fixed? The search function still isn't working. -
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RIP MagicPapa!!
What an absolute shame! More so than most—quite possibly more so than anyone—he made this place the way it is, and helped give it a sense of community. It's a loss to all of us, and I'll miss feeling his presence here. Undoubtedly it's also a deep loss to his family. He's wearing an FCB... -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
Update on Gomes goal #6 for the year (see post #68). The Skybox Autographics Silver /100 is quite nice; also glad to add the SPx /350, which don't turn up too often. Week 14: March 30–April 5 Progress: 7 serial-numbered cards (177 total for the year) The cards (links to example scans): 2002... -
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2025 Collecting Goals
Congrats! How many do you have/how many are in the set? -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
Update on Gomes goal #6 for the year (see post #68). The big one is the 2002 Topps Pristine gold refractor—those seem to be decently well collected, and are some of Gomes's more interesting rookies. The next biggest one, however unassuming it may seem, is probably the 2014 Topps Orange /199... -
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MrMopar's New Dodgers Autograph Thread (and other interesting items on a slow mailday)
Absolutely. It also adds an element to “the thrill of the chase” in that you then get to try to figure out whatever the heck it is. The below is also a newspaper giveaway, part of a series of Tampa Bay players inserted into The Tampa Tribune. I saw a number in 2006 when they were issued, but... -
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MrMopar's New Dodgers Autograph Thread (and other interesting items on a slow mailday)
Nice! Those types of things you expect to show up right when they’re released, and then pretty much never again—let alone 48 years later. Great find. -
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March 2025 Pickups
Very cool card! I didn't know that he was such an infrequent signer. Did he sign more for post-retirement issues? -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
As prefaced here, this is a ROMLB signed by Gomes in 2004—apparently on March 2, 2004, when the Devil Rays "B" team played a Spring Training game. More information is also found in this thread on Blowout. This baseball is significant in that Gomes included the number "60" after his name... -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
Update on Gomes goal #6 for the year (see post #68). The Bowman Silver is a nice pickup; none of the cards from that set show up with any regularity, no doubt aided by the fact that I own so many of them already. Same for the Topps Archives Silver, of which I now own around a quarter. Though... -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
Thanks, banjar. Definitely a different case than for someone like Alomar, for whom Beckett catalogues 7,539(!) cards. There are certainly benefits to collecting a player like that—a greater variety of cards and the like—but all in all, collecting Gomes ended up being nearly perfect. -
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How to find 2004 Spring Training information?
I just bought a signed Jonny Gomes ROMLB with an early signature. The ball is significant because he added "60" at the end of his name. This is the number he wore in the majors during the short time he played in 2003 and 2004; the ball is the only one I've seen signed by him with that number... -
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Can't sign into FCB App
The search function hasn't been working for me either recently. Not sure if that's a new problem, or if I hadn't noticed it before. -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
I watched him play for the Durham Bulls while when I was growing up. There were a couple players I liked there (particularly Matt Diaz and Jorge Cantu), but Gomes in particular had a scrappy, all-out style of play that I enjoyed watching and respected, and perhaps related to—be it hustling down... -
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Jonny Gomes collectors' thread
Update on Gomes goal #6 for the year (see post #68). Six cards this week, the highlight being the Topps Archives 1/150; the Bowman Chrome Blue Refractor /150 is also nice, as those don't turn up frequently anymore. On the non-serial-numbered front, the 2006 Fleer Autographics is quite... -
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Therion's All Time Astros Autograph Collection (1,004 Reached!! 25 To Go!)
What a way to crack 1,000! Congrats! Love the multi-signed cards.
