@Stone193 said:
Something to throw out there about the amount of cards Topps "may" be producing of the current product.
The amount of chromes I'm getting is quite small, yet, the number of chromes in the series /999 e.g., is pretty much similar.
My take? Tho, totally anecdotal: Topps is producing way, way more product now than in the early 2000s.
They are Mike, although in the early 2000’s they were printing twice as many chromes. The ‘58 celebrated set were printed to 1,958 each chrome. So yeah, more printing now combined with just under half as many chromes leads to scarce city.
I don't know if any of you guys remember me, but I put together master sets of Heritage from 2005-2017 ("1956" - "1968") and traded with a bunch of you to complete my sets every year. I loved it. But last year, when cases went over $1K, I pulled the plug. I do miss it and I get vicarious pleasure from seeing your pulls on this thread.
As an homage to my Heritage career, here are some of my better hits over the years. Enjoy!
I remember you paleo! Great stuff man.... I just came back after 11 years or so away so I went a little nuts with this year. We’ll see about next year but it is 1971 Topps so there is that
First, I have to say the photography isn't too bad in comparison to other years (i.e. to say it's darn good IMO).
Overall centering and cut was good - some mishaps on the bottom - mostly from my perspective - but overall good.
My first criticism?
A case and short by 12 SPs? IMO, I should be closer than that. I was able to complete most all of the subsets except for the Scratch Offs - shy 3 (9,18,15)
I was able to complete a full extra NAP set.
Now - for fun - one card which impacted so many of us here:
April 10th, 1970 - Paul McCartney announces he was leaving the band - so for all purposes that's the split of the Beatles!
I was in a band in college with "no name" - that's right we were the "Band with No Name" - signature song? Stairway to Heaven. We felt bad and did a "Tribute to the Beatles" nite in the student union.
If anyone has a card from the set that speaks to them?
Good insights Mike, I was a sophmore in 70, remember how much play Let it Be, Cosmos Factory got that year.
I am still 5 SP short after a hobby case and 84 retail packs.
Happened on 3 blasters from Walmart
Gotta admit that I like these more than I thought I would.
Feels good to hit some hometown ink and cloth!
Also noticed an Acuña is a French parallel. Nice
@initialD said:
Happened on 3 blasters from Walmart
Gotta admit that I like these more than I thought I would.
Feels good to hit some hometown ink and cloth!
Also noticed an Acuña is a French parallel. Nice
I wonder if the Neshek is the same number as Lowell Palmer, #252?
Edit- I posted before scrolling down. Question answered, plus makes perfect sense for Neshek.
I pulled a French Verlander today. I pulled the cloth the other day. I guess I'm collecting the whole Verlander run now.... Still don't have the base SP.
Anyone have the last 3 SPs I need (2 different)... Does 462 even exist? Can anyone confirm seeing one? All I need is a second Ohtani for my rookie cup collection and 2 Mazara's (one for the set and one for the team set).....
SPs Needed: 430 and 462(2) Action: 387, 393, 394, 410, 413, 419, 430, 436, 440, 468, 475, 499, and 500 Target Candy Lids: 1, 3-6, 8, 12, 14, and 15 Wal Mart Cloth Stickers: 2-5, 9, 14, and 15 Super Baseball Box Loaders: 5, 7, 8, 10, and 14 Team Color: 78, 401, 406, 409, 410, 413, 415, 419, 424, 426, 430, 432, 436, 440, 442, 451, 454, 458, 468, 481, and 485 Error: 413, 430, 481, and 500 Trade: 52, 138, 278, 322, 323, 388, 441, 447, and 450 Throwback: 30, 424, 429, 430, 432, 436, 442, 477, 483, and 489 Chrome Needed: 461 Choo
SPs to trade: 415, 432, 434, 435, 445, 457x2, 463, 469, and 474x2 Action Image: 384 Kopech Autographs:
ROA-CBU Corbin Burnes - Brewers
ROA-MA Max Alvis - Indians
ROA-MKO Michael Kopech - White Sox
ROA-TS Trevor Story - Rockies Game Used: (CCR-)
CSE Corey Seager - Dodgers (white jersey swatch)
FL Francisco Lindor - Indians (grey jersey swatch)
JR Jose Ramirez - Indians (red jersey swatch)
WM Wil Myers - Padres (bat)
ZG Zack Greinke - Diamondbacks (white jersey swatch) Buybacks:
27 Chuck Hinton - Indians
50 Tommie Agee - Mets
99 Bobby Pfeil - Mets
366 Barry Moore - Indians
