Thursday, March 17, 2016

Buybacks from The City of Champions

A few posts back I wrote about my recent interest in attempting to build a frankenset comprised entirely of buybacks. Now not only was it by far my most viewed post to date (thank you to everyone who took the time to read it), but it also had the added benefit of bringing me into contact with three new people to trade with. One of those being a fellow named Josh who let me know he had a couple buybacks available for trade, which I will get to in a moment.

Before I get to the cards I wanted to mention that while Josh isn't a fellow blogger (yet?) you can check out his Twitter page @JoshSamBob, either for potential trading purposes or to just become acquainted with a seemingly all around nice guy. And if you are interested in trying to work out a trade with Josh, one of his areas of interest is in cards pertaining to Jewish baseball players, so he put together this nifty spreadsheet that could definitely be helpful in that regard.

So here are the three buybacks, all from the recent 2016 Topps release:

1978 Topps Darrell Johnson #79

1983 Topps Geoff Zahn #547

1985 Topps Reggie Jackson #200
It is very neat to have Mr. October represented in the ever growing set. It's kind of weird too, in that I don't think I had ever seen this card before. I don't know if I have a mental block on '85 Topps, or if I have just never really paid any attention to this set. Either way, it's great to see and have it now.

So thank you again, Josh! I'm grateful to you for letting me know these were available, as they certainly helped the cause. And for everyone else reading this go follow him on Twitter, I can't imagine you'd be disappointed in doing so.

Thanks for taking a moment to look at my page.

6 comments:

  1. More than happy to oblige, Jon. Enjoy!

    (BTW, I think Blue buybacks from 2016 Topps are more rare than the standard ones... but I surely don't know how much rarer they are!)

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    1. Well, I finally looked at the "rarity" scale on the 2016 Topps buybacks. The blue ones are #3 on the list of 5 different colors, not that it matters too much as far as my set build goes. I do think it's safe to say though, that I won't be seeking out any of the 1/1's.

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  2. That Reggie is sweet. Love how he's listed as a DH on the card... and the picture has him wearing a glove.

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    1. Honestly, I hadn't even noticed that. But it is pretty neat, so thank you for bringing it to my attention.

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  3. If I come across any buybacks, I'll keep you in mind. I haven't kept one yet.

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    1. Thank you, Julie! I would be most appreciative.

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