#LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
The first set I remember buying as a kid. Looking at the pictures makes me smell the bubble gum.
#LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
Will buy a hobby to rip and a hobby to keep (started with the 2020 version) and going backwards as funds permit....
Won't be starting any sets but should have a card or two to help the set builders.
Hoping to hit a card in my rip - If prior history is telling - THAT won't happen...
Steve
Steve Saldutti sjjs28@comcast.net Collector of 1964 Topps Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals Registered Sets: 1964 Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
Yahoo, my local just sent me a text saying the hobby boxes (she's allocated this year which means I think I only get 2 or 3) are in and I have a tracking notice that I'll be receiving my 3 blasters from Target today, so, it's a good day. If I could just tell work to f off so I could pursue my real passion today, it would be a perfect day.
Second observation is that I hate the seeding of the inserts. What a terrible decision by Topps to seed the T&N, BF and NF inserts at 1:25 when there are only 24 packs per box. The inserts that were usually afterthoughts when trading are now going to be a premium due to their scarce seeding.
Here are my box 1 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 3
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 0
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Gold clubhouse collection seeded at 1:1,168 should yield .02 - I got 1 (Brandon Belt 01/99)
Action image seeded at 1:52 should yield .46 - I got 1 (Fernando Tatis Jr.)
Christian Yelich box topper
With all the packs that have no SP or insert I wonder why Topps made the inserts so hard to pull? Why have so many packs in a box with just commons? Also, the big box toppers and 50th anniversary originals are not wrapped this year, they are just laying on top of the packs when you open the box.
Here are my box 2 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 1
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 2
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
24 purple chromes
1 red chrome Mike Soroka 033/372
Tanner Houck (who?) blue autograph
Here are my box 3 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 0
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
Buster Posey poster
Chrome Refractor - Starling Marte 486/572
Black Border - Jose Berrios
Clubhouse collection - Miguel Cabrera
Action Image - Luis Robert
Here are my box 4 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box Topper - Vlad Guerrero Jr.
Action Image - Nolan Arenado
Patrick Corbin - Blue Autograph
Last box for tonight, and a good way to end the evening. To be continued in the morning.
Here are my box 5 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 1
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
Box topper - Casey Mize
Mini - Matt Olsen 092/100
Some more observations that I'm sure no one cares about but me, but since this thread has become like a blog for me it seems appropriate. lol
I appreciate that Topps put a Braves star at card #299 and #300 (for Aaron), and a Pirates star at #309 and #310 (for Clemente), but why wouldn't they put a Red Sox player at card #79 for Carlton Fisk, the HOF rookie card that arguably anchors the set?
Also, they put the leader cards in the correct spots from #85 to #96 just like the 1972 set, but why the heck did they put the world series cards from #26 to #30 (and skip game 3 for some reason) instead of in the 220s like the 1972 set? They didnt put something else important there so why not do it?
Here are my box 6 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 0
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
Box topper - Jose Ramirez
Clubhouse collection - Aaron Nola
French text - Trevor may
5 of the 6 inserts were duplicates which is very concerning because a full case was already not going to get me full sets of each insert. I never thought I would see the day when opening heritage packs that I'd be hoping for inserts more than SPs.
Here are my box 7 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box topper - Mike Trout
Clubhouse collection - Willson Contreras
Team color swap - Andrew McCutchen
Here are my box 8 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 0
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
50th Anniversary - Dave Concepcion
Clubhouse collection - Javier Baez
Action Image - Bryce Harper
Here are my box 9 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box topper - Alec Bohm
Clubhouse collection - Mike Trout
Black border - Franmil Reyes
Here are my box 10 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 1
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
Box topper - Anthony Rizzo
Clubhouse collection - Keston Hiura
Black border - Mauricio Dubon
Chrome - Nelson Cruz 260/999
Here are my box 11 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box topper - Aaron Judge
Clubhouse collection - Josh Hader
Action image - Max Scherzer
Happy to get a 4th auto on the last box of the case even though it was Brandon Lowe.
Here are my box 12 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box topper - Rafael Devers
Chrome refractor - Albert Pujols 486/572
Blue autograph - Brandon Lowe
Action image - Ronald Acuna Jr.