393 John Gelnar - Pilots Silver Metal: 471 Charlie Blackmon - Rockies (limited to 70 copies, not serial numbered) Black Border: (limited to 50 copies, not serial numbered)
72 AL Strikeout Leaders
112 Shane (don't call me Justin) Bieber - Indians
250 Brandon Belt - Giants
374 Robert Gsellman - Mets Gold Chrome: 434 Stephen Piscotty - A's (#ed 1/5) Refractors:
423 Carlos Correa - Astros (#ed 8/570)
440 Javier Baez - Cubs (#ed 193/570) Chrome:
403 Jake Arrieta - Phillies (#ed 93/999)
404 Kris Bryant - Cubs (#ed 781/999)
431 Brandon Nimmo - Mets (#ed 664/999)
434 Stephen Piscotty - A's (#ed 406/999)
435 Miles Mikolas - Cardinals (#ed 757/999)
465 Joey Votto - Reds (#ed 43/999)
486 Adam Jones - Orioles (#ed 13/999) Purple Chromes: 227, 402, 404, 405, 407, 409, 410, 413, 422, 424, 427, 434, 436, 439, 448, 453, 458, 462, 465, 479, 481, 483, and 486 New Age Performers: 1 full set Baseball Flashbacks: JT, and TS NAP: 1, 2, 3 x2, 4, 6 x3, 7, 8, 14, 18, 20 x2, and 23 x2 News Flashbacks: 3, 7, 10, 11, and 14 x2 Scratch Offs: 2 x2 and 13 Then & Now: 3, 8, 10 x2, and 14
@Mick65 said:
Just not sure about the value, dropping a grand, hoping you get a "master set" (although I'm not even sure what that is anymore). I know getting a complete set out of a case was getting harder. And then having a bunch of random "chase" cards and really one maybe two "big"-ger hits. Wished the set was cleaner and more focused like the earlier days but that was a decade ago... haha.
This. I ditched the idea of getting back to Heritage after seeing that a hobby case is a grand. F that. Instead I'm buying unopened from the early and mid 80's with that budgeted dinero.
A note on "apples and oranges" - just my take but I'm sure others who do this will concur?
I can see how one might think dropping a grand on a hobby case is a bit much?
One could easily drop a grand or more on "one" card and that's OK with me.
Take home?
For me? Every time I do this - for about a month or two, I have some really good entertainment - it's ["fun"] time consuming to open, collate, research what I got and take time to trade with my buddies - it's what kids do/did.
Cost: 1 hobby case from Dave&Adams for 1075$ delivered. Value: priceless
@Stone193 said:
A note on "apples and oranges" - just my take but I'm sure others who do this will concur?
I can see how one might think dropping a grand on a hobby case is a bit much?
One could easily drop a grand or more on "one" card and that's OK with me.
Take home?
For me? Every time I do this - for about a month or two, I have some really good entertainment - it's ["fun"] time consuming to open, collate, research what I got and take time to trade with my buddies - it's what kids do/did.
Cost: 1 hobby case from Dave&Adams for 1075$ delivered. Value: priceless
Question for the heritage veterans here. I typically collate my sets, but this go-round, I think I just want to grab the complete set already collated. Do any of you have an idea when the opportune time would be to pull the trigger, in terms of price?
@lahmejoon said:
Question for the heritage veterans here. I typically collate my sets, but this go-round, I think I just want to grab the complete set already collated. Do any of you have an idea when the opportune time would be to pull the trigger, in terms of price?
Smart on the $ side. Especially if you are on a strict budget. The only downside set wise is you typically aren't getting the best centered cards. Ive thought about it for sure but this is the only set I bust and collect raw so I use that as an excuse to over spend. Plus Stone has such a great point. You can't replace the fun opening packs, collating, researching, and one on one trading with the community. Worth the price to me ...
BUT if thats what you are going to do and can wait a couple weeks I am putting together three complete base sets for sale.
@Stone193 said:
A note on "apples and oranges" - just my take but I'm sure others who do this will concur?
I can see how one might think dropping a grand on a hobby case is a bit much?
One could easily drop a grand or more on "one" card and that's OK with me.
Take home?
For me? Every time I do this - for about a month or two, I have some really good entertainment - it's ["fun"] time consuming to open, collate, research what I got and take time to trade with my buddies - it's what kids do/did.
