Frank Thomas collectors thread

[patrick182]

Hello everyone, my name is Patrick and I'm also a huge Frank Thomas collector. Lance directed me to this site and this is my first post. Thanks Lance! I look forward to many great discussions on this forum. Cheers!

Welcome to the club!

Thanks!

 

[patrick182]

Welcome Patrick!!!!! Dude, this is a rad place. So, much knowledge plus Big Frank fans...its the perfect site

Stoked!!!

 

[Cobra29svt]

Of course I'm always on the lookout for stuff I don't have. More Currently trying to knock out all of the Artist('s) Proof Cards from the 90's. Some are tougher than others of course. Other than that, always in search or rare parallels. When I figure out how to add pics to these threads, I'd love to share with you a few cards I picked up this year. Any suggestions on how that works would help me out a great deal

Do you know how to use imageshack.us ? That's what I use most of the time. Pretty quick & easy.

 

[patrick182]

Of course I'm always on the lookout for stuff I don't have. More Currently trying to knock out all of the Artist('s) Proof Cards from the 90's. Some are tougher than others of course. Other than that, always in search or rare parallels. When I figure out how to add pics to these threads, I'd love to share with you a few cards I picked up this year. Any suggestions on how that works would help me out a great deal

Do you know how to use imageshack.us ? That's what I use most of the time. Pretty quick & easy.

Oh nice, I forgot about Image Shack. Let's see if this works. Trial run.

 

[patrick182]

Of course I'm always on the lookout for stuff I don't have. More Currently trying to knock out all of the Artist('s) Proof Cards from the 90's. Some are tougher than others of course. Other than that, always in search or rare parallels. When I figure out how to add pics to these threads, I'd love to share with you a few cards I picked up this year. Any suggestions on how that works would help me out a great deal

Do you know how to use imageshack.us ? That's what I use most of the time. Pretty quick & easy.

 

[patrick182]

Of course I'm always on the lookout for stuff I don't have. More Currently trying to knock out all of the Artist('s) Proof Cards from the 90's. Some are tougher than others of course. Other than that, always in search or rare parallels. When I figure out how to add pics to these threads, I'd love to share with you a few cards I picked up this year. Any suggestions on how that works would help me out a great deal

Do you know how to use imageshack.us ? That's what I use most of the time. Pretty quick & easy.

Oh nice, I forgot about Image Shack. Thanks for the heads up
Here are some of the gems that I have obtained so far this year. Check 'em out!



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Although, I need to put this beauty in a new case, how stoked was I when I found the 1996 Zenith Diamond Club parallel last month at a local hobby shop for just $10! Speechless!

 

[bojacksoncollector]

Does anyone have any of these Frank Thomas cards to trade/sell? I have spares to trade with/sell if needed for the 2005/2007 sets.:

2005 Finest
2005 Studio Portraits (56 variations)
2007 Topps Moments & Milestones Black #/29, and White #/150
2008 UD Baseball Heroes

 

[randyherth]

Of course I'm always on the lookout for stuff I don't have. More Currently trying to knock out all of the Artist('s) Proof Cards from the 90's. Some are tougher than others of course. Other than that, always in search or rare parallels. When I figure out how to add pics to these threads, I'd love to share with you a few cards I picked up this year. Any suggestions on how that works would help me out a great deal

Do you know how to use imageshack.us ? That's what I use most of the time. Pretty quick & easy.

Oh nice, I forgot about Image Shack. Thanks for the heads up
Here are some of the gems that I have obtained so far this year. Check 'em out!



Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Although, I need to put this beauty in a new case, how stoked was I when I found the 1996 Zenith Diamond Club parallel last month at a local hobby shop for just $10! Speechless!

Wow, what a deal! I thought I had one for $15 once, but realized that it was just the regular..... Once I got one it set me back about $90......I just got tired of waiting for one at auction.

 

[randyherth]

Of course I'm always on the lookout for stuff I don't have. More Currently trying to knock out all of the Artist('s) Proof Cards from the 90's. Some are tougher than others of course. Other than that, always in search or rare parallels. When I figure out how to add pics to these threads, I'd love to share with you a few cards I picked up this year. Any suggestions on how that works would help me out a great deal

Do you know how to use imageshack.us ? That's what I use most of the time. Pretty quick & easy.

Oh nice, I forgot about Image Shack. Thanks for the heads up
Here are some of the gems that I have obtained so far this year. Check 'em out!



Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I think that this AP is much much more difficult to find than the Pinnacle version......I bought two from Burbank for $20 each and was fortunate enough to get $105 back when I put one up to auction a couple months ago. Helped fund my current 1996 Thomas spending.....

 

[patrick182]

[quote="patrick182":2i6tqioj]
Of course I'm always on the lookout for stuff I don't have. More Currently trying to knock out all of the Artist('s) Proof Cards from the 90's. Some are tougher than others of course. Other than that, always in search or rare parallels. When I figure out how to add pics to these threads, I'd love to share with you a few cards I picked up this year. Any suggestions on how that works would help me out a great deal

Do you know how to use imageshack.us ? That's what I use most of the time. Pretty quick & easy.