I was hoping to get way closer to a master set from one case so I could think about selling case #2, but because it's 1972 I probably wouldn't have sold it anyway.
To still be 36 SPs short, not to mention 28 inserts (not counting the Clemente set) is bull^&#*, but I guess it's right on par for a company that completely left out common card #216?
@nam812 said:
I was hoping to get way closer to a master set from one case so I could think about selling case #2, but because it's 1972 I probably wouldn't have sold it anyway.
To still be 36 SPs short, not to mention 28 inserts (not counting the Clemente set) is bull^&#*, but I guess it's right on par for a company that completely left out common card #216?
It's been more than a few years since you could nearly do a master set with one case.
@nam812 said: Here are my case 1 results:
SPs - (100 in the set) - pulled 96 (64 unique, 23 doubles, 8 triple, 1 quad).
NAP (25 in the set) - pulled 22 (16 unique, 5 doubles, 1 triple)
T&N (15 in the set) - pulled 12 (9 unique, 3 doubles)
BF (15 in the set) - pulled 10 (9 unique, 1 double)
NF (15 in the set) -pulled 10 (8 unique, 2 double)
Clemente "The Great One" (25 in the set) - pulled 18 (13 unique, 5 doubles)
Box topper (3 3/4 X 5 1/4) - Ramirez, Mize, Guerrero Jr., Yelich, Trout, Bohm, Rizzo, Judge, Devers.
Poster - Buster Posey
50th Anniversary buy back - Stan Swanson, Dave Concepcion.
Chrome - Cruz.
Chrome refractor - Marte, Pujols.
Purple Chrome - TBA.
Mini - Matt Olsen
French text - Trevor may
Black border - Berrios, Dubon, Reyes.
Clubhouse collection - Cabrera, Nola, Contreras, Baez, Trout, Hiura, Hader.
Gold clubhouse collection - Brandon Belt.
Blue autograph - Nolan Ryan, Patrick Corbin, Tanner Houck, Brandon Lowe.
Action image - Tatis Jr., Robert, Arenado, Harper, Scherzer, Acuna Jr..
Way, way too many dupes...... in the SP and inserts. The basics. Topps gave up on the set collector in favor of the purple chrome collector.... smh But..... Nolan Ryan does make up for it... trying to find that balance.
I posted a 70 design Ryan I pulled that got sent in. Gonna send it to PSA down the road?
Here's a pull I saw with Jabs on youtube:
You can see that it's hard for Aaron to sign at this time - note the "pooling" of ink in some start/stop places in his sig - what you would see with an autopen?
@nam812 said:
Some more observations that I'm sure no one cares about but me, but since this thread has become like a blog for me it seems appropriate. lol
Thanks for sharing your images and findings.
UPS has my case arriving Wednesday by 9 PM.
My Son and I plan on breaking it all like drunken sailors on leave - no pack be spared!
We will try to keep case stats and will show hits as we rip.
why are people charging much more for master sets and action cards then they have the last two years. is this years topps heritage shortprinted more then last years product. i want to buy a master set but not at more then 500.00. i guess i will have to wait it out until all of the hype dies down.
I'm supposed to get three hobby boxes Thursday, but I found these today. If there is anything good I'll post it.
Collector of 1976 Topps baseball for some stupid reason. Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason. My Pirates Collection
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It's awesome, they have the trophy cards as well!
probably an Oriole Chris Davis too.
The first set I remember buying as a kid. Looking at the pictures makes me smell the bubble gum.
Will buy a hobby to rip and a hobby to keep (started with the 2020 version) and going backwards as funds permit....
Won't be starting any sets but should have a card or two to help the set builders.
Hoping to hit a card in my rip - If prior history is telling - THAT won't happen...
Steve
sjjs28@comcast.net
Collector of 1964 Topps Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals
Registered Sets: 1964 Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
Just got my UPS notification from blowout. Looks like it's happening people. lol
A Robinson cano card??> @Alfonz24 said:
forgot he was banned this season, not last.
Yahoo, my local just sent me a text saying the hobby boxes (she's allocated this year which means I think I only get 2 or 3) are in and I have a tracking notice that I'll be receiving my 3 blasters from Target today, so, it's a good day. If I could just tell work to f off so I could pursue my real passion today, it would be a perfect day.
