Tribute to the end of the rainbow (scans!)

[carrsallstars]

Nice collecting feat for me here in completing this rainbow. It's a good amount of luck that you get the opportunity to buy the 1/1 cards when they come up, and that you have the funds to do so when they do. I had landed all of the cards except the final 1/1, which I was thrilled to see hit ebay and was nervous until the auction ended with me the winner. There was one final hurdle though: the US postal service! Here I was waiting for the last card, and fearing that it was lost. The tracking history looked like this:

Acceptance, January 24, 2011, 5:47 pm, MILWAUKEE, WI 53227
Processed through Sort Facility, January 24, 2011, 11:53 pm, OAK CREEK, WI 53154
Processed through Sort Facility, January 27, 2011, 12:34 am, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01152
Processed through Sort Facility, January 28, 2011, 10:00 am, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01152
Processed through Sort Facility, January 30, 2011, 1:46 am, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01152 :?
Processed through Sort Facility, February 01, 2011, 12:39 am, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01152 (touring the NBA HOF perhaps?)
Missent, February 04, 2011, 8:23 am (here's where it apparently took a detour to Maine!) (Missent is NOT a word!)
Arrival at Post Office, February 07, 2011, 7:08 am, GARDNER, MA 01440

When it finally did arrive a huge crease through the exterior of the package made it look like the card could be bent in half if it was in a toploader. Thank goodness the seller shipped in a wrapped one touch and the card was intact!

Here are the scans:
Basic card

Single game used jersey:

3GU/Autograph

Thanks for looking!

 

[James52411]

Very impressive. Enjoy the rainbows.

 

[ballerskrip]

WOW, congrats! Those are amazing!

skrip

 

[js0000001]

Massive

with all the 1/1s

 

[ThoseBackPages]

MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY!!!

especially like the 99/99! fantatsic!

 

[DaleMurphyCollector]

Awesome collection!

 

[schillingfan]

Congrats on completing the trifecta!

 

[Ty Hope]

Very cool!

Wonder why they put the patches in the higher numbered cards though. Shouldn't they be in the 1/1?

 

[scotty21690]

You live in Gardner?!?!


VERY nice additions, congrats.

 

[Zan]

Wow very nice.

 

[carrsallstars]

Thanks guys.

It seemed pretty weird to me that the patches were on the high #'d auto's and not the 1/1 or /25. But I guess that's Topps for you. The two cool tag patch auto's are the only non-white jersey pieces I've seen for Manny in this product.

You live in Gardner?!?!


VERY nice additions, congrats.

Yep- are you in the central MA area? The only MA guys I've notice on here I thought were Cape area...

 

[nbailey]

Well done, congrats on finishing.

Manny's signature cracks me up. How the hell is JSA or PSA supposed to authenticate Mannys? He can't even forge his own signature.

 

[shayscards79]

Nice collection

 

[alwayson22]

Just awesome

 

[glewis22]

Nice collecting feat for me here in completing this rainbow. It's a good amount of luck that you get the opportunity to buy the 1/1 cards when they come up, and that you have the funds to do so when they do. I had landed all of the cards except the final 1/1, which I was thrilled to see hit ebay and was nervous until the auction ended with me the winner. There was one final hurdle though: the US postal service! Here I was waiting for the last card, and fearing that it was lost. The tracking history looked like this:

Acceptance, January 24, 2011, 5:47 pm, MILWAUKEE, WI 53227
Processed through Sort Facility, January 24, 2011, 11:53 pm, OAK CREEK, WI 53154
Processed through Sort Facility, January 27, 2011, 12:34 am, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01152
Processed through Sort Facility, January 28, 2011, 10:00 am, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01152
Processed through Sort Facility, January 30, 2011, 1:46 am, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01152 :?
Processed through Sort Facility, February 01, 2011, 12:39 am, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01152 (touring the NBA HOF perhaps?)
Missent, February 04, 2011, 8:23 am (here's where it apparently took a detour to Maine!) (Missent is NOT a word!)
Arrival at Post Office, February 07, 2011, 7:08 am, GARDNER, MA 01440

When it finally did arrive a huge crease through the exterior of the package made it look like the card could be bent in half if it was in a toploader. Thank goodness the seller shipped in a wrapped one touch and the card was intact!

Here are the scans:
Basic card

Single game used jersey:

3GU/Autograph

Thanks for looking!

Why would collect the biggest dirtbag in all of baseball?

 

[ThoseBackPages]

Why would collect the biggest dirtbag in all of baseball?

he doesnt collect Barry Bonds!

 

[autorook]

Wonderful collection congrats on completing the rainbow.

 

[ch2423]

Why would collect the biggest dirtbag in all of baseball?

he doesnt collect Barry Bonds!

:lol: