yep.. 2.5 cases, went a little crazy this year. time to ramp down and focus on trading. >>
How did you do overall? Did you break even at least? >>
I had a lot of fun and did pretty well. It wasn't about breaking even, that's tough to do with any pack opening. Best just to go in with the attitude of expecting to get crap. I should be able to trade my way to an A&G back mini set along with all the other mini cards. Maybe end up close to a relic set as well but probably not too close, some of those are tough.
quick highlights: 5 Rip cards (only ripped one) Manny auto Pence auto Strugg auto a few relic SPs 2 silks 1 Bazooka mini 5 NNO mini a few various other autos (3 of Ian Kinsler...) a giant stack of relics
White Whales: 1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold Ozzie Smith 2006 Bowman Chrome Orange Refractor Chris Carpenter
Ok so the Saga continues with my rip card ! I confess I cheated and did the flashlight trick whats inside is a George Sisler mini. So the question becomes do you think topps would send me a replacement since the card was damaged coming out the pack or am I sol ?
I don't think it would be very popular to mention cheating on these boards. Topps really screwed up once again. I guess they thought removing the triangle stickers off the 1/1's would help, but they actually used decoys last year which I think worked, as I didn't hear anyone talking about the flashlight trick. I would feel a bit guilty selling a rip card on ebay know that there was junk inside.
with that said, I think the warning needs to be made. You are probably on your own as far as replacment....would you of returned it if it had a red ink auto in it?
Dont plan on selling it either the rip card or the card inside so I guess I really mean for trading would someone rather trade for it unripped with knowing whats inside or for the sisler card alone. By the way its number 90 out of 99 just incase anyone doubts my intentions. I have no desire really for either card mostly interested in trading minis and such for any Red Sox inserts in the set.
So I finished my second case last night - sorry I stopped listing the break. I think I got into some sort of A&G zone where all I could see were the packs ripping open in my hands and couldn't stop, as I went on a furious pace to try and find the cut auto.
Well, eventually, I ran out of packs. There never was a cut auto. In fact, there was never much of anything. It might have been the worst case of Ginter I've ever opened.
The Autos: Francoeur, Jenkins, Saltalamacchia The Relics: 0 non-baseball. 1 Group A - Pujols Bat. All the others were pretty much .99 cent commons except 1 Ichiro (a 1.99 instead). The Silks: Just one - Ryan Garko - what a winner there... The Rip Card: Carlos Lee /99 NNOs: Fausto Carmona Bazooka: 1 - so bad, I don't even remember who.
That was about it. You know the usual minis, etc.
kshorton says: i gots an Empire State Building card... seeking advice.. is this better and worth more than my psa 3 franco harris 1973 topps card which i defouled by trying to make a baby with ? Please advise. the franco card is graded.. the ESB card is not yet, and I do not want to have a baby with the ESB card.
<< <i>with blacks/reg/a & g backs if anyone wants to trade-lots of all extras left,im just not typing them all out too many out of 2 cases and they are too small to see for me lol >>
I can barely see the numbers on the regular sized cards to sort.......I definitely need new glasses.
The baseball icons are tricky...make sure you know the prefix to the numbers on the back are BI....not B1....best to trade off player names, as BI1 looks like card #11 but is card #1.
I just picked up my case over lunch. I opened two boxes over lunch and got off to a decent start. The contents of the two boxes got mixed together so here are the highlights:
Well I had 5 boxes left from my case and decided to open one more and see what I got before I go on and sell the 4 boxes. I began to sob when I came to my last pack because this was indeed the end of my 2008 A&G ripping, but then I got wood, literally...
<< <i>Well I had 5 boxes left from my case and decided to open one more and see what I got before I go on and sell the 4 boxes. I began to sob when I came to my last pack because this was indeed the end of my 2008 A&G ripping, but then I got wood, literally...
