shadowking86
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How did you manage that?
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How did you manage that?
He told me that both Rinkrat and some guy he remembered as being from NY has contacted him about more TEKs
I stopped by a local shop is visit 2x a month to help a Roberto Alomar TEK collector I promised as I recalled he had a couple in a box out in my friends shop and after chit chatting about Astro baseball and life in general he said "OH I just remembered and pulled it out and Said "for you Carl.. TEK man... a buck". I buy from him regularly so he said he would pull any TEK card for me to help the TEK collectors out and for me if there is a diffractor or any of the Pattern # 1 and/or Same Card # pattern# TEKs
I also ran into Eddie the guy who sold RR some TEK including a couple hundred diffractors. We discussed TEKs at Howard Laus card shop at length the estimated number of cards of each specific diffractor card/pattern. He estimated 10 per card but said that was a guess and said I probably had a better idea than he did. He was not aware either that Pattern# 49 Diffractor does not appear to have been made.
Eddie will be listing a few more boxes of 1998 TEKs soon. I told him not to believe those hokie $ 300+ box prices on ebay as an expectation of sale prices for th TEK boxes but you never know.. so I suggested he put one up at a time and watch. He told me that both Rinkrat and some guy he remembered as being from NY has contacted him about more TEKs but Eddie doesn't really need the money. I was going to buy everything he had four years or five years ago including all diffractors but after thinking about it I saw no reason since I was done with my Master set with no desire to chase after another 8100 card in the diffractors not to mention I was helping putting my daughter through the University of Texas so I thought that was my highest good as a Dad for financial resources than wasting more money baseball cards. Eddie is a good guy and Ive been to his card store a couple times as its quite a little drive there from NW Houston He thinks that Topps may have thrown away a lot of 98 TEK (I doubt it as it not like the 52 Topps startup) but he admitted he has no basis for that. There just is not very much of the product left and we both agree with numerous individual player collectors bidding prices up on their favorite player cards and a couple diffractor set builders adding to their own personal collections it will be pretty much impossible with the limited number of each specific card for anyone to be able to get all 8090. But you know what they say "To Dream the Impossible Dream!!!" The fact that rinkrat is somewhere 45-50% is astounding.
Just curious togaman. I know I sold you alot of teks a few years ago, and just noticed that you are from Houston. What part? I believe I used to go to Howards shop about 20 years ago when I lived there. Bryan
Not true. Never recontacted Eddie about buying any more Teks. I bought what he wanted to sell, and I respected that.
Northwest Houston since 1989. Howard's shop on Westheimer and Greg's Odyssey Comics and Cards out of I-10 and Fry Road near Katy (both good guys) are about the only two keeping active shops open here in Houston although there is a rumor that another place might be opening soon (details not confirmed). Eddie has a place in Alvin Texas. He and Howard have done business for years.
I read in the Houston Chronicle that long time card Houston shop owner and show promoter Larry Deluey is in the process of shutting his place down in the Bellaire area south of the Galleria. I use to frequent his place back in the early 80s
Carl Tompkins
aka togaman
Houston, Texas
Yes Carl, we have dealt many times years ago( Kabryman in Kennesaw Ga). If Howard's shop is south of the Beltway 8 on Westheimer then I had been there numerous times in 1991 and 1992. I believe the first show I did was Larry's(made a killing on 1991 stadium club) There were actually about 6 or 7 perceived shortprints;Jeff Reardon,Chris Hammond, Tim Crews, and a few others that guys had big posterboards paying 4-6 dollars each. I loaded them up with a few thousand dollars worth. That got me fired up about the business. Good times.
Anyway, I lived at 7979 Westheimer, between South Voss and Fondren. Remember also shopping at Houston Numismatic near Rice University.
