I have a long and somewhat painful history with this particular card. Shortly after returning to collecting in 2013, I discovered Topps Allen & Ginter. One of the best things about the product line is the non-baseball autographs and relics. While not every signature or swatch is of interest to me, each season there are a handful of subjects that I mark as targets for my collection. My main target for 2012 was Kate Upton, who had an autograph and a relic in the set.
I eventually acquired a relic and an autograph, as well as a mini printing plate, but I ran into money trouble and wound up selling the autograph and the plate, breaking even on the plate and taking a decent loss on the autograph. Yuck. Ever since I sold it, there has been a hole in my collection.
There are usually one or two copies of Upton's autograph card on eBay, but the prices on them are uniformly higher than I want to spend. One popped up earlier this year, though, at a fairly reasonable price. I waited and waited on it, and eventually the price came down to the best price I've seen in a while. I was able to purchase it and add a copy of this card back to my collection. It still probably cost me more than I should be paying for a trading card, but sometimes we do crazy things for the sake of 'completing' our collections.
Now if that plate would just come back up for sale!
ReplyDeleteI'm not too worried about the printing plate. It was mostly an impulse buy at the time. I was chasing after the relic card and the autograph.
DeleteCongrats! Beautiful looking card.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It is a nice-looking card.
DeleteGreat looking card! Her signature is better than most athletes. Congrats on filling the hole in your collection.
ReplyDeleteShe does have good pen(wo)manship. I was very happy to add another copy of this card to my collection to replace the one I sold.
DeleteOne of the nicest signatures I've seen on a card. It suits her.
ReplyDeleteI think the nice signature really makes the card so much better.
DeleteYum. Sometimes you just have to say, "what the fudge".
ReplyDeleteYeah, there are some cards that just nag at you until you break down and get them.
DeleteI want a copy of the Anthony Bourdain auto from Ginter, but can't find it at a good price. Congrats on the Upton auto. I would much rather have her auto than Justin or Melvin :)
ReplyDeleteMy eBay saved search was vague enough that I saw a whole lot of the Upton brothers over the years. I think I pulled a Bourdain relic, but not the auto.
DeleteWas just saying on Night Owl's post that I still want the rest of the Kates and Erin Andrews from that year.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was funny that his post went live a couple hours before mine.
DeleteHow long until you add the Erin Andrews?
ReplyDeleteI don't have any plans to chase that one at the moment.
Deletecongrats! a card I hope to one day own myself.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It is a great card to have.
DeleteAwesome card. I would love to own one someday
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely a bucket list card for me!
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