Loved those the first time around.
www.questfortherookiecup.com
And so it begins. Two hobby boxes down. LOL at the boxtopper dups. Purple hot box. Auto. I'm happy.
Nice hit in the Adell and the hotbox. Congrats.
They have hobby boxes for $99 and value boxes for $20 on Topps website right now. Only allowed to buy one of each.
I am still looking for another hobby if anyone is selling one.
PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 77.97% Complete)
PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.26% Complete)
PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
I'm a fan of the green stamps. Throw back to the 1972 Venezeulan stamps.
Jumped on for 1 hobby....
Thanks for notification Orioles!
sjjs28@comcast.net
Collector of 1964 Topps Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals
Registered Sets: 1964 Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
Those are 2 nice boxes Rogelio.
My cases are on the UPS truck and scheduled to be here between 2 and 6.
boinnnnnggggggg
I'm gonna do an old school box by box update here in the thread. Gonna rip box 1 now and report back soon.
Taking my time through box 1, and my first thought is that the slight differences in back color is bugging me.
Second observation is that I hate the seeding of the inserts. What a terrible decision by Topps to seed the T&N, BF and NF inserts at 1:25 when there are only 24 packs per box. The inserts that were usually afterthoughts when trading are now going to be a premium due to their scarce seeding.
Here are my box 1 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 3
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 0
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Gold clubhouse collection seeded at 1:1,168 should yield .02 - I got 1 (Brandon Belt 01/99)
Action image seeded at 1:52 should yield .46 - I got 1 (Fernando Tatis Jr.)
Christian Yelich box topper
With all the packs that have no SP or insert I wonder why Topps made the inserts so hard to pull? Why have so many packs in a box with just commons? Also, the big box toppers and 50th anniversary originals are not wrapped this year, they are just laying on top of the packs when you open the box.
Here are my box 2 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 1
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 2
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
24 purple chromes
1 red chrome Mike Soroka 033/372
Tanner Houck (who?) blue autograph
Here are my box 3 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 0
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
Buster Posey poster
Chrome Refractor - Starling Marte 486/572
Black Border - Jose Berrios
Clubhouse collection - Miguel Cabrera
Action Image - Luis Robert
Here are my box 4 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box Topper - Vlad Guerrero Jr.
Action Image - Nolan Arenado
Patrick Corbin - Blue Autograph
Last box for tonight, and a good way to end the evening. To be continued in the morning.
Here are my box 5 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 1
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
Box topper - Casey Mize
Mini - Matt Olsen 092/100
and this thing of beauty........
Atta boy, Nick. That's a keeper!
Some more observations that I'm sure no one cares about but me, but since this thread has become like a blog for me it seems appropriate. lol
I appreciate that Topps put a Braves star at card #299 and #300 (for Aaron), and a Pirates star at #309 and #310 (for Clemente), but why wouldn't they put a Red Sox player at card #79 for Carlton Fisk, the HOF rookie card that arguably anchors the set?
Also, they put the leader cards in the correct spots from #85 to #96 just like the 1972 set, but why the heck did they put the world series cards from #26 to #30 (and skip game 3 for some reason) instead of in the 220s like the 1972 set? They didnt put something else important there so why not do it?
Here are my box 6 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 0
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
Box topper - Jose Ramirez
Clubhouse collection - Aaron Nola
French text - Trevor may
5 of the 6 inserts were duplicates which is very concerning because a full case was already not going to get me full sets of each insert. I never thought I would see the day when opening heritage packs that I'd be hoping for inserts more than SPs.
WOW Ryan auto!!! BRAVO !!!
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Thanks Dan, it was definitely cool to pull.
Here are my box 7 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box topper - Mike Trout
Clubhouse collection - Willson Contreras
Team color swap - Andrew McCutchen
Here are my box 8 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 0
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
50th Anniversary - Dave Concepcion
Clubhouse collection - Javier Baez
Action Image - Bryce Harper
That Ryan auto is a beast! Congrats!!
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Anyone see a Cavan Biggio?
Looks PSA, still no complete with variations database
I think it's pretty much confirmed now that for some unknown (at the moment) reason Topps did not include common #216 Cavan Biggio.
