2019 Topps GYPSY QUEEN thread. Talk and trade

Aspie_Rocco

I am curious how many folks collect the GQ series?
Some of the cards are appealing, others meh...
What do you think?

I was at Target and asked my youngest daughter to pick a box of cards. She chose 2019 Gypsy and I let her open two packs. Second pack she pulled an Autographed Royals Keller, and to make it one better it is the Specail brown Bazooka reverse and numbered 16/25

I also got a Green Parallel Trout card and 3 Phillies!

Some special cards to look for are the Tarot of the Diamond set,

And logo swaps

Green parallel cards

And blank name plates

Walt

Can't find too much to fault when the autographs look nice and are on card. Checklist is super weak, but still.

krisd3279

I have been picking up the various Mattingly variations.
SP, Blank Nameplate, Logo Swap, Bazooka back. Those are the ones I know of so far.
I'm only missing the Bazooka back now.

Aspie_Rocco

I am liking this series more and more. The Bazooka reverse seem pretty rare and appear less often than autographs.
Also in watching a few breaks and opening a few packs, the Orioles seem to be low print, with none to very few being pulled.
I tried my first break participation and got 2 black and white numbered cards, - Phillies auto and Reds auto, and some other minor inserts.
The 301-320 short prints seem more rare than the 401-500 SP of heritage.

CdnOsfan

@Aspie_Rocco said:
I am liking this series more and more. The Bazooka reverse seem pretty rare and appear less often than autographs.
Also in watching a few breaks and opening a few packs, the Orioles seem to be low print, with none to very few being pulled.

The low amount of Orioles is due to the fact that they do not have many players worthy of cards this year.
Definitely not touching Orioles case breaks on this product this year....

Aspie_Rocco

@CdnOsfan said:

The low amount of Orioles is due to the fact that they do not have many players worthy of cards this year.
Definitely not touching Orioles case breaks on this product this year....

That makes sense, I had an orioles set in a case break yesterday. Probably pulled two cards. Neither was the auto

Walt

Cards with variations on the back really have never done well with collectors. Topps still churns them out.

PROMETHIUS88

I like the design, picked up a hobby box over the weekend. Think this was my best pull. Wish it was a better name. Pretty sure it is hitting Ebay tonight, unless someone here has some interest?

PROMETHIUS88

Oh yeah, and a couple serial #'d cards. Soto gold refractor is going to be slabbed.

Walt

1/1 out of one box? LOL rough day at the office.

PROMETHIUS88

@Walt said:
1/1 out of one box? LOL rough day at the office.

Hahaha, first ever 1/1 that I've pulled. Might be worth about 1/3rd or 1/2 the cost of the box? I did pull a Baker Mayfield rookie autographs lime green lazer prizm refractor redemption from a box of Panini football from Walmart a couple weeks ago. Oh, and the Robles blue auto last year. Out of all my years of ripping, those were the best things I've pulled. I somehow felt the ripping Gods owe me.

Aspie_Rocco

Nice pull on the 1/1 @PROMETHIUS88

I find the numbered cards appealing for some reason.

The autograph I pulled has a specail different reverse side, it is a Bazooka back, but the same khaki stained color as normal cards.

Poking around on eBay I was surprised to find the autos go for around $5-$10 unless it is a special player. I burned up the rest of my ebucks and nabbed 8 autographed cards for $39 and change!
One is a logo swap, one a Green parallel, and one logo swap numbered to 99. O bought all the Phillies autos, of course, some varieties of the same auto cards, and a few from other teams.
Here are some

akuracy503

That Carson Kelly is a great card! He went to my alma mater high school.

Aspie_Rocco

Aspie_Rocco

2019 gypsy queen

I noticed while organizing that there seems to be two color variations on the Normal base cards. Some prints have a more grey-ish overall tone, and others have a more orange/yellow/khaki color to the borders (these brighter boarder cards have more vibrant colors and bright look to photo areas) this happens on the cards with a red borderline most often (the green line cards mostly brighter more yellow.

