[INFO] Topps Allen & Ginter Reference Thread

[Ticked]

Checking interest in a PSA 10 glow-in-the-dark 83 Cryptocurrency card.  Prepare to back up the Brinks truck beep beep beep.

That is a keeper, put that in a safe and lock it away.  Wait until the common mini's break the 100.00 mark.  That's what I would do or invest in a brinks truck

Dolph,

Glad you made your way to the collectibles section.  Constant sound,  unselfish advice in this thread from you.  Cheers!

[dolphriends]

Checking interest in a PSA 10 glow-in-the-dark 83 Cryptocurrency card.  Prepare to back up the Brinks truck beep beep beep.

That is a keeper, put that in a safe and lock it away.  Wait until the common mini's break the 100.00 mark.  That's what I would do or invest in a brinks truck

Dolph,

Glad you made your way to the collectibles section.  Constant sound,  unselfish advice in this thread from you.  Cheers!

Thank you for those kind words, appreciate it

[Mrstacy]

Checking interest in a PSA 10 glow-in-the-dark 83 Cryptocurrency card.  Prepare to back up the Brinks truck beep beep beep.

That is a keeper, put that in a safe and lock it away.  Wait until the common mini's break the 100.00 mark.  That's what I would do or invest in a brinks truck

One interesting note is that PSA does not put "glow " on the slab label.  Here's an Ebay example

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F401621878238

[Mrstacy]

FYI:  I'm going to have some graded cards next week.   Let me know if interested in purchase/trades.

Black Border

Silver Glossy

Full-Size Base

Mini Base

Full-Size Black X

Mini A&G Back (Not No Number)

[BitcoinPenny]

So...I was crunching some numbers to get a better idea of the ever-increasing odds of my sealed Ginter X case holding the magical #83 Cryptocurrency 1/1 silver mini. (I'm equally fond of the /5 red minis, TBH.)

First, I searched all the current and previous eBay ads with the keywords "2018 Ginter Silver Mini" in the title. I listed a total of exactly 101 FOUND silver minis, including my own Walker Beuhler RC. Unfortunately, my search would only go back as far as August 31. That means I'm missing all previous sales for the earliest 3+ weeks, so I'm quite sure that several more silver minis have been discovered than my 101-card tally. Plus, since my search was limited to those exact words in the title only, I would have easily missed any listings with slightly different titles such as "2018 Ginter Silver 1/1" etc.

Regardless, according to Blowout forums and based on the pack odds of silver minis (1:107), approximately 173 Ginter X cases were produced. The odds say there should be exactly 2 silver minis per case. (My personal experience agrees with these odds.)

I'm considering buying a Worthpoint subscription in order to search for all the pre-August 31 eBay listings. I'm quite sure that the bulk of sales happened in the first few weeks, and I'm very interested in calculating the odds of my last Ginter X case holding the 1/1 silver mini. (I may eventually calculate the /5 mini red odds too, which are stated to be 1:22 packs.)

I'll keep you guys posted...

Regards,
Chris

EDIT: According to the official pack odds, a case should hold an average of 2 silver mini 1/1 cards and 10 red mini /5 cards (as well as 12 Brooklyn, NNO, or Glow-in-the-Dark mini cards — one per box).

[Mrstacy]

So...I was crunching some numbers to get a better idea of the ever-increasing odds of my sealed Ginter X case holding the magical #83 Cryptocurrency 1/1 silver mini. (I'm equally fond of the /5 red minis, TBH.)

First, I searched all the current and previous eBay ads with the keywords "2018 Ginter Silver Mini" in the title. I listed a total of exactly 101 FOUND silver minis, including my own Walker Beuhler RC. Unfortunately, my search would only go back as far as August 31. That means I'm missing all previous sales for the earliest 3+ weeks, so I'm quite sure that several more silver minis have been discovered than my 101-card tally. Plus, since my search was limited to those exact words in the title only, I would have easily missed any listings with slightly different titles such as "2018 Ginter Silver 1/1" etc.

Regardless, according to Blowout forums and based on the pack odds of silver minis (1:107), approximately 173 Ginter X cases were produced. The odds say there should be exactly 2 silver minis per case. (My personal experience agrees with these odds.)

I'm considering buying a Worthpoint subscription in order to search for all the pre-August 31 eBay listings. I'm quite sure that the bulk of sales happened in the first few weeks, and I'm very interested in calculating the odds of my last Ginter X case holding the 1/1 silver mini. (I may eventually calculate the /5 mini red odds too, which are stated to be 1:22 packs.)

