Sorta like a Holy Grail...

I've been a Charlie Morton supercollector since before the 2010 season and have been slowly adding more and more of his cards to my collection.

With the card below, I currently sit at 95.94% complete (excluding 1/1s)

Many of the Charlie Morton cards I needed for my super collection were extremely rare cards (1/1s), minor league cards, or low print runs (/50 or less) The low print run but accessible card I thought I would never see was Charlie's 2002 Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor numbered to 50.

2002 Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor 46/50

I have only seen 1 appear on ebay in the past 4 years and I was sniped on it.  Fortunately, through patience and a lot of detective work I was able to land this gorgeous gold refractor you see above for $18 delivered.

I naturally have Charlie Morton as one of my saved searches on ebay and a few months back a seller was selling off a large part of his collection which included the BGS graded 9.5 2008 Black Refractor (/25).  In the background of the image he had posted I saw the golden beauty above and knew I had to have it.  Through several emails with the seller I was able to convince him to let it go.

Only 3 non 1/1s remain for my supercollection and I fear that the 2012 Topps Update Factory Orange will be the toughest to acquire since many people who purchase the factory set don't open them for the orange variants.

These are the cards I currently need in my collection.

The red indicates that the card is more than 1 copy
Yellow indicates that it is a 1/1

As you can see most of my needs are 1/1s and I have actually crossed 4 off already this year.

2002 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres Future Gems Quads /600 (Val Majewski, Joey Gomes, Daniel Cevette, Charlie Morton)
2004 Rome Braves (minor leage Multi-ad)
2008 Bowman Chrome Printing Plates 1/1 (needs all 4: cyan, black, yellow, magenta)
2008 Bowman Draft & Prospects Printing Plates 1/1 (need all 4: cyan, black, yellow, magenta)
2008 Bowman Draft & Prospects Red 1/1
2008 Bowman Sterling Printing Plates 1/1 (need all 4: cyan, black, yellow, magenta)
2008 Bowman Sterling Red Refractor 1/1
2011 Topps Update #235 Gold Canary Diamond 1/1
2011 Topps Update #235 Platinum 1/1
2011 Topps Update #235 Printing Plates 1/1 (need 3: black, yellow, magenta)
2012 Topps #516 Factory Set Orange /190
2012 Topps #516 Platinum 1/1
2012 Topps #516 Printing Plates 1/1 (need all 4: cyan, black, yellow, magenta)
2012 Topps Mini #516 Printing Plates 1/1 (need 3: cyan, yellow, magenta)
2013 Topps Update Printing Plates 1/1 (need 3: yellow, magenta, cyan)
2014 Topps Heritage Printing Plates 1/1 (need all 4) I'm not even sure if these exist since Beckett doesn't have them listed.
2014 Topps Printing Plates (need 3 (magenta, cyan, black)