I am Joe Collector

A very new wrinkle in Fakes. Masterpieces Style

2012-01-22T22:54:00.000-08:00

I tip my hat to those that are constantly try to find and report on fakes. Gellman from SCU is one major player that tries to educate.

In doing my normal exhaustive search for Masterpieces I came upon this thread at Freedom Card Board. Find it here and give these guys credit. <----Enough credit? It was them that brought this to light. I'm just going to show what they are talking about.

Ok so basically the question is whether this Frank Thomas is a real Patch/Auto:

The auction is here. The seller is cheongyoon but may not know or have known it's a fake. The answer is No it is not. The auto is probably real, but the patch is not real at all, nor is the serial numbering. What this card most likely is, is a jersey auto non serial numbered card that has been stamped and reframed. Consider These:

and by the way, Ebay does not own the copyright on these pictures. They may think they do, but they don't.They can't usurp the original owner's ownership of the photo if any.

Note the Patch designation that does not appear on the other suspected as a fake. Now consider the jersey and jersey auto below:

Note the spacing between the name and the swatch. It is bigger on the jersey auto. Additionally, the back would not contain the authentication language. Also the frames are very easy to remove from one card and put on another. People use these frames on custom cards all the time. So there you have it. It could have been a replacement for a ruined patch card during the production process. What say you?

Sometimes they don't - 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football Green /75 Set Complete

2012-01-22T16:38:00.000-08:00

It's all over but the shipping. I started out to collecting the Masterpieces framed sets for many reasons. Nobody else was really collecting them, they were cheap, there was nothing else to really collect and of course proof on concept or lack thereof.

I suppose player collectors have been around to some extent since the dawn of collecting cards but manufacturers encouraged set collecting to sell more packs. There were always short prints, some intentional, some not and some just happened for various reasons. Think the famous Nap Lojoie Goudey #106 for purposeful. When we made it to the parallel era, the cards were produced to add value to a box, get people to bust more and to make the release more exciting.

Some of the parallels are just unnecessary from a set collecting perspective as it isn't possible to complete certain sets. 1/1, /5, /10 etc. I always wondered what was possible with these sets so I gave them a try.

For 2007 Masterpieces Baseball you have 7 1/1 parallels, 3 /50, 2 /75, 2 /99, and 2 unnumbered. For 2008 Masterpieces Baseball you have a 1/1 set, /5, /10, /25, /50, /75, /100, /125, unnumbered red (probably 275-300 sets), and black. For 2008 Football you have /10 blue, /25 burgundy, /50 green Metallic, /50 Blue, /75 green, /99 brown, /150 Blue, and /199 Red and unnumbered Black.

What sets the Football sets apart is that the /25, /99, /150, /199 and Black are 86 cards and the others are 105 cards. Almost a year ago I completed the Blue and the Brown but still had a few to go on the green.

In Fact, as of January 11, 2011 here is my wantlist:
Green /75 need 7 of 105
3 - David Tyree
5 - Barry Sanders
8 - Brett Favre
20 - Devin Hester
43 - Jim Brown
46 - Joe Montana
107 - Desean Jackson
The Favre, Hester Brown, Montana and Jackson all seemed to show up not long after that, but the Tyree/manning and Sanders were very elusive. I always expected with the coming football seasons that the cards would show up in droves....No luck. In December I bought that huge lot of cards unseen and sure enough there was a Sanders in there but no Tyree. I don't recall seeing one listed ever. I did find one in somebody's collection on Beckett but the person didn't respond to my repeated emails. There also have been no mentions that any search engine could find. No mention on Worthpoint, COMC, Sportlots, sportsbuy, et al.

Well yesterday during one of my 200 daily searches, one showed up. 24 hour auction. I almost emailed the guy to buy it outright but figured there was no need. Here we are just a day and and $6.69 later I have purchased:

I will say that it is quite a rush when you actually see the card you need listed. Especially when you have been searching for 3 years. Now to answer the question that many of you will be thinking. How much did it cost me to put this set together? Hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars. I always get a chuckle when some knuckle head declares that they are going to build one of these sets and then when I warn them of the time and expense, they scoff at me......

