I have been rummaging through my binders and I have to say, I never truly appreciated some of my cards as much as now.
When I was getting a new McCutchen card nearly every day it was just buy it and put it away. I never took the time to really appreciate what I had as I was always looking for what I didn't have.
That's the problem with being a completionist rather than a collector. However, it is absolutely impossible to collect every unique card of a modern star player. Not only are there hundreds of 1of1s being produced these days, but even the cards numbered to 50 are becoming difficult to acquire. Case in point, not a single Mother's Day pink parallel from 2021 Series 2 Andrew McCutchen has hit eBay yet and the product has been out for nearly 2 months.
I have been looking back at what I have more than what I don't now and that is a pretty cool feeling. Don't get me wrong I still do daily searches on my usual sites, but the buying has been far more limited than before.
It wasn't until I dug out a binder and looked at some parallels that I noticed the kaleidoscope type refractor the Topps Chrome prism refractors give off.
When shined in the right light, these things are awesome!!!!
Ooooh, the 2015 Prisms look awesome!
The back for all the prism parallels don't have any distinguishing identification like Refractor or a numbering system unique to prisms.
Personally I think the 2016 (seen below) is the best of the prism refractors.
Here is the 2017
Here is the only McCutchen Giants prism refractor from 2018
And the 2019 is McCutchen's first Phillies prism Refractor
Cutch didn't appear in 2020 Topps Chrome so he didn't have a prism refractor released last year. I am curious if Cutch will appear in 2021 Topps Chrome.
Has there been a parallel that you never appreciated until years later?
There were no N parallel cards of Bill Freehan, but the All-Star cards he has, 1968-69-70, are very cool, and yes, when you go through your collection and see them, they burst off the page right at you.
ReplyDeleteAs for today, I know I'll never get every Matthew Boyd card, parallel card...but I'll do my best.
Good Job! 👍
Those are super cards! Wow. That 2016 is lovely. Good luck finding the Mother's Day card.
ReplyDeleteThose look great! I don’t think I haven’t not appreciated them, but 2011 Diamond anniversaries keep getting better with time.
ReplyDeleteI didn't truly appreciate the 1992 Leaf Black Gold parallels until recently. I think back in the 90's, I just threw them into a box without taking the time to appreciate how good some of the singles look with that black border.
ReplyDeleteMy nickname for these is "fishfractor" because they look scaly. (and prism is a dumb name for Topps to use for a parallel since Panini already cornered the market on that parallel name.)
ReplyDeleteAnd sorry to nerd-out and correct you, but the 2017 card you show here is actually an X-fractor, with the more "checkerboard" look.