Showing posts with label game-used dirt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label game-used dirt. Show all posts

Monday, November 28, 2016

2001 Topps Stadium Club Play at the Plate Dirt Relic set Completed!

It's been a long time coming that this Jeff Bagwell card is finally in my hands. Years ago when I was looking for something new, something different to collect I stumbled across the dirt relic cards from 2001 Stadium Club. I thought it was a pretty cool idea and surprisingly, one that has been reused before...at least to my knowledge.

The cards themselves were only seeded 1:10 packs, however they were exclusive to Home Team Advantage stores. This in itself limited the audience of collectors that would even have a chance of  pulling on of these cards. Seeking out the cards several years later I found that some of the cards weren't that that hard to find. Most of the "common" cards could be had on eBay, while others I had to look a little harder for, a little longer for. Turns out that several of the cards in the 10 card set were packed in as exchange cards and I'm guessing many of the cards went unexchanged.


Jeff Bagwell, #PP06 was one of those exchange cards. Makes sense now of why it took me so long to find this one last card I needed to complete the set. Also turns out that Chipper Jones' card was mislabeled as #PP06, but his card too was an exchange card.

I find these cards to be a good conversation piece with non-baseball card collectors. I've had several friends and family members who've seen these cards in my collection ask me about the cards, why putting dirt inside a baseball card makes it so collectible and so on. I know these cards (and their brethren, Kings of the Hill) don't "book" for much...but I stopped collecting cards for their value and looking through Beckett a long time ago.

Now that this set is complete, I can shift my focus to picking up the Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez Kings of the Hill dirt relics to finish off that set. I also can't wait to actually find the rest of these dirt relic cards so I can put Bagwell amongest his peers.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Don't tell my wife My Cardboard Mistress sent me a package!

Last week was a blur for me.  I was sick for most of the Thanksgiving holiday.  It was a crappy week to say the least.  The timing of Spankee's package was perfect as it was just the little pick me up I needed.  He contacted me about some cards he found on my (way out of date) want list and wanted to make sure he had the correct mailing address for me.  Now I guess the pressure is on me to find something suitable to send him in return.  Spankee if you are reading this I promise to get you something as soon as I can to thank you for the cards you sent.

The card I was most looking forward to receiving was my second of the set that I'm trying to build - 2001 Topps Stadium Club King of the Hill dirt relic.

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He also knocked off a several cards from my 2011 Topps Allen & Ginter want list.  Guess I should get up off my butt and update the list now!

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The dirt on McGwire...

...or rather his card!

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I only need one more card to finish off this awesome Play at the Plate dirt relic set.  If anyone runs across the Jeff Bagwell card in this set please let me know!

Monday, May 23, 2011

A "new" kind of relic to collect...

In this day and age of relic and game-used cards it's always refreshing to run across something that falls outside of the average jersey and bat cards.  This was the case a few weeks ago when I some how I stumbled across a 2001 Topps Stadium Club Play at the Plate game-used dirt card.  Yup, you read that right.  Game-used dirt...embedded in a card!  Awesome!  After doing a little research I discovered that the set wasn't too large and offered up some good names so I decided I wouldn't mind chasing this set.  I think I got started off on the right foot with the purchase of this card for my first in the set:

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I know that Chipper is in the set, but I've yet to find the card for sale.  I also saw that McGwire's card was commanding more on eBay than I want to pay so I'm hoping this is where you, the reader will come into play.  If you have any of these game-used dirt cards let me know as I'm excited about completing this set!