I'm back in business! >>
I see that many here have been admiring your wood (not that there's anything wrong with that). We have a resident Pence fan here - although he's not an A&G nut, you might want to contact stown about the card you pulled.
kshorton says: i gots an Empire State Building card... seeking advice.. is this better and worth more than my psa 3 franco harris 1973 topps card which i defouled by trying to make a baby with ? Please advise. the franco card is graded.. the ESB card is not yet, and I do not want to have a baby with the ESB card.
I see that many here have been admiring your wood (not that there's anything wrong with that). We have a resident Pence fan here - although he's not an A&G nut, you might want to contact stown about the card you pulled. >>
Oh really? That would be great because I'm not sure what I should sell it for I mean Mariano Rivera sold for over $300 and I have never heard of Pence so I am pretty clueless about value of it
I just started into my second case, so I'm probably going to be a bit behind in trading. No great ink in the first case (Carmona, Saltalamacchia, Kinsler), one Bazooka (Pierzynski), two no-name No Numbers, BJ Ryan silk, as well as the assorted mix of black borders, subsets, and game used junk. Two rip cards, Soriano, and Carlos Pena - sold one and one is being held in trade. All in all a pretty average case I think...
A bunch more retail boxes on eBay... even someone selling a 16 box blaster case... $275+shipping seems pricy for a blaster case, but there's one up there...
Pence is a pretty good player and has a good fan base. That wood should net a fair amount! Congrats!
Whammy
Kevin, BTW, what reference do you have about the retail mix? Do you have it in your neck of the woods because the Bay Area is dry right now.
Double PS, two boxes since I last reported in and the highlights are 2 no numbers, 0, yes 0, bazookas (in 5 boxes), Franceour auto, Serena Williams relic and 3 legends (I love this sub-set).
A little Saturday morning rip started with a James Shields rip card that was ripped in almost record time - garnered a Pujols extended mini, so I guess that's pretty good. It's not wood, but...
I'm on the lookout for the various harder to find minis of David Wright, Ichiro, and Felix Hernandez if anyone is building their own "to trade" pile...
Looks like the guy who sold me my case has stolen my money - police will be involved come Monday which sucks to deal with.
I'm buying another case though - looking on the bay. Hopefully, I'll get one bought today and have it by mid week. Was hoping to be in with you guys sooner, but some guy in Minny is trying to make life suck a bit for me.
I'm through the 5 stages of grief and am on to a new case. Viva A&G!
Currently Buying: 2004 Tommie Harris SPX Printing Plate (White Whale will pay top $$$) 1994 SP Football Die Cuts PSA 10s
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What I need:
Regular Back Minis - 1, 4, 7, 10, 18, 20, 28, 31, 44, 46, 48, 54, 58, 62, 68, 73, 75, 77, 80, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 94, 104, 110, 111, 116, 123, 124, 127, 129, 141, 144, 145, 147, 149, 156, 162, 165, 173, 175, 177, 181, 192, 201, 204, 206, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 222, 223, 225, 236, 239, 245, 248, 258, 264, 266, 270, 271, 272, 273, 277, 284, 288, 292, 297, 316, 317, 338, and 348.
Sharks - None.
Aviation - Aerial Steam Carriage and Aerodrome
Crack The Code - 1, 4, 7, 10, 14, and 20.
Baseball Icons - 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 17.
Ancient Icons - 1, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 20.
World Leaders - 2, 24, 28, 41, and 48.
What I have available for trade:
Regular Back Minis - 8, 11, 14, 19, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 52, 57, 64, 65, 67, 78, 81, 84, 87, 91, 92, 96, 98, 112, 117, 122, 126, 130, 133, 135, 140, 143, 146, 150, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 163, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 174, 176, 182, 190, 194, 196, 199, 202, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 227, 237, 240, 243, 244, 246, 256, 259, 265, 267, 268, 269, 285, 294, 296, 299, 303, 308, 311, 315, 324, and 328.
