Friday 27 January 2012

2011 Topps baseball Stickers

I have waited long enough to obtain one of these albums and some stickers. I may be a little behind others who are collecting but I am finally here and looking forward to completing it.
So there are 309 stickers to collect.
270 players, 9 legends and 30 team logos. The stickers come 8 per packet. 
I have 28 stickers left to complete the whole set.
I need:
9 43 44 46 59 70 71 73 81
109 133 146 147 149 162 168 173 178 180 200
224 243 245 258 264 277 294  
307.

17/11/2011 58stickers (7 packets) purchased from eBay 3, 11, 17,  21, 27, 34, 36, 41, 45, 57, 60, 74, 77, 85 ,93, 99, 101, 106, 111, 112, 114, 115, 117, 123, 125, 126, 134 ,139, 143, 152, 153, 159, 163, 165, 171, 183, 188, 192, 197, 198 ,202, 206, 211, 212, 220, 231, 235, 262, 266, 276 ,281, 282, 283, 286, 287 ,293, 296, 297.
28/11/2011  22stickers from dayf  1, 23, 38, 52, 79, 80, 84, 105, 113, 161, 176, 177, 194, 229, 233, 244, 250, 253, 256, 284, 288, 290
28/11/2011 30stickers (4packs) from dayf 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 32, 37, 56, 65, 69, 98, 102, 104, 116, 120, 126, 156, 169, 172, 174, 181, 190, 199, 218, 222, 240, 263, 272, 274, 305
10/01/12 90stickers purchased from eBay 2, 4, 13, 15, 29, 30, 33, 35, 39, 40, 47, 48, 50, 53, 55, 62, 63, 68, 78, 82, 83, 86, 94, 95, 97, 98, 103, 127, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 140, 144, 146, 150, 151, 158, 160, 166, 175, 162, 165, 186, 187, 188, 193, 195, 201, 207, 208, 209, 214, 216, 221, 223, 226, 228, 230, 234, 236, 237, 239, 241, 247, 249, 254, 255, 257, 260, 261, 265, 268, 269, 270, 271,  273, 275, 279, 283, 291, 292, 299, 300, 302, 303, 306, 308, 309
27/01/12 37stickers from Ted 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 17, 25, 49, 58, 61, 64, 67, 72, 88, 89, 90, 107, 119, 121, 122, 145, 148, 154, 167, 179, 182, 184, 185, 196, 204, 213, 215, 217, 225, 232, 246, 267
16/10/2012 5 stickers from Toddfather 5, 87, 170, 189, 280
03/12/2012 29 stickers from Baseball Dad 10, 16, 20, 28, 31, 51, 54, 66, 75, 76, 92, 96, 108, 110, 124, 129, 141, 142, 143, 155, 157, 164, 205, 210, 242, 252, 285, 298, 304
07/02/2013 1 sticker from 7 packs on eBay 238
10/05/2013 7 stickers from Jeff UK Sports Cards 42, 91, 118, 135, 276, 287, 295 
16/05/2015 6 stickers from purchased from eBay 138, 191, 227, 248, 251, 301 
03/12/2015 1 sticker form COMC 259

Sunday 8 January 2012

2011 Topps Baseball Series 2 Jumbo Pack

Jumbo packs...$4.99. I like these and if only my local Tesco stocked these. This Jumbo comes from the wonderful Alley Family in North Carolina, who always spring a surprise package full of baseball packs.
Each Jumbo contains 36 cards and a promise of Diamond Anniversary parallel cards.

Only one card left from the Topps base set and that is a series 1 card
#218 Victor Martinez

However there a number of parallel cards and inserts that I am always looking for; firstly Kimball Champions a collar 'Sparkle' card of Jacoby Ellsbury wouldn't unappreciated or the Jacoby silk. The odds of locating a Kimball is 1:1 for the Jumbo packs, I think the odds push towards 1:100's for the other two.

The pack:
Top half first
#5 Lou Gehrig Yankees Diamond Anniversary (a series 1 card?)
#336 Chris Heisey Reds
#369 Wilson Betemit Royals
#378 Mark Reynolds  Orioles
#458 Javier Vazquez Marlins
#456 Ryan Doumit Pirates
#469 Cole Hamels Phillies
#500 Kevin Youkilis Red Sox
#551 Marcus Thames Dodgers
#552 San Francisco Giants
#566 Jordan Zimmermann Nationals
#575 Rod Barajas Dodgers
#601 J.J.Putz D-backs
#604 Joe Paterson D-backs
#645 Adam Wainwright Cardinals
#60YOT_63 Ed Mathews Braves
#DD-27 Josh Johnson Marlins Justin Verlander Tigers
#KC-61 Greg Maddux Braves 

Bottom half:
#371 Taylor Teagarden Rangers
#372 Jarrod Saltalamacchia Red Sox
#385 Checklist 3/5
#389 Carlos Quentin White Sox
#401 Michael Crotta Pirates
#409 Vin Mazzaro Royals
#435 Elvis Andrus Rangers
#462 Daric Barton Athletics
#465 Yovani Gallardo Brewers
#520 Jorge Posada Yankees
#558 Carlos Zambrano Cubs
#560 Chris Lannetta Rockies
#589 Seattle Mariners 
 #590 Tim Lincecum Giants
#646 Los Angeles Dodgers
#648 Cody Ross Giants
#T60-97 Jackie Robinson Dodgers
#TT2-30 Carl Crawford Red Sox
 

Three Red Sox from a 36 card pack, not bad. I was thrown a little by the Series 1 Lou Gehrig in a Seres 2 pack, there doesn't appear to be anything special about it except that it is a Diamond Anniversary card. Unless it is a Platinum variation, any help appreciated.

Thursday 5 January 2012

2011 Topps Baseball stickers

Part of my witness relocation program with Dayf was 4 packs of Topps baseball stickers. Not looking for Red Sox in these packs because I (maybe stupidly) decided to pursue the whole set of stickers. From these four packs, each containing 8 stickers, I obtained 30 cards(2 swaps) which takes me below the 200 mark of stickers left to collect. I have a feeling it will be a long 2012.
If anyone is interested I now have 9 swaps 3, 34, 45, 85, 99, 176, 198, 220 and 290.