When it comes to modern baseball cards, many of us can agree that we love things that are shiny
The Superfractor has been one of the most prestigious parallels in our hobby for nearly 2 decades.
Beginning in 2005 Topps Chrome, we have seen the champagne circles expand to many other sets like Topps Tribute, Allen & Ginter Chrome, Topps Heritage, Transcendent, among other sets.
Topps has been producing chrome parallels in their Topps Heritage set since the beginning of the product, but the Superfractor remained absent until the 2016 release. Prior to that only the Chrome, Refractors, Black, and Gold Refractors existed.
With only a limited number of Superfractors produced for Andrew McCutchen Topps Heritage Chrome cards (2016, 2017, 2018, 2018 High Number, 2019 High Number, 2021) the chances of me getting one of these rare 1/1 style cards has been slim to impossible. Only six McCutchen Heritage Superfractors exist in the past six years.
Topps Heritage is THE MOST COLLECTED set of any hobby collectors. It supports both the modern collector with current stars of the game along with a limited number of shiny parallels to chase after along with the vintage collectors that love the look and feel of vintage cardboard. Unlike Flagship or any of the hit focused products, Heritage dives into the nostalgia fans because of that vintage design. Heritage appeals to the original set design fans, player collectors, team collectors, set collectors, and master set collectors. Lots of competition for the rarest of rare cards.
Well after many many many searches, I finally got one.
It's so fricking sweet!
Check out the gold foil 1/1 on the back right corner.
I grabbed this card a little over a month ago, but with the chaos of house searching, additional work hours, and prepping for the Save Second Base event I never got around to taking a picture of it.
Do you have any Superfractors?
What kind of cards have you been looking to add to your collection for a few years, but you've never seen one available?
That's a beauty! Nope, don't have any superfractors. Only have a few 1/1s, really. Maybe someday....
ReplyDeleteI've only got a couple 1/1s, and usually delete them from want lists (and anything up to /5) I'm very confident I will never find one by chance or be willing to pay what they're asking, especially now.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had a lot of free time to read blogs, but I'm sure gladd I decided to sit down and check my blogroll tonight.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on joining the superfractor club. That Cutch is sweet!
By the way... the only superfractor in my collection was donated to my collection by you. Thanks again!
That's a nice Superfractor!
ReplyDeleteNo Superfractors that I know of. Maybe I'll find a Matthew Boyd one day
ReplyDeleteAwesome, belated congrats!
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