I just ripped 3 Hobby boxes, but before I post what I got, I have a question. Has anyone had any issue with the condition of the SPs? A lot of the SPs in the "sweet spot" had sort of a dinged bottom right corner. If it was anything else, relic, Then and Now, Chrome, or Refractor the condition was just fine. A little frustrating, but overall a nice experience. I would like to send them back to Topps for an exchange, but I forgot which thread it was in - I believed Stone was the one who mentioned it. Anyway, here is what I got.
Authentic Stadium Seat Al Kaline Clubhouse Collection Dontrelle Willis Jsy Clubhouse Collection Miguel Tejada Bat
Then & Now: - Eddie Yost/Bobby Abreu - Herb Score/Randy Johnson - Bob Friend/Livan Hernandez (2) - Don Newcombe/Curt Schilling
New Age Performers: - Pujols - Vlad - Nomar - Soriano - A-Rod - Ichiro
Flashback: - Frank Robinson - Ernie Banks - Herb Score - Luis Aparicio - Al Kaline - Don Larsen
Chromes: - Glen Perkins - Chris Denorfia - Jeff Kent - Lance Berkman - Kole Strayhorn - Gary Sheffield - Miguel Tejada - BJ Upton - Akinori Otsuka - Chris Seddon - Javy Lopez
Chrome Refractors: - Jeremy West - Todd Helton - Alfonso Soriano
Bought two boxes today at the local card shop. I'd say it was dissapointing for $153.
11 SP's
2 Ref's Beltran,Fenster
6 Chromes
96 Dup's!!!
Guess i'll try the Blister boxes next week and see what happens. Still wanna get my hands on some of the Cardinals. Especially the Edmonds and Pujols SP along with the Matheny SP.
I started on one of my two boxes and I still don't know what I am looking for (since the last modern issue I bought was in 1989). After 5 packs, I see nothing but current players (most I have never heard of). I love the design and the stock. How do I know if any of these are worth anything? I did pull an Ernie Banks Sets Record with a stadium seat patch. Pretty clever how they do cards like that.
Steve- I"m with you- have no idea what a lot of this stuff is. Finished opening the case and collating, now it comes time to sort the dupes and put the set in pages. Want list to come- pm me with any wantlists anyone else has, I"m shipping Tuesday!
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
In regards to the light backs...I opened six boxes.
In the first 3 boxes I received a total of 6 cards and they came out of the same pack.
The next 3 boxes I received 99 light backs and they all came in the same packs (all the cards in each pack were light).
I think it may have to do with certain printing sheets as there are certain cards..as out of the light backs I did get there were a number of duplicates.
Ok, here's what I ended up pulling. Can someone tell me what I got and if they are worth anything to sell?
FR-EB Ernie Banks (with stadium seat)
RO-BF Bob Feller (auto in blue ink)
THC13 Mike Lowell THC39 Miguel Cabrera (123/556) THC77 Luis Ramirez THC64 Larry Walker THC23 Albert Pujols THC84 Chaz Lytle THC50 Miguel Tejada THC99 Kole Strayhorn THC76 Darren Fenster (348/556) THC42 Gary Sheffield
i just compared my other box to John's and again the numbers come up...we may have more than a coincidence here! Im going over to the beckett board to see what I can find out.
Hi Kevin That Bonds refractor you sold on the BIN for 25$ was a good choice - I just tracked a Bonds refractor that didn't get anywhere near your card!
Unfortunately, a Carl Erskine auto only brought 6 bucks - and he's a Dodger!
yeah early is certianly the way to go now. The "pay whatever" guys have already gotten their cards.
As far as the light backs go, could it be possible that only certain cards have the light back variation? I guess we could all compare are numbers once everyone opens everything. I checked over on the beckett board and it was a bust.
Those team topps autos are just nasty, no one wants them! What a crock. Well so far, four boxes in- no autos and no Todd Helton...should I be worried??
Please tell me this isn't the Ryan card from 05 Heritage, with an 03 date.
Can anybody explain the concept of Topps Team Legends autos, and why they feel that they can just put them into any set they want?
On a side, note, look at the auto list from 05 heritage - guys like Spook Jacobs, etc. who played for 3 years. These are dollar autos that they are exploiting because of the Heritage brand. B freakin S.
I still want them though, and thats the coup that Topps has pulled.
i in 2002 (?) topps seeded team topps cards into heritage, not the bland team topps legends. i liked them much better they were auto graphed reprints of first and last year cards. IMO much better.
yes, it is the same.. i pulled a Davey Johnson Topps Legends auto out of a 2005 heritage box, and I pulled the SAME EXACT CARD from a 2004 Heritage box! suck..
and since i havent posted it to this thread yet, here is a scan of the other auto i pulled.. sweet!
yes, sp's are usually minimum 5 bucks, rookies 8 starts 10+ chromes usually book the same and same with refractors. early sales on the black refs and the autos are usually much higher than what the book says.
>>After 5 packs, I see nothing but current players (most I have never heard of).
