Monday, January 12, 2015

Card of the Day - 2014 Topps Chrome : Carl Crawford Base Blue Refractor Parallel (86/199)


The blue crew pursuit continues and with it I picked up yet another set need.

How many more years will I be pursuing Carl Crawford cards? Don't know but the sooner the better as if I am not looking for them then he must no longer be on the team and if that has come to past the the team I believe is better for it. Till that time I "must" acquire his cards to keep my sets complete.

As with Onleki the demand for Crawford is not very high but this card did cost me a little more than Onleki's which was only $1.33. How much more? 17 cents. I think I can handle that. One more card off the need list with more to come.


86 / 199

6 comments:

  1. I'm sure you have mentioned this, but how do you determine what parallels you go for out of each set.

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    1. I used to go after "most" of them but now I only go for black and blue. Too many to chase after and rather spend the cash on autographs than get "all" colors of the rainbow.

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    2. I'm pretty sure you would go insane if you went after everything.

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  2. Agreed.
    I at one time was going after "just" 5 colors and that was bad enough. More concentrated collecting now and its more fulfilling as well

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    1. Back in the early to mid 2000's I was trying to secure every Pirate I could since we didn't have high end talent, but had to change my philosophy now that we have good players and a bona fide superstar in McCutchen. Now I just classify myself as a team collector who just buys cards that catches his eye. I usually challenge myself with a few relic or auto sets just to make things interesting .

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    2. You have a lot of good players but I think losing Martin is going to sting this year for you. I am a team collector in parallels only but I will/am trying to get an autograph of every Dodger to put on the uniform but that is a pricey endeavor. Finally get to add Chan Ho this weekend

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