Sometimes they cost a lot

2012-01-19T22:54:00.000-08:00

The history of the 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football Burgundy /25 set. I didn't seriously collect this set because I figured that such a thing was impossible. I had a few of these cards, picked up a couple on ebay, 1 or so per case, sometimes it's 2. These show up on Ebay and COMC every once in a great while. I had bid on a few like Sayers and Nelson but never really took it seriously. Until I did this. This was the turning point and I decided that I was going to go for the set. I had noticed that a lot of the cards were being bid up and a single buyer seemed to be getting them. Finally the guy gave up, windfall for me. I can't imagine what it cost to track these down singly. Well maybe I do.

Thing about sets that are /25 or /50 is that you pretty much have to pay whatever it takes but I do have my limits. Luckily I have picked up a lot of the stars but still have a few to go. One of those stars was Tom Brady #83 in the set. I had already picked up Tom Brady #84. 83 showed up the other day for a starting bid of $9 cash money. I watched it and watched it and watched it. It finally got an opening bid. I wasn't worried, happens often on cards I need.

Anyway, I put in a healthy bid with seconds to go thinking $15-$18 or so, nope, went for $32 ish plus ship. Holy Crap. Luckily I knew where another one was and picked it up. Paid a lot more than I wanted to, but meh.

SN 1/25

I'm 70/86.

Little Help?

Green /75 Need 1
3 - David Tyree

Light Blue /50 need 4
2 - Adrian Peterson
79 - Scott Norwood
83 - Tom Brady
86 - Vince Lombardi

Green Metallic /50 need 3
10 - Brett Favre
78 - Jack Lambert
81 - Terrell Owens

Burgundy /25 16
5 - Barry Sanders
10 - Brett Favre
13 - Champ Bailey
15 - Dan Marino
19 - Desmond Howard
31 - Eli Manning
35 - Frank Reich
37 - Gale Sayers
39 - Herm Edwards
44 - Jim Thorpe
46 - Joe Montana
49 - John Elway
51 - Jordy Nelson
67 - Paul Hornung
73 - Lester Hayes
82 - Terry Bradshaw

50 is the new 41 - Wantlist 1/15/12

2012-01-15T19:38:00.001-08:00

This will continue to be updated for your collecting pleasure. 38 of 2571 to go. (98.52%)
Need 48

Green /75
Complete
Light Blue /50 need 4
2 - Adrian Peterson
32 - (Incoming)
79 - Scott Norwood
83 - Tom Brady
86 - Vince Lombardi

Green Metallic /50 need 3
10 - Brett Favre
37(incoming)
78 - Jack Lambert
81 - Terrell Owens

Burgundy /25 16
5 - Barry Sanders
10 - Brett Favre
13 - Champ Bailey
15 - Dan Marino
19 - Desmond Howard
31 - Eli Manning
35 - Frank Reich
37 - Gale Sayers
39 - Herm Edwards
44 - Jim Thorpe
46 - Joe Montana
49 - John Elway
51 - Jordy Nelson
67 - Paul Hornung
73 - Lester Hayes
82 - Terry Bradshaw

2008 Masterpieces Baseball Color Parallel Want list
Checklist SP checklist

Black
Complete

Red
Complete

Blue /125
Complete

Brown /100
Complete

Green /75 119 of 120
67 - Eric Chavez

Blue /50 need 8
7 - Evan Longoria
12 - Wade Boggs
16 - Jonathan Paplebon
39 - Roy Oswalt (incoming)
46 - Robin Yount
48 - Ryan Braun (incoming)
54 - David Wright
56 - Jose Reyes (incoming)
96 - Ernie Banks
105 - Tom Seaver
107 - Lou Brock

2007 Masterpieces Baseball
Green Linen
Complete

Green Windsor
Complete

6 for all 7
Serious Black /99
Complete

Black Linen /99
Complete

Blue Linen /75
Complete

Pinot /75
Complete

Hades /50
Complete

Blue Steel /50
Complete
Rusted /50 9 6
4 - Bill Mazaroski
10 - Cal Ripken
22 - Babe Ruth
49 - Albert Pujols
82 - Tim Lincecum
83 - Billy Butler