Yeah, really. I thought I knew the top Met and Yankee prospects, and they have cards out of "mets" and "yankees" I haven't heard of. I guess 1956 didn't have "Rookie Stars" cards so you get these wild specualtions instead.
ebay:1967topps 1967 Topps baseball wantlists (any condition) welcome. #14 ATF 1967 set. Yet another collector like skylaneflyer, gimel1 who made it to the completion of 1967 only to need the money more than the company of 609 close friends. Looking for 1967 Mets, yankees, and 1968 Tigers in PSA 7 and Venezuelan Norm Cash stuff
the prospects that you thought you knew were out 3 years ago. Welcome to the 21st century. Guys in high school get their first cards now a days. The FY players you see in this set won't hit the majors for another few years. Its never to early to jump on board! David Wright's rookie card is from 2002!
There are a lot of posts for 2005 Topps. It is hard to keep up if its not all centralized.
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REAL ONE AUTOGRAPHS (1:330 packs)
RO-JS JOHNNY SCHMITZ - BLUE AUTO - BOSTON RED SOX (200 made)
1 Chrome Refractor Parallel (1:25 packs)
#THC52 JEFF BAGWELL (#061/556)
3 Chrome Parallel (1:7 packs)
#THC-17 Jose Vidro (#0303/1956)
#THC-44 Bret Boone (#1770/1956)
#THC-102 Delmon Young (#1312/1956)
12 Short Prints (1:2 packs)
#6 Jason Bay (Old Uniform)
#7 Ichiro (Kneeling)
#31 Albert Pujols (Red Hat)
#125 Nomar Garciaparra (Old Uniform)
#312 Lance Berkman (Fielding)
#401 Livan Hernandez
#406 Craig Wilson
#408 D'Angelo Jimenez
#414 Carl Everett
#416 Ben Sheets
#421 Justin Morneau
#441 Roy Halliday
2 Flashbacks Inserts (1:12 packs)
#F-EB Ernie Banks
#F-DL Don Larsen
1 Then & Now Inserts (1:15 packs)
#TN1 Don Newcombe/Curt Shilling
2New Age Performers Inserts (1:15 packs)
#NAP14 Nomar Garciaparra
#NAP15 Randy Johnson
3 Checklist cards
John
I just ripped 3 Hobby boxes, but before I post what I got, I have a question. Has anyone had any issue with the condition of the SPs? A lot of the SPs in the "sweet spot" had sort of a dinged bottom right corner. If it was anything else, relic, Then and Now, Chrome, or Refractor the condition was just fine. A little frustrating, but overall a nice experience. I would like to send them back to Topps for an exchange, but I forgot which thread it was in - I believed Stone was the one who mentioned it. Anyway, here is what I got.
Authentic Stadium Seat Al Kaline
Clubhouse Collection Dontrelle Willis Jsy
Clubhouse Collection Miguel Tejada Bat
Then & Now:
- Eddie Yost/Bobby Abreu
- Herb Score/Randy Johnson
- Bob Friend/Livan Hernandez (2)
- Don Newcombe/Curt Schilling
New Age Performers:
- Pujols
- Vlad
- Nomar
- Soriano
- A-Rod
- Ichiro
Flashback:
- Frank Robinson
- Ernie Banks
- Herb Score
- Luis Aparicio
- Al Kaline
- Don Larsen
Chromes:
- Glen Perkins
- Chris Denorfia
- Jeff Kent
- Lance Berkman
- Kole Strayhorn
- Gary Sheffield
- Miguel Tejada
- BJ Upton
- Akinori Otsuka
- Chris Seddon
- Javy Lopez
Chrome Refractors:
- Jeremy West
- Todd Helton
- Alfonso Soriano
SPs to come in another post...
Chris
The live rip will take place sometime. There is a post up to sign up for. Please leave when you are getting your boxes.
Kevin
11 SP's
2 Ref's Beltran,Fenster
6 Chromes
96 Dup's!!!
Guess i'll try the Blister boxes next week and see what happens.
Still wanna get my hands on some of the Cardinals. Especially the Edmonds and Pujols SP along with the Matheny SP.
Ben
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
In regards to the light backs...I opened six boxes.
In the first 3 boxes I received a total of 6 cards and they came out of the same pack.
The next 3 boxes I received 99 light backs and they all came in the same packs (all the cards in each pack were light).
I think it may have to do with certain printing sheets as there are certain cards..as out of the light backs I did get there were a number of duplicates.
The Bonds eBay spree is over.
My 1st Bonds #61 Auction = $8.50
My 2nd Bonds #61 Auction = $11.50
(Beckett comes out with SP List)
My 3rd Bonds #61 Auction (ended 5 minutes ago) = $2.26
Still paid for approx 1/2 box for 3 base cards.
Gotta Love 1 day auctions.
light backs:
383
351
346
331
330
326
19
18
13
12
Anyone pulled any light back sp's??
Kevin
<< <i>its funny a good part of my light backs were low numbered. Just for kicks Im going to list a few of them and see if yours are
light backs:
383
351
346
331
330
326
19
18
13
12
Anyone pulled any light back sp's??
Kevin >>
i got all of those in "white back"..
