Some more 2011 Younts

Just a quick post to show off a couple new Younts I got.

First is the Green Framed Gypsy Queen.  Only found as a bonus to the retail rack packs.

And the Great Ones mini.
Only found in the bonus box topper in hobby boxes.

I've also started picking up Tribute parallels now that the market has cooled off.  I'll post those when I get them.

CB out.

2011 Gypsy Queen.

Well I've been slowly picking up new Younts as they come out.  Tribute had a bunch and prices are just now coming into my reach for some of the lower numbered parallels. In the mean time I was in on A Cardboard Problems Gypsy Queen group break and picked up most of the basic and a few insert Younts.  No mini's but I've been picking them up on Ebay when convenient.  Any ways here a few new ones to add to the list.

The base Yount.

Copper Paper Framed #d to 999.

And the Great Ones #18.  I've also got a green paper framed coming.  They were only available in retail rack packs and a few minis.

Finally a new Yount to add to my collection.

Well 2011 Tribute is out and not only does Mr. Yount have a base card this year again, he has quite a few relics.  I had been biding my time and finally got the lowest rung of the Tribute base cards, the base card.  I've been looking and waiting for the frenzy to quiet down, hopefully when Gypsy Queen hits next week it'll take the focus off Younts Tribute cards, although he does make an appearance in that issue as well.

I will be actively persuing all the parallels, but I've decided to concentrate on Rollie Fingers first.  And since Ryan Braun just signed a 5 year gazillion dollar extension with the Brewers, effectively making him a Brewer till 2020, I've decided to officially add him to my Player Collections.  Yes I already collected Braun with team sets and cheap relic pick ups ect, but now it's official and will be put in the side bar of Collector's Crack!!!

cb out.

New Younts on the Horizon

Next month a couple new Topps products come out, Tribute and the retro Gypsy Queen.  After looking over the checklists and sell sheets Mr. Yount is going to make a few appearances in both sets, in both the base and hit cards, as well as, all the variations.  I've made a little checklist for myself and any other Yountophiles that would like to keep track of the all the new Yount options coming out next month. 

Topps has a lot of TBA on it's current checklist so there might be other cards that pop up, I wouldn't hold my breath and I can't say this checklist is totally complete, but if anyone knows of any other variations or cards that Robin Yount appears in these two sets let me know.

2011 Topps Gypsy Queen

Base #61
Base Variation Framed Paper /999
Base Variation Gold
Base Varitaion Stamp Relic/10

Mini Variation
Base Printing Plates (4) 1/1

Mini cards
Gypsy Queen Leather/10
Gypsy Queen Sephia Tone /99
Gypsy Queen Black
Gypsy Queen Black Border
Mini Printing plates (4) 1/1

The Great Ones GO18


2011 Topps Tribute

Base #26
Base parallel Red 1/1
Base parallel Gold /50
Base parallel Green /99
Base parallel Black /99
Base parallel Blue /399
Base Printing plates (4) 1/1

Autographed Relic
TAR-RY
Red parallel 1/1
Gold parallel /25
Black parallel /50
Green parallel /75

Tribute to the Stars
TSTA-YMB Triple Autograph with Paul Molitor and Ryan Braun /24
  Red parallel 1/1

Dual Relic

RDR-RY  /99
 Red parallel 1/1
Gold parallel /25
Black parallel /50
Green parallel /75

That's quite a few cards not even counting all the 1/1 printing plates.  I'm not sure about all the Gypsy Queen mini parallels either the sell sheet and info was a little confusing but I'm sure after it's released that'll all be cleared up. 

Yount has already had 2 cards issued this year from Topps Series 1.  60 Years of Topps #25 both the regular and original backs.   Like I said if anyone know of any more parallels or inserts or if any of this is wrong let me know.  I know I'll be going after a few of these.  I probably won't be able to snag a 1/1 printing plate, but I'm might try for a couple low numbered parallels.

Well I'm off on vacation for 2 weeks.  Cheers.

cb out

Some new Younts from COMC

I was perusing CheckOutMyCards looking to fill a few holes and looking to see how cheap I could pick a few Younts up that I needed for the old Yount collection.  I found these for super cheap.

First off some 83 O-Pee-Chee

Younts All Star

And regular.

1986 OPC as well and....

a 1993 to round out the Canadian bunch.

1989 Donruss Baseball's Best.

1990 Bowman Contest Card but it's special

it's Tiffany!!! 

1994 Pacific Crown Collection

A few from some box sets.

