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I just wanted to share my first major project with you guys. I’m looking to collect all all-star rookie cup cards including parallels, since the cup was first used in ’60. Some of my favorite cards as a kid were the 86/87/88 Canseco, McGwire and Weiss, the ’88 Greenwell and the ’90 Griffey which all had the all-star rookie cup. I always remembered being excited about pulling a card with the all-star rookie cup, even if I didn’t know who they were. In my vintage PC I’ve always targeted second year cards as they are more within my price range and as close to a RC as I could afford which includes a '64 Pete Rose I bought when I was 11.

So far it has been a fun project and it’s a lot of fun to flip through the pages as an All-star rookie cup history kind of deal, or just a history of topps. I’ve made some good progress in only two months, with 308 out of 1388 for 22% completion, but there are some High BV cards mixed in which will be tough.

I’ll be using this thread to also help me keep track of my own progress and show off some portions when I complete them, or when I get in some of the better items. I need a lot of help with this project, especially the parallels and vintage, so if you have a bunch of these products loaded into ORG, let me know and I’ll give it a look. All my are should be marked in org…

1960 Topps- (4/10) McCovey RC
1961 Topps- (4/10) Ron Santo RC, Jim Gentile Hi-number
1962 Topps- (2/10) Billy Williams
1963 Topps- (4/10) Boog Powell, Tom Tresh SP
1964 Topps- (7/10)
1965 Topps- (2/10) Richie Allen
1966 Topps- (5/10) Joe Morgan
1967 Topps- (6/10)
1968 Topps- (3/10) Tom Seaver, Rod Carew
1969 Topps- (3/10) Bobby Bonds RC, Johnny Bench, Bobby Cox RC
1970 Topps- (2/10)
1971 Topps- (1/10) Thurman Munson
1972 Topps- (0/10)
1973 Topps- (0/6) Carlton Fisk
1974 Topps- No trophies on card
1975 Topps- base (0/10) mini (8/10)
1976 Topps- (2/10)
1977 Topps- (3/10)
1978 Topps- (4/10) Andre Dawson
1979-86 Topps- No trophies on cards
1987 Topps- (6/10), Topps Tiffany (0/10), O-Pee-Chee (0/6)
1988 Topps- (8/10), Tiffany (0/10), O-pee-chee (0/9)
1989 Topps- (Complete), Tiffany (0/10), O-pee-chee (0/7)
1990 Topps- (8/10), Tiffany (0/10), O-pee-chee (0/10)
1991 Topps- (8/10), Tiffany (0/10), Desert Shield (1/10), OPC (0/10)
1992 Topps- (8/10), Gold (8/10), Gold winners (0/10), OPC (0/10)
1993 Topps- (6/10), Gold (6/10)
1994 Topps- (7/10), Gold (5/10), Spanish (0/10^)
1995 Topps- (8/10)
1996 Topps- (7/9), Chrome (0/6), Refractor (0/6)
1997 Topps- (6/10), Chrome (0/5), Refractor (0/5)
1998 Topps- (8/10), Chrome (0/10), Refractor (0/10)
1999 Topps- (7/10), Chrome (0/10), Refractor (0/10)
2000 Topps- Complete, Chrome (0/10), Refractor (0/10)
2001 Topps- Complete, Chrome (1/10), Retrofractor (0/10)
2002 Topps- (7/10), Chrome (0/10), Gold Refractor (0/10)
2003 Topps- (5/10), Gold /2003 (0/10), Chrome (0/10), Refractor /699
(0/10), Gold refractor /449 (0/10)
2004 Topps- (9/10), Gold /2004 (0/10), Chrome (0/10), Refractor (0/10),
Gold refractor (0/10)
2005 Topps- (6/10), Gold /2005 (0/10), Chrome (0/10), Refractor (0/10)
2006 Topps- (5/10), Gold /2006 (0/10), Chrome (0/10), Ref. (0/10),
x-frac (0/10), Blue ref (0/10), blk ref /549 (0/10)
2007 Topps- Complete, Gold /2007 (0/10), Chrome (0/10), Ref. (0/10),
x-frac (0/10), blue (0/10), Black /660 (0/10)
2008 Topps- Complete, Gold/2008 (0/10), Chrome (0/10), Ref. (0/10),
x-frac (0/10), blue (0/10), Copper /599 (0/10)
2008 Topps Chrome 50th Anniversary Cup inserts- (0/23), Blue /200
(0/23), Copper /100 (0/23)
2009 Topps- (7/10), Gold /2009 (0/10), Chrome (0/4), Ref (0/4), x-frac
(0/4), blue /199 (0/4)
Heritage- (0/9), Chrome (0/2), Chrome Refractors (0/2)
2010 Topps- Complete, Update SSP cups (0/4), Chrome (2/5), ref (0/5),
x-frac (0/5), purp (0/5), orange (0/5), blue /199 (0/5), gold /50 (0/5)
Heritage (0/8), Chrome (0/5), Ref (0/5)
2011 Topps- Complete, Diamond (0/10), Cognac (0/10),
Heritage (2/11), Her. Chrome (0/8)
2012 Topps (9/10), Gold /2012 (0/10), Sparkle (0/10), Red (0/10), Blue
(0/10), Purple (0/5)
Heritage (5/10) H. Chrome (0/2), H. Ch Ref (0/2)
2013 Topps- Complete, Gold /2013 (0/11), Emerald (0/11), Red (1/11),
Blue (0/11)
Chrome (6/7), Ref (0/7), X-frac (2/7), Purple (1/7), Orange (0/7), Blue
(0/7), Black (0/7), Sepia (0/7)
Heritage- (5/11), Chrome (0/6), Chrome ref (0/6), Chrome Purp (2/6),
Chrome

My two favorite pieces of the collection thus far...

That is an awesome Griffey! What card is that, a buy-back?

I have the '13 Topps Harper card #1 Wal Mart Blue Border any need for it?

(11-21-2013, 01:51 AM)RobbinsDynasty Wrote: [ -> ]I have the '13 Topps Harper card #1 Wal Mart Blue Border any need for it?

If it's the blue border with the cup then yes. This project started out with base-only, but just reached a whole new level lol. The large majority of any parallels with the ASR trophy cup on it are likely needed!

That is quite the challenge .... Best of luck. If I have anything to help, I'll let you know. BTW, that 64 Pete Rose is really nice ... But it's not a cup... its a trophy. Do those count, or not?

(11-21-2013, 01:39 AM)petillo64 Wrote: [ -> ]That is an awesome Griffey! What card is that, a buy-back?

2005 Topps Rookie Cup Reprints Chrome Gold Refractors,one of my cardboard family members sent it to me a few years ago for Christmas

(11-21-2013, 03:13 AM)DrMitchJ Wrote: [ -> ]That is quite the challenge .... Best of luck. If I have anything to help, I'll let you know. BTW, that 64 Pete Rose is really nice ... But it's not a cup... its a trophy. Do those count, or not?

Yep. Sure do. I think the word trophy covers both designs a little better lol

It was always pretty astounding to me the number of ROYs that never "made it" and how many big stars who finished HOF careers weren't picked at the gate. It just shows you, it's not how you start, it's how you finish.
Good luck ... It should be fun to see how you progress.