Here are my box 9 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box topper - Alec Bohm
Clubhouse collection - Mike Trout
Black border - Franmil Reyes
Here are my box 10 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 1
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 2
Box topper - Anthony Rizzo
Clubhouse collection - Keston Hiura
Black border - Mauricio Dubon
Chrome - Nelson Cruz 260/999
Here are my box 11 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box topper - Aaron Judge
Clubhouse collection - Josh Hader
Action image - Max Scherzer
Happy to get a 4th auto on the last box of the case even though it was Brandon Lowe.
Here are my box 12 results:
SPs seeded at 1:3 should yield 8 - I got 8
NAP seeded at 1:15 should yield 1.6 - I got 2
T&N seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
BF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
NF seeded at 1:25 should yield .96 - I got 1
Clemente "The Great One" seeded at 1:18 should yield 1.33 - I got 1
Box topper - Rafael Devers
Chrome refractor - Albert Pujols 486/572
Blue autograph - Brandon Lowe
Action image - Ronald Acuna Jr.
Complete case 1 recap coming soon.
Here are my case 1 results:
SPs - (100 in the set) - pulled 96 (64 unique, 23 doubles, 8 triple, 1 quad).
NAP (25 in the set) - pulled 22 (16 unique, 5 doubles, 1 triple)
T&N (15 in the set) - pulled 12 (9 unique, 3 doubles)
BF (15 in the set) - pulled 10 (9 unique, 1 double)
NF (15 in the set) -pulled 10 (8 unique, 2 double)
Clemente "The Great One" (25 in the set) - pulled 18 (13 unique, 5 doubles)
Box topper (3 3/4 X 5 1/4) - Ramirez, Mize, Guerrero Jr., Yelich, Trout, Bohm, Rizzo, Judge, Devers.
Poster - Buster Posey
50th Anniversary buy back - Stan Swanson, Dave Concepcion.
Chrome - Cruz.
Chrome refractor - Marte, Pujols.
Purple Chrome - TBA.
Mini - Matt Olsen
French text - Trevor may
Black border - Berrios, Dubon, Reyes.
Clubhouse collection - Cabrera, Nola, Contreras, Baez, Trout, Hiura, Hader.
Gold clubhouse collection - Brandon Belt.
Blue autograph - Nolan Ryan, Patrick Corbin, Tanner Houck, Brandon Lowe.
Action image - Tatis Jr., Robert, Arenado, Harper, Scherzer, Acuna Jr..
FOUR autos in one case is double what I have been seeing around. TWO is the general consensus expectation. NICE!
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
do those candy lids not come in hobby boxes?
I was hoping to get way closer to a master set from one case so I could think about selling case #2, but because it's 1972 I probably wouldn't have sold it anyway.
To still be 36 SPs short, not to mention 28 inserts (not counting the Clemente set) is bull^&#*, but I guess it's right on par for a company that completely left out common card #216?
It's been more than a few years since you could nearly do a master set with one case.
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Way, way too many dupes...... in the SP and inserts. The basics. Topps gave up on the set collector in favor of the purple chrome collector.... smh But..... Nolan Ryan does make up for it... trying to find that balance.
Wow Nick!
Really nice pull buddy.
I posted a 70 design Ryan I pulled that got sent in. Gonna send it to PSA down the road?
Here's a pull I saw with Jabs on youtube:
You can see that it's hard for Aaron to sign at this time - note the "pooling" of ink in some start/stop places in his sig - what you would see with an autopen?
Thanks for sharing your images and findings.
UPS has my case arriving Wednesday by 9 PM.
My Son and I plan on breaking it all like drunken sailors on leave - no pack be spared!
We will try to keep case stats and will show hits as we rip.
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why are people charging much more for master sets and action cards then they have the last two years. is this years topps heritage shortprinted more then last years product. i want to buy a master set but not at more then 500.00. i guess i will have to wait it out until all of the hype dies down.
I'm supposed to get three hobby boxes Thursday, but I found these today. If there is anything good I'll post it.
Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason.
My Pirates Collection
Nick congrats on the Ryan auto lots of fun I will be around maybe we can help each other at some point.
Keep the reports of the finds coming.