Despite primarily being a vintage collector, I do have several modern sets that I dearly love. 2004 Fleer Greats of the Game is one. The Tristar Obak sets, issued between 2009 and 2011, are three more. Tristar played the variation game in these sets, including cards with different geometric shapes around the card number. But, I don't play that game, so I mainly collected the base set and the T212 mini parallels to a subset of the base cards. I managed to complete both the 2010 and 2011 sets. But the high number short prints in the 2009 set were elusive. They were rarely available and unreasonably expensive when they were. Progress ground to a halt and, eventually, I forgot about the set. I can't even remember the last time I added one of these cards. It could have been as long as 10 years ago, but I really don't know.
Recently, as I have had to curtail my hobby spending due to necessary adult obligations I decided to see if I could cheaply complete off a few side projects that captured my attention for a while, then fell of the radar. I didn't complete 2009 Obak, but I did find three reasonably priced short prints of the seven I need.
Yeah, I'm being lazy by scanning all three at once and not editing to show them individually. But, it is a beautiful day and I've got yardwork to do.
Of these three players, only Tony Sanchez made it to the majors, appearing in 52 games over the course of 4 seasons. Donavan Tate made it as far as A+ and Matt Hobgood to AA.
What I am listening to: I am a Man by Spencer Davis Group
Love those Obak sets that Tristar released. Great looking cards with interesting checklists.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't crazy about these actually but congrats on getting closer, sounds like it's tougher than it should be.
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