Contest with a $20 prize paid with Paypal (looking for going on 6 years!)

frankhardy

I am heading up a baseball card related contest. I will send $20 via PayPal to the first person that finds me the following card for my collection.

The deal is that if you have the card, I will pay you $20 for it. If you find it for me and the card is someone else's (at a website, show, etc) , I will still pay you $20 for finding the card if I buy it. In other words, just give me a successful clue that leads to a purchase and you win the $20.

The card is this - a 2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractors #146 Fernando Tatis.

I have been looking for this common card going on 3 years. It is for my Cardinals team set collection. This part of my team set collection is Topps Chrome and Refractors. I have everyone since they started the Chrome Refractors in 1996 except for this Tatis. Help me find this card and you win $20 via PayPal.

dapro

This card?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2001-Topps-Chrome-Traded-Retrofractor-FERNANDO-TATIS-31-Inv3199-/360767190516?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item53ff6675f4 This card?

NMV its #31

Dboneesq

I dont think thats the one. Looks like that is from the TRADED set and its card #31. Shane is looking for the one from the REGULAR set and its card #146.

frankhardy

<< <i>I dont think thats the one. Looks like that is from the TRADED set and its card #31. Shane is looking for the one from the REGULAR set and its card #146. >>



Exactly. No traded card in an Expos uniform. Only the #146 in a Cardinals uniform. It looks like this card, except it is a refractor.


2001 Topps Chrome Tatis

mrmopar

Have you ever seen one? Maybe they just didn't make it? Hard to believe a common refractor would be so elusive.

If I had a lead on one for you to buy, you'd get it for free, but I don't. Good luck in your search!

frankhardy

<< <i>Have you ever seen one? Maybe they just didn't make it? Hard to believe a common refractor would be so elusive.

If I had a lead on one for you to buy, you'd get it for free, but I don't. Good luck in your search! >>




I have often wondered that. I actually wondered that on about 5 of them from that year. However, 4 of them eventually turned up. The last one I got was the Will Clark Highlight card. I got it a couple of months ago. It took well over 2 years to find it. I have the regular Chrome, but I haven't seen a refractor/retrofractor yet.

Thank you for the kind offer.

brian26

<< <i>
I have been looking for this common card going on 3 years. It is for my Cardinals team set collection. This part of my team set collection is Topps Chrome and Refractors. I have everyone since they started the Chrome Refractors in 1996 except for this Tatis. Hep me fund this card and you win $20 via PayPal. >>



That is a hell of a collection. I will keep an eye out. Good luck

DavidPuddy

<< <i>Have you ever seen one? Maybe they just didn't make it? Hard to believe a common refractor would be so elusive.

If I had a lead on one for you to buy, you'd get it for free, but I don't. Good luck in your search! >>



They're not exactly common. Limited to 500.

I'm working on the Traded Retrofractor set. 43% done so far.

Good luck Shane.

frankhardy

<< <i>

<< <i>Have you ever seen one? Maybe they just didn't make it? Hard to believe a common refractor would be so elusive.

If I had a lead on one for you to buy, you'd get it for free, but I don't. Good luck in your search! >>



They're not exactly common. Limited to 500.

I'm working on the Traded Retrofractor set. 43% done so far.

Good luck Shane. >>



I actually didn't know that. Thanks for the info. Good luck on the set.

DavidPuddy

Really kind of a strange set. In series 1 the retrofractors were green, then in series 2 they made them gold. For the traded series they went back to green.
Many people think the Gold are harder to find, but they're all printed to 500. Not numbered on the card, but commonly known to be printed to 500.

The traded cards are much easier to find. I think there is a lot of series 1 product that has not been opened, thus sometimes they can be very hard to come by.



<< <i>"Randomly inserted into packs at one in 12, this 661-card set is a complete parallel set of the 2001 Topps Chrome base set. Please note that these cards were produced with Topps Refractor technology." >>





<< <i>All 266 Topps Chrome Traded cards are available as a "Retrofractor" parallel, seeded one in every 12 packs, which are limited (but not serial-numbered) to 500 copies. Retrofractors are so named, because they are Chrome Refractors printed on old fashioned grayback cardstock. 1-99, Traded Veterans. 100-144, Through the Years. 145-150, Magagers. 151-210, Prospects. 211-266, Rookies. >>

frankhardy

I can attest to them being hard to come by. This set is by far the hardest to complete from the Refractors run from 1996 to present.

frankhardy

I won't bump this thread very often, maybe once a week, but I will continue to search until I find one. Maybe will help in the search.

frankhardy

Bump to the top.

frankhardy

Finders fee still applies! Still looking!

frankhardy

Still looking! Anybody else want a crack at it?

Dboneesq

Shane, based on the response so far, that finders fee should be $50.00 or $100.00! LOL (No, I do NOT have the card.)

tennesseebanker

This must be the regular chrome version and not the retrofractor ?? Even if it's not the retrofractor it looks like they have over 20 available. Maybe shoot them an e-mail an ask about a retrofractor.

2001 Tatis

frankhardy

<< <i>This must be the regular chrome version and not the retrofractor ?? Even if it's not the retrofractor it looks like they have over 20 available. Maybe shoot them an e-mail an ask about a retrofractor.

2001 Tatis >>




That would be a great idea. I started to do just that, then I noticed the sellers was Burbank Sportscards. They have millions upon millions of cards in their warehouse, but not a single Retrofractor Tatis.

frankhardy

Still looking. Prize is still available.

Thenugent

wow Burbank sportscards has over 1 million items for auction with pictures that is by far the most I've ever seen Did they use those 40 monkeys in a room with typewriters or is there some advanced automated way of getting pictures and listing auctions ?

otwcards

<< <i>wow Burbank sportscards has over 1 million items for auction with pictures that is by far the most I've ever seen Did they use those 40 monkeys in a room with typewriters or is there some advanced automated way of getting pictures and listing auctions ? >>



As I recall, they contracted with Beckett and utilize Beckett's image database to provide stock images for most of their cards. I do not believe that they use their own images or that the images are necessarily of the exact card being offered.

frankhardy

<< <i>wow Burbank sportscards has over 1 million items for auction with pictures that is by far the most I've ever seen Did they use those 40 monkeys in a room with typewriters or is there some advanced automated way of getting pictures and listing auctions ? >>



That have a very, very fast scanner. I saw a video about it a few months ago. They almost never listed a card with a picture. Now, they can scan cards very fast, but they are very bad scans. The main thing is that they do not show the edges.

All scans need to show a dark background and a gap between the edge of the card and the edge of the picture.

frankhardy

Still looking for this stupid card for GOING ON 6 FLIPPIN YEARS!

Estil

Is this the right one?

frankhardy

Originally posted by: Estil
Is this the right one?

That one is only the Chrome. It looks exactly like that card, but needs to be a Refractor / Retrofractor.

Estil

And I thought I was gonna actually win one of these contests for a change...



That's okay though as long as our Cats are going snippity snip snip on April 4, right?

frankhardy

Absolutely!

brendanb438

So is it safe to say this card does not exist yet?

frankhardy

I was beginning to think so, until I saw a picture of one from a guy that has one. I also happen to know that one sold on comc last year for $0.99. When I found that out this week, I almost threw up in my mouth!

mlbfan2

I'm holding out until the prize is raised to $40.