When you are rare set collecting, you have to stay on your toes.
Items Ordered
Image ItemID Set Name Card# Description Price
2008 UD Masterpieces Framed Blue 50 76 Steve Slaton/50 $2.00
2008 UD Masterpieces Framed Brown 99 46 Joe Montana/99 $5.00
2008 UD Masterpieces Framed Burgundy 48 John David Booty/25 $7.99
2008 UD Masterpieces Framed Green 50 25 Kevin O'Connell/50 $1.50
2008 UD Masterpieces Framed Green 50 104 Jake Long/50 $2.50
The jake long is actually a blue. At least the pic is of a blue /50. Good thing too, its the one I need for my set. Funny story about this card. There was one on ebay about 3 months ago and it was .99 opening bid and 3.99 BIN. I bid on it expecting to get it for $1.50...It went for $7.50. I was really pissed at myself for that. You have to remember thought that I would buy singles in volume for .50 especially football even in auction format. Now, cards are all over the place as far as pricing goes.
2008 UD Masterpieces Framed Green 75 29 Early Doucet/75 $1.50
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
That's some sweet collation Upper Deck
Find it here.
Some analysis. Obviously there is an issue here but on the good side, this case at least had 1 patch in it where as my Early Doucet case had none. I have run across a few cases like this in the last few months.
First, I saw all the Montana parallels. They showed up on ebay a couple weeks ago. Moses got a box with a bunch of Hester /50 Metallics and the same seller of the Montanas had a 5 of the same. I now have 10-12 of those things. Another case was a Hornung/Peyton Manning case. Additonally, no less than 6 brown /99 Jamaal Charles' showed up from the same seller.
These seem to be localized at DA Cardworld which would make sense.
Up until a few weeks ago, DA had the cheapest Masterpieces football around. This leads me to believe that DA but the leftovers from Upper Deck. These leftovers could have been what was unsold or Upper Deck blew the collations, knew it, and then sold them cheap to DA. Must be why I can't seem to find and Barry Sanders o#5 or Tyree/Manning #3.
Some analysis. Obviously there is an issue here but on the good side, this case at least had 1 patch in it where as my Early Doucet case had none. I have run across a few cases like this in the last few months.
First, I saw all the Montana parallels. They showed up on ebay a couple weeks ago. Moses got a box with a bunch of Hester /50 Metallics and the same seller of the Montanas had a 5 of the same. I now have 10-12 of those things. Another case was a Hornung/Peyton Manning case. Additonally, no less than 6 brown /99 Jamaal Charles' showed up from the same seller.
These seem to be localized at DA Cardworld which would make sense.
Up until a few weeks ago, DA had the cheapest Masterpieces football around. This leads me to believe that DA but the leftovers from Upper Deck. These leftovers could have been what was unsold or Upper Deck blew the collations, knew it, and then sold them cheap to DA. Must be why I can't seem to find and Barry Sanders o#5 or Tyree/Manning #3.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Collection Buying - Masterpieces Style
BTW, if you have lots of mid late 90's inserts and inserts from the 2000's whether they be jerseys, autos, or just your plain old inserts and you want to sell them, let me know.
Anyway, Slette began collecting masterpieces Patches and Parallel sets like me. When he told me he was making the attempt, I cringed knowing the difficulty in building these sets. After amassing 24 or so /50 patches and a number of /50 and /25 parallels, Slette asked me whether I would be interested....of course.
Here is what I picked up:
First a couple autos:
/50 blue
/50 Metallics
/25 Burgundy and /10
/50 patches
Anyway, Slette began collecting masterpieces Patches and Parallel sets like me. When he told me he was making the attempt, I cringed knowing the difficulty in building these sets. After amassing 24 or so /50 patches and a number of /50 and /25 parallels, Slette asked me whether I would be interested....of course.
Here is what I picked up:
First a couple autos:
/50 blue
/50 Metallics
/25 Burgundy and /10
/50 patches
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The Children Need your Help
Call your neighbors, dogs, neighbor's dogs, LCS, and your old room mate. I am so close to pulling this off that I am frankly really surprised. I'll do the math for you. I need 94 of 630 for all 7 of 07 Masterpieces numbered parallel sets.