Just a few days later

2012-01-11T20:37:00.000-08:00

A few days back I completed my 2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Pinot /75 set when Chutley magically appeared on COMC. Last Sunday I noted an auction that appeared that purported to be a Blue Steel Gehrig /50. So I emailed the seller to find out if it was the brighter blue Blue Steel. He Claims that it is. So I offered to buy the card outright. He probably started looking around for past sales but couldn't find any so decided that he didn't want to get taken so he decided to let it ride. I explained to him that it was the last card I needed for the set. Probably didn't believe me. I would have givenn him $10-$15 or so. Cost me $5.48

So, if this is what he says it is... 2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Blue Steel /50 Set....Complete.

It's about damn time.

2012-01-03T19:03:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I feel like I am cheating when I complete sets using Comc or Ebay, but with 2007 Masterpieces and having busted 26 1/2 cases I don't feel that way at all. here is why. You get 5-7 pinots per case. Even at the low end that is 132 cards minimum. There are only 90 in the set for pete's sake.

As many of you know I have been collecting these for 3 years. I scour all of the online sources. I have posted on countless message boards and you know I don't low ball people. Well maybe in the beginning, but let's be honest. Offering .75-1.25 for a card that is of a no name parallel these days is not low ball really.

Anyway, I have been down to Chase Utley #33 for a long time. Not a big dollar card, not a high demand card. In fact there have been no less than 10 of the Deep Blue Linen /75 counterpart on ebay. Well tonight I was doing one of my hourly searches on Comc when this showed up for $3.

It's funny how this works. All of the cards I need with the exception of 5 I have never seen on ebay. One I screwed up bidding, and 4 went for way more than a half way sane person would pay. I know someone has these cards somewhere. Any help?

Green /75
3 - David Tyree

Light Blue /50 need 5
2 - Adrian Peterson
19 - Desmond Howard (incoming)
32 - (Incoming)
60 - Malcolm Kelly
79 - Scott Norwood
83 - Tom Brady
86 - Vince Lombardi

Green Metallic /50 need 4
10 - Brett Favre
37(incoming)
78 - Jack Lambert
80 - Snow Plow Game
81 - Terrell Owens
103 - Chad Henne (incoming)
109 - Jonathan Stewart (incoming)

Burgundy /25 17
5 - Barry Sanders
10 - Brett Favre
13 - Champ Bailey
15 - Dan Marino
19 - Desmond Howard
22 - Harry Douglas (incoming)
31 - Eli Manning
35 - Frank Reich
37 - Gale Sayers
39 - Herm Edwards
44 - Jim Thorpe
46 - Joe Montana
49 - John Elway
51 - Jordy Nelson
67 - Paul Hornung
73 - Lester Hayes
82 - Terry Bradshaw
83 - Tom Brady

2008 Masterpieces Baseball Color Parallel Want list
Checklist SP checklist

Black
Complete

Red
Complete

Blue /125
Complete

Brown /100
Complete

Green /75 119 of 120
67 - Eric Chavez

Blue /50 need 10
7 - Evan Longoria
12 - Wade Boggs
16 - Jonathan Paplebon
39 - Roy Oswalt
46 - Robin Yount
48 - Ryan Braun
54 - David Wright
56 - Jose Reyes (incoming)
96 - Ernie Banks
105 - Tom Seaver
107 - Lou Brock

2007 Masterpieces Baseball
Green Linen
Complete

Green Windsor
Complete

7 for all 7
Serious Black /99
Complete

Black Linen /99
Complete

Blue Linen /75
Complete
Pinot /75 need (1)
33 - Chase Utley (incoming)

Hades /50
Complete

Blue Steel /50 1
8 - Lou Gehrig

Rusted /50 9 6
4 - Bill Mazaroski
10 - Cal Ripken
22 - Babe Ruth
49 - Albert Pujols
82 - Tim Lincecum
83 - Billy Butler

