The OFFICIAL 2009 Allen & Ginter Thread...LET'S SEE SOME RIPS.

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 2:00PM

Masterson printing plate (black)!

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 2:14PM

Kousmanoff Rip card 48/50

joestalin · July 10, 2009 2:26PM

on a roll!!

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 2:42PM

Opstedahl relic.

I can't tell what the relic is from and it kinda scares me. The back of the card just says "authentic memorabilia"

Ahzzy · July 10, 2009 2:46PM

CHECKLIST

Am I blind or is there no Ken Griffey Jr. base card??? I only see him listed as a Highlight Sketch.

joestalin · July 10, 2009 2:50PM

<< Opstedahl relic.

I can't tell what the relic is from and it kinda scares me. The back of the card just says "authentic memorabilia" >>

scan?

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 2:56PM

<< 

<< Opstedahl relic.

I can't tell what the relic is from and it kinda scares me. The back of the card just says "authentic memorabilia" >>

scan? >>

will have one in a few minutes.

got my 2nd rip card! Haffner 73/99

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 3:02PM

Ryan Howard cyan printing plate! nice end to the case. images coming soon.

joestalin · July 10, 2009 3:11PM

<< Ryan Howard cyan printing plate! nice end to the case. images coming soon. >>

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

If its for trade let me know.

Thanks
Kevin

parker95 · July 10, 2009 3:16PM

Finally got around to opening and sorting my case. Here are the detailed results:

My 2009 Topps Allen & Ginter case break!!

Not too bad but nothing REALLY spectacular -- please with the boxloader though!

Craig in Texas

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 3:19PM

2nd half of the case highlights:

NNO: Sitting Bull 28/50
Extinct Creatures: Labrador Duck
Weird Relic: Opstedahl
Autos: Scherzer, Juan Rivera, Alex Rios (redemption)
Printing Plates: Ryan Howard (cyan), Justin Masterson (black)
Rip Cards: Travis Haffner 73/99, Kevin Kouzmanoff 48/50
Bat Relics: Maybin
Jersey Relics: Fu*dome (nice blue stripe), Teixeira, Helton, Gallardo, Ichrio!, Chipper, Quentin, Holliday, Gagne, Ludwick!, Bruce

what a friggin case. Ginter is HOT this year.

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 3:23PM

i haven't opened any of the cabinets. is there any chance to get something "good" in them?

joestalin · July 10, 2009 3:30PM

<< i haven't opened any of the cabinets. is there any chance to get something "good" in them? >>

I don't think there are any autos this year. or at least no truck tire dirt!

LOL

TNP777 · July 10, 2009 3:32PM

sooooo Paul - you gonna rip the rips? C'mon, they're only /99 - you gotta rip!!

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 3:33PM

Hafner rip yielded a Zimmerman extended mini

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 3:33PM

<< sooooo Paul - you gonna rip the rips? C'mon, they're only /99 - you gotta rip!!

>>

HAHA I was ripping as you were typing

prscott933 · July 10, 2009 3:38PM

Kouzmanoff rip yielded a Felix Hernandez extended mini.

I am having rip remorse...

Ahh screw it... it was a great case. No regrets

parker95 · July 10, 2009 3:45PM

That is too funny.....I pulled a Kouz RIP card in my case and I too got a Felix extended mini.

Craig in Texas

joestalin · July 10, 2009 3:46PM

<< That is too funny.....I pulled a Kouz RIP card in my case and I too got a Felix extended mini.

Craig in Texas >>

So that is now 3 Felix minis we have ripped!

TNP777 · July 10, 2009 3:58PM

Since they're so plentiful, someone needs to step up and send one to Jason!

akuracy503 · July 10, 2009 4:18PM

Just starting to rip another box....noticed this box has 25 packs in it....curious how many others have gotten an extra pack or two in their boxes...?
Is this common practice?

tm4537 · July 10, 2009 5:09PM

Here are the results from my half case,

Rip Card- Cameron Maybin/ 99, Rafael Furcal/50
autos- Billy the Marlin, Justin Masterson, Scott Olson
Relics- Mariel Zagunis, Dontrelle Willis, Yovani Gallardo, David Wright, Tim Lincicum, Chase Utley, Jim Thome, Koske F*kudome, Ryan Ludwick, Chipper Jones, Ryan Doumit, Miguel Cabrera, Jay Bruce
12 crack the code
2 creatures
12 hoaxes
12 national heros
2 no #- Jon Lester, Daiske Matsuzaka
n43's- Daiske Matsuzaka, Josh Hamilton, Alex Rodriguez
cabinets- space race, usa beats puerto rico, netherlands upsets dominican republic

zep33 · July 10, 2009 8:56PM

Saturday morning wake and break

Box 4 was much, much better

zep33 · July 10, 2009 9:28PM

box 5:

mealeworm · July 10, 2009 10:08PM

Zep,

That was a Great box. I would think the Alamo silk would sell decent.