Serious Black /99 need 8
2,12,29,30,35,42,55,68
Black Linen /99 need 6
26,42,58,71,82,86
Blue Linen /75 need 9
2,6,10,25,31,42,53,68,87
Pinot /75 need 9
8,27,29,33,45,46,49,53,72
Hades /50 15
1,6,8,22,25,26,30,35,40,47,49,55,74,78,85
Blue Steel /50 21
2,8,10,12,22,23,29,32,35,36,38,39,49,55,58,61,69,70,79,83,87
Rusted /50 26
1,4,10,13,19,22,23,26,27,29,30,40,49,54,55,59,62,67,68,69,72,76,82,83,87,88
while you are hunting, I need the following 08 FB and BB too.
Football
Green /75 need 2
of 105
3 - David Tyree
5 - Barry Sanders
Light Blue /50 need 28
2,4,9,10,13,16,19,24,32,34,44,50,58,60, 62,69,76,78,79,80,83,86,91,93,96,102,104,110
green /50 need 21
1,3,5,10,21,37,39,44,48,50,63,78,80,81,88,93,95,99,103,108,109
Burgundy /25 need 38
4,5,6,8,9,10,13,14,15,19,21,22,26,27,31,35,37,39,42,44,46,48,49,51,61,67,68,72,73,76,80,81,82,83,86,87,88,90
and 2008 Baseball
Green /75 117 of 120
52 - Ken Griffey
67 - Eric Chavez
81 - IChiro
Blue /50 need 34
2,3,4,7,8,11,12,16,19,32,39,41,45,46,48,49,52,54,56,62,64,66,70,83,94,96,97,98,100,105,106,107,108,115
Serious Black /99 need 8
2,12,29,30,35,42,55,68
Black Linen /99 need 6
26,42,58,71,82,86
Blue Linen /75 need 9
2,6,10,25,31,42,53,68,87
Pinot /75 need 9
8,27,29,33,45,46,49,53,72
Hades /50 15
1,6,8,22,25,26,30,35,40,47,49,55,74,78,85
Blue Steel /50 21
2,8,10,12,22,23,29,32,35,36,38,39,49,55,58,61,69,70,79,83,87
Rusted /50 26
1,4,10,13,19,22,23,26,27,29,30,40,49,54,55,59,62,67,68,69,72,76,82,83,87,88
while you are hunting, I need the following 08 FB and BB too.
Football
Green /75 need 2
of 105
3 - David Tyree
5 - Barry Sanders
Light Blue /50 need 28
2,4,9,10,13,16,19,24,32,34,44,50,58,60, 62,69,76,78,79,80,83,86,91,93,96,102,104,110
green /50 need 21
1,3,5,10,21,37,39,44,48,50,63,78,80,81,88,93,95,99,103,108,109
Burgundy /25 need 38
4,5,6,8,9,10,13,14,15,19,21,22,26,27,31,35,37,39,42,44,46,48,49,51,61,67,68,72,73,76,80,81,82,83,86,87,88,90
and 2008 Baseball
Green /75 117 of 120
52 - Ken Griffey
67 - Eric Chavez
81 - IChiro
Blue /50 need 34
2,3,4,7,8,11,12,16,19,32,39,41,45,46,48,49,52,54,56,62,64,66,70,83,94,96,97,98,100,105,106,107,108,115
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Somebody has some Splainin' to do
Sorry for the dirty HTML, I wanted to capture this:
Last night I found this auction:
I questioned the seller because we all know, well maybe not all of us, that the 1/1 07 masterpieces jerseys have bronze borders:
Dear beantown116,
Can I get a scan of the back to show the 1/1?
- iamjoecollector
Dear iamjoecollector,
Hi there!
I just uploaded the back of the card to the auction page.
Thanks, Mike
- beantown116
Dear beantown116,
Mike
Is the frame on the front black or bronze in color? It looks black in the scan. The reason why I ask>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120712053762&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
Jeff
- iamjoecollector
Dear iamjoecollector,
Hi again,
I believe it is black. I am color blind, but it seems more black than 'bronze'. It isn't dark black by any standards. I bet the glare from the card protector is giving a different color.
Thanks
- beantown116
Then tonight this auction shows up.
BTW, I know Guru to have busted 3 cases of Masterpieces and his reputation is good. Now I am not accusing Beantown of anything. Is it possible he was sold a fake stamped card?
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2007 UD Masterpieces David Ortiz True 1/1 GU Jersey Sox
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This is Guru's Pic of the Back
This is Beantown's
Last night I found this auction:
I questioned the seller because we all know, well maybe not all of us, that the 1/1 07 masterpieces jerseys have bronze borders:
Dear beantown116,
Can I get a scan of the back to show the 1/1?
