More new Rollies

Well my Rollie 1/1 cardfest continues with some great new additions.

You're saying "but CB that just looks like the regular old Gypsy Queen Rollie Fingers card"

Yes it does but when we flip it over...

Straight from the Topps Vault.  It a blank back.  The Topps Vault was selling these on ebay.  I got this for the minimum bid, which was $9.95.  I was thinking shipping was high but after seeing the way Topps packaged the card I'm very happy.  The card comes in it's own case.

Which is sealed by a Topps Vault sticker, in a bag, in a padded sleeve, in a box, oh and it has a Certificate of Authenticity too.

I also snagged this bad boy for the opening bid of 9.99.  I'll gladly pay 10 bucks for a printing plate to add to my Player Collection.  Since I missed the first one I saw on eBay, due to high pricing snagging this guy for just under 10 bucks plus shipping seems like a steal and another ray to my Tribute Rollie Rainbow.

Gypsy Queen Mini Rollies. and others

A few new Rollies to add to the collection. 
First we have Rollie Insert in a Brewers Uni in the insert set The Great Ones

And the mini version of the Great Ones.
Rollie is featured in an A's uniform for the base set, and I didn't scan the base card but here is the mini, just imagine it wider and bigger.

This one is actually the Red Gypsy Queen back parallel.

And I was also lucky enought to snag this little gem.

The Black printing plate.  Wahoooooo!.  I've got a couple other 1/1's coming so stay tuned.

Another Rollie Rainbow, well almost.

Hey y'all, channeling my inner Deen there,
Happy Hump Day.  The weekend's in sight.  Well if anyone who ganders at this blog, there are at least a few, I put together a 2009 Topps Tribute Rollie Rainbow.  I actually finished the rainbow earlier this year, but that's not important.  With that rainbow I was lucky enough to find and snag the Red 1/1 Refractor.  A daunting task, and in 2009 it was the Gold refractor that was my bane.  I finally bit the bullet and bought a buy it now one.  It actually cost me more that some of my 1/1's from that rainbow, I also got two of the printing plates. 

This year the cards fell pretty quickly with all the refractors but the red.  I keep looking, but when your chasing a card as rare as a red 1/1 refractor there are so many factors that can keep you from finding it.  Maybe whoever pulled it is a Rollie fan too and doesn't want to sell it.  Maybe it was sold at an LCS, maybe it hasn't been pulled yet.  Who knows?  I also have missed one of the printing plates.  I say I missed it, but really I was just too cheap.  I bid up to 25 bucks and then figured I'd let it go.  I'm cheap and for the 2009 the priciest card was the red 1/1 and I don't think I paid over 25 bucks for it.

But I digress, so here is my incomplete Rollie Rainbow.  All the refractors minus the red.  This year was a different from the 2009 set, in that all the numbering is on the front, in 2009 numbering was on the back.  This year all the backs are identical across the different parallels of refractors, this goes for the relic and auto cards as well.

The base.

The blue #d to 199.

The green numbered to 75.

The gold numbered to 50!

And lastly the latest addition the Black #d to 10!!
I'm still on the look out for the Red and other Printing plates.


cb out.

Squirt

I've got a few new Rollies coming in.  Especially with Tribute and now Gypsy Queen coming out and the ole Rollster being included in both sets.

I got this in the mail the other day.

For those of you who don't know what this is it's a 1982 Squirt Bottle card.  With the hole intacted Squirt actually had two series of these.  One in 1981 and again in 1982.  The '82's came in double and singles.  I also have some Reggie Jackson single bottle toppers.

This card also reminds me of another great 82 card.

Battle-o-hair!!!

What's great about the Squirt card is it's a great premonition of things to come and if Rollie hadn't gotten hurt at the end of the 82 season these two firemen would have met in the 82 World Series.

It's also interesting that Topps used the same photo for Rollie on both the Squirt card and 81 Leading Relievers card, not so for Sutter.  The Squirt photo of Sutter makes him look like a young Kenny Rodgers.

cb out.

Joy of New Rollies

Wow I've really fallen behind on the old Rollie Fingers blog.  And too be honest I haven't picked up any new Rollies in few months, but this years Tribute is as good as 2009's with 3 of my HOF Player Collections showing up, including Mr. Fingers. 

Of course it wouldn't be Tribute without lots of base parallels and this year there's even a new green one numbered to 75!

The first Rollie I picked up was actually the last parallel I picked up for the 2009 Rainbow.  Goldddddd.
Numbered to 50.

And a blue.  There seems to be tons of blue Parallels on ebay for all sorts of players. 

I also just picked up a base, but I'm still waiting for it and hopefully I'll snag a green tonight.  I finally saw that another black, this year numbered to 10, has been posted.

I missed out on a printing plate the other day.  I bid it up to  25 bucks but after that I had to stop.  I really wanted it but obviously someone wanted it even more.  I don't think I spent over 20 bucks on any of the 2009 1/1's I picked up.  I still haven't seen the red 1/1 for this year listed and who knows maybe it never will be, but I'll be waiting because to be honest snagging a printing plate is nice, but I don't really consider it part of a rainbow.

cb out

Some new Rollies

A nice low numbered swatch card from 2004 Legendary Cuts and a 2005 Legendary All Stars base card.  I do believe the All-Stars card was sent to me in a trade but I can't remember from who.  So who ever you are thanks.

1983 Gardner's Bakeries

Been a slow Rollie Month.  I still waiting for some other stuff I got off of ebay. I got a nice oddball lot that should have some good stuff in it.  But for now I'll highlight the latest Rollie card I got.  I posted about the full set of these cards over at Miles from Miller but I figure I'd highlight the Rollie card here. 

This card is from the 1983 Garnder's Bakery Brewer set.  These cards were put in with various bakery items.  I can remember my grandmother giving me these from loaves of bread she bought back in the 80's.

I really miss the Topps food sets from the 80's and 90's.