Cost: 1 hobby case from Dave&Adams for 1075$ delivered. Value: priceless
It certainly is fun and the only non vintage cards I collect other than OPC hockey which are also retro.
@lahmejoon said:
Question for the heritage veterans here. I typically collate my sets, but this go-round, I think I just want to grab the complete set already collated. Do any of you have an idea when the opportune time would be to pull the trigger, in terms of price?
Have never purchased one - so I have no idea Aaron.
However, what will affect the current asking prices will involve the rookies in the set and what they might do during the summer? Just a thought.
My gut tells me that the asking price early in the collation will be high and may drop over time.
Sets from last year in many cases may include the Heritage update of 100 cards where some have value like Soto and Acuna e.g., from 2018.
Plus, there's a seller who open like 100 cases - so some cards will definitely be more in the NMMT and centering may be suspect? Again - just a thought - have no idea.
Want a cheaper way to do the set?
You can get a "base" set for like 30 to 40 bucks - that's raw value of like 180 bucks worth of cards if ya think about the fact that an 89 buck hobby box contains 192 cards.
Then pick up the SPs in group lots at a fair price - the subsets aren't that expensive either - the NAP set of 25 cards is about 25 bucks I believe?
I'm sure you can get "fair market" help here also.
Just a thought. Wish I could be more precise but like I said - have never purchased a set.
Take home? My take? A Master Set will probably be its most expensive early on unless a few rookies catch fire and then - again - the Heritage RCs are no where as desirable as the Bowman prospects, chromes etc. that are signed, IMO.
@heritage said:
Dave I heard heritage has 100 sp's this year
Correct George. SP 401-500.
edit: and if ya really want to have some fun? Add to that the "variations" to the SP @ 88 or more I believe. And from what I can see? That doesn't include the 100 "French" variations to the set! It would cost a small fortune to do a Super Master Set!
Thank you, guys, for the feedback. I do enjoy opening heritage for sure, so I get the fun aspect.
I was thinking that, since most of the high numbers are stars (as opposed to the last couple years, where there have been a fair share of commons in the high numbers) that it would be more cost effective to just buy the high number set. What I want to accomplish on this set is to get the base plus high numbers, the super set and the scratch-off set, as those are all true to the original set. I love the supers - I think they did a really good job with them.
Anyway, I figured I could parlay that mystery redemption I pulled into these sets fairly easily, but just don't know how long to wait for the prices to settle a bit more.
What is “super set” ? Are you referring to the Action, Name, and French variations?
If so, and although these make for a super tough chase, they aren’t part of a master set. They are available in hobby only and anything that’s available in only one release type is not considered for a master set IMO.
@softparade said:
What is “super set” ? Are you referring to the Action, Name, and French variations?
If so, and although these make for a super tough chase, they aren’t part of a master set. They are available in hobby only and anything that’s available in only one release type is not considered for a master set IMO.
Whoa Dan
I made that up. I was just saying - what if someone wanted a Master Set + all the variations? That would cost a tidy sum.
@softparade said:
What is “super set” ? Are you referring to the Action, Name, and French variations?
If so, and although these make for a super tough chase, they aren’t part of a master set. They are available in hobby only and anything that’s available in only one release type is not considered for a master set IMO.
Whoa Dan
I made that up. I was just saying - what if someone wanted a Master Set + all the variations? That would cost a tidy sum.
Mike I was actually referring to lahmejoon’s post which also referenced a “super set”. You never know in the ever changing world of these modern issues!
@softparade said:
What is “super set” ? Are you referring to the Action, Name, and French variations?
If so, and although these make for a super tough chase, they aren’t part of a master set. They are available in hobby only and anything that’s available in only one release type is not considered for a master set IMO.
Whoa Dan
I made that up. I was just saying - what if someone wanted a Master Set + all the variations? That would cost a tidy sum.
Mike I was actually referring to lahmejoon’s post which also referenced a “super set”. You never know in the ever changing world of these modern issues!
Oh, sorry, I was referring to the 15 card box topper set that is a throwback to the original 1970 Topps super set.
Comments
Something to throw out there about the amount of cards Topps "may" be producing of the current product.
The amount of chromes I'm getting is quite small, yet, the number of chromes in the series /999 e.g., is pretty much similar.
My take? Tho, totally anecdotal: Topps is producing way, way more product now than in the early 2000s.
They are Mike, although in the early 2000’s they were printing twice as many chromes. The ‘58 celebrated set were printed to 1,958 each chrome. So yeah, more printing now combined with just under half as many chromes leads to scarce city.