Bryan Manko
T Hey there Brian.... Howard moved locations a year or two ago but just maybe a half mile or so further west on north side of Westheimer around 4 miles due west of Beltway 8. Dont know if Howard gets any residuals but the former place he leased is now an Asian (legal) massage parlor(lol). You and I have probably met face to face at some point ..... Im a tall distinguished salt and pepper (most salt) ruggedly handsome dude and a OC set builder like most card collector are ( the OC part). I remember being in Larrys shop one day in early 80s and a guy came in with a brown baseball card box of 1962 Topps cards. He was trying to sell them and Larry was grumpy that day and didn't want to mess with it so I asked Larry if it was ok to talk to the guy. He wanted $100 and I offered $80 and it took all of one minute and the deal was done. Best buy I've ever made and I rarely buy collections (Im not a dealer) with 2/3rds of set including the high dollar # 1 Maris (2 of them), Mantle, Koufax and bunch of the High Number star cards in great condition. I love that set and it hard to find in good condition with the cards centered with the odd brown border. One day I will get back to it an finish my 62, 66, and 69 sets. I like the new Heritage that just came out which is in the 66 style
Do you have any 98 TEKs left? Id like to help some of these guys who lists are on my TEK thread as well as find some cards for upgrades for my own 1998 TEK master set and a few common TEK diffractor since Richard seems to have cornered the market to some degree on the diffractors. Good thing is if anyone gets a diffractor Richard has a bunch to trade to it a win-win for both parties. The flipside is that he ends up bidding against the same guys in some cases (I would think) who are looking to trade the card to him if they win th bid. a Catch 22 conundrum. Different story for me in that with less than 5% of the diffractor the likelihood of me getting a new Diffractor dupe to trade Richard that he does not happen to have already for one I need for one of my 5 TEK Diffractors sets is very low. Love to trade to help other set builders out but I don't trade cards anymore that aren't dupes to me or break sets once theve been started . I learned my lesson by trading a few of the Teks to someone who was closer than I was to completing the Master set and it took another 18 months to find a final Paul O'Neill card Pattern # 56 that I had traded so I don't do that anymore.
T Hey there Brian.... Howard moved locations a year or two ago but just maybe a half mile or so further west on north side of Westheimer around 4 miles due west of Beltway 8. Dont know if Howard gets any residuals but the former place he leased is now an Asian (legal) massage parlor(lol). You and I have probably met face to face at some point ..... Im a tall distinguished salt and pepper (most salt) ruggedly handsome dude and a OC set builder like most card collector are ( the OC part). I remember being in Larrys shop one day in early 80s and a guy came in with a brown baseball card box of 1962 Topps cards. He was trying to sell them and Larry was grumpy that day and didn't want to mess with it so I asked Larry if it was ok to talk to the guy. He wanted $100 and I offered $80 and it took all of one minute and the deal was done. Best buy I've ever made and I rarely buy collections (Im not a dealer) with 2/3rds of set including the high dollar # 1 Maris (2 of them), Mantle, Koufax and bunch of the High Number star cards in great condition. I love that set and it hard to find in good condition with the cards centered with the odd brown border. One day I will get back to it an finish my 62, 66, and 69 sets. I like the new Heritage that just came out which is in the 66 style
Do you have any 98 TEKs left? Id like to help some of these guys who lists are on my TEK thread as well as find some cards for upgrades for my own 1998 TEK master set and a few common TEK diffractor since Richard seems to have cornered the market to some degree on the diffractors. Good thing is if anyone gets a diffractor Richard has a bunch to trade to it a win-win for both parties. The flipside is that he ends up bidding against the same guys in some cases (I would think) who are looking to trade the card to him if they win th bid. a Catch 22 conundrum. Different story for me in that with less than 5% of the diffractor the likelihood of me getting a new Diffractor dupe to trade Richard that he does not happen to have already for one I need for one of my 5 TEK Diffractors sets is very low. Love to trade to help other set builders out but I don't trade cards anymore that aren't dupes to me or break sets once theve been started . I learned my lesson by trading a few of the Teks to someone who was closer than I was to completing the Master set and it took another 18 months to find a final Paul O'Neill card Pattern # 56 that I had traded so I don't do that anymore.
