long gone are the days of allen & ginter dominating the blogosphere with "gintacuffs" and other widespread sharing of the latest release from topps. here we are now in late january, and i've only posted one card from the 2024 ginter set. since that post, i actually purchased another pack that included steve garvey's card which is always nice. however, i had already picked up a couple of singles of that card.
the big card that i bought from 2024 topps allen & ginter is this one:
freddie freeman and steve garvey have been paired up a couple of times now by topps which makes some sense. seeing them both on a double rip card, however, ups the ante.
i've left the card alone for now. i watched a couple of double rip rips on youtube and the return was underwhelming. while that does increase the odds (very very slightly) that there is something better inside my card, i haven't been tempted to risk it. what would you do?
i also targeted a framed mini auto of garvey
and his boxtopper autograph
which is numbered to 25 and smaller than i expected. it's shorter and wider than a standard sized card.
less interesting but more plentiful is his aforementioned base card, which is shown here with with three parallels that i bought
those parallels are the hot box silver portrait, the silver foil filigree, and the gold foil filigree. i have so far avoided pursuing any of the minis out there aside from the black border,
but i did grab his allen & ginter x card
no minis from that set yet, though.
this is the first time that garvey has been featured in ginter as a regular card after being among the short prints the last couple of years. before that, he only had a short print relic card in one ginter release. it would be nice to see him infiltrate other sets like stadium club as a base card subject.
he did make an appearance in 2024 topps 206
as for ginter, the only other dodger i've added from 2024 ginter is clayton kershaw
Jealous of the Freeman/Garvey rip. Wanted one, but those I have seen were either too $$$ or went for more than I would pay at auction. The 6/xx popped early and was damaged, but still sold fast for big $$.
ReplyDeleteAlso want one of the box topper A&G, but lost out a couple times.
My new Garvey budget has purposefully shrunk significantly after I gave up the get em all mentality.
I just made a larger than preferred expenditure for a new item but plan to taper off. There’s so much repetition these days that it’s easier to ignore a lot of the new stuff
DeleteIf I pulled a rip card, the person on the card would determine if I ripped it or not. If it was someone I collected or a big name, I'd keep it intact. If it was some minor star or common, I'd take the risk and rip it. That's how I always treated my 1998 Zenith Dare to Tear cards. Got a box filled with cards that are sliced... and a handful of stars and inserts that are intact.
ReplyDeleteI bought a blaster of topps treasury basketball at target back in 2008 and found a rip card. I donate recall who was on the card but I ripped it and just found an extended mini. The most likely outcome but still disappointing.
DeleteYa gotta slice it along the edge so it preserves the front and back surfaces if you open it up. I have a tutorial in my blog (The Collective Mind).
ReplyDeleteI’ll check that out and ponder it. Thanks
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