A&G Back Minis - In Progress.
Black Minis - In Progress.
Sharks - None.
Aviation - Piloted Glider.
Crack The Code - 8 and 9.
Baseball Icons - None.
Ancient Icons - None.
World Leaders -27, 32, 38, and 42.
Kevin >>
yep.. 2.5 cases, went a little crazy this year. time to ramp down and focus on trading. >>
How did you do overall? Did you break even at least?
<< <i>Kevin >>
yep.. 2.5 cases, went a little crazy this year. time to ramp down and focus on trading. >>
How did you do overall? Did you break even at least? >>
I had a lot of fun and did pretty well. It wasn't about breaking even, that's tough to do with any pack opening. Best just to go in with the attitude of expecting to get crap. I should be able to trade my way to an A&G back mini set along with all the other mini cards. Maybe end up close to a relic set as well but probably not too close, some of those are tough.
quick highlights:
5 Rip cards (only ripped one)
Manny auto
Pence auto
Strugg auto
a few relic SPs
2 silks
1 Bazooka mini
5 NNO mini
a few various other autos (3 of Ian Kinsler...)
a giant stack of relics
1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold Ozzie Smith
2006 Bowman Chrome Orange Refractor Chris Carpenter
http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/ROCKCITY24/?start=0
triangle stickers off the 1/1's would help, but they actually used decoys last year which I think worked, as I didn't hear anyone talking about the
flashlight trick. I would feel a bit guilty selling a rip card on ebay know that there was junk inside.
with that said, I think the warning needs to be made. You are probably on your own as far as replacment....would you of returned it if it had a red ink auto
in it?
Good Luck
Kevin
http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/ROCKCITY24/?start=0
Well, eventually, I ran out of packs. There never was a cut auto. In fact, there was never much of anything. It might have been the worst case of Ginter I've ever opened.
The Autos: Francoeur, Jenkins, Saltalamacchia
The Relics: 0 non-baseball. 1 Group A - Pujols Bat. All the others were pretty much .99 cent commons except 1 Ichiro (a 1.99 instead).
The Silks: Just one - Ryan Garko - what a winner there...
The Rip Card: Carlos Lee /99
NNOs: Fausto Carmona
Bazooka: 1 - so bad, I don't even remember who.
That was about it. You know the usual minis, etc.
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<< <i>with blacks/reg/a & g backs if anyone wants to trade-lots of all extras left,im just not typing them all out too many out of 2 cases and they are too small to see for me lol >>
I can barely see the numbers on the regular sized cards to sort.......I definitely need new glasses.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
#11 but is card #1.
Kevin
1 - Rip card - Victor Martinez 56/99
1 - NNO - Corey Hart
1 - Bball Icon - Mathewson
1 - World Icon
1 - Aviation Card
2 - greatest victories
4 - world leaders
4 - Black minis
8 - A&G backs
1 - Auto - Francoeur
4 - Jerseys - Delwyn Young, Zambrano, Varitek, Hampton
I'll post more as I get a chance to open them.
Adriano Moraes Auto Redemption
4 relics - Renteria Bat, Bay Jersey, Spitz, Texeria jersey
2 world leaders
1 shark - Mako
1 Bball Icon - Hornsby
2 Black minis
4 A&G backs
I'm back in business!
My Registry Sets
2 relics - Joey Chestnut, Jay Gibbons bat
plus the mix of mini's, A&G backs, black, ect.
Relics - Young, Tulo, Kemp, Dunn bat
2 greatest vic
1 team orange
1 world icon
2 world leaders
3 black
Box 6
1 silk - Ervin Santana 9/10
1 Rip - Lowe 42/99
1 relic - Hafner
1 aviation
2 world leaders
1 team orange
3 black
1 greatest Vic
So far two rips and one silk!
Thats probably all that I'll open tonight. I'm going to go out here shortly.