10
12
13
21
22
25
27
36
37
39
41
42
48
59
67
68
75
84
87
93
94
97
120
124
145
152
161
162
165
195
202
207
211
218
223
239
242
244
249
252
256
257
266
267
274
279
294
296
297
304
319
328
330
331
344
346
351
353
358
362
366
369
379
383
387
390
397
None of my SPs were "light" backs
were those from the Kuhlman case? my numbers almost match yours exactly...hmmmmm
Kevin
FR-EB Ernie Banks (with stadium seat)
RO-BF Bob Feller (auto in blue ink)
THC13 Mike Lowell
THC39 Miguel Cabrera (123/556)
THC77 Luis Ramirez
THC64 Larry Walker
THC23 Albert Pujols
THC84 Chaz Lytle
THC50 Miguel Tejada
THC99 Kole Strayhorn
THC76 Darren Fenster (348/556)
THC42 Gary Sheffield
NAP10 Manny Ramirez
NAP9 Ivan Rodriguez
NAP8 Sammy Sosa
NAP7 Derek Jeter
TN6 Ford/Peavy
TN8 Labine/Rivera
F-FR Frank Robinson
F-EB Ernie Banks
F-DL Don Larsen
F-BF Bob Feller
#1 William Harridge
#2 Warren Giles
#61 Bonds
no sp's with light backs to report here.
wow those are nice box rips! Feller has to be one of the top autos in the set. Congrats!
Kevin
to the beckett board to see what I can find out.
Kevin
All of my "light backs" came from a local hobby shop. I will get the Kuhlmann boxes on Tuesday.
I have duplicates of some of the light backs...and would like to trade for ones that I dont have.
They all seem to be base cards.
Maybe we can put our cards together and come up with a a master list of "light backs"
<< <i>has anybody seen the same card with both "light" and "dark" backs? >>
Yes....they are all in gray backs too.
That Bonds refractor you sold on the BIN for 25$ was a good choice - I just tracked a Bonds refractor that didn't get anywhere near your card!
Unfortunately, a Carl Erskine auto only brought 6 bucks - and he's a Dodger!
your friend
Mike
I listed a Bonds regular chrome the same day via a 1 day auction and it sold for $14.55.
Just my thoughts.
John
As far as the light backs go, could it be possible that only certain cards have the light back variation? I guess we could all compare
are numbers once everyone opens everything. I checked over on the beckett board and it was a bust.
Those team topps autos are just nasty, no one wants them! What a crock. Well so far, four boxes in- no autos and no Todd Helton...should
I be worried??
Kevin
<< <i>no Todd Helton >>
Please tell me this isn't the Ryan card from 05 Heritage, with an 03 date.
Can anybody explain the concept of Topps Team Legends autos, and why they feel that they can just put them into any set they want?
On a side, note, look at the auto list from 05 heritage - guys like Spook Jacobs, etc. who played for 3 years. These are dollar autos that they are exploiting because of the Heritage brand. B freakin S.
I still want them though, and thats the coup that Topps has pulled.
and since i havent posted it to this thread yet, here is a scan of the other auto i pulled.. sweet!
Regular Set SPs (10): 449, 413, 82 variation, 403, 470, 455, 426, 447, 33, 422
New Age Performers, NAP3, NAP15
Then & Now: TN1, TN8
Flashback: F-BF. F-HS, F-DL
Chrome: 1, 34, 83, 103
Well, the next box has a decent shot of being better
Yes, I collect shiny modern crap
All your Shaq are belong to me
Regular Set SPs (15): 135 variation, 430, 463, 433, 7 variation, 416, 125 variation, 414, 406, 312 variation, 31, 6 variation, 401, 421, 436
New Age Performers: NAP13
Then & Now: TN7
Flashback: F-DS, FR-EB (Wrigley Stadium Seat)
Chrome: 91, 54 (Randy Johnson), 4 (Alfonso Soriano)
Chrome Refractors: 15 (Adrian Beltre), 83 (David West)
Also noticed there was no duplicates (at least not that I remember) in this box, as opposed to last box that had at least 3 cards in triplicate
Yes, I collect shiny modern crap
All your Shaq are belong to me
on the black refs and the autos are usually much higher than what the book says.
Kevin
1 BUCK LOL
Pedro Chrome - 1 Dolla
If anyone wants to pay $5 for SP or a around that price for a Chrome....(depending on the player)...email me a list.
John
Yeah, really. I thought I knew the top Met and Yankee prospects, and they have cards out
of "mets" and "yankees" I haven't heard of. I guess 1956 didn't have "Rookie Stars" cards so you
get these wild specualtions instead.
1967 Topps baseball wantlists (any condition) welcome. #14 ATF 1967 set. Yet another collector like skylaneflyer, gimel1 who made it to the completion of 1967 only to need the money more than the company of 609 close friends.
Looking for 1967 Mets, yankees, and 1968 Tigers in PSA 7 and Venezuelan Norm Cash stuff
now a days. The FY players you see in this set won't hit the majors for another few years. Its never to early to jump on board! David
Wright's rookie card is from 2002!
JS
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