- iamjoecollector
Dear iamjoecollector,
Hi there!
I just uploaded the back of the card to the auction page.
Thanks, Mike
- beantown116
Dear beantown116,
Mike
Is the frame on the front black or bronze in color? It looks black in the scan. The reason why I ask>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120712053762&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
Jeff
- iamjoecollector
Dear iamjoecollector,
Hi again,
I believe it is black. I am color blind, but it seems more black than 'bronze'. It isn't dark black by any standards. I bet the glare from the card protector is giving a different color.
Thanks
- beantown116
Then tonight this auction shows up.
BTW, I know Guru to have busted 3 cases of Masterpieces and his reputation is good. Now I am not accusing Beantown of anything. Is it possible he was sold a fake stamped card?
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| Item number: | 180654997131 |
| Item location: | Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States |
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2007 UD Masterpieces David Ortiz True 1/1 GU Jersey Sox
Item condition: Brand New
Price: US $69.99 Buy It NowBuy It NowBuy It Now
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Returns:
Then tonight this auction shows up
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2007 UD Masterpieces Bronze David Ortiz GU Jersey #1/1
Item condition: --
Time left: 6d 23h (Apr 24, 201120:00:05 PDT)
This is Beantown's
Saturday, April 16, 2011
One Day to Go - Masterpieces Auctions
| Views / Watchers | Bids | Price | Time left | Actions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Ryan Zimmerman Auto | Auction | 20/10 | 5 | $7.50 | 20h 15m | ||
2007 Masterpieces Box Topper Set 1-20 Ripken | Auction | High bidder: | 23/5 | 2 | $2.47 | 20h 16m | |
2007 Masterpieces Stephen Drew Yellow Printing Plate | Auction | High bidder: | 4/0 | 1 | $5.00 | 20h 19m | |
2007 Masterpieces Carlton Fisk 1/1 Jersey true 1/1 | Auction | High bidder: | 25/3 | 6 | $12.51 | 20h 20m | |
2007 Masterpieces Adrian Gonzalez Auto Autograph Rookie | Auction | High bidder: | 18/11 | 5 | $5.00 | 20h 21m | |
2007 Masterpieces Box Topper Andy Laroche Auto | Auction | 5/0 | 0 | $4.99 | 20h 22m | ||
2007 Masterpieces Box Topper Jared Weaver Auto | Auction | 19/7 | 3 | $1.29 | 20h 23m | ||
2007 Masterpieces Curt Schilling Cyan Printing Plate | Auction | 9/5 | 2 | $2.25 | 20h 25m | ||
2007 Masterpieces Tim Lincecum Auto Autograph Rookie | Auction | High bidder: | 63/29 | 7 | $41.00 | 20h 27m | |
2007 Masterpieces Hanley Ramirez Auto Autograph Rookie | Auction | High bidder: | 16/9 | 3 | $3.25 | 20h 28m | |
2007 Masterpieces Troy Tulowitzki Auto Autograph Rookie | Auction | 76/16 | 9 | $17.50 | 20h 29m | ||
2007 Masterpieces Cliff Lee Auto Autograph Rookie | Auction | 27/9 | 3 | $7.01 | 20h 30m | ||
2007 Masterpieces Dontrelle Willis SP Autograph auto | Auction | 5/2 | 0 | $0.99 | 20h 32m | ||
2007 Masterpieces Jersey Lot of 9 Griffey Smoltz Lidge | Auction | 8/2 | 2 | $1.25 | 20h 48m | ||
2007 Masterpieces Jersey Lot of 12 Pujols Mattingly | Auction | High bidder: | 18/5 | 5 | $8.50 | 20h 50m | |
2007 Masterpieces Jersey Lot of 10 Glavine Clemens | Auction | High bidder: | 11/3 | 2 | $5.50 | 20h 54m | |
2007 Masterpieces Jersey Lot of 10 Fisk Glavine Utley | Auction | High bidder: | 11/6 | 2 | $3.75 | 20h 57m | |
2007 Masterpieces 5 Auto Lot Henn Perkins Haren Hampson | Auction | 13/2 | 1 | $0.99 | 21h 01m | ||
2007 Masterpieces Auto Lot Drew Kouzmanoff Bourn Kearns | Auction | High bidder: | 10/0 | 2 | $2.05 | 21h 04m | |
2007 Masterpieces 5 Auto Lot Lind Kearns Laroche Baker | Auction | High bidder: | 10/2 | 1 | $0.99 | 21h 08m |
Masterpieces wantlist 4/16/11
Black
Complete