NEED
Pioneers of Aviation Mini PA1 - Ornithopter
HAVE
World's Deadliest Sharks Mini WDS1 - Bull Shark
If anyone has an Ornithopter to trade and would take a Bull Shark in exchange, please send a PM. Thanks!
mosaic's Nolan Ryan Basic Topps registry set
mosaic's Big 3 Nolan Ryan Run Showcase
Another Dead President has been found LINK
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Kevin
<< <i>Well I had 5 boxes left from my case and decided to open one more and see what I got before I go on and sell the 4 boxes. I began to sob when I came to my last pack because this was indeed the end of my 2008 A&G ripping, but then I got wood, literally...
I'm back in business! >>
I see that many here have been admiring your wood (not that there's anything wrong with that). We have a resident Pence fan here - although he's not an A&G nut, you might want to contact stown about the card you pulled.
Dodgers collection scans | Brett Butler registry | 1978 Dodgers - straight 9s, homie
Needs:
Base SPs: None currently
Minis: 346 341 339 338 336 334 320 314 309 301 263 261 260 258 257 252 231 214 201 197 195 169 168 162 151 148 143 134 129 124 121 115 113 105 90 40 15 12
N43: Prince Fielder
World Leaders: 16
Worlds Greatest Victories: 19 10 2
Ancient Icons: 20 19 16 14 12 11 4 3 2
Baseball Icons: 10 9 3 2
Team Orange: 6 5 1
Pioneers of Aviation: 3
Worlds Deadliest Sharks: 1x2
Relics: Dunn Bat, Dimitri Young, Abreu, Rios, Roberts Jer, Kotchman, Pudge Bat, Arod, Crawford Bat, Matsuzaka
Cabinet Cards: HB1 Washington/Greene, BH1 Holliday/Carroll/Barrett/Giles
N43s: JR Jose Reyes, IS Ichiro Suzuki
Black Border Minis (n=181) – Too many to list. I’ll take a look at any lists right now. (Incoming) 3, 6, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 22, 24, 26, 40, 45, 48x2, 53, 55, 63, 68, 74, 86, 90, 93, 94, 96, 99, 101, 105, 109, 112, 121, 132, 141, 146, 156, 159, 161, 163, 166x2, 171, 174, 181, 182, 185, 189, 190, 200, 201, 213, 219, 230, 235, 238x2, 242, 249, 250, 251, 257, 260, 262, 263, 266, 267, 269, 270, 276, 277, 279, 283, 265, 294, 298, 300, 306, 309, 311, 331, 332, 343.
Extras:
Base SPs: 350 348 311 310x2 303
Minis: 319 317x2 315 311 310 308 307x2 306 303 298 286 283 238 199 198 194 159 153 108 96 87 86 57 36 26
A&G Backs: 331x2 316 298 291 284 273 253 224 223 192 191 183 170 132 119 112 87 79 64 59 28 21
Black Border Minis: None currently
Aviations: None currently
Worlds Deadliest Sharks: WSD3 Bull Shark
Baseball Icons: BI16 Hornsby
World Leaders: 34 45
Ancient Icons: A1 Gilgamesh
Worlds Greatest Victories: 18 17 16x2 9 5 4x2 1
Relics: Ichiro, Berkman, Chipper Jones, Francoeur x2, Pierzynski, Furcal, Papi Jer, Damon, Konerko, LoDuca, Wright, Crawford Jer, Pujols Jer, JD Drew, Crosby, V-Mart, Utley, McCann
Team Orange: None currently
EDIT: Updated at 6PM - 8/4/08
I'm back in business! >>
I see that many here have been admiring your wood (not that there's anything wrong with that). We have a resident Pence fan here - although he's not an A&G nut, you might want to contact stown about the card you pulled. >>
Oh really? That would be great because I'm not sure what I should sell it for I mean Mariano Rivera sold for over $300 and I have never heard of Pence so I am pretty clueless about value of it
Needs
World Icons: 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18
Sharks: 4, 5
Baseball Icons: 5, 7, 11, 14, 17
