The 1998 Topps Tek Thread

[u2me57]

First new Brady Anderson incoming in almost a year! That puts me to 4 to go! Still need 39,54,62,83 for the base set. I haven't even seen a diffractor in over a year either. Curse of a common player?

Congrats on the Brady Anderson pattern #80 . That's awesome! Yep, curse of the common player.

 

[George_Calfas]

Ray Lankford Needs:
14, 45, 65, 77, 79, 83

I am willing to pay $5 shipped/card.

Still looking

 

[u2me57]

Still looking

I checked, and don't have any of the 6 Lankford's that you need. I'm surprised there aren't more Lanford's listed on line. Must be a lot of Cardinal Tek collectors out there. There is 1 Lankford Tek listed on Sportlots without a pattern # listed. Good luck finishing this set!

 

[George_Calfas]

I checked, and don't have any of the 6 Lankford's that you need. I'm surprised there aren't more Lanford's listed on line. Must be a lot of Cardinal Tek collectors out there. There is 1 Lankford Tek listed on Sportlots without a pattern # listed. Good luck finishing this set!

Thanks for looking. I bought most cards on SL, COMC, eBay, etc.....in fact I nearly have two sets. The lack of cards is due to his status not the number of StL buyers. I know of one other Lankford TEK buyer aside from the 8100-card set collectors.

 

[u2me57]

Bump for Topps Tek collectors!

 

[MansGame]

Bunch of teks listed and it kills me when knuckle heads post diffractors for huge BINs. Prices are just so high lol

 

[George_Calfas]

@rinkrat thanks for helping me on one. Five remaining:

Ray Lankford Needs:
45, 65, 77, 79, 83

I am willing to pay $5 shipped/card.

 

[bigunitcards]

Bunch of teks listed and it kills me when knuckle heads post diffractors for huge BINs. Prices are just so high lol

I offered $40 for the RJ diffractor, which is just a tad too high based on past auctions, but is my 'get it done' price. Auto-declined..... Good luck with that!

 

[shadowking86]

I offered 25 on the Sandy Alomar but someone apparently paid the 40. Annoying.

 

[gpenko826]

Bunch of teks listed and it kills me when knuckle heads post diffractors for huge BINs. Prices are just so high lol

You can say that but I sold a Frank Thomas diffractor for $90 a few weeks ago. Had it up for $99.99 OBO and I had 5 offers inside of 2 hours, all of which were over $70.

If people are willing to buy at those prices, sellers would be "knuckleheads" to NOT list at those prices...

 

[RStadlerASU22]

^^^ Correct , why would you not list them on the high side? If Alomar is getting $40 , why wouldn't RJ bring $60++. The qty isn't out there , the qty of each made is low , and it seems like some still feel they should be $5-10 cards. Maybe I'm off on my thinking but I basically think if your going to obtain the cards you will need to pay strong , it's at the point where 17 years later we know Tek Diffractors are HTF.

Ryan

 

[bigunitcards]

^^^ Correct , why would you not list them on the high side? If Alomar is getting $40 , why wouldn't RJ bring $60++. The qty isn't out there , the qty of each made is low , and it seems like some still feel they should be $5-10 cards. Maybe I'm off on my thinking but I basically think if your going to obtain the cards you will need to pay strong , it's at the point where 17 years later we know Tek Diffractors are HTF.

Ryan

It wouldn't bring $60 because there is no precedent for that in the past 2 years of BIN & auctions, all ending $20-40. As likely the strongest buyer of RJ high-end 90s cards out there right now I think I have a grasp at where these cards should be at. A 2000 Tek Gold #/10 sold at auction for a whopping $6.83 a few weeks ago. Prices are where they are, not where a seller wants the to be. So price it high all you want, you got me to offer top dollar. If that's not good enough, enjoy that relisting fee, brah.

 

[bigunitcards]

And if we were talking about a normal insert I'd just pony up & pay it considering the rarity. But Tek Diffractors, there are going to be more listed I'll need, another 86 to go. So overpay for one and I just set the precedent of what I have to pay for the other 85, all I'm saying. I overpay for RJ cards everyday, no big, but this is taking the long view on a continuing battle.

 

[RStadlerASU22]

Did you "brah" me in the response ? Ha ok. Do I understand or state that listing them high was going to mean they sell for those prices,no. A seller still has to understand when the offers are at the top of the market. My point about Randy being $60, was about pricing it that way based on the market when a player such as Sandy Alomar is brining $40. I wasn't stating it will bring $60 but we do know there are a few people building Tek Diffractor sets as well as RJ collectors who if it was the right pattern could bring a higher dollar amount so why not list it as such. You can't just look at it from a buying standpoint , nor can the seller just expect it to sell because its listed at a certain price. The whole point is seller would not be to bright to list them cheap just to suit those who want to buy them cheap. As there could be a market out there stronger than just one individual player collector.

Ryan

 

[u2me57]

I got in Thome pattern #42 !! First one in about 8 months. Only 13 more Thome Teks to go. And they are:

4, 16, 17, 22, 24, 34, 44, 52, 54, 59, 63, 83, and 90.

Thanks for looking!

 

[MansGame]

I should have one of my two remaining base patterns incoming. I guess that helps put out the fire for missing out on the Belle diffractor one of you probably snagged haha

 

[patrick182]

Hey fellas,

Does anyone have and are willing to sell me any of the following patterns for Frank Thomas #6 ?

P4, P25, P79

 

[BenG76]

Here are some dupes I have for trade:

Sammy Sosa - Patterns 3, 12, 26, 81, 90 [MENTION=10018]BenG76[/MENTION] - I think you need one of these, but I forget which

Griffey - 16, 30, 32, 68, 81

Buhner - 3, 11 (x2), 13, 24, 32, 44, 47 (x2), 49, 51, 54, 56, 62, 65, 68, 74, 76, 80

I have the ones you listed. I will post what I still need .

 

[BenG76]

Still looking for these 98's

Card #2 Kerry Wood. Need Patterns- 2, 3, 4, 9, 19, 20, 24, 25, 30, 31, 40, 46, 50, 51, *56, 63, 64, 67, 71, 72, 75, 81, 82, 86, 87, 90
Card #2 8 Sammy Sosa Need Patterns- 28, 47, 49, 73, 82
Card # 78 Mark Grace Need Patterns- 1, 4, 20, 22, 24, 27, 35, 38, 39, 41, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 62, 68, 71, 73, 80, 83, 85, 90

 

[u2me57]

I've got the Grace pattern #50 for trade. Do you have any of the 1998 or 1999 Thome Tek's I need? Let me know. Thanks!