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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Acetation

2015 Topps Series 2 Francisco Cervelli /10

Just about a week after I secured the silver framed Cervelli I was able to get the clear acetate parallel. I've been on a nice run picking up a lot of the lower end Pirates out of Series 2 who don't get any auto or relic love. 

Cervelli has been a key to the Pirates success this year. After losing Russell Martin it looked liked catcher was going to be an offensive black hole, but Cervelli has been great with the bat. Also, if you believe in the pitch framing aspects of the game, he rates #1. All for the price of a middle reliever. 

I have no intentions of going for a rainbow as the silver frame and clear acetate are my favorite parallels, but if I do happen to come across the platinum 1 of 1 I may have to entertain the thought. 

Thanks for reading. 
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10 comments:

  1. Zippy ZappyJuly 19, 2015 at 12:04 PM

    My heart, it breaks with every new Cisco you pick up.

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    1. BobWalkthePlankJuly 19, 2015 at 12:07 PM

      You just need to become a Pirates collector. We could swap so much!

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  2. Jeff JonesJuly 19, 2015 at 6:14 PM

    Looks awesome, now I need one...

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    1. BobWalkthePlankJuly 20, 2015 at 8:40 AM

      I'm having a lot more luck with Series 2 than 1. The set included so many of the lower end Pirates.

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  3. Stealing HomeJuly 20, 2015 at 3:03 AM

    Acetate rules. It WILL transcend cardboard time

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    1. BobWalkthePlankJuly 20, 2015 at 8:41 AM

      I was pretty anti parallel until topps came out with the silver frames and acetates.

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  4. BrianJuly 20, 2015 at 10:35 AM

    Not jealous not jealous not jealous....
    I keep waiting for Kennys Vargas to appear on eBay (or COMC, or just commons, or Beckett marketplace, sportlots...) in acetate form.
    of course now I found out that there's also an "orange sparkle" parallel in factory sets. Each set has 5 orange sparkle cards randomly selected inside. there's like 174 of each player...
    Congrats on the Cervelli, I had my eye on another one on eBay for you which I will now not bid on...

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    1. BobWalkthePlankJuly 21, 2015 at 7:34 AM

      I just saw those "orange sparkle" too. Doesn't really interest me so I will probably avoid those.

      Hopefully you will find a few Twins. I struck out with most of the Pirates in series 1, but series 2 has been much more successful.

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    2. BrianJuly 21, 2015 at 9:26 AM

      It does seem to me that more Series two was opened so far (maybe Kris Bryant has something to do with that) ...

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    3. BobWalkthePlankJuly 21, 2015 at 12:57 PM

      That probably has something to do with it. Series 2 has a bunch of obscure guys so it has made purchasing much easier.

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