I search "Cubs lot" quite bit because it brings up such a variety of items. Sometimes it is cards, autographs, memorabilia or a mix of all of the above. Once I weed out Cub Scout stuff and bear figurines/knick knacks, there are a lot of hidden gems. And by gems, today I mean emeralds.
I came across a listing a few weeks back that had 14 different Cubs Emerald cards from the Update release. As someone who had just picked up the base version, I knew that there were only 14 different Cubs in the set. I don't think the seller realized because he only listed it as a "lot" and not as a complete team set. Sure enough when I clicked into the listing, it included a photo of 6 of them but listed all 14 players in the set. I had seen a couple of the sets sell for between $7-10 plus shipping. Thats's a little out of my price range considering in a few weeks/months, they'll probably be a quarter each on Sportlots or Just Commons.
I ended up winning the complete set "lot" for just $1.74. Not bad for a lot that included 5 Rookie Cards too. (But when your roster for the season includes 56 different players, there should probably be some rookies.) The shipping was a bit high at $3.50 but I picked up a few other things from the same seller to make it more reasonable. Now I just have to figure out which ones I still need from Series 1 & 2. May as well complete the whole set!
The foil names don't show up great on the scans so I've added them for the curious.
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| Blake Parker |
Brian Bogusevic, Carlos Villanueva, Dioner Navarro
Edwin Jackson, James Russell, Junior Lake
Justin Grimm, Kevin Gregg, Kyuji Fujikawa
Luis Valbuena, Mike Olt, Pedro Strop
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| Scott Feldman |
Awesome that it went to you, an actual Cubs fan. I was actually watching that auction and forgot to bid and was shocked it went so cheap. I love the sparkly parallels they have been making since the 2011 season. I still have quite a few Cubs to pick up to complete the sets.
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