My trade page is up and running. I dont know how much more product I am going to buy, not much, so lets trade. I am doing black this year and will probably not finish it would like to get as many as I can before I start buying off ebay. who first Kevin???

Dave

zep33 · July 10, 2009 10:17PM

Wish I had enough money to go pick up the rest of my case - There's gotta be better stuff still lurking in there

Box 6:

cwazzy · July 10, 2009 10:20PM

Nice case, Paul! Wish I could have helped you with it. LOL

Good luck on the rest of your case, Mike!

I have been up in the air about buying a box or 5 this year but my fortune cookie from Panda Express last night pretty much sealed the deal for me: "Reward yourself with a much-deserved gift". That's a good enough reason for me! I mean, who am I not to do what a fortune cookie tells me? LOL

zep33 · July 10, 2009 10:21PM

<< Nice case, Paul! Wish I could have helped you with it. LOL

Good luck on the rest of your case, Mike!

I have been up in the air about buying a box or 5 this year but my fortune cookie from Panda Express last night pretty much sealed the deal for me: "Reward yourself with a much-deserved gift". That's a good enough reason for me! I mean, who am I not to do what a fortune cookie tells me? LOL >>

LOL

joestalin · July 10, 2009 10:28PM

<< Nice case, Paul! Wish I could have helped you with it. LOL

Good luck on the rest of your case, Mike!

I have been up in the air about buying a box or 5 this year but my fortune cookie from Panda Express last night pretty much sealed the deal for me: "Reward yourself with a much-deserved gift". That's a good enough reason for me! I mean, who am I not to do what a fortune cookie tells me? LOL >>

You will probably pull a Yuko red ink auto now!

Good Luck
Kevin

AragornTheBold · July 10, 2009 11:43PM

Morning everyone, here are my rips from boxes 7 and 8, nothing spectacular yet but I am consistantly getting some good stuff:

Bunker · July 10, 2009 11:52PM

A lot of nice pulls everyone!

corvette1340 · July 10, 2009 11:55PM

I'm not a modern guy but these are some damn good looking cards with a lot of variety. It makes me want to go and buy a couple of cases. But I know exactly what would happen. I would have to have the entire set with every subset, insert, sp, etc.... I'd spend ungodly amounts of money on it and then it would bring $150 on ebay in a couple of years, lol.

mikeschmidt · July 10, 2009 11:58PM

Wow -- talk about quick.

If there are only eight of those Michael Phelps framed autographs, it is very surprising [at least to me] that five of them have already found their way to Ebay.

AragornTheBold · July 11, 2009 12:18AM

Only two boxes left

I really hope there is a rip card somewhere in there:

BunchOBull · July 11, 2009 12:34AM

<< A lot of nice pulls everyone!

Question: Will we do the trading here or on another thread? If anybody is ready to trade I am as well. I am only going after the regular size cards 1-350. Regular size National Pride and the Baseball Highlights. All of my minis are available for trade. (Not that I have that many!) >>

You can start posting your needs and trade list here. We tend to keep it all in the same place. I'll be ready to trade on Monday if someone isn't able to help you by then and we'll get it taken care of.

BunchOBull · July 11, 2009 12:37AM

Matt,

Nice going with the red autograph!

It looks like the Baldelli swatch came from an autographed piece! That's always cool.

BunchOBull · July 11, 2009 12:39AM

<< Wow -- talk about quick.

If there are only eight of those Michael Phelps framed autographs, it is very surprising [at least to me] that five of them have already found their way to Ebay. >>

Marc, there are 8 versions, each with 8 copies, plus a gold version and the n43s, so there are a few to pull. A popular piece either way.

<< I'm not a modern guy but these are some damn good looking cards with a lot of variety. It makes me want to go and buy a couple of cases. But I know exactly what would happen. I would have to have the entire set with every subset, insert, sp, etc.... I'd spend ungodly amounts of money on it and then it would bring $150 on ebay in a couple of years, lol. >>

They maintain value a little better than that...you should do it.

AragornTheBold · July 11, 2009 12:45AM

<< Matt,

Nice going with the red autograph!

It looks like the Baldelli swatch came from an autographed piece! That's always cool. >>

Yeah that is my favorite relic so far, well here are the final two boxes, a tough way to end it because I found no rip cards

BunchOBull · July 11, 2009 12:53AM

Send your upc box codes and pack wrappers to Topps! Get that rip card.

HeritageAddict · July 11, 2009 12:55AM

Sorry to hear that Matt, I was hoping that I would be the only one with a no rip card case.

Basilone · July 11, 2009 1:39AM

<< Wow -- talk about quick.

If there are only eight of those Michael Phelps framed autographs, it is very surprising [at least to me] that five of them have already found their way to Ebay. >>

There are 8 different Michael Phelps framed autos..not 8 total.