Red /199
Complete
Blue /150
Complete
Brown /99
Complete
Green /75 need 2
of 105
3 - David Tyree
5 - Barry Sanders
Light Blue /50 need 25
2,4,9,10,13,16,19,24,32,34,44,50,58,60,62,69,78,79,80,83,86,91,96,102,110
Green Metallic /50 need 19
1,3,5,10,21,37,48,50,63,78,80,81,88,93,95,99,103,108,109
Burgundy /25 35
4,5,6,8,9,10,13,14,15,19,21,22,26,27,31,35,37,39,42,44,46,49,51,61,67,68,72,73,80,81,82,83,86,87,88,90
2008 Masterpieces Baseball Color Parallel Want list
Checklist SP checklist
Black
Complete
Red
Complete
Blue /125
Complete
Brown /100
Complete
Green /75 117 of 120
52 - Ken Griffey
67 - Eric Chavez
81 - IChiro
Blue /50 need 33
2,3,4,7,8,11,12,16,19,32,39,41,45,46,48,49,52,54,56,62,64,66,70,83,94,96,97,98,100,105,106,107,115
2007 Masterpieces Baseball
Green Linen
Complete
Green Windsor
Complete
Serious Black /99 need 7
2,12,29,30,35,42,68
Black Linen /99 need 6
26,42,58,71,82,86
Blue Linen /75 need 7
2,6,10,25,42,68,87
Pinot /75 need 9
8,27,29,33,45,46,49,53,72
Hades /50 11
1,22,26,30,35,40,47,49,55,78,85
Blue Steel /50 20
2,8,10,12,22,23,29,32,35,36,38,39,55,58,61,69,70,79,83,87
Rusted /50 22
1,4,10,13,19,22,26,27,30,49,54,55,59,62,67,68,69,72,76,82,83,87
2009 Ginter A and G backs
248,303,304,309,315,316,317,321,323,328,329,336,338,343,345,350
2009 Mayo Wantlists:
Mini
4,13,17,27,28,29,41,46,47,57,58,,66,67,69,71,72,73,77,78,79,80,81,83,84,86,87,89,91,94,97,101,102,111,117,123,129,132,133,134,143,147,149,158,163,165,168,169,171,173,178,179,182,184,186,191,192,193,198,203,208,211,212,216,218,237,238,241,249,253,258,262,268,269,272,276-299 x 293,292291290287283,308,320,321,324,330
Silver
15,18,20,25,30,55,60,65,80,110,123,145,180,200,205,210,215,220,225,250,255,260270,275
Complete
Red /199
Complete
Blue /150
Complete
Brown /99
Complete
Green /75 need 2
of 105
3 - David Tyree
5 - Barry Sanders
Light Blue /50 need 25
2,4,9,10,13,16,19,24,32,34,44,50,58,60,62,69,78,79,80,83,86,91,96,102,110
Green Metallic /50 need 19
1,3,5,10,21,37,48,50,63,78,80,81,88,93,95,99,103,108,109
Burgundy /25 35
4,5,6,8,9,10,13,14,15,19,21,22,26,27,31,35,37,39,42,44,46,49,51,61,67,68,72,73,80,81,82,83,86,87,88,90
2008 Masterpieces Baseball Color Parallel Want list
Checklist SP checklist
Black
Complete
Red
Complete
Blue /125
Complete
Brown /100
Complete
Green /75 117 of 120
52 - Ken Griffey
67 - Eric Chavez
81 - IChiro
Blue /50 need 33
2,3,4,7,8,11,12,16,19,32,39,41,45,46,48,49,52,54,56,62,64,66,70,83,94,96,97,98,100,105,106,107,115
2007 Masterpieces Baseball
Green Linen
Complete
Green Windsor
Complete
Serious Black /99 need 7
2,12,29,30,35,42,68
Black Linen /99 need 6
26,42,58,71,82,86
Blue Linen /75 need 7
2,6,10,25,42,68,87
Pinot /75 need 9
8,27,29,33,45,46,49,53,72
Hades /50 11
1,22,26,30,35,40,47,49,55,78,85
Blue Steel /50 20
2,8,10,12,22,23,29,32,35,36,38,39,55,58,61,69,70,79,83,87
Rusted /50 22
1,4,10,13,19,22,26,27,30,49,54,55,59,62,67,68,69,72,76,82,83,87
2009 Ginter A and G backs
248,303,304,309,315,316,317,321,323,328,329,336,338,343,345,350
2009 Mayo Wantlists:
Mini
4,13,17,27,28,29,41,46,47,57,58,,66,67,69,71,72,73,77,78,79,80,81,83,84,86,87,89,91,94,97,101,102,111,117,123,129,132,133,134,143,147,149,158,163,165,168,169,171,173,178,179,182,184,186,191,192,193,198,203,208,211,212,216,218,237,238,241,249,253,258,262,268,269,272,276-299 x 293,292291290287283,308,320,321,324,330
Silver
15,18,20,25,30,55,60,65,80,110,123,145,180,200,205,210,215,220,225,250,255,260270,275
It's Saturday Calvalcade of Comedy with Dmitri Young
In last night's episode of Card Corner Club, there was some talk of Barry Bonds and his conviction. For those of you that don't know, Dmitri Young co hosts the CCC show. Dmitri had a very long and successful career. Part of that career was playing first base for the Washington Nationals.
