2013 Gypsy Queen Mini Framed Relic

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Card Set: Gypsy Queen

Year: 2013

Card Number: GQMR-RY

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Mini Framed Relics

Relic Type: Bat

I had to wait a long time before I got to pick up my 2012 Gypsy Queen Yount bat relic, but this year I snagged one early and for a decent price. 

I really like the black border this year on the cards and the fact that the image used is different then the ones used on his other cards in this set.  However this is another recycled image by Topps. With just a quick look through some of his issued cards over the last couple of years this is the same image used in his 2012 Golden Giveaway card and I sure it was used else where. But that's another blog post for another time.

2013 Gypsy Queens

Catching up on some summer acquisitions.  This year Robin had another card in Gypsy Queen. From early checklists I thought he would also have framed parallels, but it looks like that didn't happen.

He did however have all the mini parallels and a mini variation.

Here's the parallel. These were found in the little mini boxes that came with each hobby box. This was actually the image they used for his framed mini relic last year.

The Green numbered to 99.

And the black numbered to 199.

The only other mini parallel I'm missing besides the printing plates is the sepia.

1992 Mr Turkey Panel

2013 is turning out to be a great year if your a Yount collector, but I'm going to turn back the clock on a neat oddball I picked up this summer.  I already have a Mr. Turkey card, but when I saw this full back panel I decided to add it to the collection as well.  Plus it was pretty cheap.

The newest Younts on the block.

I've been a bad blogger.  It's been over a month since I posted over at the main blog, Collector's Crack, but I've been busy and well that's life.  But I figure I'd throw together a crappy post over here at the Yount Collector with a few new Yount pick ups.  So far it's been a pretty good year for new Yount cards.  A couple relics, and a slew of parallels and inserts.

First up is the 2013 Archives base card.

I already posted about the foil numbered parallel I got.  I'm also still on the look out for the day glow parallel, but I have my eye on a few.

And second we have Robin's 2013 Topps 1972 mini insert from Series 2.  No parallels or relic or auto versions to chase here, but still nice to add to the collection.

So that's it.  Just like I promised. A crappy little post about some not so exciting new aquisitions.

1993 Duracell cello pack

I stopped in to Don's Sportcards here in Anchorage a few weeks ago, yeah I'm that behind, and  while I was just going to pick up a few cheap cards off his drop board I ended up spending a lot more than I planned on.  Don had just bought a huge collection and had some pretty awesome Brett Favres.  I ended up picking up the a bunch of the more unique and interesting cards, but this post isn't about those Favres this is about the awesome Yount pick up I found.  While Don was pricing out all those great Favre cards and giving them to me at 60% book value I walked around and found a few unopened packs of Duracell cards.  Now I already have Yount's Duracell card it looks like this...

But I had never seen the cello packs the cards came in.

So for a buck I also got the Durcell cards of Gooden, Baerga and Gwynn.

And Mr Yount was right there on the back.  Pretty neat.  These cards came with the Super Saver packs of Durcell way back in 1993.  

I also picked up another pack with Frank Thomas in it for my Thomas collection.

Yount Archived! 2013 Archives parallel.

I've been insanely busy lately and, well, not only has my blogging dropped to a trickle, so has my card collecting.  But Robin has a bunch of new cards available in this year's Tribute, Museum Collection and Archives from Topps.  The first new addition I acquired in passing is his foil parallel card.  I haven't even opened a pack of this stuff and I'm not sure if I'm going to, but I will be collecting the Brewers from this set and of course all the Younts I can get my hands on.  Besides the base and this foil parallel, I know there is at least one more parallel to be had and that's the Day Glow parallel.

Tying up some loose ends

At the end of 2012 there were two Yount cards on my radar that I had yet to aquire.  Both had been going for way more than I wanted to spend and I had missed out until recently.

The first card was Robin's 2012 Topps Golden Giveaway Gold parallel die cut card.  I had picked up the regular card soon after people started getting them in hand, but this bad boy was always out of reach.  The seller was either always asking way too much or the auctions were ended way too high for my liking.  I finally got this one for well under what I wanted to pay.  I guess patience paid off in the end and I was getting a little worried.  There's a fine line on waiting too long.  Sometimes cards like this just disappear or you have only one seller who wants way too much.

The second card I needed was this 2012 Gypsy Queen Mini Relic card.  I had picked up the full size relic card a long time ago.  And seeing that 2013 Gypsy Queen is here already it was about time I finally got my hands on this one.  I'm not sure how many of these were made, but I know that a few of the veteran HOFer's were short printed and Mr. Yount's card was no different.  I had never seen more than a couple of these listed at anyone time and I was getting a little worried I had waited to long to try and go after it.  But recently another pair popped up on the ebay so I was able to pick this guy up for a great price.

That's most of the 2012 cards I need.  Sure Panini has a few from it's Cooperstown set I need, but I'm not in  a hurry.