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Saturday, March 28, 2015

A Weird Result

I've mentioned several times that my favorite card from Series 1 is the Pirates team card. While I have no desire to chase the rainbow I was looking to add a few parallels.


Part of me wishes Starling Marte was in this shot, but Harrison makes for a unique combination with Cutch and Polanco. This picture must be from when Marte was on the DL before the All Star break. Either way it is a cool end of game celebration.

My initial search was to find the silver framed parallel /20, but the price was just too high. So I browsed eBay aimlessly to see if something else would pop up that caught my eye.

2015 Topps Series 1 Yellow Printing Plate

This card popped up on eBay a couple weeks back and when it was all said and done I won it for about $22. Go figure, cheaper than the silver framed. A very welcomed addition to the collection. I'll still keep my eye out for the silver framed, but I'm content having the plate. 





20 comments:

  1. Nice-very nice! 2/7 lurks...out for delivery

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  2. That's awesome! Looks like it worked out for the best.

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  3. Pretty cool - and the yellow looks good with the card design!

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    1. Yeah it does. Hard to pick up in a scan but it looks pretty good.

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  4. Nice. Pirates yellow to boot.

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  5. Probably the most appropriate printing plate to get for the Pirates team card - that's a sweet pickup!

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    1. I love that card. Hopefully I can find the silver frame too.

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  6. superb addition to the Bucco collection! congrats!

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  7. :crosses arms: that's a cool plate! You know, I think a lot of people tend to overvalue stuff that's /10 or /5 compared to plates, and I don't get it either.

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    1. I think so too. I've bought several plates for less than $10. I normally only chase plates for guys that don't have much else in the way of hits, but this was too cool to pass up.

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  8. Awesome addition! Congrats on the win.

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