Dmitri was playing first base for the Nats when Bonds hit 756. Dmitri said he wanted to trip Bonds on his way around the bases.....Awesome.
In other news, I was searching for patch sets when I came upon this auction.
Dmitri was playing first base for the Nats when Bonds hit 756. Dmitri said he wanted to trip Bonds on his way around the bases.....Awesome.
In other news, I was searching for patch sets when I came upon this auction.
The auction is for $6k...That's about $5200 too much in my opinion. Those patches are unrivaled in their size and quality yet things, especially cards, have a finite value. Sometimes someone will pay an obscene amount of money when a one of a kind collection, but this lot is just a hodgepodge of sweet patches. Damn those are nice.
Thomas Fish
is super pissed. For those of you that don't know who Fish is, he is a partner in Blowout Card with Chris Park. Anyway, he called in to Card Corner Club Radio tonight after Chris Carlin from Upper Deck was on. I really can't do justice to Fish's glorious rant. So listen for yourself. It's the Chris Carlin Tom Fish episode from 4/15/11, By the way, I agree with him.
On another note, you may have noticed that I haven't gotten review boxes from Panini in a while. They were none to happy with my speaking out against their price fixing anti consumer shenanigans. That's what I get I suppose.
One more thing. Kudos to Beckett for calling a spade a spade. Let's be honest. Evolution is a piece of dung. THey are cheap, flimsy and just dumb. Oh yeah, they aren't cards neither. I do expect Panini's to be much better. They are autod and don't look like a piece of crap toy you would get at the dollar store. First, Beckett got a review box of 2011 Upper Deck, that surprise surprise happened to have an evolution in it. These are not 1 per case. I have heard of 1:3-4 cases. Dude. Anyway, the way they are packed out is the mylar looking pack is essentially taped to the bottom of the box. If you look at the Beckett video, you can see that they started taking the packs out of the box and then quickly closed the lid as to try and shield the evolution from the camera. Additionally, the Beckett guys are card guys. You better believe that they were examining that box to see if they could tell. They knew it was in there. For Upper Deck to say that they sent them a random box is just too hard to swallow.
Anyway, the evolution was DOA so there is a second part to the video where Beckett charged the thing and then gave their opinion of the thing. They thought it was a steaming pile to the chest too, but said it more nicely than that. Funny thing is that @scoobycub on twitter, an UD employee, was pissed. There was quite the Twitter exchange. BTW, if you are looking to follow daily comments on the industry, I strongly recommend you join the twitter and follow us basement dwellers. I think UD was a little surprised, as was I, that they got an honest response. God forbid
Funny thing about evolution is that Chris Carlin Yammers on and on about value and how much they sell for. He was citing initial sales on ebay and should pay more attention to recent sales. Enjoy that $28 for the Patrick Willis.
And on a final note. Press Pass emailed me on Twitter, there is a private message feature, and asked me why I don't like their cards.
Here's What I said:
On another note, you may have noticed that I haven't gotten review boxes from Panini in a while. They were none to happy with my speaking out against their price fixing anti consumer shenanigans. That's what I get I suppose.
