Ginter Gold Fever

There is still one massive gap in my collection. In 2006, in addition to everything else, Topps also included Allen & Ginter 1/1 Boxtopper Postcards! There were only 15 and they have proven to be exceptionally rare - by design since they're all 1/1's - but also in reality. In 20 years, I have only seen 5 of these - 5! Here is an excerpt from the amazing Baseballcardpedia site where you can find all kinds of other useful information about this set. Personalized Postcards Two d

Completion. Big C. With a period at the end. 20 years, 2,344 cards to 0. Master. 2006 A&G Set. Unreal! I honestly thought this might never happen so it's all very surreal and hard to believe. I'm very lucky that it happened earlier vs. later in my collecting life. I feel relief putting this decades long search to bed. Relief. Collecting can be intensely personal and lonely. But so many people came to celebrate at a small party we threw - we had such a fun time! Try to surroun

Either one card, a few or many - I'd love to help! Maybe you've inherited a nice collection of Ginter? Maybe you're helping someone in your family liquidate? Maybe you've just moved on to other collectibles? Whatever the reason is I'd love to be a resource for you and help to make sure your cards get in the right collector's hands. I've bought big Ginter collections multiple times now and it's exciting! It feels great getting these amazing cards into a good Ginter home :) I'v

Or, how the HECK did I get on my own card?! Pinch Me Moment - Truly. Somehow, I have 10 autograph cards in the Allen & Ginter set last year. With MY autograph on them! What an absolute dream come true. How did it happen? It's not a long story but it does involve some incredible people. Tl;dr - community is everything . I'd like to thank a few of them below! I'd be happy to explain more of the story in future posts if folks are interested. Here goes! Thanks to Jim at The Tent

Almost there and it's starting to feel like it might happen!! I am ONE card away from the full 2,344 card non-1/1 master 2006 Allen &...

THE FIND - 26 plates and 9 woods, all 2006! This gets me to the lifetime goal of 10% of all 2006 plates in existence (150) and relieves...

(UPDATE - Corey Patterson is now in the binder as of 4/19/25!) Good Ginter Morning, Everyone! A friend suggested I post a live (as live...

FINAL UPDATE - Vernon is home! :) UPDATE 1 - One card away, where are you Vernon Wells??? --- I hope your collecting is going well in 2025! My only goal this year is Completion. Which is an annoying thing to say, I get it. But I'm 4 cards away from the master 2006 A&G set and am pulling out all the stops to FINISH. There are 4 cards I need and they are all of the /25 hand numbered Bazooka back mini variety. The look like this! (That's my eBay page) Vernon Wells Orlando Hudso

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Update - found through an awesome seller on eBay!! Me neither! The biggest mysteries of life are; what happened to D.B. Cooper? How many...

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