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02-01-2015, 07:45 AM
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RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
Congrats on a great looking card and accomplishing your quest. Interesting read....finally figured out that the 1 of 1 below the card related to the upload/scan of the card (but I'm I moron so it takes me awhile).
Great comment by Dom and a thing we all forget from time to time....a lot of cards excluding low serial numbered, go into PCs never to be seen again.
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02-01-2015, 08:19 AM
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RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
(02-01-2015, 07:41 AM)Hofcollector Wrote: Just to be clear, I did not have the money for that stuff either. The closest I got to those cards was looking at the beautiful packaging in my LCS. While it was the high end of my childhood, I did not have any.
Sorry Matt, wasn't trying to insinuate anything
. I remember going to the LCS with my dad(who was not a collector) and seeing all the awesome looking cards in the displays. I guess the love of shiney things just never wore off lol.
(02-01-2015, 07:45 AM)Phillies_Joe Wrote: Congrats on a great looking card and accomplishing your quest. Interesting read....finally figured out that the 1 of 1 below the card realated to the upload/scan of the card (but I'm I moron so it takes me awhile).
Great comment by Don and a thing we all forget from time to time....a lot of cards excluding low serial numbered, go into PCs never to be seen again.
Thanks man, and yeah I agree ! There is no telling how many of the 241 of these that haven't seen the light of day or exchanged hands since 1993
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02-01-2015, 08:50 AM
RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
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Congrats on a great looking card and accomplishing your quest. Interesting read....finally figured out that the 1 of 1 below the card realated to the upload/scan of the card (but I'm I moron so it takes me awhile).
Lmao... That's so funny! At first glance I'm sure some other people where wondering the same thing.
Btw Brian I almost knew before I opened this thread up it had to be the 1993 finest refractor Juan Gonzalez.. I chased the barry bonds 1993 finest refractor for the longest time while I was growing up and never could afford it.
Congrats on the pick up
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02-01-2015, 08:56 AM
RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
Nice pick up. The 1993 refractors are beautiful. That's a great add to the PC!
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02-01-2015, 09:25 AM
RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
I don't know how much you Paid on that Gonzo Refractor, but for my PC guy (Nolan Ryan), they are not cheap at all. I see lots on eBay, but they're all well over $1,000.
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02-01-2015, 09:30 AM
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RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
(02-01-2015, 09:25 AM)nolan5000 Wrote: I don't know how much you Paid on that Gonzo Refractor, but for my PC guy (Nolan Ryan), they are not cheap at all. I see lots on eBay, but they're all well over $1,000.
Congrats on the Great card!!
Yeah lots of these go for insane prices. I couldn't believe I saw one on eBay that started at .99. Most of these that I have seen have either started crazy high for an auction or have a crazy high buy it now price.
(02-01-2015, 08:50 AM)rad_1205 Wrote: [quote='Phillies_Joe' pid='2525104' dateline='1422794722']
Congrats on a great looking card and accomplishing your quest. Interesting read....finally figured out that the 1 of 1 below the card realated to the upload/scan of the card (but I'm I moron so it takes me awhile).
Lmao... That's so funny! At first glance I'm sure some other people where wondering the same thing.
Btw Brian I almost knew before I opened this thread up it had to be the 1993 finest refractor Juan Gonzalez.. I chased the barry bonds 1993 finest refractor for the longest time while I was growing up and never could afford it.
Congrats on the pick up
Thanks man. This was one of the first cards of his that I started chasing a year ago and the first true opportunity that I have had to get one... I was not missing out haha.
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02-01-2015, 09:37 AM
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RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
(02-01-2015, 09:30 AM)Gtbrian23 Wrote: Yeah lots of these go for insane prices. I couldn't believe I saw one on eBay that started at .99. Most of these that I have seen have either started crazy high for an auction or have a crazy high buy it now price.
Yeah, I know. I guess I'll
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02-01-2015, 10:33 AM
RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
Congratulations! How long have you been looking for this one?
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02-01-2015, 10:35 AM
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RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
(02-01-2015, 09:37 AM)nolan5000 Wrote: Yeah, I know. I guess I'll *NEVER get one of them for Nolan Ryan.
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That's how I am with griffey, I finally just gave up even searching ebay. Maybe I'll run across a gracious trader one day!
I'll tell you what though, if you ever get the griffey and I get the nolan I will trade you haha!
(02-01-2015, 10:33 AM)jonathani Wrote: Congratulations! How long have you been looking for this one?
Over a year now, pretty much since I got back into the hobby. Like I said when I saw the .99 auction I was like yup I'm getting this one! Haha. And then I still barely got it. I set my max bid I was willing to go and it shot up at the last second to just under it. Whoever it was could have beat me with only 1 more dollar haha. Good for me though!
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02-01-2015, 10:41 AM
RE: Juan Gonzalez Holy Grail!
I need the Ivan Rodriguez one for my PC, but I can't get myself to consider spending that much on the card.
