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I had pretty good luck with my first blaster of 2017 Topps Gallery - in that one, I pulled a rare blue parallel autograph that sold on eBay for about the cost of two blasters. Of course, a smart person would have stopped there and pocketed the profit. Not me though, no one accuses me of being smart.
No, I went out and bought another blaster.
Unfortunately, the second blaster did not yield another autograph to keep the money train rolling. It did, however, have a few nice cards in it. Rather than do a single pack per day like last time around, since Gallery is "old news" for many people, I'm going to do half the blaster now and the other half in a future post.
I'll do the first four packs now and save the final three packs (plus the "bonus parallel pack" for another time).
Packs 1 - 4:
The first four packs yielded 12 different base cards including this Aaron Judge rookie card. Unfortunately, three of the 12 cards were duplicates from the first blaster...but I figure those will make decent trade bait so no real worries yet.
I'm glad to have the Judge card in hand from a blaster because getting one via trade would probably prove to be difficult (and you know I have no interest in actually buying a Judge card)! It's a pretty nice sketch, I will say that for the card.
I also received my first short print (seeded a crazy 1:20 packs).
That's Robinson Cano from the Artisans subset of the base set (card #192). The final 50 cards in the set are all short prints...and you better believe that while I am definitely tempted to try and complete the regular base set, I won't be chasing the short prints. This card may end up on eBay to help defray some of my expenses.
The other inserts included a Hall of Fame insert (1:4 packs) of Cal Ripken Jr. and a Heritage insert (1:11 packs) of Freddie Freeman.
The Ripken is probably a keeper for my collection but I have no allegiance to (or interest in) the Freeman card.
Finally, the best insert (for my money) in the blaster - an actual Red!
That's Joey Votto as part of the Masterpiece insert set (1:7 packs). Obviously that one is a keeper for me...and with it, I would consider the first half of the blaster a resounding success.
How will I fare in the second half? We'll find out soon enough!
No, I went out and bought another blaster.
Unfortunately, the second blaster did not yield another autograph to keep the money train rolling. It did, however, have a few nice cards in it. Rather than do a single pack per day like last time around, since Gallery is "old news" for many people, I'm going to do half the blaster now and the other half in a future post.
I'll do the first four packs now and save the final three packs (plus the "bonus parallel pack" for another time).
Packs 1 - 4:
The first four packs yielded 12 different base cards including this Aaron Judge rookie card. Unfortunately, three of the 12 cards were duplicates from the first blaster...but I figure those will make decent trade bait so no real worries yet.
I'm glad to have the Judge card in hand from a blaster because getting one via trade would probably prove to be difficult (and you know I have no interest in actually buying a Judge card)! It's a pretty nice sketch, I will say that for the card.
I also received my first short print (seeded a crazy 1:20 packs).
That's Robinson Cano from the Artisans subset of the base set (card #192). The final 50 cards in the set are all short prints...and you better believe that while I am definitely tempted to try and complete the regular base set, I won't be chasing the short prints. This card may end up on eBay to help defray some of my expenses.
The other inserts included a Hall of Fame insert (1:4 packs) of Cal Ripken Jr. and a Heritage insert (1:11 packs) of Freddie Freeman.
The Ripken is probably a keeper for my collection but I have no allegiance to (or interest in) the Freeman card.
Finally, the best insert (for my money) in the blaster - an actual Red!
That's Joey Votto as part of the Masterpiece insert set (1:7 packs). Obviously that one is a keeper for me...and with it, I would consider the first half of the blaster a resounding success.
How will I fare in the second half? We'll find out soon enough!
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I love the old school Bowman inserts.
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