No view = no thrill
I can honestly say that I checked ebay for Manny Ramirez card listings on at least 99% of days for a solid 15 years...so this is new territory for me. I would occasionally miss a BIN that was listed too cheap, but even that was pretty rare. Over the past year or so I have...
Great job with the info and pictures!
Here's Manny Ramirez #147 CTA unreleased. I've got 9 total crusade cards for Manny: pack issued, executive prrof XX/#, and these unreleased CTA. I have it in the back of my mind that there may be a 4th version, that being the regular pack issued version...
I think "Silver Foil variation" is another way of saying "regular artist proof." In all seriousness, I think it was the guy with the Thomas rainbow foil one above was calling the regular one the silver foil variation. Which, in effect it was. But only next to the rare rainbow foil version.
It's some dolt that doesn't check this thread often enough any more or have enough time for cards lately! What do you wanna see? Aside from what Pinnacle man has, I have most other things ;)
I guess the most amazing thing to me is that more than 99% of the players in the majors spent a good amount of time in the minors. But when it comes to compensating minor league players enough so they could even afford to live on their income, their actions in terms of contracts and...
http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2018/03/baseball-booms-minor-leaguers-still.html?m=1
Interesting article, especially in light of all the whining and posturing by major leaguers this off-season. I vaguely recall that minor league players were way underpaid. But this is pretty ridiculous. I'd...
It's a.... headache for player collectors! ;) JK, that is pretty neat. Never seen one before. It looks like it is set up a little different, like they didn't leave enough room at the top for the serial numbering. It looks like the "Metal Works" text is higher than on the pack versions. The...
I was really excited to land a 2011 A&G wood mini 1/1 Manny Ramirez- my first one! I got it in, and I had the same reaction you did. Is this a fake? It's smooth! It looked like somebody scanned a copy of a legit insert card actually made of wood (y'know, like from the 90's?) scanned it, and...
Holy heck! That is a run of cards for sure. I don't recall seeing any of the Power Tools executive proofs of anybody before? Although, with the amount of execs that have come out lately it is getting hard to keep track. The 98 selects and the certified run look fantastic.
Nice thread. I was pretty sure I'd be adding on the Roy Firestone auto's #/8 but it's in there! The only one I have off the top of my head would be another pacific honorable mention: 1999 Crown Royale Pivotal Players FanFest #/20
Cool! Never seen one of those before. Wasn't sure if they were /1 or /10 like the other wild vinyls and 2000 Pacific Prism Proofs... Although I suppose Vanguard had the silver parallels /10 so it makes sense. Neat to see.
Anybody see these?
Ebay seller Dallascardshowroom recently listed some weird 1995 score/sportflix slides. They didn't seem to sell too well the first round, and they appear to be back up again. They are encased slides. They almost look like somebody just scanned a card and made a slide out...
The 99 EX gold acetate mystery has not been solved but it seems that anyone who still supports the "sun turns the card a beautiful and completely even gold coloration" without providing new evidence, has, ahem, been out in the sun too long!
I posted this in here in 2016, but since the images...
Congrats on the milestone! I like how you distinguish with "pack issued,' as now that I am down to the nitty gritty (I think I have 22 left) with Manny Ramirez 90's cards I should consider differentiating between pack issued and non pack issued. You picked a heck of a card to end it off with-...
Not sure how much this is worth but I have never seen a Manny Ramirez. They are from TX. The seller is Pinnacle Man. It's most of the set, which I don't believe has ever surfaced like that before...
FYI player collectors some 1998 Zenith Z gold non numbered versions just posted on COMC. Some prices are good (Bernie) some may be high. Picked up 2 stars and will send PM's out for the PC guys...
That's an awesome run! It doesn't get much better than the crossover of cool looking rare pack issued cards and more cool looking but notably different unreleased cards all brought together at last. Congratulations!