What is your rarest SSP?
 

Being going down a Stadium Club Image Variation rabbit hole and was curious what other folks have locked away?

What's your rarest SSP? Why did you pick that card?

I own one of the 17 Black and Whites produced that year. The joyful expression in black and white really pops. Also, although it's a 9, the silver flip doesn't kill the eye appeal. It actually enhances it.

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I have a 2013 Toys R Us Purple Opening Day Bryce Harper. It's the only graded copy across all grading companies currently.

What is your rarest SSP?
 

I don’t have any from baseball, but I think my fav to get would be the Pete Alonso polar bear card (2020 topps flagship I think?). Not even a mets or Alonso fan, just thought that was funny and kinda random baseball card. I like quirky cards like that which are memorable.

I love this thread idea.

These are two of my favorite paper SSP.
The Freeman is just a perfect baseball card in every way.

Rumored print run on the Ultra SP is around 25, I think.
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Brandin Cooks /99

Not the most valuable - but probably this guy. These SSP were hard to pick out as the sparkle on his necklace is the only difference. PSA full pop is only 3. I own the lone PSA 10 and the PSA 8.

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2021 Stadium Club Acuna bat flip SSP

One of these two, I guess.

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Not sure if this "no first name" version counts as a SSP but pack odds put the pr at 15 or less (this auto was not serially numbered). PSA shows 3 submitted, BGS 6 submitted. Been an Acuna fan since spring 2017.

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I have a 2023 Heritage Bryan Bello flip stock RC (only 5 copies produced).

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I have a no-name heritage minors flip stock. I wouldn't normally have kept it, but it's the only one I've ever seen in person and my most SP card for sure.

I’ve been into “photo variations” for a long time. I picked this card up many years ago, stored it in collection and forgot about it. A few years ago, another Ichiro collector informed me the print run might be around 5 or less than 10. A few months ago, I decided to get my copy graded with PSA. There’s only a total of three graded and my PSA 9 is the highest:

[b]2012 Topps Chrome Ichiro Suzuki (Photo Variation SSP)[/b]

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2016 Opening Day Mike Moustakas
2016 S2 Flagship Lorenzo Cain SSP

Got nearly all Stadium Club photo variations and black and whites for the mid 2010s Royals.

The 2016 Opening Day Salvy Perez is one of my most wanted cards. Only hit the eBay once in many years and someone else BINed it before I got a shot.

I don’t know if there are just one or several ‘S’s’ in front of the ‘P’, but since I have mostly Wax, this would have to be it …..

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2016 Topps Update US167 Corey Seager SSP

I've been trying to buy another for the last 4 years and zero have come up. I did miss one back in 2020 a week after I started looking.

Zero on the PSA pop report and 1 on the BGS pop report

Stock image but its in my collection somewhere.
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PR of this is supposedly 5-10. Two of them are owned by people here

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Just looking at things that are super-short without necessarily a known print run, not 1/1s or whatever. I only recently found out my 2012 Topps Bowing Ichiro is fairly rare and pricey. I don't recall when I bought it, but I think it was at a show from someone's dollar box. I just thought it was a cool image and obviously neither of us knew it was short.
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I've got loads of rarities in my Sizemore collection where I've only seen a copy once or twice. One of my favorite "What is that?" cards are 2008 Topps Back to School. They were a special package that I suspect was only issued to Targets in the Midwest, maybe only in the Minneapolis area. They came in a special package with a couple Topps packs and 2 of 8 player cards with unique photos. I saw the Sizemore when it first came out but didn't buy it immediately, figuring they'd be available. But that one got bought and it took about 4 years to find another copy. Then they suddenly started showing up more regularly for a little while but I don't think I have seen more than a half-dozen copies altogether since 2008. Looking at COMC, they haven't even had all 8 cards ever listed, lacking the Griffey. I still covet Ichiro with the Moose.
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So back when I got back into collecting, I became great friends with Reggie. At some point, he had posted a 2018 Topps Montgomery Soto Rookie Auto. That card haunted me. (BTW, don't ask Reggie if any of his cards are for sale, bc I can tell you the answer...they're not lol) So, I ended up setting up an alert on eBay if one ever popped. Sure enough one did, but it took almost 2 years.

I swore, I'd do my best to win it. It's one of my fav SSP Soto rookies out there. [B]I know of 3 that exist today. Mine, Reggie's and one other. That's it.[/B] I still watch for them but have yet to see another pop.

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Has the Kelenic 2021 Topps S2 SSSSSSSP ever been seen?

I am not sure of the print run, heard its 5-10 but 2015 Heritage Noah syndergaard blue back. Bonus is its a peusdo 1 of 1 since its the only PSA 10

Probably this one. (not my exact card, just an image online)

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I don't collect Trouty, but I would love to have his Opening Day Blue Sky with Clouds whatever-P. Gorgeous baseball card.