Upper Deck US History

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[cjdmadcow]

Thought I'd just throw these out here for you to have a look at.

Even though I'm a Brit, I thought this set would be fascinating so i bought myself a case, which arrived this morning (along with Buffy but that's another story).

My guess is it's gonna take me a VERY long time to complete this set, although there is no chance of getting any of the 'cut signatures'. Mind you, I've still got 8 boxes to break so you never know.

These 'State Quarter' cards are actual coins and come 1 per box. Very nice they are too.

You can see the entire list here :

http://www.upperdeck.com/collection/collectionprint.aspx?q=6&sid=11333









CJD

[gimli]

I was tempted to buy a case but resisted they do look nice but i did think to myself that it would be hard to get rid of my spares here in the UK

[cjdmadcow]

I was tempted to buy a case but resisted they do look nice but i did think to myself that it would be hard to get rid of my spares here in the UK

This is one bloomin' heck of a set to collate because there's so many different subsets. I can see me trading spares rather than trying to sell them individually. It's more of a question as to how long it's gonna take me to sort out the rest of the boxes.

This is 9 cards from a 10 card subset of 'Famous Americans'

[Roz]

That looks a great set. If you could pick up the base set cheaply I'd certainly do so, I believe they are bringing out a factory set of the base cards which might be the cheapest way to go.

I like the idea of coins in cards but that's a cherry pickers delight I am sure. I was telling Chris at Memo I thought knuts and sickles should be in the HP set though tose prop cards are probably too thin to take it without self destructing themselves

we're losing structural integrity cap'n

[beckham1]

The state quarter cards are actually a box topper so there is no mystery to which pack its in.

I opened a box and thought it would be a time nightmare to put them in order so I will probably pick up a complete set on ebay.

[Crystyles]

This set looks amazing, We never bothered carrying this one, I couldn't even imangine putting a bunch of 300 card sets together, it would take forever.
CJD I read your other post on NSU I can't believe it took 8 boxes to make a set, thats just crazy, Thanks for the pics.
Do tell if you happen to open the rest and get one of the rare Presidential Cut sigs, hey we can dream right  

[cjdmadcow]

This set looks amazing, We never bothered carrying this one, I couldn't even imangine putting a bunch of 300 card sets together, it would take forever.
CJD I read your other post on NSU I can't believe it took 8 boxes to make a set, thats just crazy, Thanks for the pics.
Do tell if you happen to open the rest and get one of the rare Presidential Cut sigs, hey we can dream right  

Actually, it works out to more than 300 cards :

Presidents : TP1 - TP50
Birth of a Nation : BN1 - BN15
Colonial Days : CD1 - CD10
Documents, Moments, Places : DMP1 - DMP15
Early Americans :  EA1 - EA10
Etched in History Cut Signatures : 1/1 (20 Cards)
Explorers : EX1 - EX50
Famous Americans : FA1 - FA10
20th Century : 20TH1 - 20TH15
Into The West : IW1 - IW10
Inventors & Inventions : II1 - II50
Presidential Cut Signatures : 1/1 (10 Cards)
Reconstruction & Reform : RR1 - RR10
Greatest Moments : GM1 - GM25
Making of America : MA1 - MA15
The Revolution : TR1 - TR15
The States : SC1 - SC50
The War Between the States : WS1 - WS15
State Quarters : SQ1 - SQ30

So, excluding the 1/1's cut signatures & box-topper State Quarters, that makes a complete set of 365 cards. One for every day !

As it happens, I did only make 1 complete (365) set from the 8 boxes I've opened, but I'm only a few cards away from 3 full sets. The GM & MA subsets seem to be the hardest to get. And the chances of getting a cut signature in one of the remaining boxes ? Highly unlikely. The only one I've seen appear on eBay so far was the cut signature for Harry S. Truman, which went for $2325.05

Oh for the Abraham Lincoln or George Washington signature !  

CJD

[Crystyles]

As it happens, I did only make 1 complete (365) set from the 8 boxes I've opened, but I'm only a few cards away from 3 full sets. The GM & MA subsets seem to be the hardest to get. And the chances of getting a cut signature in one of the remaining boxes ? Highly unlikely. The only one I've seen appear on eBay so far was the cut signature for Harry S. Truman, which went for $2325.05

 :o2325.05 umm thats just crazy, as cool as that would be.... little out of the price range for many people, but if you need help completeting these sets let me know cause I have a huge list of traders that owe me favors!!

[cjdmadcow]

Another of the most prized signature cards has appeared. Nice price !

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6121174208&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

CJD

[Roz]

$5500 ... ALREADY :O

[cjdmadcow]

Looks like the Holy Grail of this set has turned up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5132247800&fromMakeTrack=true

CJD

[Roz]

Wow!

