I came across a card that I was pretty excited to see,
an American Heroes Gerald Ford relic from Tri City Sports Poland (or TCSP) . These cards are from TCSP’s Five Year
Anniversary promotion and they were randomly inserted in to various boxes of
TCSP product during 2013. I know that the company has had customer service problems
and many of their cards are pretty poorly designed but I really like the
American Heroes design.
The release is made up of three subsets; Relics (#/100),
Autograph-Relics (#/2) and Autographs (#1/1). The checklist contains 4
Presidents (Nixon, Ford, Carter and Regan), 2 actors (DeNiro & Pacino) plus
Bruce Springsteen and John Gotti.
The card is thick and a heavy plastic, almost feeling
like a heavy duty credit card. The back has a write up about Ford during his 3
years as President along with the TCSP hologram and the card numbering to #/100,
mine is #87/100.
Most of the cards from this set start at $19.99 and run
up to $40 but when I came across this card it had a starting bid of only $1.99.
I am wondering if the seller set the price incorrectly by accident and that
they really intended to type in $19.99. I won the card for $3.25 plus another
$2.50 for shipping.
I am looking to add the other three Presidents to my
collection as well as Al Pacino as long as I can find them all for reasonable
prices. I expect to pay more for Regan and the actors but hopefully I can pick
up Tricky Dick and Carter for less than $10 each.
I have since added a Robert DeNiro relic for $3.22
shipped.
customer service issues is putting it nicely. it is a snazzy card, at least.
ReplyDeleteA couple of great deals!
ReplyDeleteGreat lookin' card. I'd love to add the Reagan to my collection... but his card went for over $30 on eBay. I can't justify paying that much for a card with a vague COA. However... I'd buy it all day long for the prices you've been paying. Nice finds.
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