The Mystery Box of Masterpieces

2011-12-31T18:12:00.000-08:00

As I said in my last post, I purchased a large collection of Masterpieces Football parallels and patches sight unseen. I paid the big bucks but it was worth it. Here are the highlights. If any of you know where any of the last 50 cards I need are, please let me know.
The patches. I needed the Dexter Jackson for my 5th set:

These are /10 and 1:3 cases it seems:

/25 Burgundy. I only needed a couple of these. The run 1 or 2 per case:

/50 Metallic. I missed out on some I needed a couple months back. The Avery was one of them. Feels good to pick up a card that you know you missed before:

/50 blue

/75 green - Finally got the Barry Sanders. First one I have seen. I now just need the tyree/Manning /75 for the green set.

Here are the rest of the Green/Brown/Blue.

Now these are the silver that are numbered to the Jersey of each player. Because QB's have the lowest jersey number and are usually the most saught after players, these cards can be tough to find. There is a set collector out there:

There you have it. Very happy with my purchase. Please let me know if anyone has any of these that I need.
This will continue to be updated for your collecting pleasure. 50 of 2571 to go. (98.06%)
Need 48
Green /75 need 1
of 105
3 - David Tyree

Light Blue /50 need 6
2 - Adrian Peterson
19 - Desmond Howard
32 - (Incoming)
60 - Malcolm Kelly
79 - Scott Norwood
83 - Tom Brady
86 - Vince Lombardi

Green Metallic /50 need 6
10 - Brett Favre
37(incoming)
78 - Jack Lambert
80 - Snow Plow Game
81 - Terrell Owens
103 - Chad Henne
109 - Jonathan Stewart

Burgundy /25 18
5 - Barry Sanders
10 - Brett Favre
13 - Champ Bailey
15 - Dan Marino
19 - Desmond Howard
22 - Harry Douglas
31 - Eli Manning
35 - Frank Reich
37 - Gale Sayers
39 - Herm Edwards
44 - Jim Thorpe
46 - Joe Montana
49 - John Elway
51 - Jordy Nelson
67 - Paul Hornung
73 - Lester Hayes
82 - Terry Bradshaw
83 - Tom Brady
31
2008 Masterpieces Baseball Color Parallel Want list
Checklist SP checklist

Black
Complete

Red
Complete

Blue /125
Complete

Brown /100
Complete

Green /75 119 of 120
67 - Eric Chavez

Blue /50 need 10
7 - Evan Longoria
12 - Wade Boggs
16 - Jonathan Paplebon
39 - Roy Oswalt
46 - Robin Yount
48 - Ryan Braun
54 - David Wright
56 - Jose Reyes (incoming)
96 - Ernie Banks
105 - Tom Seaver
107 - Lou Brock

2007 Masterpieces Baseball
Green Linen
Complete

Green Windsor
Complete

8 for all 7
Serious Black /99
Complete
Black Linen /99
Complete

Blue Linen /75
Complete
Pinot /75 need (1)
33 - Chase Utley

Hades /50
Complete

Blue Steel /50 1
8 - Lou Gehrig

Rusted /50 9 6
4 - Bill Mazaroski
10 - Cal Ripken
22 - Babe Ruth
49 - Albert Pujols
82 - Tim Lincecum
83 - Billy Butler

The State of the Blog - Monthly Group Breaks return...possibly

2011-12-30T13:51:00.000-08:00

It's been a few months, but here I am. Many of you have been following my Masterpieces Quest and as you can see from my want list in the post below, I have made significant headway.

I busted 26 cases of 2007 Masterpieces Baseball and am currently 8 cards short of all 7 parallel sets. That's about $15,600 in wax and still not complete. I sold off all of the cards except for the parallels. I had some great pulls too. A Jordan 1/1 parallel I sold for $500, the Lincecum 1/1 auto went for $700 ish. I'd say I have $6k out of pocket after sales, fees etc. I didn't have any issues with buyers at all. My main problems were expired redemptions and horrid cases. There were some cases that I probably got $200 out of, maybe. The auto checklist is excellent but the sp's and ssp's make recovery difficult. I will say it is the most fun I've had in a long time.

