Whatever happened to that guy with the 2006 Topps Blue set?

smapdi · Sep 4, 2009

Back on the Beckett boards, I think shortly before it all went to hell, a guy posted on there that he had received a complete 2006 Topps blue-bordered parallel set from their HR Derby redemption program. Or maybe it was 2007. Anyway, there were just 10 sets available, and his was #7/10. To my knowledge, no other sets have surfaced. I don't look for this sort of thing often, but I figure if any were broken up I'd've seen the Thomas and/or Sizemore. He had started listing singles, and soliciting offers, but then IIRC the auctions were cancelled and he disappeared off the board.

Jack Straw · Sep 4, 2009

I know Lance has one because he posted it in the Frank Thomas thread.
I will try and retrieve it. I believe there was some banter about the guy you are talking about?

A_Pharis · Sep 4, 2009

I thought the guy from BMB planned on breaking it up.

In other news, I actually pulled one of those contest cards that year, mine was Hank Blalock (#'d 2/10). Got it out of a blaster with like 1:150,000 odds (it was huge odds).

Yeah, Blalock dropped out of the derby wayyy before AS Week.

Jack Straw · Sep 4, 2009

Here is Lance's #7/10

The HR derby contest cards where #' to 999.
Not sure what Blaylock card you got but do you remember what it looks like?

Jack Straw · Sep 4, 2009

Sorry

EricChavezCollector3 · Sep 4, 2009

Here are my two copies. I would be very interested in seeing the Blalock, Chavez has a redemption card as well that I have never seen.

Jack Straw · Sep 4, 2009

I thought these where the HR Derby winning sets? By the year of the Griffey I guess I am wrong.

DRav87 · Sep 4, 2009

The guy did in fact break up the set and I just contacted him back in July and he said that all the cards have been sold and he no longer owns any. I asked him who he sold them to and he said he sold them all to various collectors.

smapdi · Sep 4, 2009

That was the guy. I inquired through PM about the Sizemore and Thomas, and I think either he never responded or he said on the boards he was going to auction them because he didn't know what to price them at. OK, at least now I know that getting them from him is no longer an option.

DRav87 · Sep 4, 2009

smapdi said:
That was the guy. I inquired through PM about the Sizemore and Thomas, and I think either he never responded or he said on the boards he was going to auction them because he didn't know what to price them at. OK, at least now I know that getting them from him is no longer an option.

I am pretty sure he isn't a member here, I contacted him through e-mail.

A_Pharis · Sep 4, 2009

Jack Straw:

The 2006 HR Derby Contest Cards were all #'d to 10 (10 for each player originally listed as available for the Derby). Each person with the winning card got 1 of 10 sets.

In 2007, they did a drawing from all 999 of the winning card owners.

A_Pharis · Sep 4, 2009

Oh, and I sold the Blalock to a Blalock collector for $5. It had a crimped bottom edge. I'll see if I still have a scan.

A_Pharis · Sep 4, 2009

Alrighty. Here ya' go:

2006 HR Derby Contest cards. Each winning card was redeemable for 1 of 10 sets of "platinum blue" parallels.

Jack Straw · Sep 4, 2009

Thanks , I have never seen those cards before.

Jack Straw · Sep 4, 2009

Add another Griffey card to my I will never own or see for sale in my lifetime list

Looks like if you didn't have the Ryan Howard card in hand by the time the promotion
ended the set wasn't redeemed. Looks like from what I am reading here that only one set was redeemed and it
was #7?

A_Pharis · Sep 4, 2009

Jack Straw said:
Add another Griffey card to my I will never own or see for sale in my lifetime list
Looks like if you didn't have the Ryan Howard card in hand by the time the promotion
ended the set wasn't redeemed. Looks like from what I am reading here that only one set was redeemed and it
was #7?

To my knowledge, the only one to ever surface was the #7.

I got my Blalock out of a blaster in a WalMart in Houston. Imagine how many blasters of base 2006 topps went unopened. Imagine how many Howards sat collecting dust on WalMart shelves.

r2d2 · Sep 4, 2009

Unfortunately I was never able to get the Cantu

Also Cantu has one of those HR Derby redemptions and I've never seen it

Jeff D · Sep 4, 2009

A_Pharis said:
To my knowledge, the only one to ever surface was the #7.

This is true. I've got a copy of the letter Topps sent the collector telling him his was the only set redeemed.
I suppose the other sets could have been backdoored, but I've never seen any others besides the #7/10.

I've got the Fielder:

Jack Straw · Sep 5, 2009

What type of packs where those HR Derby Redemption cards in?
Were they in all 2006 Topps series 1 packs?

Jastermereel · Sep 5, 2009

I have the Mariano Rivera. It looks like all the others already posted. :lol:

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