Who know Carl, We might have met but I was only in Houston 1991-92. I have done a few of the Nationals and will be in Chicago this year as well. I have gone totally gray( actually longer white) and of course distinguished as well.
I only have a few hundred Teks now. I have also sold plenty of Teks to Richard over the years though not recently.
togaman; By the way thanks to a TEK collector (Nick) who sent me a list of his available 98 TEKs and help Nick out with his Robert Alomar 98 TEK Want list. Roberto Alomar…Card # 67..Pattern 1(2) said:This will be an interesting test. Nick, I have extras of Robbie Alomar 1998 Tek patterns 4, 6, 8, 29, 36, 38, 57, 59, 60, 68, 70, 74, 77, 79, 80, and 88. That's 16 of the 31 you need. Contact me for payment details etc. at [email protected] or via PM.
This will be an interesting test. Nick, I have extras of Robbie Alomar 1998 Tek patterns 4, 6, 8, 29, 36, 38, 57, 59, 60, 68, 70, 74, 77, 79, 80, and 88. That's 16 of the 31 you need. Contact me for payment details etc. at [email protected] or via PM.
I just sent him an email Richard
http://www.freedomcardboard.com/for...s-TEK-Collector-Set-builders-Want-Lists/page2
By the way thanks to a TEK collector (Nick) who sent me a list of his available 98 TEKs I have in hand these now for the 1998 TEK set builders collecting these players
Buhner.......Card # 81 Pat# 62
Galarraga....Card # 85 pat# 68
Lankford.....Card # 90 pattern# 64
Contact me at [email protected] (not PM)
and help Nick out with his Robert Alomar 98 TEK Want list..
Roberto Alomar…Card # 67..Pattern #s 1(2),2,4,5,6,7,8,11,13,21,23,29,32,36,38,49R,57R,59R,60,61,63R,64R,66,67,68,70,74,77,79,80,88
I stopped by a local shop is visit 2x a month to help a Roberto Alomar TEK collector I promised as I recalled he had a couple in a box out in my friends shop and after chit chatting about Astro baseball and life in general he said "OH I just remembered and pulled it out and Said "for you Carl.. TEK man... a buck". I buy from him regularly so he said he would pull any TEK card for me to help the TEK collectors out and for me if there is a diffractor or any of the Pattern # 1 and/or Same Card # pattern# TEKs
I also ran into Eddie the guy who sold RR some TEK including a couple hundred diffractors. We discussed TEKs at Howard Laus card shop at length the estimated number of cards of each specific diffractor card/pattern. He estimated 10 per card but said that was a guess and said I probably had a better idea than he did. He was not aware either that Pattern# 49 Diffractor does not appear to have been made.
Eddie will be listing a few more boxes of 1998 TEKs soon. I told him not to believe those hokie $ 300+ box prices on ebay as an expectation of sale prices for th TEK boxes but you never know.. so I suggested he put one up at a time and watch. He told me that both Rinkrat and some guy he remembered as being from NY has contacted him about more TEKs but Eddie doesn't really need the money. I was going to buy everything he had four years or five years ago including all diffractors but after thinking about it I saw no reason since I was done with my Master set with no desire to chase after another 8100 card in the diffractors not to mention I was helping putting my daughter through the University of Texas so I thought that was my highest good as a Dad for financial resources than wasting more money baseball cards. Eddie is a good guy and Ive been to his card store a couple times as its quite a little drive there from NW Houston He thinks that Topps may have thrown away a lot of 98 TEK (I doubt it as it not like the 52 Topps startup) but he admitted he has no basis for that. There just is not very much of the product left and we both agree with numerous individual player collectors bidding prices up on their favorite player cards and a couple diffractor set builders adding to their own personal collections it will be pretty much impossible with the limited number of each specific card for anyone to be able to get all 8090. But you know what they say "To Dream the Impossible Dream!!!" The fact that rinkrat is somewhere 45-50% is astounding.