Monday, February 5, 2024

Closer to the End of the Rainbow

Last week I received a notice on one of my eBay saved searches that I card I had never seen available for purchase in almost 10 years was finally listed. Unfortunately, it was listed as an auction and the card was graded a PSA 10. While I normally don't chase after graded cards, I knew I had to try and snag this copy since I had no idea if I would ever see one again. These 2013 Topps Orange cards are numbered out of 230 and are exclusives that were included as a pack of five cards in sealed factory sets. I'm not sure how many collectors have opened their sets but I'm sure there's a lot of people out there that choose to keep them sealed. I was fortunate enough to be the high bidder on the card and the card arrived safely this past Saturday. With this addition I now have 37 different 2013 Topps Joey Votto cards in my rainbow. Of the three cards I'm still chasing for this project, two I've never seen for sale (the 2013 Topps Opening Day Purple Toys R Us and the 2013 Topps Silver Slate Framed that's numbered out of 10) and the 2013 Topps Chrome Pink Refractor that's numbered out of 5 has only appeared once. As it stands, I've probably reached the end of this project since the remaining cards I'm chasing will more than likely never surface. But I'll still keep an eye out just in case one of those white whales were to ever surface.

7 comments:

Grant said...

Nice! Don't give up, you're too close now!

GTT said...

Whether you're able to get those last three cards or not, that's an incredible rainbow you've got there.

Fuji said...

Whether or not you ever acquire the final three cards... 37 different versions is quite impressive.

Reds Card Collector said...

Thanks guys! I'm hopeful one day I'll be able to add the other three.

Jon said...

Given your patience thus far, I think you will end up with those last three at some point :)

OhioCardKing said...

Hey Reds Card collector. I am also working on this “Rainbow”. I’d love to chat with you. Any chance you would be interested in a conversation?

Reds Card Collector said...

Sure, feel free to send me a message lucksc0620 at gmail.com