The card numbers are:

AGA-MP1
AGA-MP2
AGA-MP3
AGA-MP4
AGA-MP5
AGA-MP6
AGA-MP7
AGA-MP8

Basilone · July 11, 2009 1:42AM

Am I the only one who thinks the autograph checklist is pretty weak (except for Michael Phelps)? The top basball autos are David Wright & Ryan Howard?? No Pujols, Arod, retired HOFers etc (Ripken, Yaz, Berra). I really dont think people are going to care about the non-baseball autos long term (the vast majority are not even celebrities). 2006 Ginter had Hulk Hogan, Danica Patrick, John Wooden, Leon Spinks, Mike Tyson, etc.

joestalin · July 11, 2009 2:23AM

<< Am I the only one who thinks the autograph checklist is pretty weak (except for Michael Phelps)? The top basball autos are David Wright & Ryan Howard?? No Pujols, Arod, retired HOFers etc (Ripken, Yaz, Berra). I really dont think people are going to care about the non-baseball autos long term (the vast majority are not even celebrities). 2006 Ginter had Hulk Hogan, Danica Patrick, John Wooden, Leon Spinks, Mike Tyson, etc. >>

The days of Pujols autos are over, or at least in products that cost less than 20 bucks a pack. I have been hearing that Pujols now charges 200 bucks per
auto. At that rate you can't make any money. I don't think Pujols autos were in any topps product last year save for the very high end 125 dollar a pack
product.

I think the A&G line up this year to be pretty good, much better than last year. We can throw 06 out the window that will not happen again. Im sure Phelps
auto cost topps a bunch, they still have Howard, Ortiz, Reyes and Wright who are still top tier graphs. The key this year is that the group B autos which are
very pullable, include good autos like Kershaw, Bruce, Longoria, Hanley, Pap and all the celeb sigs.

I must of been the only one who had problems with damaged cards, so I guess that isn't an issue, but other than that this has been about as perfect as
a product as there could of been. I know products that come out at 150 a box that aren't half as loaded as these are. I don't think the sub 900 dollar
case prices will last very long.

joestalin · July 11, 2009 2:25AM

I want someone to go back to the 08 thread and see how many red ink autos the entire board pulled...did anyone pull any last year? We have
already seen 3 this year..WOW

Kevin

prscott933 · July 11, 2009 2:28AM

I had 1 or 2 minis damaged in each box with 2 of my 3 NNO minis having small dings on the bottom edge.

prscott933 · July 11, 2009 2:37AM

Here's a start to my trade list. After doing this small sorting and seeing how far I have to go... I will probably buy another case. What's the going rate for black minis? I'll buy anyone's blacks if I don't have anything of interest to trade.

To Trade:
National Heroes: 1 (George Washington)
Hoaxes: 1, 4, 6, 13, 19
NNO mini: Sitting Bull (28/50 ding on bottom edge but will look fine in a binder), Rick Porcello (32/50 slight ding on bottom edge), Felix Hernandez (36/50)
Printing Plate: Justin Masterson (black, willing to trade or sell but not sure what $ to ask)
Silk: Nightingale (03/10, for trade or $40)
N43 Relic: Aoki (15/25, $150)
Baseball Highlights: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
A&G Minis: 2, 4, 6, 9, 31, 32, 56, 58, 65, 66, 68, 81, 88, 97, 107, 111, 128, 133, 135, 136, 146, 148, 149, 156, 158, 171, 173, 180, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 194, 197, 205, 210 ,217, 220, 221, 236, 243, 244, 250, 253, 256, 263, 265, 266, 269, 271, 291, 296, 299, 303, 307, 323
Regular Minis: A couple hundred with only 2 dupes. Send me your need list and I'll fill it.
N43: Miguel Cabrera

Needs:
National Heroes: 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40
Hoaxes: None! Sweet

Creatures: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Extinct: All but the duck
Inventions: All but 'here-to-there o-matic'
Code: ? Anyone have a list?

Black Minis: Most of them! Trade me all you have or I'll buy them at $0.50 each.

mealeworm · July 11, 2009 2:38AM

What types of BIN best offer prices would you put on these

Prince Fielder Bazooka 13/25
Johnny Damon Bazooka 19/25

F* DOME silk 1/10

Also if I change my shipping to allow over seas buyers what do I charge to break even and what is the seller protection in place?

Dave

gecko109 · July 11, 2009 2:50AM

Need any wilkins cards that are #ed 25 or less. Im going to make a solid run at a complete mini set of him. Might take years, might never happen at all. Any help?

prscott933 · July 11, 2009 2:51AM

Does anyone know if an SP list for the relics exists yet?

mcadams · July 11, 2009 3:40AM

Looks like 20 of the 350 1 of 1 Wood inserts are already on the Bay. The Trevor Crowe and Barry Zito both end today, so that will provide some early guidance on pricing. The Jose Reyes and Brian Roberts wind up Monday night and may be good indications of where the stars price. If anyonen on the board pulled the Chipper wood insert, pls PM me.

Also, I can't figure out why A&G lists the Framed Relics at >100 subjects. Do they not know how many there are? I'm confused..

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The OFFICIAL 2009 Allen & Ginter Thread...LET'S SEE SOME RIPS.