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
Oh and my 2nd and final FB break came today.
Booom
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
Nice hit Dan !
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
Nice hit Dan.
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Old Trade List Deleted
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
If you still need them, pm me your address and I’ll mail out the scratch offs this weekend! I’ll message you back what I’m looking for. Thanks!
I don't know if any of you guys remember me, but I put together master sets of Heritage from 2005-2017 ("1956" - "1968") and traded with a bunch of you to complete my sets every year. I loved it. But last year, when cases went over $1K, I pulled the plug. I do miss it and I get vicarious pleasure from seeing your pulls on this thread.
As an homage to my Heritage career, here are some of my better hits over the years. Enjoy!
Those are some real gems. I certainly remember you. Good to see you here.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
I remember you paleo! Great stuff man.... I just came back after 11 years or so away so I went a little nuts with this year. We’ll see about next year but it is 1971 Topps so there is that
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
That Willie Mays Good Lord!!!!
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
Hiya Andy!
Good to see you buddy.
I was talking about the guys who used grace the halls in chase Heritage over the years and you're one!
Thanx for sharing.
Notes from underground:
First, I have to say the photography isn't too bad in comparison to other years (i.e. to say it's darn good IMO).
Overall centering and cut was good - some mishaps on the bottom - mostly from my perspective - but overall good.
My first criticism?
A case and short by 12 SPs? IMO, I should be closer than that. I was able to complete most all of the subsets except for the Scratch Offs - shy 3 (9,18,15)
I was able to complete a full extra NAP set.
Now - for fun - one card which impacted so many of us here:
April 10th, 1970 - Paul McCartney announces he was leaving the band - so for all purposes that's the split of the Beatles!
I was in a band in college with "no name" - that's right we were the "Band with No Name" - signature song? Stairway to Heaven. We felt bad and did a "Tribute to the Beatles" nite in the student union.
If anyone has a card from the set that speaks to them?
Please post. I will.
Good insights Mike, I was a sophmore in 70, remember how much play Let it Be, Cosmos Factory got that year.
I am still 5 SP short after a hobby case and 84 retail packs.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
Happened on 3 blasters from Walmart
Gotta admit that I like these more than I thought I would.
Feels good to hit some hometown ink and cloth!
Also noticed an Acuña is a French parallel. Nice
You did pretty well on 3 blasters !
I opened 3 last night that were hot as well.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
Hahaha Neshek! Nice, Topps.
Andy
Right. Pat’s a cool cat and was glad to pull it. Going to have him sign it TTM
https://www.beckett.com/news/the-2019-topps-heritage-pat-neshek-is-more-than-an-homage-its-personal/
I wonder if the Neshek is the same number as Lowell Palmer, #252?
Edit- I posted before scrolling down. Question answered, plus makes perfect sense for Neshek.
He's a good guy, I traded his AG wood 1/1 to him several years ago- got several cards and a few of his autos .
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
^^sure is #252
I pulled a French Verlander today. I pulled the cloth the other day. I guess I'm collecting the whole Verlander run now.... Still don't have the base SP.
Kris
My 1971 Topps adventure - Davis Men in Black
My trade list
Need:
Base:
20,26,35,36,37,44,47,49,50,63,93,96,98,130,131,146,152,156,174,188,189,203,204,220,224,243,245,249,252,255,257,262,265,
274,276,281,284,298,300,302,308,312,314,316,328,335,338,341,352,360,366,367,374,385,386,388
SP:
401,403,404,405,406,408,409,410,411,412,413,414,415,417,418,419,420,421,422,423,424,425,426,427,428,430,431,432,433,
434,435,437,438,439,440,441,442,443,445,446,447,449,450,451,452,453,454,455,457,458,459,460,461,462,464,465,466,467,
468,470,471,472,473,474,476,477,478,479,483,484,485,486,487,489,490,492,493,494,496,497,498,499,500
Baseball Flashbacks:
BG,CY,HA,JB,JM,NR,RC,RJ,TM,TS
Candy Lids:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15
Cloth Stickers:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15
New Age Performers:
3,6,7,8,10,12,13,14,16,17,18,20,22,23,25
News Flashbacks:
1,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
Scratch Offs:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14
Then and Now:
1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
Have to trade:
Base:
4,7,8,9,11,13,14,15,16,17,22,24,25,27,38,39,40,41,43,45,46,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,64,66,67,69,72,74,75,76,78,82,83,88,90,
92,94,95,97,99,100,102,103,104,106,107,110,111,113,114,116,121,122,123,124,126,128,132,134,137,138,140,141,143,144,149,151,153,157,159,160,162,163,168,169,172,175,176,177,179,180,182,183,190,191,192,194,195,197,198,199,201,206,215,216,
218,219,222,229,230,233,235,238,241,242,244,247,256,258,260,261,264,266,268,270,271,273,275,278,283,287,288,290,291,
303,305,306,307,309,311,313,317,319,322,325,326,331,333,336,337,340,344,345,347,348,349,350,359,361,362,366,369,371,
373,376,378,379,381,382,384,387,390,394,395,398
New Age Performers:
NAP-2,NAP-5,NAP-15,NAP-21
Baseball Flashbacks:
BF-BR,BF-SC
I still have some 2017 and 2018 Heritage to complete and a lot to trade with so if anyone is interested shoot me a message.