As of today I have available for trade:
RC = Rookie Card
RC 47. 97. 100. RC 130. 157. 161. 171. 182. RC 183. 185. RC 187. 188. 231. 247. RC 248 256. 263. RC 283

Dylan cozens Phillies on card auto

Brian Anderson 256 indigo parallel #71/250

Santos autograph

Phillies team set 13 cards with 2 autographs santos/cozens
I also have lots of Heritage 2019 SP, chrome, numbered,

Cards on my current wish list are:

one. Two. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. 10. 14. 15. 16. 17. 20. 22. 23. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 35. 36. 37. 38. 40. 43. 42. 44. 45. 46. 53. 54. 55. 57. 59. 61. 64. 68. 69. 70. 73. 75. 76. 77. 80. 82. 83. 84. 86. 87. 88. 90. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 98. 102. 104. 105. 108. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 118. 121 120 to 124 125 128 129 130 to 134 138 100- 41 142 143 145 146 147 148 151. 151 152 . 155. 156. 158. 159. 162. 165. 166. 167. 169. 170. 173. 174. 180. 181. 184. 186. 190. 193 . 194. 196. 197. 199. 201. 206. 208. 209. 210. 211. 213. 215. 217. 218. 219. 220. 222. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. 232. Do you need 34. 235. 236. 239. 242. 243. 244. 245. 249. 250. 251. 253. 257. 258. 261. 262. 264. 265. 266 267. 269. 273 274. 275. 279. 281. 285. 286. 287. 290 through 300

Aspie_Rocco

Any other collectors of 2019 GQ out there want to trade? I am looking for base cards and Phillies varieties/sp/parallel

What I have to trade...
For bazooka backs I have available number 281 Ken Giles
Dansby Swanson 208
Sandy Alcantara 206

For no name blank plate variations I have...
Chris Shaw number 248
Eddie Rosario number 37
David price number 263
Sean Doolittle 127
Enrique Hernandez 278
Francisco Mejia 243

Short print Jackie Robinson number 301

Dee Gordon Jackie Robinson day 42 card number 26

Logo swap parallel
many Margo number 116
Greg Polanco

Indigo number parallel 71 of 250 Brian Anderson number 256

Gold box topper Josh Hader number 204

I also have a extra Orioles team set, Cincinnati reds team set; Philadelphia Phillies team set.

Aspie_Rocco

This has been a somewhat frustrating set to piece together! I almost regret starting it, except for the autographed cards.
I have bought about 6 blasters, 3 different team case breaks, and over 700 random cards in bulk lots and STILL I need
Five 7, 15, 23, 33, 35, 36, 40, 45 61, 73, 84, 92, 93, 95, 112, 113, 122, 124, 134, 147, 152, 165, 180, 190, 199, 206, 210, 219, 222, 242, 245, 264, 274, 290, 291, 292, 298, 300.

I am a little bitter that the above list has been persistently difficult to find for a 300 card set. My impression now is that they are lower print numbers than any card numbers not mentioned. I have 8-10 of some players!
Why does Dylan Bundy get 2 different base cards?
I do not like posting negative things like this but it feels like an extremely poor financial choice to chase this set after this year’s heritage set.

Some highlights for me have been

Stone193

Thanx for sharing the set Rocco.

I went in another direction and am knee deep in 2019 Bowman.

krisd3279

I bought my first blaster today. I bought a few packs at the LCS earlier this week. I did buy a small lot of the SP because it contained a Donnie and was a good deal. I figured while I was at it I should get all the Donnie's. Almost done with the run.

softparade

@Stone193 said:
Thanx for sharing the set Rocco.

I went in another direction and am knee deep in 2019 Bowman.

WoW Mike! Not like you to chase multiple sets in one year. Nice

softparade

Hate to be a downer but even as a diehard Yankee fan I have to say that Mattingly pose is a disaster. Jesus Christ no thanks.

wadevl

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krisd3279

@softparade said:
Hate to be a downer but even as a diehard Yankee fan I have to say that Mattingly pose is a disaster. Jesus Christ no thanks.

Ah yes. The man-spreading is real.

softparade

@krisd3279 said:

@softparade said:
Hate to be a downer but even as a diehard Yankee fan I have to say that Mattingly pose is a disaster. Jesus Christ no thanks.

Ah yes. The man-spreading is real.

lol wtf were they thinking