I'll keep you guys posted...

Regards,
Chris

Wow. an unopened case or is this the same one i drooled over.  man. 325 x 18 boxes. you are doing well.

[BitcoinPenny]

Wow. an unopened case or is this the same one i drooled over.  man. 325 x 18 boxes. you are doing well.

I think the cases hold 12 boxes of 18 packs each. I could be wrong tho.

Regards,
Chris

[Fattcatt]

...got those wheels turning...lol 

[dolphriends]

There might be a small percentage of 1/1 silver's and red's that get pulled and kept.  I doubt that would be the case with #83.

[Fattcatt]

never say never 

[dolphriends]

never say never 

That is so true!!!

[BitcoinPenny]

UPDATE: Tonight's research on Blowout Forums adds another 61 silver mini cards to my list of pulled 2018 Ginter X silver mini cards. My running total is now 162 silver mini cards that have been discovered. (So far, none are the elusive #83 Cryptocurrency.) Many more baseball forums and auction sites to search...

Regards,
Chris

[dolphriends]

UPDATE: Tonight's research on Blowout Forums adds another 61 silver mini cards to my list of pulled 2018 Ginter X silver mini cards. My running total is now 162 silver mini cards that have been discovered. (So far, none are the elusive #83 Cryptocurrency.) Many more baseball forums and auction sites to search...

Regards,
Chris

This is great info, Chris.  I think I am going to open a few more boxes.

[Mrstacy]

Wow. an unopened case or is this the same one i drooled over.  man. 325 x 18 boxes. you are doing well.

I think the cases hold 12 boxes of 18 packs each. I could be wrong tho.

Regards,
Chris

Yeah 325x12. Almost a 5x return on investment. Nice

[Mrstacy]

UPDATE: Tonight's research on Blowout Forums adds another 61 silver mini cards to my list of pulled 2018 Ginter X silver mini cards. My running total is now 162 silver mini cards that have been discovered. (So far, none are the elusive #83 Cryptocurrency.) Many more baseball forums and auction sites to search...

Regards,
Chris

Great scavenger hunt.  Good luck

[BitcoinPenny]

UPDATE: Tonight's research on Blowout Forums adds another 61 silver mini cards to my list of pulled 2018 Ginter X silver mini cards. My running total is now 162 silver mini cards that have been discovered. (So far, none are the elusive #83 Cryptocurrency.) Many more baseball forums and auction sites to search...

Regards,
Chris

Great scavenger hunt.  Good luck

Thanks, Mrstacy.

And to all of you who collect the Ginter X cards, if you wouldn't mind and if it's not too much trouble, I would greatly appreciate PMs to let me know which silver mini cards that you may have in your current collection. (I'll understand if you'd rather keep secret your ownership of a few select silver mini cards, such as the #83 Cryptocurrency. However, please let me know which cards you feel comfortable disclosing to me.)

Thank you, everyone. We'll track down that elusive #83 Cryptocurrency silver mini card soon enough!

Regards,
Chris

[BitcoinPenny]

Wow. an unopened case or is this the same one i drooled over.  man. 325 x 18 boxes. you are doing well.

I think the cases hold 12 boxes of 18 packs each. I could be wrong tho.

Regards,
Chris

Yeah 325x12. Almost a 5x return on investment. Nice

Actually, my case was bought on eBay from a third-party with considerable mark-up, so it's not a 5x return.

UPDATE: Wowser! The last Ginter X box just sold on eBay for $499 + shipping!

Regards,
Chris

[dolphriends]

Wow. an unopened case or is this the same one i drooled over.  man. 325 x 18 boxes. you are doing well.

I think the cases hold 12 boxes of 18 packs each. I could be wrong tho.

Regards,
Chris

Yeah 325x12. Almost a 5x return on investment. Nice

Actually, my case was bought on eBay from a third-party with considerable mark-up, so it's not a 5x return.

UPDATE: Wowser! The last Ginter X box just sold on eBay for $499 + shipping!

Regards,
Chris

That's also the sale price of the last ginter x black mini cryptocurrency card. 

[Mrstacy]

One ginter x box for a mere $600.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153284268230

[dolphriends]

One ginter x box for a mere $600.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153284268230

Mainstream and the card manufacturers are always watching.