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Contest with a $20 prize paid with Paypal
I am heading up a baseball card related contest. I will send $20 via PayPal to the first person that finds me the following card for my collection.
The deal is that if you have the card, I will pay you $20 for it. This card has a book value of about $0.50. If you find it for me and the card is someone else's (at a website, show, etc) , I will still pay you $20 for finding the card if I buy it. In other words, just give me a successful clue that leads to a purchase and you win the $20. The card is this - a 2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractors #146 Fernando Tatis. I have been looking for this common card going on 3 years. It is for my Cardinals team set collection. This part of my team set collection is Topps Chrome and Refractors. I have everyone since they started the Chrome Refractors in 1996 except for this Tatis. Help me find this card and you win $20 via PayPal. |
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Sorry, but that is the Traded version #T31 in an Expos uniform. I need #146 in the regular Chrome Retrofractors set in a Carindals uniform. Thanks for looking.
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Still trying Shane! Im looking and making phone calls for ya
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Shane it seems easier trying to find the Holy Grail then this card but it has to be out there somewhere. Ive tried calling a few of my collecting buddies to see if they might have opened material containing this card. Most have not they stated but I will continue to look.
Have you tried over on the beckett boards? I know there is a lot more modern discussion over there and its a possibility |
I have looked at the Beckett marketplace, but I am not a member of those boards. Thanks for looking. I appreciate it.
I think that the main reason that it is so hard to find is because there might be a bunch of series one boxes that have never been opened. No Pujols or Ichiro in series one. I thought about buying a box or two, but that would be a lot of money for almost no chance of getting one. |
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Boom!
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I found in my search that you put this contest in a lot of different places. Hopefully this works out.
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I went from super excited to disappointed in a matter of 1.5 seconds. That card is the regular Chrome (non refractor). I need the Refractor/Retrofractor version of that card. I was shaking there for a second. Unfortunately, that is not the card I need. Thank you guys for trying. Please keep it up!
Edited to add - if you do a Google search for that card, I am responsible for a bunch of those links just posting on message boards trying to find the stupid thing! |
Shane I was thinking the same thing..........I went through pages on google and bing searches and came up empty handed on this specific. Now I guess Ive made it a goal to help ya in search of this card. Im putting out "feelers" for it to everybody I know out there. We will see what we can find. Its gotta be out there.
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send this guy an email Shane
Shane send this guy an email if you can...........he has a list a mile long..........
http://www.freewebs.com/arodfanatic/...adebyyrset.htm |
Email sent. Thanks for the help.
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No luck here. I just broke three boxes of 2001 Chrome and I got nada. :o
It'll turn up. Good luck! |
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Did you ever find the card? Did you call the card shops in the St. Louis area? It seems like they may have sitting in some overstock Cardinals boxes.
I have a lot of Cardinals cards, but I am pretty sure I don't have this card. Here are the ones I know that have been around long enough that they may have had the card from when Tatis was popular here. Baseball Plus- 346 Mid Rivers Mall Dr, Saint Peters, MO 63376 (636) 970-7088 The Collector Store- 2416 Highway 94 South Outer Rd, Saint Charles, MO 63303 (636) 477-7800 |
No. No luck yet. I will be so excited that the whole hobby world will know when I find one!
I will give them a call sometime this week. Thanks for the tip. I will let you know if I find one. |
Tatis
Apparently the odds of finding this card are about the same as the odds a guy would hit 2 grand slams in the same inning off the same pitcher
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My wife and I watched it on TV. That was awesome!
Al, you are so right. I never thought of it that way. |
Cardinal Moments
It is ironic that two of the greatest feats ever by Cardinal players, Tatis's 2 slams and Whiten's 4 HRs and 11 RBIs in one game, involved two journeymen on stop overs
Tatis's feat was against the Dodgers. Bob, I can not remember what Ohio team the Cards were playing when Whiten did his thing, do you recall ? |
For Whiten it was the Reds IIRC
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Either way, I have a hard time considering a 23-25 year old, middle of the order, power hitting, third-baseman, a journeyman on a stopover... I get how it could feel that way in hindsight though.. |
Still looking......
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Frank,
I am pretty sure you have sent me PM's on some other sites regarding this card. I have one, but like you, I am completing every Topps Chrome Refractors set. I don't have an extra unfortunately. I will try and keep my eyes open for you. I have every card from 2005 to present, and am only missing these from the years prior. You don't happen to have any of these? 1998 Topps Chrome Refractors 21 Roberto Clemente 110 Jose Canseco 135 Sandy Alomar 191 Dave Mlicki 271 Pedro Martinez IL 1999 Topps Chrome Refractors 234 Chuck Knoblauch WS 2000 Topps Chrome Refractors 237E H.Aaron MM 755th HR 239B W.Boggs MM 1988 Batting 271 Will Clark 475A K.Griffey Jr. MM 350th HR 475D K.Griffey Jr. MM 1992 AS MVP 476B B.Bonds MM 40HR/40SB 476E B.Bonds MM 1992 MVP 478D D.Jeter MM Wins 1996 WS 479A A .Rodriguez MM 40HR/40SB 479E A. Rodriguez MM 96 B Leader NNO M.McGwire 85 Reprint /70 2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractors 1 Cal Ripken Jr. 28 Quilvio Veras 73 Mike Sweeney 81 Will Clark 149 Barry Larkin 154 Hideo Nomo 187 Frank Thomas 190 Craig Biggio 237 Alex Ramirez 272 Felipe Alou 282 M. Folsom/R. Baldelli 285 D. Thompson/C. Smith 287 Chen/Patterson/Hamilton 297 Conti/Wakeland/Cole 302 Mark McGwire GM 306 Reggie Jackson GM 308 Roger Maris GM 319 T. Helton/N. Garciaparra 321 T. Helton/M. Ramirez 325 Will Clark 338 Brian Giles 356 Mariano Rivera 412 Edgar Renteria 419 Luis Lopez 465 Erubiel Durazo 561 Glenallen Hill 577 Matt Stairs 596 Albert Pujols RC 608 J.Wayne/A.Pluta 647 Seattle Mariners 656 Kerry Wood 2003 Topps Chrome Gold Refractors 41 Lance Berkman 65 Mark Mulder 369 Damian Miller 2004 Topps Chrome Refractors 232 Zach Miner 239 Kyle Sleeth 240 Matt Moses Rob A. |
You actually have one!?!
I am very thrilled that one actually exists. It gives me hope of finding one. |
I'll post a picture when I get some time. You don't happen to have any of the others?
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Rob,
PM sent. |
Sorry for the horrible photo. I will scan a better one when I get some time.
2001 Topps Chrome Fernando Tatis Retrofractor #146 http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...psd7072bcd.jpg |
Well, now I have proof that they exist. I was really beginning to wonder if they did. It is such a very common card, yet no one seems to have one.
Thanks for the picture. |
Bump. Still looking for this stupid card. I look every single day that I am breathing and still can't find it!
It's funny...if you do a Google image search for that card, you will find a picture of it first....the second picture you see is my Pujols gloves avatar! |
http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2001/...&size=original
2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractor #146 - Fernando Tatis Courtesy of COMC.com Sold for 99 cents last year on July 9th. |
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PM sent
I don't have one for you, but I can possibly help find one. |
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