One more thing. Kudos to Beckett for calling a spade a spade. Let's be honest. Evolution is a piece of dung. THey are cheap, flimsy and just dumb. Oh yeah, they aren't cards neither. I do expect Panini's to be much better. They are autod and don't look like a piece of crap toy you would get at the dollar store. First, Beckett got a review box of 2011 Upper Deck, that surprise surprise happened to have an evolution in it. These are not 1 per case. I have heard of 1:3-4 cases. Dude. Anyway, the way they are packed out is the mylar looking pack is essentially taped to the bottom of the box. If you look at the Beckett video, you can see that they started taking the packs out of the box and then quickly closed the lid as to try and shield the evolution from the camera. Additionally, the Beckett guys are card guys. You better believe that they were examining that box to see if they could tell. They knew it was in there. For Upper Deck to say that they sent them a random box is just too hard to swallow.
Anyway, the evolution was DOA so there is a second part to the video where Beckett charged the thing and then gave their opinion of the thing. They thought it was a steaming pile to the chest too, but said it more nicely than that. Funny thing is that @scoobycub on twitter, an UD employee, was pissed. There was quite the Twitter exchange. BTW, if you are looking to follow daily comments on the industry, I strongly recommend you join the twitter and follow us basement dwellers. I think UD was a little surprised, as was I, that they got an honest response. God forbid
Funny thing about evolution is that Chris Carlin Yammers on and on about value and how much they sell for. He was citing initial sales on ebay and should pay more attention to recent sales. Enjoy that $28 for the Patrick Willis.
And on a final note. Press Pass emailed me on Twitter, there is a private message feature, and asked me why I don't like their cards.
Here's What I said:
You're racing products are fantastic, but I do not like draft products or the mugshot effect that your cards have due to license issues I don't collect bowma baseball, UD Draft, anything like that. They Remington (damn autocorrect) me of the late 80's impel sets.
That is all.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
2007 Masterpieces Baseball Case Number 7
Yup, 7 cases since mid February. Man these cases are hit and miss. Spoiler...No Redemptions! I have 1 topper set and shockingly was not able to complete a windsor or Linen set even with an infusion of greens from Duane of democratic roadkill.
Anyway, these will be up on Ebay tonight, if you want something let me know.
The Topper
The Plate: Very Cool Card. The card came packed with the base card in the penny sleeve. The Strokes of Genius plates come with a blank.
The Parallels:
Black Linen
Serious Black
Blue Linen
Pinot Needed the Ripken. Score
Rusted: Already had the Jordan, paid $28 ish shipped
Hades
Blue Steel: Need the Jordan
The Autos: This is my third Timmy in 7 cases. Other than that the big time retired autos are tough ass pulls obviously:
Anyway, these will be up on Ebay tonight, if you want something let me know.
The Topper
The Plate: Very Cool Card. The card came packed with the base card in the penny sleeve. The Strokes of Genius plates come with a blank.
The Parallels:
Black Linen
Serious Black
Blue Linen
Pinot Needed the Ripken. Score
Rusted: Already had the Jordan, paid $28 ish shipped
Hades
Blue Steel: Need the Jordan
The Autos: This is my third Timmy in 7 cases. Other than that the big time retired autos are tough ass pulls obviously:
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Dodging bullets
When you are to the point I am in building my Masterpieces sets, some cards scare you to death. Especially when you have been watching for 2 years and you see 1 or 2 in that time and they sell for a fortune. Well maybe not a fortune, but more than you want to pay. Also, being down to 6 cards in an /75 set becomes almost unbearable, waiting for cards to show up. Sure enough, 4 of the 6 I needed have shown up in the last week.
Favre Green /75 - Ugh $20 - With how awesome this card is and how rarely it shows up, you never know when Favre collector is going to take you to the limit.
FTR, I am down to 3 Tyree/Manning and 5 Barry Sanders
Favre Green /75 - Ugh $20 - With how awesome this card is and how rarely it shows up, you never know when Favre collector is going to take you to the limit.
While cruising Ebay the other day, I noticed that a guy was posting a bunch of masterpieces autos. I took it upon myself to email him to see if he had any parallels. He did. He told me he was going to post them. He Did, as Topps Letterman Parallels. So I made him an offer for the 3 cards below, $22.40 shipped.
and now we have Joe. Joe has been around before. I missed out on it for $15 as I didn't expect it to go for that much. There was a time when I was the only one going after these cards so I didn't expect it to come close to even $10. This time when it came up, I was expecting a huge fight as with the crap that Topps et al have put out, people have been looking to older sets to collect. Not that all products have been bad but some people will not collect Upper Decks College stuff. Topps put out 10 products that all looked the same, and Panini hasn't produced anything compelling like Masterpieces. Also, around christmas time you may recall that I lost out on a blue /150 for $23. Anyway, $7.65 shipped.