1990 Fleer Baseball MVP #44 and

1991 Woolworth.

1992 Score Superstar. These were only available in the 100 count blister packs I do believe.

2002 American Pie Innovation

2003 Fleer Double Header w/ Ozzie Smith

And lastly a 2010 Yo Momma Card #92 that I could pull from all the Topps I opened last year.

I also got this bad boy off of ebay the other day and now completes my 2011 Younts so far.

An original back don't ya know. 

The list keeps growing.  Until next time.  CB out.

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Pimp out.

WOW! Generosity from the Greatest Yount Supercollector

I consider myself a Yount supercollector.  I do.  Yount is my #1 Player collection.  I rank Rollie fingers as my #2, with Reggie Jackson and Brett Favre tied for #3.  But Yount is my man.  I'm lucky enough to have seen him play a few times before he retired while I was in college and I have to say those road trips down to County Stadium with my college buds were some good times.  Growing up it was an odd pleasure to see a Brewers game on TV for me being a military brat at the time and spending most of my formative years out of Wisconsin.  But it's nice to know that the Yount Collector has some fans.  

Matt emailed me and posted on here a while back that he like the site and was himself a big Yount fan and collector.  I guess big is an understatement.  See Matt holds the distinction of having the finest set of all time on the PSA registry and the finest complete master set of Yount cards.  This is all Yount's cards produced in his career not all cards produced ever, but I'm sure Matt has a ton of the newer stuff as well.  You can find the collection here on the PSA Registry website.  The funny thing is I actually ran across Matt's collection pursuing the site looking for Younts I needed and should go after.  I remember being a little awestruck by the sheer size and completeness, not to mention just the time and resources that obviously went into putting something like that together. Not only that by Matt has pictures of everyone of them on his registry sight.  A great visual reference as well.

Anyways Matt said he had a bunch of extra Younts and more specifically some that weren't on my collection list that I could have if I sent him my address.  Not to look a gift horse in the mouth I sent Matt back a reply and a thank you and a few weeks later I had a box sitting on my door step.  What was inside blew me away.  The box was kinda heavy, which I though was kinda odd.  I had been expecting maybe a bubble mailer with a small stack of raw cards that I needed.  I was curious this was much too heavy to be a few cards it had to be a crap load!!  Well even more to my surprise was that it was a nice selection of Younts but they were all graded!!  38 to be exact.  I was pretty blow away.  I have been picking up cheap graded Younts here and there when I find them but wow.

So I just want to thank Matt again. What a generous and awesome thing you have done.
Here are the cards.  Check'em out.

First up is the 1993 Topps Rockies Inaugural stamp card.  There is also a Marlin's version of this card.

The 1982 Fleer Stamps Yount.  This is one of the "cards" I didn't have that I now get to add to the have list.

a 1983 Perma-Graphics credit card.  If you've ever seen one of these you know what I mean about it being a credit card.  The "card" were printed on plastic.

Another "card" I didn't have.  So many stickers.

I could I had all three years of the glossy send in's but I don't see this on my list so score.  Plus these cards can be hard to find. Especially in such nice shape.

Another sticker I didn't have.

This is one of the Gardner's I was also looking for.

A nice 1987 Fleer Star Sticker.  I did have one of these.

One of the late 80's box set Fleer's.

And another one.

And another one.

And one I needed. Sweet.

There were also some nice graded Star cards

This is my first Star Stellar card.  I'm still looking for a nice set to add to the collection.

A Topps Big.  89 edition.

An 89 Sticker card with Joe Carter on the back.

A 91 Score Superstar card.  These were only found in the 100 card blister packs and one per pack.

A Jumbo Sunflower Seeds Card.

92 OPC

Panini doing what they do best.

91 Hit Men Sticker.  Also a card I needed.

92 UD FanFest All-Star Game card.

93 Holo Denny's

93 Donruss Previews card.  Sweetness! 

93 Stadium Club Members Only

94 Miller Beer Card.  This is actually one card I have been looking for for a long time.

Pacific Prismy goodness.

94 Score Gold Rush.  Another card I've been having a hard time finding.  These were the Score parallel set inserts in 94. 

2002 UD Peice of History MVP Club.

92 Leaf Checklist.  This card is actually in the holder backwards.  This is the front of the card not the back.  You can tell by the numbering of the cards 353 to 380 here and 381 to whatever on the other side.

Matt was also nice enough to send a few relic cards as well.

A dual Yount/Winfield card.  It's a peice of Winfield bat on the card but still a nice card.

2002 Topps Record Breakers.

And finally a 92 Leaf Gold Previews.  A very hard card to find raw and Matt added to the stack.

Wow what a great lot to add to the old Yount pile.  Now to update my have and need lists.  I want to thank Matt again for the generosity and great cards.

cb out.