Friday, February 27, 2015

The Final Card to the Reverse Box

I had committed $279 towards my 2014 National Treasures Reverse Box approaching my final card.  Each box of National Treasures features 8 cards for $425 with the guarantee of 4 autographs and 1 booklet.

I set out to do something incredible by not only adding some of the Pirates young future, but also remembering the history of the Bucs with Hall of Famers while keeping every card to less than 50 copies.

My latest on card addition is of future ace Gerrit Cole.  It's my 29th unique autograph of the former UCLA #1 overall pick.  It's my second Cole auto used in the reverse box so I kind of feel like I cheated a little, but my rules were simple.
1)Keep the box under $425 while following the standard National Treasures ratio
2)Every card must be a member of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club
3)Every card must be under 50 copies

Using those rules, I fully complied with what I set out to do and kept under budget by $131.

I will now use my $131 savings to see what else I can come up with.

EVERYTHING I HAVE ACQUIRED SO FAR CAN BE SEEN BELOW
Roberto Clemente bat relic 6/25



Willie Stargell Cut AUTO and jumbo bat booklet 7/10


Gerrit Cole on card AUTO and jumbo jersey 32/49



Jameson Taillon Jersey Patch 2/25

Gregory Polanco Colossal Prime Jersey Patch 14/25

Bill Mazeroski On Card Autograph Hall of Fame 2/10

Paul Waner Diamond 12/20

2 comments:

  1. Just went back and read all of the reverse box challenge posts. That Clemente is awesome. And this Cole is cool too. I really enjoyed doing this project with 2013 Topps Five Star. Maybe I'll look for a high end 2014 product to do it with.

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  2. Reverse boxing high end products is the way to go for me. I can't constitute the risk of spending couple hundred dollars and not getting a single card I want.

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