blue parallels or blue cards of any kind are near and dear to the hearts of dodger collectors, and that extends for me to printing plates. now, due to their nature, one can't be too picky when it comes to those items, but it is nice when the cyan plate pops up for sale.
such was the case a short time ago with this 2012 leaf lumber "the franchise 4" plate
take note topps - the numbers on the backs of those jerseys are definitely blue!
now, where cyan works so well, the yellow plate does not. i couldn't pass up this yellow plate
from 2006 fleer greats of the game is a little bit better due to the photograph used. here's the back:
nice of upper deck to tell me to enjoy my "fleer" card. i am still ticked at fleer for the redemptions in 2004 greats of the game that were never fulfilled, including a number of garvey items that i sent in for. maybe i would enjoy it a bit more if it were the cyan plate.
I don't care about that Leaf crap anymore, but that Fleer plate would have caught my eye. Did you just get that Fleer plate or did you have it tucked away? it seems more and more I am not seeing cards even listed or they are just selling too fast. The trend of ebay seems to be more of a BIN platform than auctions anymore. Its frustrating too, because almost every time I see a BIN I missed, I estimate the seller left lots of $ on the table. Not always the case, but often enough I am sure it is.
ReplyDeletei've had that gotg plate for awhile. maybe a year or longer? i think it was probably a reasonable bin or they accepted a best offer.
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