Leaders: 5, 14, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30, 41
Team Orange: 4, 9
Victories: 2, 14, 19
Relics: Prince Fielder, Jay Gibbons, Carl Crawford(CC2), Dmitri Young, Rafael Furcal, Bobby Abreu, Ivan Rodriguz(IR2), Vladimir Guerrero, Jeff Kent, Brian Roberts(BR1), Hank Blalock, Casey Kotchman, Alex Rodriguez, Eric Chavez, Ryan Howard, Travis Hafner, Carlos Zambrano, Mark Teixeira, Matt Capps, Curtis Granderson, Aaron Pryor, Andre Ward, Danny Green, Edison Miranda, Jeff French, Kelly Pavlik, Ray Mancini, Samuel Peter, Nick Hayden, Stevie Williams, Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen, Kerri Strug, Matt Biondi, Todd Clever, Takudzwa Ngwenya, Serena Williams, Joey Chestnut, Billy Mitchell, Mark Spitz, Frank Morris, Andrea Farina, Dean Karnzes, Kevin Van Dam, Jeanette Lee, Andrew Litz, Pete Weber, Allen Fisher, Les Miles, Rampage Jackson, Jeff King, Marcus Henderson, Bruce jenner, Bigfoot, Adriano Moraes
N43: Ryan Howard, Joba Chamberlain, Jose Reyes, Manny Ramirez
Cabinets: HB2, HB3, HB5
Base SP: 307, 308, 321, 327, 330
A&G mini: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10,13, 14, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, 58, 59, 61, 68, 69 , 71, 75, 76, 79, 80, 83, 85, 86, 87, 90, 92, 94, 97, 98, 99, 101, 104, 106, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126,129, 131, 132, 134, 138, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 147, 150, 152, 154, 162, 166, 168, 170, 173, 178, 179, 80, 181, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 195, 202, 204, 206, 208, 212, 214, 215, 218, 222, 224, 225, 227, 228, 230, 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, 241, 243, 244, 246, 247, 252, 253, 254, 261, 262, 265, 267, 270, 272, 273, 277, 278, 279, 281, 287, 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 295, 298, 299, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 319, 320, 322, 323, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 350
Extras
Sharks: 3
Aviation: 2(x2), 4(x3)
Leaders: 1, 4, 6, 10, 11, 17, 18, 22, 27, 29(x2), 32, 33(x2), 34, 35, 36, 38(x2), 40, 43, 45, 46, 47
Team Orange: 6, 7, 10
Victories: 3(x2), 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15(x3), 17, 18(x2)
Relics: Edgar Renteria, David Wright(x2), Aramis Ramirez, David Ortiz (DO1), Brian Roberts(BR2), Jermaine Dye, Chipper Jones, Wily Mo Pena, Ichiro, Tom Glavine, Paul Konerko, Adam Dunn(x2), Carl Crawford (CC1)(x2), Melky Cabrera, Lance Berkman(x2), Joe Mauer(x2), Bobby Crosby(x2), Austin Kearns, Carlos Marmol, Matt Kemp, JJ Hardy, Matt Capps, Mark Teixeira
Autos: Ian Kinsler(x2)
N43: David Ortiz, David Wright, Curtis Granderson, Ryan Zimmerman(x2), Prince Fielder
Cabinets: BH3, BH4(x3), HB4(x4)
Base SP: updating list: 301(x4), 302(x2), 303(x5), 304(x4), 305(x2), 306(x3), 309(x2), 310(x3), 311(x3), 312(x4), 313(x2), 314(x2), 315, 316(x5), 317(x2), 318(x2), 320(x2), 322(x3), 323(x4), 324, 325(x4), 328(x2), 329(x5), 331(x3), 333(x2), 334(x3), 335(x2), 336(x2), 337, 338(x3), 339(x3), 340(x4), 341(x5), 342(x3), 343(x3), 344(x3), 346(x3), 347(x2), 348(x2), 349(x3), 350
Regular mini: 350, 349, 348, 347, 345(x2), 344(x2), 343(x2), 342, 340(x2), 332(x2), 331(x2), 330(x2), 329, 328, 327, 325, 324, 323(x2), 322, 321, 320, 318, 316, 315(x3), 313(x2), 311(x3), 308, 307, 305, 303, 302(x2), and a few hundred of the non-SPs. send me your list and I'll fill it in.
