Frank Robinson !

As some of you know I have been chasing the 2011 Gypsy Queen Auto & Relic sets for a few years now. This is clearly a slow process as I only have a few more of these to go. A few weeks back I came across a cool Frank Robinson card. Although the auto is showing the age of the signer I guess I still think it is a great card. Here it is !!

So another nice addition but the quest is getting tougher and tougher. Let's hope I will find a few more, time will tell !!!

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Topps Minis !! Box 1 with a big hit !

Just before my holiday break I decided to order 3 boxes of Topps Mini from the Topps site as I do like Minis a lot and it seemed like a fun break at a decent price. I finally had the chance to open these boxes last weekend and it was fun !! The first box immediately had some great stuff with the big hit at the end !! I won't show you the base cards as they are mostly the mini versions of the regular Topps base set.

First up a silver-bordered (numbered to only 5) of Strasburg ! A cool addition to my pitchers collection ! I hope at some point to get my hands on a silver Rivera, Kershaw, Sabathia, Lincecum or Verlander, time will tell !

In addition to silver-bordered variations Topps Mini also included gold-bordered minis, numbered to 61. Every box contains 5 gold-bordered cards. I pulled the following ones...

Then for the hits.....every box contains 1 "hit", be it an autographed card or a relic card. However, my first box included a bonus "hit" !!! A 1/1 Priting plate of Blue Jay Arencibia (probably going up for trade at some point).

and then for the hit of box number 1 ............ a Frank Robinson Auto !!!!!!! Very happy with this one and probably going to hold on for it for a while. I hope he is still in good healthy because his signature isn't as sharp anymore (not sure if it changed over time...).

All in all a fun break and stay tuned for a discussion of boxes 2 and 3 which also contained some fun cards.

I have decided to try to complete the set so if you are chasing the minis as well and/or have some spares let's trade !!!

These are the ones I still need (after all 3 boxes): 7, 8, 15, 16, 24, 29, 58, 60, 66, 72, 81, 85, 89, 91, 93, 94, 98, 99, 101, 102, 104, 107, 112, 114, 116, 118, 123, 129, 131, 134, 143, 163, 164, 175, 181, 182, 211, 219, 220, 230, 240, 244, 245, 246, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 257, 258, 260, 261, 264, 266, 270, 272, 276, 287, 297, 308, 310, 311, 319, 321, 322, 353, 359, 365, 371, 374, 377, 379, 380, 381, 384, 385, 387, 388, 389, 391, 394, 396, 399, 401, 408, 410, 412, 422, 441, 442, 451, 452, 469, 487, 492, 496, 499, 501, 505, 507, 508, 509, 512, 513, 515, 518, 519, 522, 523, 526, 533, 536, 541, 550, 551, 570, 571, 578, 579, 591, 607, 608, 615, 621, 624, 627, 632, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 644, 645, 647, 649, 650, 653, 658.

I am also looking for the gold/silver versions of Rivera, Sabathia, Verlander, Kershaw and Lincecum !

I have a whole bunch to trade so send me your want lists as well. I will probably first try to trade mini for mini to try to get this eet complete before I open my trade pile up for other trades.

Watch out for the overview of box nr 2 and 3 for some Harper, Darvish and more cool minis !!

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