But it brings me to the question at hand: to all of your team and player collectors out there, do you collect printing plates? If you collect like I do, the answer is obviously yes. I collect any and all cards of the players I collect, plus I collect inserts, base and one auto per in my team collection. That brings us to, do you even consider a printing plate a card? Obviously, it is card shaped, since it was used to produce the card, but not all printing plates have always been available to the public.
Do you count it like all other 1/1's and add it to the ever growing list of tough to find cards? Or is it more of an anomaly and you only pick them up if they are a good price?
Why am I asking so many questions, like I am 4 years old?
If I see one of a player I like for a good price, I'm interested. But they're not very attractive, so I don't stress out looking for them.
ReplyDeleteHell yes...with a hitch. For McGriff, Seneca Wallace, and Tyronn Lue, my top three player collections, I do. For everyone else, I'll take them in a trade (lol yeah right) or on the cheap cheap CHEAP. But I will not seek them out/pay boatloads for a guy like Gary Sheffield or David Carr.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Paul. They're not much to look at. If I came across McGowan/Marcum/Romero at a reasonable price, then yes, I would make the effort. But I do not have any right now and am in no way searching for any.
ReplyDeleteI look for Mets and Yankees plates (I have none yet) or if I find tem on the cheap, cheap I will pick them up since they are a like a rare parallel. I have 4 in my collection, one I pulled myself from a pack and three others I got on the cheap.
ReplyDeleteYou know what sucks?
ReplyDeleteThe back printing plate for this card popped up and, thinking I had no competition for it (since I rarely have competition for his stuff) I tossed a low bid out there.
And wouldn't ya know, some bastard came in and stole it from me.
Would have been nice to have the front and back plates, but I guess it just isn't in the cards for me.