For all of the talk of countless (and pointless) parallels in modern products, the very idea of a preponderance of parallels goes way back to the late 90s. A classic case of parallel overload includes the 1998 Topps Tek set.
Each card in the '98 Tek set has a base version (called Pattern 1) and then 89 parallels for a total of 90 cards. Each parallel also has its own parallel (called a Diffractor), other than Pattern 49, for which apparently Diffractors were not produced.
I bring up the 1998 Topps Tek set because I recently won a pair of auctions for two new-to-me Barry Larkin parallels from that set (Pattern 50 and Pattern 70 for those that like to keep track of things like that).
I'm not chasing after the Diffractor parallels since they have a stated print run of 10-20 copies (I decided a long time ago to ignore any Barry Larkin card with a print run of under 25 copies). Even so, the 90 regular Tek cards from the '98 set have proven plenty difficult to try and track down. With the above two cards tucked into my Barry Larkin binder, I now own 24 of Barry's 1998 Topps Tek cards. That means I still need another 66 cards from the set, yikes!
If, by chance, you are reading this with some Barry Larkin Tek cards to spare, here's the full list of what I am still on the hunt for:
Yep, that's a LOT of cards that I still need from a single set!!
The hunt continues.
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