Cal Ripken, Jr. collector's thread

[Calripkenjrcollector]

I paid $22 BIN for this delivered a while back.....

 

[jonebone]

Random question for you Cal guys... anyone going to Cal's Oriole's Induction Game vs. the Yankees this year? I usually go to one O's game a year and was at the Earl Weaver induction this past Saturday. You get a free mini-sculpture for being in attendance, and it will be an exact replica of the life size statue that will be unveiled that day.

I went to 2,131 and don't really follow the O's much anymore, but think I may go to that one. Of course it has to be a Yankees game though, tickets will be even more expensive than they already are.

 

[ripken2131_8]

Which one of you guys are gonna pull the trigger on this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAL-RIPKEN-JR-COLLECTION-/120960034423?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item1c29c7a677

 

[steve-a-reno]

Anyone know which one this is......?

http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/threads/79988-Oh-Super-Sweet-90-s-Inserts-3/page392

 

[tunahead]

Anyone know which one this is......?

http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/threads/79988-Oh-Super-Sweet-90-s-Inserts-3/page392

Sorry steve-a-reno, I've always been confused by that set and don't have any myself... so I'm not much help on which one you've got

 

[RITM]

Which one of you guys are gonna pull the trigger on this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAL-RIPKEN-JR-COLLECTION-/120960034423?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item1c29c7a677

There is a Police Ripken in the lot. Not going to motivate me to spend that much but it is worth pointing that he has a Police Ripken. If he is capable of having that card there is no telling what else is in there.

 

[cbrandtw]

That guy has had that lot for sale forever. I keep waiting for him to break it up one day (and then actually add scans of stuff worth something).

 

[ripken2131_8]

I'm questioning the legitimacy of this dudes listing based simply on the fact that he refers to the Police Ripken as his "red" rookie. You would think for someone with such a ridiculous collection he would do more to sell it that one crummy picture and a shoddy description. How can you expect someone to shell out that much cash with a listing like that!!!

 

[tunahead]

I'm questioning the legitimacy of this dudes listing based simply on the fact that he refers to the Police Ripken as his "red" rookie. You would think for someone with such a ridiculous collection he would do more to sell it that one crummy picture and a shoddy description. How can you expect someone to shell out that much cash with a listing like that!!!

Agreed!

 

[RITM]

Where does he call it red?

Wasn't this collection under another user ID before? The picture looks like one from a big Ripken collector I once corresponded with. At the time he was looking to sell it off.

 

[ripken2131_8]

I have a question one of you guys may be able to answer for me. I've recently thought about getting milestone ticket stubs from games 1, 2130, 2131, 2632, 400 HR, 3000 Hits, etc. But what's the deal with all of the 3000 hit tickets? And they all have COAs? It just struck me as kind of strange. I feel like I've seen more "tickets" to that game than the number of people that actually went! Can one of you enlighten me?

-Will

 

[tunahead]

Looks like someone is going to overpay for a counterfeit 1982 Topps

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-Topps-...US_Baseball&hash=item4d03e53394#ht_500wt_1180

 

[bigalbert]

Hey tuna, did you buy that last ripken aqueous that was on ebay awhile back? It looked like it would grade about an 8.

 

[tunahead]

Hey tuna, did you buy that last ripken aqueous that was on ebay awhile back? It looked like it would grade about an 8.

Nah, I bowed out of that one. Kevin O'Connor over on the PSA boards picked it up. Sounds like he's going to be sending it in to see if it grades better than his current, and then selling the lesser grade.

 

[heavy_hitter]

Tier 1 Bat knob pulled: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cal-Ripken-...US_Baseball&hash=item4d0448cb7b#ht_500wt_1413

 

[tunahead]

Wow... that's going to be a pretty penny for the final price!

 

[RITM]

Folks aren't waiting for the final day to get the price up on that one.

 

[tunahead]

Kind of looks like some shill bidding going on with the Bat Knob auction...

 

[Calripkenjrcollector]

5% vs 88% and going for $885 already. Just WOW!

On another note, anyone knows what can be done to fix this? I bought the card for cheap but the autograph is pretty much done. Looks like somebody erased it.

 

[thelesquad]

Anyone need this Ripken?