Quick Update - Completing 2013 Topps

Quick Update on 2013 Topps

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I have exactly 200 of 331 Base cards

I really thought it was a little more. But it doesn't make sense to buy more

packs cause i have nearly 100 doubles i think.

So i will trade for until i have completed the set. Let me know if you want to trade 20 or 30 base cards.

Some scans from the last packs ... NO hit 

Chris Heisey - Gold parallel

Anthony Rizzo - Chasing the Dream and Yu Darvish 1972 mini

Lou Gehrig - Chasing History 

Find a list of my base doubles on Facebook

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for a 

2013 Gypsy Queen REVIEW ... maybe a hit ? 

1990 Topps Sammy Sosa Rookie Card - PSA 9

1990 Topps - Sammy Sosa

Just a quick update.

Got this one for a buck ...

1990 Topps - Sammy Sosa RC - PSA 9

it has a low BV but with a PSA 9 it goes for about 14$ on COMC

Happy with it 

Thanks for reading! 

1979 Topps - Complete Set

1979 Topps Complete Set of 726 Cards

A little Vintage was in the air on eBay germany ...

I saw it first with 3 days remaining with a price of

45$ and decided to bid in last second .

So 3 days later it was on 51$. My bid in the last second was 62$

... and i got it for the very nice price of 55$  ^^ just great.

I think in that condition the set is at least worth 150$.

If you want to check out the auction (if it is still available)

click here ...

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First some pics and later some cool scans of the best cards

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The best card first

Ozzie Smith - Rookie Card

... well the centering sucks but the card is in 

a perfect condition. This single card could go for 50$ on eBay i think .. (BV60$)

Eddie Murray

Good centering but a little damaged on the upper edge and

lower left corner ... But i don't like this guy anyways.

George Brett - American League All Star and Paul Molitor (Centering -.-)

Pete Rose National League All Star

and yippiee ...

Nolan Ryan with the Angels 

good centering AND good condition :)

That was IT!! 

But i have a little promblem ... i got the following a moth ago from

my girlfriend ..she bought it on eBay for me :

an unopened Cello Pack of 1979 Topps Baseball ^^ 

So the question is: Should i rip it and replace better cards and

maybe sell the doubles on eBay or should i just keep it?

Chris Olds says the following: 

yes thanks, i know that ^^

So if anybody on the planet reads this, comment and tell

me what you would do.

Thanks for reading! 

2013 Topps Series 1 - Group Break

Group Break

2013 Topps - Series 1 

5 Teams

• Texas Rangers
• Boston Red Sox
• San Francisco Giants
• New York Mets
• LA Dodgers

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If you want to watch the Break- Video .. check it out here : 

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I wont scan base cards today , just some cool inserts.

What was in the Box? 

We had:

• 63 Base Cards
• 1 Emerald Foil Parallel
• 2 Gold Parallel #2013
• 1 Calling Card
• 1 Chasing the Dream insert
• 2 Chasing History inserts
• 3 1972 minis
• 1 The Greats
• 2 Die Cut Cards

David Ortiz - Calling Card

 .... love that design! 

Yu Darvish - Cut to the Chase and Yu Darvish - Cut to the Chase

... yep in ONE box ^^ one is for trade 

Ted Williams - The Greats (thick) and Willie Mays - 1972 mini

Tom Seaver - Chasing History

Nolan Ryan - Chasing Card

That's it ... no hit but some cool cards. Close to complete the base set.

btw. i own the 1972 mini of R.A. Dickey 3 times now :D 

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for a real eBay complete set steal !! 

2010 Tri-Star OBAK - Hot Box (3/3)

2010 TriStar OBAK

Welcome to the last part of the Box Break

.. remember it was a Hot Box with 10 Autos in it !

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The Autographs

We've got not only normal Autos (# to125), we have also

Parallel Autos ..

Brown # to 75

Black # to 50

First Auto is 28/75 Austin Romine of the Yankees , just promoted to the Bigs on April 26 this year. 12$BV

The second is Charlie Ward 45/50 , '93 Heisman Trophy winner. Drafted by Milwaukee in '93 and then again by the Yankees in '94 but started playing Basketball for the Knicks from '94 to '04 12$BV

Let's contiue with kind of a dupe ^^ (never had 2 Autos of the same player in one box)

Both of them are brown parallel Autos of Steve Matz, a pitching injury prone minor of the Mets. First is 68/75 and second 70/75 ... One of them is for trade !!  NO BV

Now my favorite one ...

This is Wayne Terwilliger, one of two minor league managers to manage after the age of 80.