A&G mini: 3, 6, 8, 22, 60, 82, 102, 109, 121, 128, 130, 133, 135(x2), 137, 139, 157, 158, 198, 199, 232, 249, 259, 268, 274, 276, 285(x2), 286, 294, 297, 324(x2)
Extended mini: 394 (Ryan Braun)
1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold Ozzie Smith
2006 Bowman Chrome Orange Refractor Chris Carpenter
Come on, Target... where's my crack rox?!
mosaic's Nolan Ryan Basic Topps registry set
mosaic's Big 3 Nolan Ryan Run Showcase
Sharks: 5
Aviators: 1, 2
Available for trade:
Black Minis
12, 266
Leaders (pretty set - kind of wish I did this, but too much work!)
9, 22, 34
Reg back minis
16, 84, 117, 130, 154, 182, 191, 191, 215, 256, 274, 285, 290
States
4, 8, 9, 16, 21, 25, 33, 34, 35, 40, 45, 47, 49
Reg Base
2, 8, 15, 24, 27, 31, 52, 54, 60. 64, 70, 81, 85, 91, 110, 113, 125, 127, 132, 133, 151, 152, 160, 163, 185, 191, 194, 198, 203, 204, 206, 212, 220, 235, 236, 240, 244, 250, 262, 263270, 274, 281, 284
Crack the code
14, 18
I'd love to just dump everything I have left for 2-3 of those needs. Anyone have them? Let me know.
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I OPEN 2 CASES
62 BLACK MINI
10 AUTO's include JOBA
3 cards # /10
4 cards 3 /99
<< <i>I do also have
62 BLACK MINI
10 AUTO's include JOBA
3 cards # /10
4 cards # /99 >>
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<< <i>JDCubs, turn your PM on. Want to know what you're looking for on one of those F@$!dome cards >>
Sorry, I just turn PM on. Should be o.k. now.
Whammy
Kevin, BTW, what reference do you have about the retail mix? Do you have it in your neck of the woods because the Bay Area is dry right now.
Double PS, two boxes since I last reported in and the highlights are 2 no numbers, 0, yes 0, bazookas (in 5 boxes), Franceour auto, Serena Williams relic and 3 legends (I love this sub-set).
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I'm on the lookout for the various harder to find minis of David Wright, Ichiro, and Felix Hernandez if anyone is building their own "to trade" pile...
<< <i>The J. Edgar Hoover cut has been found Link >>
This card is located about 15 minutes from the guy who pulled the Lincoln. (and south central PA isn't exactly a metropolis.)
I'm buying another case though - looking on the bay. Hopefully, I'll get one bought today and have it by mid week. Was hoping to be in with you guys sooner, but some guy in Minny is trying to make life suck a bit for me.
I'm through the 5 stages of grief and am on to a new case. Viva A&G!
2004 Tommie Harris SPX Printing Plate (White Whale will pay top $$$)
1994 SP Football Die Cuts PSA 10s
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<< <i>All of the sudden I realized that I'm missing an SP. Anyone have a #313? I also just came across an Ichiro N43 if anyone needs it. Thanks!! >>
i have you covered. i haven't shipped your other cards yet so i'll just toss it with them.
1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold Ozzie Smith
2006 Bowman Chrome Orange Refractor Chris Carpenter