griffan15
09-05-2013, 12:36 PM
Just going through some old cards and it hit me....I miss 2011 :(
Topps was putting out quality products with tons of value and both buyers and sellers couldn't get enough of certain products:
2011 Topps Series 1 - Sparkle SPs would command $40-100 depending on player. Veteran SPs would could net you $10 all day and the Diamond Code cards reached $4/per at one point.
2011 Tribute - Probably one of the best products ever produced (when you could find it or you got it before it got to $500/box). Loaded with nothing but the best players.
2011 Gypsy Queen - Good lord, everyone overlooked this when it came out. Severely underproduced = lots of great boxes out there. It wasn't uncommon to find 2 printing plates in a box when opening this.
2011 Bowman - Harper Mania begins with his first autograph coming out and initial non-auto refractors (/700) reaching $100 on ebay.
2011 Bowman Chrome - Harper Mania continues with his first Chrome Auto + SP autos of Lawrie, Hosmer, Turner and Ackley that all sold WAY more then they should have. At one point, these boxes were only $50-55/each! Sigh, good times.
2011 Finest - Meh at first, but everyone immediately went back to their stashes to see if they had indeed pulled an autograph of Mike Trout.
2011 Bowman Draft - I call this the gift that just keeps giving. Everyone knew the heavy hitters at the onset, but every fews months, a new star emerges from this product and you go back to pick out their base and chromes and watch their value climb. Names that started out as blips on the radar turn into must haves on anyone's prospect list.
2011 TTT - First year Topps decided to add an additional auto and relic to the boxes, nothing wrong with that!
Value Boxes, Value Boxes, VALUE BOXES - The end all, be all of retail greatness. Both the Series 1 + Heritage Hobby packs and the Topps Update + BC Hobby packs were awesome and you would drive from Wal-Mart to Target just hoping to find some. It got even more ridiculous when they marked them down to only $12.
Of course, there were some complete duds (Tier One, Marquee and Lineage), but we cut Topps a break because they were new products. But even those gave us something to remember (Pacquiao autos anyone? Museum collection autos?)
C'mon Topps, please turn back the clock to 2011 so we can relive some of this.
Topps was putting out quality products with tons of value and both buyers and sellers couldn't get enough of certain products:
2011 Topps Series 1 - Sparkle SPs would command $40-100 depending on player. Veteran SPs would could net you $10 all day and the Diamond Code cards reached $4/per at one point.
2011 Tribute - Probably one of the best products ever produced (when you could find it or you got it before it got to $500/box). Loaded with nothing but the best players.
2011 Gypsy Queen - Good lord, everyone overlooked this when it came out. Severely underproduced = lots of great boxes out there. It wasn't uncommon to find 2 printing plates in a box when opening this.
2011 Bowman - Harper Mania begins with his first autograph coming out and initial non-auto refractors (/700) reaching $100 on ebay.
2011 Bowman Chrome - Harper Mania continues with his first Chrome Auto + SP autos of Lawrie, Hosmer, Turner and Ackley that all sold WAY more then they should have. At one point, these boxes were only $50-55/each! Sigh, good times.
2011 Finest - Meh at first, but everyone immediately went back to their stashes to see if they had indeed pulled an autograph of Mike Trout.
2011 Bowman Draft - I call this the gift that just keeps giving. Everyone knew the heavy hitters at the onset, but every fews months, a new star emerges from this product and you go back to pick out their base and chromes and watch their value climb. Names that started out as blips on the radar turn into must haves on anyone's prospect list.
2011 TTT - First year Topps decided to add an additional auto and relic to the boxes, nothing wrong with that!
Value Boxes, Value Boxes, VALUE BOXES - The end all, be all of retail greatness. Both the Series 1 + Heritage Hobby packs and the Topps Update + BC Hobby packs were awesome and you would drive from Wal-Mart to Target just hoping to find some. It got even more ridiculous when they marked them down to only $12.
Of course, there were some complete duds (Tier One, Marquee and Lineage), but we cut Topps a break because they were new products. But even those gave us something to remember (Pacquiao autos anyone? Museum collection autos?)
C'mon Topps, please turn back the clock to 2011 so we can relive some of this.