And just by the way , he played for the Chicago Cubs , The Brooklyn Dodgers , The Washington Senators , The New York Giants and The Kansas City Athletics after his debut in 1949. I'm proud to own his autograph .. NO BV

Nothing amazing with .. first Ken Landreaux 108/125 record hitting 31 consecutive games for Minnesota and the "One Game" John Paciorek Brown parallel 39/75

Tom Paciorek 48/125 and the "3 time drafted but never played one game" Neil Medchill 65/125

The last one is really nice ..

Dustin Ackley - Black parallel Auto - 13/50 24$BV

That was the break ... it was really fun and i got some cool hits out of it!

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for a

 2013 Topps Series 1 - Group Break with 5 Teams !! 

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2010 Tri-Star OBAK - Hot Box (2/3)

2010 Tri-Star OBAK Baseball

Hot Box

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Welcome back to Part 2 of 3 in this Box break.

This time i'm going to present you the parallels , variations and inserts

i pulled from this Hot Box.

Remember the Hot Box configuration: 

You'll get 10 Autographs per hot box and over 25 other hits! Now that's some serious hits. There is one guaranteed hot box per 24 box case

(source: http://www.sportscardradio.com/index.php/product-previews-a-reviews/676-2010-tri-star-obak-baseball-box-checklist )

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So there are NO jerseys in this product.

There are Autos only. These are the "real" hits i'll post

in part 3 , maybe tomorrow.

So they're talking ..

Parallel Cards #to50 or less

Mini Parallel Cards #to50 or less

Short Print Cards

T-4 Inserts #to75 or less 

.... as Hits .. Nobody would do that but it's ok for me. When you

consider to buy a box you don't know you have to take a closer look.

1 of 1 are Purple and Purple back (had none)
# to 5 are Red letters and Red back
# to 25 are Green letters and Green back
# to 50 are Black letters and Black back

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Ok let's begin ...

Short Prints

Cincinatti Red Stockings - Team Card - Short Print BV 4$

1910 President William Taft with 2010 President Barack Obama - Short Print

BV 4$

Johnny Evers and Frank Chance - Short Prints - of the Chicago Cubs

BV 4$

 Chick Gandil - Black White Sox - Short Print and Buck (?) Weaver - Short Print
BV 4$

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Let's go on with the 

Variations

(Variations in this set are only different on the back ... other text. You can identify them with a circle around the cards number)

Cal Ripken Jr. - Variation Front .. no difference BV 10$

 The Back of a normal Cal Ripken and the Variation (pretty lame)

Sherry Magie and Starlin Castro BV 4$ - Variations

Austin Jackson - Variation # 36/50 BV 4,50$

I really don't know why the normal blacks have a higher BV then the Variations ..

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Numbered Parallel Cards

First of all i will list them here: 

12 - Austin Romine - 5/5

15 - Drew Storen - 40/50

18 - Andrew Dawson - 40/50

19 - Hank Greenberg - 37/50

34 - Derryl Strawberry - 26/50

48 - Tom Peciorek - 3/25

52 - Jim Abbot - 32/50

64 - Caleb Bradham - 6/25

75 - Bernice Gera - 23/25

89 - Dummy Taylor - 16/50

Some of them scanned ... 

Austin Romine - Red Parallel - 5/5 No BV Scarcity

Tom Paciorek - Green Parallel - 03/25 No BV Scarcity

Drew Storen - Black Parallel - 40/50 BV 9$

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Minis

There are 54 minis in the product (one per pack)

I'll just list my minis and scan ONE of them ... nothing special

1 - Dustin Ackley

7 - Drew Storen

9 - Roger Clemens

10 - Hank Greenberg

11 - Dale Murphy

13 - Crash Davis

17 - Jose Canseco

20 - Jim Abbot

24 - Ray Chapman

32 - Peck & Snyder

35 - Charlie Ward

41 - Heyward & Jackson

44 - Weaver (different back than any other, why?)

55 - Hulk Hogan ^^

Dustin Ackley - Mini BV 5$

noooow we have many Mini- Parallel cards ... let's take a look! 

2 - Chris Carter - Red Parallel - 2/5

9 - Roger Clemens - Black Parallel - 9/50

12 - Cal Ripken Jr. - Variation

18 - Jason Heyward - Black Parallel - Variation - 43/50 (nice)

29 - Bernice Gera - Black Parallel - 21/50

39 - Todd McFarlane - Black Parallel - 35/50

I like the Heyward and the Ripken most so i'll give you scans ...

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Jason Heyward - Mini - Variation - Black Parallel - 43/50 BV 12$

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Cal Ripken Jr. - Mini - Variation BV 12$

and finally the last card of the post ..

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Chris Carter - Mini - Red Parallel - 2/5 No BV Scarcity

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the real Hits!