FTR, I am down to 3 Tyree/Manning and 5 Barry Sanders
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
2007 Masterpieces Baseball Cases 5 and 6 - The Numbered Parallels
These are of course my main motivation for busting the 6 cases of masterpieces in the last 6 weeks. Insanity? Surely. You get 2 serialed parallels per box. There are 7 sets other than the 1/1's. Serious Black /99, Black Linen /99, Pinot Red /75, Blue Linen /75, Rusted /50, Hades /50 and finally Blue Steel /50.
There has been much confusion over what version is which. I actually researched paper color to find out the answer for sure. As I have said before, Beckett has Ionised listed as an /50. That is contrary to the Upper Deck Website. In researching the paper colors I determined that the Rusted is actually Rusted Green Metallic, that makes a bit more sense, the blue steel is in fact brighter than the Hades although they are very very close and in the right, or wrong light if you prefer, they look almost identical. Hades is supposed to be darker perhaps as Hades is associated with Black. In some light, the hades does look very dark.
In better news, I am 3 away from the /75 Green Football and Baseball sets.
Black Linen
Serious Black
Pinot
Blue Linen
Rusted
Hades
Blue Steel
and the wantlist
Football
Green /75 need 3
of 105
3 - David Tyree
5 - Barry Sanders
46 - Joe Montana
Light Blue /50 need 28
2,4,9,10,13,16,19,24,32,34,44,50,58,62,69,76,78,79,80,83,86,88,91,93,96,102,104,110
green /50 need 22
1,3,5,10,21,37,38,39,44,48,50,63,78,80,81,88,93,95,99,103,108,109
Burgundy /25
4,5,6,8,9,10,13,14,15,19,21,22,26,27,31,32,35,37,39,42,44,46,48,49,51,61,67,68,72,73,76,80,81,82,83,86,87,88,90
2008 Baseball
Green /75 117 of 120
52 - Ken Griffey
67 - Eric Chavez
81 - IChiro
Blue /50 need 41
2,3,4,7,8,11,12,16,19,31,32,37,39,41,45,46,48,49,52,54,56,58,62,64,66,70,71,83,94,96,97,98,100,102,105,106,107,108,115,119
2007 Baseball
Serious Black /99 need 15
2,12,17,22,24,26,29,30,35,42,46,49,53,55,68
Black Linen /99 need 8
26,35,42,58,70,71,82,86
Blue Linen /75 need 11
2,6,10,17,25,31,42,45,53,68,87
Pinot /75 need 12
8,20,27,29,33,45,46,49,53,55,58,72
Hades /50 21
1,6,8,13,22,25,26,30,34,35,40,43,47,49,53,54,55,69,74,78,85
Blue Steel /50 25
2,8,10,12,22,23,29,32,35,36,38,39,43,46,49,
55,58,61,65,69,70,72,79,83,87
Rusted /50 29
1,4,10,13,17,19,22,23,26,27,29,30,31,39,40,49,54,55,59,
62,67,68,69,72,76,82,83,87,88
There has been much confusion over what version is which. I actually researched paper color to find out the answer for sure. As I have said before, Beckett has Ionised listed as an /50. That is contrary to the Upper Deck Website. In researching the paper colors I determined that the Rusted is actually Rusted Green Metallic, that makes a bit more sense, the blue steel is in fact brighter than the Hades although they are very very close and in the right, or wrong light if you prefer, they look almost identical. Hades is supposed to be darker perhaps as Hades is associated with Black. In some light, the hades does look very dark.
In better news, I am 3 away from the /75 Green Football and Baseball sets.