Oh nice, I forgot about Image Shack. Thanks for the heads up
Here are some of the gems that I have obtained so far this year. Check 'em out!



Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I think that this AP is much much more difficult to find than the Pinnacle version......I bought two from Burbank for $20 each and was fortunate enough to get $105 back when I put one up to auction a couple months ago. Helped fund my current 1996 Thomas spending.....[/quote:2i6tqioj]

I don't know factually but I think that I was the winning bidder for this card when you put it up on eBay a few months back. I paid $105 for it and I remember when you posted it on here notifying everyone of the auction. With that said, thank you for putting it up for sale, I have been looking for this card for some time now. Cheers!

 

[wadeinbmore]

Just got this jersey in the mail today! This is quite possibly a corner stone in my Frank Thomas collection. In Thomas's 18 year MLB career he hit 3 HRs in one game only twice in his career, once in 1996 and again in 2007. Ironically, 5 of those 6 home runs came off of knuckleballer Tim Wakefield! Who knows where the 96 jersey is and if it is even associated to that 3 HR game. This 2007 jersey is MLB authenticated to Sept 17th when Thomas hit 3 HRs (510, 511, and 512) in one game. I've had this jersey on my radar for years now, but never pulled the trigger. This jersey was purchased directly from the Blue Jays and arguably represents one of the last high points in Thomas's great career in his final full season of professional baseball. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

 

[thefatguy]

Just got this jersey in the mail today! This is quite possibly a corner stone in my Frank Thomas collection. In Thomas's 18 year MLB career he hit 3 HRs in one game only twice in his career, once in 1996 and again in 2007. Ironically, 5 of those 6 home runs came off of knuckleballer Tim Wakefield! Who knows where the 96 jersey is and if it is even associated to that 3 HR game. This 2007 jersey is MLB authenticated to Sept 17th when Thomas hit 3 HRs (510, 511, and 512) in one game. I've had this jersey on my radar for years now, but never pulled the trigger. This jersey was purchased directly from the Blue Jays and arguably represents one of the last high points in Thomas's great career in his final full season of professional baseball. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

:shock: :shock:
I am speechless

 

[randyherth]

Just got this jersey in the mail today! This is quite possibly a corner stone in my Frank Thomas collection. In Thomas's 18 year MLB career he hit 3 HRs in one game only twice in his career, once in 1996 and again in 2007. Ironically, 5 of those 6 home runs came off of knuckleballer Tim Wakefield! Who knows where the 96 jersey is and if it is even associated to that 3 HR game. This 2007 jersey is MLB authenticated to Sept 17th when Thomas hit 3 HRs (510, 511, and 512) in one game. I've had this jersey on my radar for years now, but never pulled the trigger. This jersey was purchased directly from the Blue Jays and arguably represents one of the last high points in Thomas's great career in his final full season of professional baseball. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Holy potatoes, that is awesome!!!!

 

[randyherth]

Recent mail arrivals.........believe it or not, but the Ameritech phone card has 1 gram of .999 gold!

 

[randyherth]

I was super excited to get the 1996 leaf gold auto in the mail today.....thanks to a nice person on e-bay who ended the auction early for a decent sum of cash! This card (second row, first on right) now joins the family that is missing the silver auto (Jumbos not pictured):

 

[BunchOBull]

Wade...truly historic grab. Much respect for that.

Randy...great lot of autos and hard to finds.

Awsome pickups for both of you.

My only mail today:

I got lucky and the seller ended this early for me. Had it listed as a gold and silver in the auction, but I thought I saw a gold hologram in the image. $20 later...

 

[wadeinbmore]

"...believe it or not, but the Ameritech phone card has 1 gram of .999 gold!"

Randy...
funny to see you posting this as I was just reading about this card on Lance's website.

 

[Cobra29svt]

I got lucky and the seller ended this early for me. Had it listed as a gold and silver in the auction, but I thought I saw a gold hologram in the image. $20 later...

Thanks for posting this Ross.
I too saw the auction & asked the seller to end it early. He never replied, & when I checked later I saw that he had ended it. I asked if he still had them..figuring maybe he'd relist it w/ the correct title. Was told they had bent corners. I asked if he'd still sell them & he's trying to screw w/ me. Guess it's time to return the favor. You have it in-hand correct?

 

[BunchOBull]

It is in hand, correct. Very strange that the seller wanted to avoid the truth like that. I guess he thought he was getting a boat load of cash out of me.

 

[randyherth]

It is in hand, correct. Very strange that the seller wanted to avoid the truth like that. I guess he thought he was getting a boat load of cash out of me.

Am I mistaken to say that it looks gold to me? What am I missing? Was it not what you thought it was?