Lost my green job, found a red crusade

[carrsallstars]

Well, I have been down a bit lately as I will be getting laid off from my job as an environmental scientist for the state of MA next week. Merry Christmas, oh and happy new year, too! Thankfully, I still have a lot to be thankful for in my wife and new 6 month old son but needless to say things have not been very cheery heading into the holidays this year. This will make a big change in my card collecting habits as I'll have to sell stuff to cover anything I want to buy now.
However, I did get an infusion of holiday cheer from PSA with the card below. This individual card #8/25 and I have quite a history...as i missed it on the way out of a private collection a few years back, then missed it on ebay twice as the runner up bidder over the past 2 years. Of course, each time I would increase my offers but each time the price was going up! I was able to land it from FCB member HOFautos a bit ago in a sale/trade deal (Thanks Mike!), and I sent it into PSA to be slabbed to add to my collection. I was hoping for a PSA 9...but man I could not believe that it received a gem mint grade! Crazy. This is also the only PSA 10 ever graded. Just wanted to show off a new collection cornerstone:

 

[beefycheddar]

Well, I have been down a bit lately as I will be getting laid off from my job as an environmental scientist for the state of MA next week. Merry Christmas, oh and happy new year, too! Thankfully, I still have a lot to be thankful for in my wife and new 6 month old son but needless to say things have not been very cheery heading into the holidays this year. This will make a big change in my card collecting habits as I'll have to sell stuff to cover anything I want to buy now.
However, I did get an infusion of holiday cheer from PSA with the card below. This individual card #9/25 and I have quite a history...as i missed it on the way out of a private collection a few years back, then missed it on ebay twice as the runner up bidder over the past 2 years. Of course, each time I would increase my offers but each time the price was going up! I was able to land it from FCB member HOFautos a bit ago in a sale/trade deal (Thanks Mike!), and I sent it into PSA to be slabbed to add to my collection. I was hoping for a PSA 9...but man I could not believe that it received a gem mint grade! Crazy. This is also the only PSA 10 ever graded. Just wanted to show off a new collection cornerstone:

Very nice, that used to be mine as well. I just got a BGS 9.5 on my Ortiz.

 

[LaneyB]

Looks like it's time to update the sig, which by the way I didn't think could get any better.

 

[manningmurphyfan]

Sweet card and congrats on the grade. Sorry to hear about the job situation. Hopefully you'll find something soon.

 

[carrsallstars]

thanks guys. Thanks for adding a chapter to the story beefy! Made it much sweeter in the end.

 

[beefycheddar]

thanks guys. Thanks for adding a chapter to the story beefy! Made it much sweeter in the end.

Yeah I traded it to TopNotchsy as part of a package for the Jon Lester SP Authentic 1/1 RC auto.

 

[G $MONEY$]

awesome card and great grade!!!

 

[Topnotchsy]

thanks guys. Thanks for adding a chapter to the story beefy! Made it much sweeter in the end.

Yeah I traded it to topnotchsy as part of a package for the Jon Lester SP Authentic 1/1 RC auto.

Yup, and I dealt it to HOFAuto's. Congrats on the PSA 10 and I hope that you find a job quickly!!

 

[1995BBRefractorGuy]

Awesome pop, and sweet card for the Man Ram collection. Best of luck in the New Year... on the green front, my wife and I were just talking about going geothermal.

 

[Pinbreaker]

Great looking card..

thanks guys. Thanks for adding a chapter to the story beefy! Made it much sweeter in the end.

Yeah I traded it to topnotchsy as part of a package for the Jon Lester SP Authentic 1/1 RC auto.

Yup, and I dealt it to HOFAuto's. Congrats on the PSA 10 and I hope that you find a job quickly!!

So who was the card ultimately traded for.. It would be interesting to see the trading line of this card..

 

[beefycheddar]

Great looking card..

thanks guys. Thanks for adding a chapter to the story beefy! Made it much sweeter in the end.

Yeah I traded it to topnotchsy as part of a package for the Jon Lester SP Authentic 1/1 RC auto.

Yup, and I dealt it to HOFAuto's. Congrats on the PSA 10 and I hope that you find a job quickly!!

So who was the card ultimately traded for.. It would be interesting to see the trading line of this card..

I bought it off Jay1065 it went to Topnotchsy then to Hofautos then where it is now is as far as I know it goes.