For 2008 Masterpieces Baseball, I am 10 cards short of the /50 set and a Eric Freakin Chavez short of the Green /75 set. I have been stuck on that for months. To give you an idea, THE Eric Chavez Collector had the rainbow with the exception of the green /75. According to Beckett, it is a $2 card. The /50 set has been coming along nicely although I do have competition. Some guy spares no expense. He paid $50 for the Ryan Braun that came up a few weeks ago.....

2008 Masterpieces Football has been interesting. Still haven't seen a sanders or Tyree /75, but there has been a development. Two days ago a guy was posting some parallels on ebay so I emailed him. He said he had a few parallels and asked me what I would pay per card. I sent him my list of what I would pay and here is what he had:

7 patch cards 21.00
74 red 74.00
67 blue /150 83.75
36 brown 54.00
32 green 64.00
22 blue /50 66.00
23 metellic /50 69.00
23 silver /pn 51.75
15 burgundy /25 60.00
10 blue /10 50.00
3 tw /50 15.00
1 tw /75 4.00

totals 612.50

Yeah, I paid the big bucks but I can't even get a case for that and I get 15 burgundy /25. Here is the great thing, I have no idea which cards he actually has. It will be like busting a vending box of parallels. I do know one of the cards is a Swann/Sanders blue /50 time warp which I need. I have also completed four sets of the /50 patches and am hot on the trail of a 5th set. Will I ever stop collecting these....no.

Enough about Masterpieces. One of the questions I keep getting is why I gave up blogging. There are a few reasons. I was/am so mad at Panini. Their bullshit price fixing drives me insane and after criticizing them for it Panini stopped sending me review boxes. There are plenty of other blogs out there that get Panini review boxes and many haven't met a Panini product they don't like. I was accused of the same thing by a couple of people but I stand by my reviews and think they were fair. On to the price fixing, call it what you like, that is what it is. $200 for a box of Gold Standard with possibly $40 worth of cards (quite often less)? No thanks. That is how all Panini products are these days. Hell, even gridiron gear is $100 a box....ugh. Don't get me wrong, Topps leaves their share of floaters too. Marquee, Tier 1, Sterling, all just sticker dump money grabs.

So what's a Joe Collector to do? Well I am going to look more at Non-sport and Leaf. Leaf has been putting their money where there mouth is and putting out some great looking products. Cryptozoic has been killing the Entertainment genre lately as well.

Secondly, I am going to bring back the monthly Baseball Group Breaks with a bit of a different structure if I have enough interest. All of the crap teams are going to be taken out of the mix, but available if people want so let me know if you are interested.

So that's where I am at. I've noticed the Masterpieces fake "buyback" and "redemption" auto scams have not been rearing their ugly head lately. I'd like to think I had something to do with that, but not likely.

The Dirty 115 - Wantlist 8/18/11

2011-12-18T22:37:00.000-08:00

This will continue to be updated for your collecting pleasure. 41 of 2571 to go. (98.41%)
Need 48
Green /75 need 1
of 105
3 - David Tyree

Light Blue /50 need 4
2 - Adrian Peterson
32 - (Incoming)
60 - Malcolm Kelly (incoming)
79 - Scott Norwood
83 - Tom Brady
86 - Vince Lombardi

Green Metallic /50 need 3
10 - Brett Favre
37(incoming)
78 - Jack Lambert
80 - Snow Plow Game (incoming)
81 - Terrell Owens

Burgundy /25 17
5 - Barry Sanders
10 - Brett Favre
13 - Champ Bailey
15 - Dan Marino
19 - Desmond Howard
31 - Eli Manning
35 - Frank Reich
37 - Gale Sayers
39 - Herm Edwards
44 - Jim Thorpe
46 - Joe Montana
49 - John Elway
51 - Jordy Nelson
67 - Paul Hornung
73 - Lester Hayes
82 - Terry Bradshaw
83 - Tom Brady