George Washington... ooer deja vu here - wasn't' he a Geordie ?

Go Geordies

[beckham1]

The George Washington is not from the US history set.  It is actually from a baseball product called SP Legendary Cuts.  They put about 1 cut signature in every case.   I think all of them are from dead baseball players and then there are a few historical cuts mixed in.  Maybe you have heard of Babe Ruth (have you?) he is probably the most famous baseball player ever, anyway that is one of the most sought after cuts from that product.  They actually have been putting it out for I think 3 years now.  I actually saw a cut (player from 30's or 40's I think named Hank Greenburg) at my local hobby shop it was pretty cool.  A customer pulled it right from a single pack he bought for $3.  Jeff (works at the shop) bought it right back from him for about $200 I think and then sold it on ebay for about $600.  Not a bad pull.

So I guess the US History Washington is still in play

[cjdmadcow]

The George Washington is not from the US history set.  It is actually from a baseball product called SP Legendary Cuts.  They put about 1 cut signature in every case.   I think all of them are from dead baseball players and then there are a few historical cuts mixed in.  Maybe you have heard of Babe Ruth (have you?) he is probably the most famous baseball player ever, anyway that is one of the most sought after cuts from that product.  They actually have been putting it out for I think 3 years now.  I actually saw a cut (player from 30's or 40's I think named Hank Greenburg) at my local hobby shop it was pretty cool.  A customer pulled it right from a single pack he bought for $3.  Jeff (works at the shop) bought it right back from him for about $200 I think and then sold it on ebay for about $600.  Not a bad pull.

So I guess the US History Washington is still in play

My mistake, I didn't read the listing properly. So there is still hope for me to find the GW card then. Yeah, right !

And finally, you are probably talking to one of the biggest baseball fans here in the UK. I'm a HUGE fan and every year I take the week of the World Series off work, so I can stay up all night watching. I don't believe I mentioned who my team is, did I ?

The Red Sox  

The Curse hasn't been broken yet, but........................

CJD

[kbmum]

Then we can root for them together!  I live in Massachusetts, and people have very high hopes.  We think that, finally, this is the year.  My husband and I have been walking around like zombies from lack of sleep all week -- those extra inning playoff games have been killer.

[Roz]

So how does baseball work?

Isn't it just serious rounders?

 

[kbmum]

Rounders?

I'm sure there are other people on the forum who can better explain baseball, but I'll give it a go.  

There are two teams with 9 active players each (others sit on the bench).  On the field is a diamond was bases at each point.  There's a man stationed at each base, one man between second and third base, three men in the outfield (left, center, and right), and a pitcher in the middle of the diamond.

The pitcher throws the ball to the opposing team's batters.  The pitches are either strikes or balls.  A strike is a pitch that gets past the batter, whether or not he swings.  Three strikes and the batter is out, then the next batter comes up to home plate.  Three outs and the side is down, then it's the home team's turn to bat.  A ball is a pitch that is outside an invisible box that mark's a batter's strike zone (from a batter's shoulders to his knees, and the width of home plate).  If there are four balls before a batter gets three strikes, the batter automatically runs to first base.

If the batter hits the ball, it can be caught by the team on the field and that counts as an out.  If the ball isn't caught, it's a hit and the runner tries to take as many bases as he can.  A home run is when the batter hits the ball out of the playing field (as long as it's inside set boundaries on the right and left sides of the field, or the ball is foul and can count as a strike).

Runs are scored when players advance to each base and then run across home plate.  There are 9 innings to a game, but if the score is tied at the end of the ninth, then you go into extra innings until the tie is broken.  One of the Red Sox's playoff games went to 14 innings, which made for a very late night!

**** OR ****  

If that's too complicated, each team tries to hit the baseball to score as many runs as possible, while preventing the other team from scoring.  Nine innings and three hours later, someone wins!

       

[Roz]

Thanks Cynthia

3 HOURS???

Wow - I don't think many spectator sport games here in the UK (except Cricket zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) last that long

 

[kbmum]

Wow, the last time someone called me Cynthia was the minister at my wedding nine years ago!  

Yeah, the games can be kind of long.  One of the playoff games earlier this week went just over five hours.  I was tired watching it at home; I can't imagine what is was like sitting in the stands.

[Roz]

Cy Cynth, KB?

Sorry  

I swear the game Quidditch and it's length (didn't a game go on for 3 months once with a particularly nasty/craty snitch) is taking the mick out of Cricket!

(and Cynthia is a cool name, isn't it in Elizabeth Gaskell's "Wives and Daughters"?? She wasn't one of the most stable and reliable of characters in the tale but definitely the funnest!)