I bought a box of 2001 Topps Heritage cards from the Sports Card Dugout in Webster Groves right after it was released. I took the box home, opened the packs of cards, and landed a copy of the Classic Renditions Barry Bonds autograph.
There are only 25 copies of the card.
Even crazier is the fact that I landed a Nomar Garciaparra red autograph in the same box.
I do not own this card either. Owned it for less than a week just like Bonds.
The odds for the Bonds are 1:19,710
The odds for the Nomar are 1:545
Getting one of the cards is phenomenal, especially the Bonds. Both in the same box is ridiculous. I listed them both on Ebay. I got almost $1,100 for the Bonds and $200-$300 for the Nomar. I don't remember the exact amount. The same guy bought both.
Are there cards not in my collection that I love?
Yes, even if they were only there for just a week. These are the best combination of cards that I have ever pulled from the same box. Every once in awhile I search these two cards out on Ebay. I am not going to buy copies of them. I'd be sleeping on the porch. Just kind of an ongoing curiosity.
For that much money, I would have sold them immediately too... especially if they weren't players I collect.
ReplyDelete$1,100 return on a $90-$100 box is pretty hard to beat.
DeleteAs much as I love my Bonds autographs... I would have sold that awesome card for $1,100 too. You hit the autograph lottery with those two cards.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely lotteryesque. That's not a word, but I am rolling with it. I am behind on my stats class, but I need to crunch the numbers and figure out the odds of getting these two cards. I probably should have played the lottery this day instead of hitting the card shop.
DeleteWow. Makes you wonder just who is willing to part with $1,100 for that.
ReplyDeleteI would be in some seriously hot water with the wife if I ever dropped $1,100 on a card. Most be nice to have that kind of disposable income for baseball cards.
DeleteCongratulations on those pulls, and for selling them when you did, as I can't imagine that Bonds selling anywhere near $1,100 these days.
ReplyDeleteNo, but this was smack in the middle of him passing McGwire.
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