Anything good in these 2 A&G blister packs I bought??

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• stevek Posts: 30,234 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 12, 2009 12:54AM

  All the dam blasters I ever buy, perhaps around 10 a year whenever I'm in the mood, including I guess around 4 or 5 A&G's bought this year...that $20 each I spent left me with a little pile of modern crap. LOL
  
  Ah what the yell, it's only money.

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• mcadams Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭

  September 12, 2009 1:51AM

  
  
  << <i>So I'm a vintage collector, but keep seeing threads about the A&G sets, so I grabbed two of the $20 boxes at Target yesterday. I don't think I have anything exciting, but not too sure, since it sounds like there are a ton of random rare cards, etc. Help me out if you can with any of these.
  
  And if you're interested, any/all are for sale, so feel free to PM any offers....
  
  Minis
  Furcal, A Rod, Pence, Kouzmanoff, Feliz, Albania Flag, Brett Anderson, Burrell, Francisco Liriano, Glaus, Joba Chamberlain, Anna Anderson, Switzerland Flag, Corey Hart
  
  Black Minis
  Suez Canal, Bryan Berg
  
  Regular Size
  Furcal (2, but 1 of them has some strange border of moons and crosses and arrows and scissors around the card), Kotchman, H. Matsui, Mauer, Mike Jacobs, Bryan Berg, Geronimo, Frank Thomas (baseball highlight), Meche, David Murphy, Papelbon, Samardzija, C. Zambrano, Crowe, Manny Ramirez, Volstad, V. Wells, Posada, Beethoven, Willie Williams, Uggla, Moyer, Rasmus, LaRoche, Scott Olsen, Bonderman, Mantle, Mariano Rivera, D. Willis, J. Shields, Burke Kenny, Huff, Wang, Choo, Rowand, Brett Myers, Cliff Lee, Carl Crawford, Clyde Parris, Nelson Cruz, Freud, Feliz, Church, J. Santana, Theriot, Blalock, Jaramillo, Chris Young, Konerko, Goodyear, F. Liriano, Michael Phelps, Giambi, Beltre, Ellsbury, Halladay, Swisher, Maholm, Veal, Higby, Pence, Josh Hamilton (baseball highlight)
  
  National Pride
  Harden, Hanley Ramirez, Contreras, Mora, Lackey, Y. Escobar, Sizemore, Soriano, C. Pena, Rowland-Smith, Teahen, A. Gonzalez, F. Liriano, Joba Chamberlain, Delgado, Beltran
  
  Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
  Scott >>
  
  
  
  Scott- The Furcal with the strange border is one of the "code" cards. When the set is released each year, there is a hidden code that is deciphered using these cards. Since the code has already been broken fro 2009, the demand drops off a bit. That being said, they are more rare than the base cards and people do work on "code" subsets, so I'm sure someone would want it. If you see a card in this year's set of Jason Wong, he is the guy who cracked the code in '08. His prize was his own card in the '09 set. Anyway the rest of the normal size cards are probably worthless. The National Pride are definitely worthless.
  
  Onto the minis- The base minis aren't worth that much and there is one in every retail pack. There are always a ton of people who try to put together "black border" mini sets, so you should be able to sell your Suez Canal and Berg. Check the backs of all your minis. If any of them have a picture of a red fat man's head, those are the "bazooka" backs and those always get good money on Ebay. Other back variations include a blue fat man's head which are called the "A&G" backs (only moderate demand for these) and there is also a subset of no-numbered backs which are also very easy to sell on Ebay.
  
  Hope this helps
  
  -Michael

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• CDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭

  September 12, 2009 2:36AM

  I think the Suez Canal is due for a breakout year next year. Very underrated as far as canals go. You might want to hold onto it and see what happens.

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• zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭

  September 12, 2009 2:41AM

  
  
  << <i>I think the Suez Canal is due for a breakout year next year. Very underrated as far as canals go. You might want to hold onto it and see what happens. >>
  
  
  
  LMAO

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• mcadams Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭

  September 12, 2009 2:48AM

  
  
  << <i>I think the Suez Canal is due for a breakout year next year. Very underrated as far as canals go. You might want to hold onto it and see what happens. >>
  
  
  
  Point taken, Lee. Even with a low pop variation, we're still talking about a card with a picture of a canal on it. C'mon Topps, surely there was a better choice than this? The auto's set for A&G is even wierder (although I'm working on it as we speak). Included in the autos set is: a world champion donkey kong player, a sheap shearer, a fencer, and a special olympics bowler (not kidding). But thats what makes A&G special. It parallels the original A&G format and features champions of all sorts, not just baseball players. Maybe Suez canal is Champion of Egyptian waterways :>
  
  -Michael

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• scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭

  September 12, 2009 4:02AM

  Awesome info, Michael - much appreciated all around!
  
  Lee - Suez Canal is WAY overrated. Panama is where it's at. How many songs did Van Halen sing about "Suez"?

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• otwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭

  September 12, 2009 4:32AM

  Wasn't the Panama Canal a Free Agent a few years ago. I thought they're contract was up in 1999 and I haven't heard of them resigning with anyone since. I think the same is true of Hong Kong...

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• NickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭

  September 12, 2009 4:44PM

  If someone offers to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, that was from a prior year's A&G set.
  
  Nick

  
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• mtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭

  September 13, 2009 6:37AM

  The Suez Canal would be worth more if it was in a better location. Word on the street is that Bill Gates is going to buy it and have it moved to his new theme Park, Microsoft World just outside of Seattle.

  IT IS ALWAYS CHEAPER TO NOT SELL ON EBAY

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• Rogermnj Posts: 1,809 ✭✭

  September 13, 2009 2:03PM

  
  
  << <i>I think the Suez Canal is due for a breakout year next year. Very underrated as far as canals go. You might want to hold onto it and see what happens. >>
  
  
  
  classic.

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• SportsCardCollector Posts: 320 ✭✭

  September 13, 2009 2:33PM

  
  
  << <i>Lee - Suez Canal is WAY overrated. Panama is where it's at. How many songs did Van Halen sing about "Suez"? >>
  
  
  
  Rumor on the street is that Topps is about to announce that they have signed an exclusive deal for all waterways cards for 2010. They're doing it to really upset Upper Deck and Panini.

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• schr1st Posts: 1,677 ✭✭

  September 13, 2009 5:52PM

  
  
  That joke never gets old.
  
  
  
  << <i>If someone offers to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, that was from a prior year's A&G set.
  
  Nick >>
  
  

  Who is Rober Maris?

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