 

[NYCrulesU]

Awesome story and a great card! Congrats. Now if I could just find my Palmeiro red!!

 

[carrsallstars]

So tracing the history of the card, right now it seems to go like this:

Pack > unkown/unknown date

unknown to Dave S. (drscards ebay ID), not an FCB member, had it for a long period of time

drscards to jay1065 on ebay in march 2008

jay1065 to beefycheddar on ebay? in August 2008 (sounds like this was a trade, though, with the Lester 1/1 involved? I do have a closed ebay result on the card sold by jay385bl to an unknown buyer in August 2008 so there might be a transaction missing)

beefycheddar to Topnotchsy

Topnotchsy to Hofautos

Hofautos to carrsallstars 2009

carrsallstars to PSA Dec 2009

 

[Russ S.]

Awesome card. Congrats.

I SOOOO want to send in my 3 Ripkens, but scared to send them off..

 

[beefycheddar]

So tracing the history of the card, right now it seems to go like this:

Pack > unkown/unknown date

unknown to Dave S. (drscards ebay ID), not an FCB member, had it for a long period of time

drscards to jay1065 on ebay in march 2008

jay1065 to beefycheddar on ebay? in August 2008 (sounds like this was a trade, though, with the Lester 1/1 involved? I do have a closed ebay result on the card sold by jay385bl to an unknown buyer in August 2008 so there might be a transaction missing)

beefycheddar to Topnotchsy

Topnotchsy to Hofautos

Hofautos to carrsallstars 2009

carrsallstars to PSA Dec 2009

That sounds about right. I thought I bought it right around when he got traded. I know one sold right after for more than I paid for mine as well.

 

[Resident Bay Fan]

Awesome card. Congrats.

I SOOOO want to send in my 3 Ripkens, but scared to send them off..

I'm the same way on my 3 Piazza's. Also not sure if I want to go PSA or Beckett.

 

[Topnotchsy]

So tracing the history of the card, right now it seems to go like this:

Pack > unkown/unknown date

unknown to Dave S. (drscards ebay ID), not an FCB member, had it for a long period of time

drscards to jay1065 on ebay in march 2008

jay1065 to beefycheddar on ebay? in August 2008 (sounds like this was a trade, though, with the Lester 1/1 involved? I do have a closed ebay result on the card sold by jay385bl to an unknown buyer in August 2008 so there might be a transaction missing)

beefycheddar to Topnotchsy

Topnotchsy to Hofautos

Hofautos to carrsallstars 2009

carrsallstars to PSA Dec 2009

That sounds about right. I thought I bought it right around when he got traded. I know one sold right after for more than I paid for mine as well.

Pretty interesting to chronicle. The Lester was actually the card I dealt to beefycheddar in the trade (not a straight up trade, there were more cards involved.)

 

[NECpilgrims8]

Very nice! I was only able to get BGS 9's on my Manny crusades. Still have to grade my green copy though.....

....and find a Red Biggio!!! :evil:

 

[carrsallstars]

NEC, what # is your red manny? 12/25? That one sold twice on the bay in late 2008, and for higher than what beefycheddar paid, as he said.

I have seen #5/25- it was sold on ebay in 2006 by teawolves. I think that one went to Japan but I could be mistaken. I also have #19/25 now which i picked up during crusade mania, so I'll probably move it this year. The other guy on ebay with a bunch of crusades, shrev, said he did not have a red Manny.

So that means #5, 8, 12, and 19 have been accounted for on the Manny red crusades. The serial #'s sure help in tracking these things.

 

[NECpilgrims8]

NEC, what # is your red manny? 12/25? That one sold twice on the bay in late 2008, and for higher than what beefycheddar paid, as he said.

I have seen #5/25- it was sold on ebay in 2006 by teawolves. I think that one went to Japan but I could be mistaken. I also have #19/25 now which i picked up during crusade mania, so I'll probably move it this year. The other guy on ebay with a bunch of crusades, shrev, said he did not have a red Manny.

So that means #5, 8, 12, and 19 have been accounted for on the Manny red crusades. The serial #'s sure help in tracking these things.

I'll check mine when I get home.

These two Biggio crusades have been SO hard for me to find. I was outbid on them the only time they hit eBay. Haven't seen another of them for sale...ever.

Has anyone seen these or know where I can find them?