Black Linen
Serious Black
Pinot
Blue Linen
Rusted
Hades
Blue Steel
and the wantlist
Football
Green /75 need 3
of 105
3 - David Tyree
5 - Barry Sanders
46 - Joe Montana
Light Blue /50 need 28
2,4,9,10,13,16,19,24,32,34,44,50,58,62,69,76,78,79,80,83,86,88,91,93,96,102,104,110
green /50 need 22
1,3,5,10,21,37,38,39,44,48,50,63,78,80,81,88,93,95,99,103,108,109
Burgundy /25
4,5,6,8,9,10,13,14,15,19,21,22,26,27,31,32,35,37,39,42,44,46,48,49,51,61,67,68,72,73,76,80,81,82,83,86,87,88,90
2008 Baseball
Green /75 117 of 120
52 - Ken Griffey
67 - Eric Chavez
81 - IChiro
Blue /50 need 41
2,3,4,7,8,11,12,16,19,31,32,37,39,41,45,46,48,49,52,54,56,58,62,64,66,70,71,83,94,96,97,98,100,102,105,106,107,108,115,119
2007 Baseball
Serious Black /99 need 15
2,12,17,22,24,26,29,30,35,42,46,49,53,55,68
Black Linen /99 need 8
26,35,42,58,70,71,82,86
Blue Linen /75 need 11
2,6,10,17,25,31,42,45,53,68,87
Pinot /75 need 12
8,20,27,29,33,45,46,49,53,55,58,72
Hades /50 21
1,6,8,13,22,25,26,30,34,35,40,43,47,49,53,54,55,69,74,78,85
Blue Steel /50 25
2,8,10,12,22,23,29,32,35,36,38,39,43,46,49,
55,58,61,65,69,70,72,79,83,87
Rusted /50 29
1,4,10,13,17,19,22,23,26,27,29,30,31,39,40,49,54,55,59,
62,67,68,69,72,76,82,83,87,88
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Available autos and jerseys from Masterpieces Cases
Jerseys, Some I have more than one of obviously, if its listed twice that means I have two.
Fisk Regular
Dunn
Kendall
Sizemore
Giles
Ordonez
Derek Lee
A iwamura
Baldelli Clean
Crawford
Utley
Young
M Cabrera
Weaver
Chipper
Derek Lee again
Bobby Crosby
Mark Tex x 2
Ben Sheets
Dice K
Andruw Jones
Dontrelle
Hanley Ramirez
Utley
Carl Crawford
Pujols
Sizemore
Baldelli Dirty swatch
Carpenter x2
Griffey jr
Smoltz
JD Drew
Time Hudson
Adrian Beltre
Kazmir
Johan Santana
Randy Johnson
A Iwamura
Griffey Jr
Jose Reyes
Roy Halladay
Glavine
Tim Hudson
Chris Carpenter
Sizemore
Autos I have:
Bourn
Laroche x2
Perkins x2 plus a redemption
Kearns x2
Hampson
Boof FU**ing Bonser
Lind
Fisk Regular
Dunn
Kendall
Sizemore
Giles
Ordonez
Derek Lee
A iwamura
Baldelli Clean
Crawford
Utley
Young
M Cabrera
Weaver
Chipper
Derek Lee again
Bobby Crosby
Mark Tex x 2
Ben Sheets
Dice K
Andruw Jones
Dontrelle
Hanley Ramirez
Utley
Carl Crawford
Pujols
Sizemore
Baldelli Dirty swatch
Carpenter x2
Griffey jr
Smoltz
JD Drew
Time Hudson
Adrian Beltre
Kazmir
Johan Santana
Randy Johnson
A Iwamura
Griffey Jr
Jose Reyes
Roy Halladay
Glavine
Tim Hudson
Chris Carpenter
Sizemore
Autos I have:
Bourn
Laroche x2
Perkins x2 plus a redemption
Kearns x2
Hampson
Boof FU**ing Bonser
Lind
2 cases 2007 Masterpieces Baseball
These started out well and went way down hill. I don't think I got a case hit auto in the second case. I have 2 box topper sets. $44 shipped each. 26-27 base sets. I didn't quite put together a Linen set but do have a windsor. Pop Startled wanted it so send $45 to stusigpi@hotmail.com. The Uggla is available for $7 delivered, The Lincecum for $110, The Agon is $13 delivered. I have no idea what to put on the Fisk or the Drew plate so make offers if you want..
First, a second expired Jeter Auto Redemption:
Second, a plate of Stephen Drew:
Third, a 1/1 Fisk Jersey. This is the Bronze border with 1 of 1 on the back.
Fourth, a Lincecum auto. This was the only auto of note.
First, a second expired Jeter Auto Redemption:
Second, a plate of Stephen Drew:
Third, a 1/1 Fisk Jersey. This is the Bronze border with 1 of 1 on the back.
Fourth, a Lincecum auto. This was the only auto of note.
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