Kris
My 1971 Topps adventure - Davis Men in Black
Have you posted what SPs you need Dave?
Yeah , it's a page or so back Mike.
406,423,428,430,441
I have a bunch of dupes so I can probably help fill your Heritage set.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
PM addy buddy - I'll send you 406, 423 and 441
Notes from underground:
Who doesn't remember the smooth voice of Casey Kasem and his "top 40 countdown?" Started July 4th, 1970.
I listened to Casey every Saturday for a long time.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
Anyone have the last 3 SPs I need (2 different)... Does 462 even exist? Can anyone confirm seeing one? All I need is a second Ohtani for my rookie cup collection and 2 Mazara's (one for the set and one for the team set).....
SPs Needed: 430 and 462(2)
Action: 387, 393, 394, 410, 413, 419, 430, 436, 440, 468, 475, 499, and 500
Target Candy Lids: 1, 3-6, 8, 12, 14, and 15
Wal Mart Cloth Stickers: 2-5, 9, 14, and 15
Super Baseball Box Loaders: 5, 7, 8, 10, and 14
Team Color: 78, 401, 406, 409, 410, 413, 415, 419, 424, 426, 430, 432, 436, 440, 442, 451, 454, 458, 468, 481, and 485
Error: 413, 430, 481, and 500
Trade: 52, 138, 278, 322, 323, 388, 441, 447, and 450
Throwback: 30, 424, 429, 430, 432, 436, 442, 477, 483, and 489
Chrome Needed: 461 Choo
SPs to trade: 415, 432, 434, 435, 445, 457x2, 463, 469, and 474x2
Action Image: 384 Kopech
Autographs:
ROA-CBU Corbin Burnes - Brewers
ROA-MA Max Alvis - Indians
ROA-MKO Michael Kopech - White Sox
ROA-TS Trevor Story - Rockies
Game Used: (CCR-)
CSE Corey Seager - Dodgers (white jersey swatch)
FL Francisco Lindor - Indians (grey jersey swatch)
JR Jose Ramirez - Indians (red jersey swatch)
WM Wil Myers - Padres (bat)
ZG Zack Greinke - Diamondbacks (white jersey swatch)
Buybacks:
27 Chuck Hinton - Indians
50 Tommie Agee - Mets
99 Bobby Pfeil - Mets
366 Barry Moore - Indians
393 John Gelnar - Pilots
Silver Metal: 471 Charlie Blackmon - Rockies (limited to 70 copies, not serial numbered)
Black Border: (limited to 50 copies, not serial numbered)
72 AL Strikeout Leaders
112 Shane (don't call me Justin) Bieber - Indians
250 Brandon Belt - Giants
374 Robert Gsellman - Mets
Gold Chrome: 434 Stephen Piscotty - A's (#ed 1/5)
Refractors:
423 Carlos Correa - Astros (#ed 8/570)
440 Javier Baez - Cubs (#ed 193/570)
Chrome:
403 Jake Arrieta - Phillies (#ed 93/999)
404 Kris Bryant - Cubs (#ed 781/999)
431 Brandon Nimmo - Mets (#ed 664/999)
434 Stephen Piscotty - A's (#ed 406/999)
435 Miles Mikolas - Cardinals (#ed 757/999)
465 Joey Votto - Reds (#ed 43/999)
486 Adam Jones - Orioles (#ed 13/999)
Purple Chromes: 227, 402, 404, 405, 407, 409, 410, 413, 422, 424, 427, 434, 436, 439, 448, 453, 458, 462, 465, 479, 481, 483, and 486
New Age Performers: 1 full set
Baseball Flashbacks: JT, and TS
NAP: 1, 2, 3 x2, 4, 6 x3, 7, 8, 14, 18, 20 x2, and 23 x2
News Flashbacks: 3, 7, 10, 11, and 14 x2
Scratch Offs: 2 x2 and 13
Then & Now: 3, 8, 10 x2, and 14
What I'm selling
Building Sets, Collecting Texas Rangers, and Texas Tech Red Raiders
I'm really liking these 1970s. Keep the scans coming, guys.
