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^^ Awesome stuff! Nice Juans, Bernies, Clemens and RJs.
The 2000 GOTG set served as the catalyst that got me collecting again. I was at the local mall back in 2001 and came across a card table selling the 2000 Greats of the Game base cards. I paid $5 for the Mattingly base, wishing I could land the autographed version some day. That was the only card I would buy for a long time until I started collecting seriously in 2003. One of the first things I did when I caught the collecting bug was buy the 2000 GOTG complete set.
All these years later, I finally bit the bullet. Yes, it's expensive for a Mattingly auto, but it's a short-print of a now classic set.
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A little heads up on 2000 Stadium Club Diamond Pearls. The ink? on the top layer will stick to the inside of penny sleeves. ALSO, the entire top layer easily delaminates from the pearly stock.
So, be careful how you store them, and don’t pay extra for a blank front proof.
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01-27-2017, 10:08 PM
2003 Topps Chrome Refractors
Silver unnumbered
Blue #/699
Gold #/449
Black #/199
Does anyone else find these very hard to come across, especially the black & silver? I'm not understanding why a card #/199 from 2003, when the glut started, is so hard to find. And the silver is even tougher somehow?
Over a year later and a Black #/199 finally came up for sale (I'm not counting the one on Beckett that nut Card Gallery has for $36 that will be there until inflation makes the $7 I paid worth $36 in 2055 money).
I get as much enjoyment finding these type cards as I do 1/1s. #/199 and takes years & years to find, it's so odd for just a plain ole' Topps Chome refractor. If anyone ever sees the Silver retail, nudge me.
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