Monday, July 23, 2012

Mailday Monday - New Tony Campana

Its been a couple weeks since I posted one of these. I took down my Trade List post as I try to get more organized, which put a damper on potential trades, which in turn directly affects the mail I get. I did have an eBay purchase come in though.

Every couple of days, I run a "Tony Campana" search because I'm looking for the rest of the printing plates. But there's been nothing since I picked up the black one a few weeks ago right after Series 2 was released. However, I did come across a 1/1 Blank Back being offered by the Topps Vault. I've purchased these before and kind of have mixed feelings about them.

On one hand, they are limited edition 1/1s. On the other, they are manufactured for the sheer purpose of making money. They aren't part of the process of making a card like a proof or printing plate. I'm always happy to win an auction but when I got it, there was a twinge of buyer's remorse.


They come in a very sturdy lucite case, sealed with a Topps sticker at the top. The back is indeed blank, with a holographic sticker with a serial number on it. Also included in the package was a Certificate of Authenticity. Nothing fancy, standard form with the number from the sticker on the card handwritten on the certificate.



4 comments:

  1. The fact that Topps makes these and throws them on eBay as a quick cash grab is pretty disappointing to me, they are just trying to milk as much as they can from their customers.

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    1. I agree. I gave up on the Sandbergs when I saw they were topping $100.

      When I bid on this one, nobody else had yet. Starting price was $9.95. I tend to put my bids at $23.23 (Sandberg fan anyone?) and if I had this time, I would have lost to a last minute sniper. "Luckily" I accidentally hit $33.23 and was too lazy to change it thinking nobody would bid it that high anyway. Whoops!

      At least it was for a player I collect.

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  2. Yeah, I'm pretty torn about these Topps weasel-products, too. They are providing a pretty cool item for collectors (I had this on 'watch' and was going to bid before it went past my $20 limit) and they have to make their money too, but they feel a little 'fake', you know?
    I think you got a good'n, tho. Tony's going places and it's a cool ivy picture. Congrats!

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