Monday, May 18, 2020

nukin' Duke off my list

When I posted about my big Hank Aaron refractor auto pickup last week, I didn't want to jinx it by saying anything, but I was excited to have another needed card for my set in the pipeline in quick succession, and now I've got it.


Edwin Donald Snider, The Duke of Flatbush! Ain't that a beauty?


Impressive career. The baseball writers made him sweat it out for a decade, but eventually voted him into the HOF in 1980. He passed away in 2011, but he was very generous with his signature, so there are a ton of his autographed cards out there (Take it from me.. I often searched through the vast ocean of Duke Snider autos on eBay looking for this card in the case of a poor listing potentially letting it slip by me. Relieved I can stop doing that now!)



With these two recent additions (coincidentally both numbered 10/25), I'm down to just 10 remaining 2004 Retired refractors to chase down, and many of those aren't big names (I'm predicting Bucky Dent will be the pesky final card.) I'd love to keep the progress popping right along, but chances are it'll be several months till another one I need pops up for sale. Scoring 2 from 2 different sellers in the span of just a couple weeks is basically unheard of for me, so thanks to the baseball card gods for this good fortune.



The base auto I previously had in my set (right) is now expendable, so if any of my Dodgers collecting trade buds want to offer me up something nice in exchange for it, I'm listening! Recent completed listings value it between $57 and $113. I bought it for $32.50 back in 2014.

Yep, been working on this set a long time. Excited to think the next one of these '04 Retired refractors I cross off will take me down to single-digits left. Light at the end of the tunnel!

11 comments:

  1. That's an awesome set, I love following your progress!

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  2. UGH, THERE YOU GO AGAIN RUBBIN IT IN :)

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  3. That’s awesome you’ve stuck with it!

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  4. Congratulations, can't wait to see the whole set together when you finish it up.

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  5. "There's only two ways this can end, and in both of them, you die."

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  6. I'm amazed Duke only led a league stat once in his entire career.

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  7. Congratulations! Two in such a short time span. You'll be finished with this set in no time ;D

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  8. Such a pretty card! I could never figure out why it took so long for him to get into the HOF, seems like he would've been a first ballot-er, but this is probably why I don't get to vote on such things.

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  9. I'm glad Snider was a prolific signer...got his auto at a card show back in the '80s, and recently picked up his 1994 Nabisco auto as well. Those Nabisco cards are some of the most reasonably priced HOFer autos around.

    Congrats and good luck on the progress of the retired refractor set.

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  10. Great looking cards! The Snider refractor is a real beauty. Congrats on adding the Aaron as well!

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  11. Very nice card and great pick-up.

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