2008 Masterpieces Baseball Color Parallel Want list
Checklist SP checklist

Black
Complete

Red
Complete

Blue /125
Complete

Brown /100
Complete

Green /75 119 of 120
67 - Eric Chavez

Blue /50 need 9
7 - Evan Longoria
12 - Wade Boggs
16 - Jonathan Paplebon
39 - Roy Oswalt (incoming)
46 - Robin Yount
48 - Ryan Braun
54 - David Wright
56 - Jose Reyes (incoming)
96 - Ernie Banks
105 - Tom Seaver
107 - Lou Brock

2007 Masterpieces Baseball
Green Linen
Complete

Green Windsor
Complete

6 for all 7
Serious Black /99
Complete

Black Linen /99
Complete

Blue Linen /75
Complete

Pinot /75
Complete

Hades /50
Complete

Blue Steel /50
Complete
Rusted /50 9 6
4 - Bill Mazaroski
10 - Cal Ripken
22 - Babe Ruth
49 - Albert Pujols
82 - Tim Lincecum
83 - Billy Butler

2007 Masterpieces Cases 22-26

2011-11-16T21:25:00.000-08:00

Yup, took me about 5 hours to bust them all.

Pulled the JFK to complete the Hades in the second to last pack.

Everybody was Masterpieces Collection Buying /50 Edition

2011-11-08T21:59:00.000-08:00

Don't try this at home kids. I am 21 cases in and I have bought more singles than should be allowed by law. Here is what I picked up for $110. Remember, these are /50. Apparently these two guys were trying to build these sets and decided to stop. They had some decent ones I suppose.

Side note, I have 5 cases coming next week. Yes 5. 80 boxes.

Blue Steel /50

Hades /50

Rusted /50 - I have no idea why, but rusted seem to be rarer. I am having the hardest time finding these cards.

Wantlist
Green /75 need 2
of 105
3 - David Tyree
5 - Barry Sanders
Light Blue /50 need 12
2 - Adrian Peterson
10 - Brett Favre
13 - Champ Bailey
19 - Desmond Howard
32 - Joe Flacco
34 - Franco Harris
60 - Malcolm Kelly
78 - Jack Lambert
79 - Scott Norwood
83 - Tom Brady
86 - Vince Lombardi
96 - Sanders/Swann

Green Metallic /50 need 8
1 - Donnie Avery
10 - Brett Favre
21 - Dick Butkus
37(incoming)
78 - Jack Lambert
80 - Snow Plow Game
81 - Terrell Owens
103 - Chad Henne
109 - Jonathan Stewart

Burgundy /25 21
5 - Barry Sanders
10 - Brett Favre
13 - Champ Bailey
15 - Dan Marino
19 - Desmond Howard
22 - Harry Douglas
31 - Eli Manning
35 - Frank Reich
37 - Gale Sayers
39 - Herm Edwards
44 - Jim Thorpe
46 - Joe Montana
49 - John Elway
51 - Jordy Nelson
67 - Paul Hornung
73 - Lester Hayes
81 - Terrell Owens
82 - Terry Bradshaw
83 - Tom Brady
87 - Vince Young
90 - YA Tittle

2008 Masterpieces Baseball Color Parallel Want list
Checklist SP checklist

Black
Complete

Red
Complete

Blue /125
Complete

Brown /100
Complete

Green /75 119 of 120
67 - Eric Chavez

Blue /50 need 11
7 - Evan Longoria
12 - Wade Boggs
16 - Jonathan Paplebon
39 - Roy Oswalt
45 - Hunter Pence
46 - Robin Yount
48 - Ryan Braun
54 - David Wright
56 - Jose Reyes (incoming)
96 - Ernie Banks
105 - Tom Seaver
107 - Lou Brock

