[zaccheus85]

I have been searching for some nice Fred McGriff patches lately and I keep seeing Topps Sterling 1/1 Patch cards on the bay. I have been reluctant to pony up the money for any partly bc of the price. I also noticed that my OPG has two Topps Sterling 1/1s listed for McGriff from 2008 and one Letter Patch card listed from 2007 Topps Sterling #'d /7. It seems to me there have been more than just two McGriff 2008 Topps Sterling 1/1s pop up on the bay lately.

How do I tell if they are legit or fakes? Is the OPG not list all the 1/1s for this set?


Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

[wampier]

Sterling makes a few cards of each player... So I think you need to find out how many different base cards are of McGriff and that should let you know . But just a guess.

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Now doing research on one I own.. I am not sure... I would just stick to the ones in Beckett... At least there is a second party to verify those cards exist.

[zaccheus85]

Sterling makes a few cards of each player... So I think you need to find out how many different base cards are of McGriff and that should let you know . But just a guess.

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Now doing research on one I own.. I am not sure... I would just stick to the ones in Beckett... At least there is a second party to verify those cards exist.

Yeah...the cards have sweet patches, but the lack of info makes me leery to purchase one.

[murrylove]

There are something like 5 different colored border versions of all the Sterling jumbo patch cards.

[zaccheus85]

There are something like 5 different colored border versions of all the Sterling jumbo patch cards.

That is definitely helpful, thanks!

[coimbre 21]

That is definitely helpful, thanks!

Not sure if you're still considering the McGriff purchase but I encountered the same issue with an Orlando Cepeda patch. Two different 1/1's of similar design, with differing graphics, were recently sold on ebay and I just purchased one at my local card shop. Beckett, however, only lists one 1/1 jumbo patch. I believe the OPG is simply not up to date on these jumbo patches.

[cptnemo66]

Everyone here is pretty much correct. I have seen as many a 4 1/1's for each player with different designs/colors around the border for the jumbo patches. Tony Gwynn was in the promo sheet with 4 1/1's, they used a sleeve patch quartered between the cards.

2008 also has a 1/1 for each base card in "Wood-grain" & "Silver" but these are just parallel cards no patches.

Also the 2007 Letter patches are #1/1 but there are 7 of them. One for each letter in McGriff. And the Sterling letter patches are from a gu jersey, not manufactured letters.

[Merovius]

Ive seen a few HoJo's as well.

[20youksox]

I think they are real. I know of someone on another forum who owns 5-7 1/1 Sterling jumbo patches of Wade Boggs. They are slightly different colors and pictures.