Andy
Mistake post
Old deleted trade list
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
LOL buyers are liars.
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
A note on "apples and oranges" - just my take but I'm sure others who do this will concur?
I can see how one might think dropping a grand on a hobby case is a bit much?
One could easily drop a grand or more on "one" card and that's OK with me.
Take home?
For me? Every time I do this - for about a month or two, I have some really good entertainment - it's ["fun"] time consuming to open, collate, research what I got and take time to trade with my buddies - it's what kids do/did.
Cost: 1 hobby case from Dave&Adams for 1075$ delivered. Value: priceless
TRUTH
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
Question for the heritage veterans here. I typically collate my sets, but this go-round, I think I just want to grab the complete set already collated. Do any of you have an idea when the opportune time would be to pull the trigger, in terms of price?
Smart on the $ side. Especially if you are on a strict budget. The only downside set wise is you typically aren't getting the best centered cards. Ive thought about it for sure but this is the only set I bust and collect raw so I use that as an excuse to over spend. Plus Stone has such a great point. You can't replace the fun opening packs, collating, researching, and one on one trading with the community. Worth the price to me ...
BUT if thats what you are going to do and can wait a couple weeks I am putting together three complete base sets for sale.
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
It certainly is fun and the only non vintage cards I collect other than OPC hockey which are also retro.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
Have never purchased one - so I have no idea Aaron.
However, what will affect the current asking prices will involve the rookies in the set and what they might do during the summer? Just a thought.
My gut tells me that the asking price early in the collation will be high and may drop over time.
Sets from last year in many cases may include the Heritage update of 100 cards where some have value like Soto and Acuna e.g., from 2018.
Plus, there's a seller who open like 100 cases - so some cards will definitely be more in the NMMT and centering may be suspect? Again - just a thought - have no idea.
Want a cheaper way to do the set?
You can get a "base" set for like 30 to 40 bucks - that's raw value of like 180 bucks worth of cards if ya think about the fact that an 89 buck hobby box contains 192 cards.
Then pick up the SPs in group lots at a fair price - the subsets aren't that expensive either - the NAP set of 25 cards is about 25 bucks I believe?
I'm sure you can get "fair market" help here also.
Just a thought. Wish I could be more precise but like I said - have never purchased a set.
Take home? My take? A Master Set will probably be its most expensive early on unless a few rookies catch fire and then - again - the Heritage RCs are no where as desirable as the Bowman prospects, chromes etc. that are signed, IMO.
Dave I heard heritage has 100 sp's this year
Correct George. SP 401-500.
edit: and if ya really want to have some fun? Add to that the "variations" to the SP @ 88 or more I believe. And from what I can see? That doesn't include the 100 "French" variations to the set! It would cost a small fortune to do a Super Master Set!
Thank you, guys, for the feedback. I do enjoy opening heritage for sure, so I get the fun aspect.
I was thinking that, since most of the high numbers are stars (as opposed to the last couple years, where there have been a fair share of commons in the high numbers) that it would be more cost effective to just buy the high number set. What I want to accomplish on this set is to get the base plus high numbers, the super set and the scratch-off set, as those are all true to the original set. I love the supers - I think they did a really good job with them.
Anyway, I figured I could parlay that mystery redemption I pulled into these sets fairly easily, but just don't know how long to wait for the prices to settle a bit more.
What is “super set” ? Are you referring to the Action, Name, and French variations?
If so, and although these make for a super tough chase, they aren’t part of a master set. They are available in hobby only and anything that’s available in only one release type is not considered for a master set IMO.
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
Whoa Dan
I made that up. I was just saying - what if someone wanted a Master Set + all the variations? That would cost a tidy sum.
Mike I was actually referring to lahmejoon’s post which also referenced a “super set”. You never know in the ever changing world of these modern issues!
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
Oh, sorry, I was referring to the 15 card box topper set that is a throwback to the original 1970 Topps super set.
Your modern ways frighten and confuse me.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?