2007 Masterpieces Baseball
Green Linen
Complete

Green Windsor
Complete

15 for all 7
Serious Black /99 need 2 (1)
29(incoming)
35 - Joe Mauer

Black Linen /99
Complete

Blue Linen /75 need 1
42 - Ripken/Gwynn

Pinot /75 need 3 (1)
33 - Chase Utley
49(incoming),
53(incoming),

Hades /50 1
47 - John F Kennedy

Blue Steel /50 2
8 - Lou Gehrig
22 - Babe Ruth

Rusted /50 9
4 - Bill Mazaroski
10 - Cal Ripken
22 - Babe Ruth
27 - Daisuke Matsuzaka
49 - Albert Pujols
54 - Berra/Robinson
67 - Ryan Zimmerman
82 - Tim Lincecum
83 - Billy Butler

Four, Four Complete Sets of 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football Patches /50, Ah, Ah, Ah

2011-11-05T21:09:00.000-07:00

This is the whole collection.....so far:

1-2

3

4

5

6

7

8-9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19-20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30-31

32

33-34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

North Korea

2011-11-05T14:45:00.001-07:00

2007 Masterpieces Case 21 - Frank Thomas 1/1

2011-11-02T19:18:00.000-07:00

Everything but the serial numbered parallels are for sale. The Frank Thomas auto in the set is rumored to be the rarest of all. I have never actually seen one. I had to settle for the plate:

No Case Hit Auto

This was a weird case, only 1 Hades, 6 Blue Steel.

The Red Sox Cards are 34 and 35/50

2009 Upper Deck Philadelphia Chicle Rookie Auto Set

2011-10-29T15:08:00.000-07:00

Oher was the last. The set was pretty difficult to put together but certainly not impossible. Some dude on ebay is trying to sell a set. He started out at $999 and is down to $699. I's only 23 cards as two players apparently didn't sign. There are 96 total sets. These are about 2 per case from what I can tell even though what got me started on these was that I opened a case for a group break that had 4 in it.

Captured!

2011-10-21T19:19:00.001-07:00

I'll have pics of the complete set up sometime next week.

2007 Masterpieces Case 19 and 20 - Lincecum 1/1 auto

2011-09-29T18:01:00.000-07:00

I've posted the Lincecum already but it's worth seeing again. It was in the first box that I opened. I can honestly say that I had thought about pulling this card and wondered whether it was still out there. Guess I got my answer. When I opened the pack, and as I have said all the packs with 1/1's kind of fall apart when you open them, I saw the card and said "Holy Shit", put it down and walked away. No, I have no idea what it's worth.

These sell for about $30 each. The Hamilton went for over $40 shipped last time.

Serious Black

Black Linen Set is now complete.

Blue Linen Another Lincecum

Pinot

Hades Needed the Mauer

Blue Steel Needed the Thomas and The Clemente - I was too slow on a Thomas when it was up on Ebay some months ago. Instead of just punching the BIN I asked the seller a question about others he might have. I lost out on 2 Clementes for around $18 each

Rusted - Skunked again

Autos - Just the decent ones

The Hanley Plate was in the same box as the Lincecum 1/1. I had a good chuckle at the Giles

By the way, I have never seen a Lincecum auto with the I's dotted.

2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Case 19 Box 1 - Lincecum 1/1 auto

2011-09-29T14:02:00.000-07:00

It's been pulled by me:

They see me trollin

2011-09-21T20:39:00.000-07:00

I made this. It's funny to us West Coasters.

Remember when I was a grounds keeper at the Mariners game?

2011-09-21T11:20:00.001-07:00

Well it was Larry Bernandez Bobble Head night.

Just a few hours left to bid

2011-09-18T11:36:00.001-07:00

Find all my masterpieces auctions here.

Yeah, I know It's Matt Leinart

2011-09-16T21:44:00.000-07:00

This isn't what is cool:

This is. I got this from The Mojo Hand sometime back...

and then I just got this off ebay:

Wonder if there is a third piece out there?

Joe and I have patched up our relationship

2011-09-13T22:34:00.001-07:00

Everybody was Ebay Bidding

2011-09-11T16:31:00.001-07:00

Everything is up on Ebay.... Have at it. Find them Here

2007 Masterpieces Case 18

2011-09-10T15:53:00.000-07:00

No parallels I needed. Not a bad case but I do prefer my 1/1 to be a parallel and not a jersey or a plate. If you are interested in a non parallel send me an offer.