I'm shaking...in a good way...just secured a 2001 Topps Employee complete sealed set

jjrpilot · 11-14-2019, 09:43 AM

I just purchased a still sealed 2001 Topps Employee only set of baseball cards...

I'm shaking....I am sooooo excited...as an Ichiro collector...to be able to have one of the "Topps Employee" rookies...I never thought I'd see the day...should arrive sometime next week.

UPDATE: It came today....ALL bricked and the Ichiro...was NOT Embossed...I'm soooooooo disappointed.

free2131 · 11-14-2019, 09:48 AM

Congrats! Nothing beats finding and buying that elusive card you've been wanting.

jayjones82 · 11-14-2019, 09:54 AM

Heads up (maybe someone with more knowledge about it can chime in): You might want to stick it in the freezer for a bit, as they tend to brick together due to the UV coating.

ucLAkers · 11-14-2019, 09:58 AM

Congrats...hopefully they arent stuck together.

3124508 on COMC · 11-14-2019, 10:02 AM

Let’s hope it doesn’t snow in Kansas City.

okumeister · 11-14-2019, 10:07 AM

Congrats!
I bought a PSA 8 of the Ichiro Employee set card on ebay about a year or two ago, thinking that's enough of a good grade for a card like this with bunch of surface issues.

Maybe you are intending to keep the set sealed, but good luck if you are opening it (i.e. the condition issues).

ck6599 · 11-14-2019, 10:12 AM

Congrats, that's a GREAT addition. As an Ichiro collector you'll appreciate this card I pulled a couple months ago:

1989FF · 11-14-2019, 10:12 AM

Congrats! Wanted one of those years ago. Just looked, wow don't remember them being that much back then. You plan on opening it?

smapdi · 11-14-2019, 10:44 AM

That is the coolest variation on the 2001 set, IMHO. Congratulations on finding a full set so far on.

HarryLime · 11-14-2019, 10:47 AM

Congrats! Just FYI, the whole freezer thing won't work. If they've truly bricked, it's a molecular bond and not something that reversing the temperature extreme will correct.

Arthur

jjrpilot · 11-14-2019, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryLime

Congrats! Just FYI, the whole freezer thing won't work. If they've truly bricked, it's a molecular bond and not something that reversing the temperature extreme will correct.

Arthur

I wonder what the ratio is to those sets that were bricked to not bricked.... eeeshhh

The_Reverend · 11-14-2019, 11:14 AM

Nice and congrats. I still,have the 2002 donruss best silver set sealed

base set · 11-14-2019, 11:16 AM

Another day, another new baseball card to learn about on here. Thanks OP. I think some day I will pick up a single from this set just for an example card of it to own.

ClevelandIC · 11-14-2019, 11:20 AM

I tried searching these online and don't see a noticeable difference, what am I missing?

no10pin · 11-14-2019, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandIC

I tried searching these online and don't see a noticeable difference, what am I missing?

There's a stamp that's tough to see in some pictures. It's pretty clear in this one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BRUCE-BOCHY...s/163569863597

ClevelandIC · 11-14-2019, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by no10pin

There's a stamp that's tough to see in some pictures. It's pretty clear in this one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BRUCE-BOCHY...s/163569863597

Yep, see it now. Thanks for posting that! Interesting how some of this stuff comes back around. Love it. I just started picking up 2001 Topps Golds for my PC and have been reintroduced to this set all over again. Its heaven! One of the first sets I put together with my 3 brothers and still have the set we put together. Good times!

brothertona · 11-14-2019, 11:38 AM

Currently two on the bay

ThoseBackPages · 11-14-2019, 11:40 AM

i think there is a decent chance its not bricked!

fingers crossed

HarryLime · 11-14-2019, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

i think there is a decent chance its not bricked!

fingers crossed

+1

If it's stamped like that and there's undentations in the surface where air can get in that can sometimes be the saving grace for a lot of these glossy cards. Putting out positive vibes.

Arthur

cardsforever · 11-14-2019, 11:57 AM

Congratulations for sure!!!

I remember when my Yankees Master Collection Set was at my front door!!!

Congrats!!!

Skipscards · 11-14-2019, 12:53 PM

Keep it sealed. Schrodinger's cat.

jjrpilot · 11-14-2019, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 1989FF

Congrats! Wanted one of those years ago. Just looked, wow don't remember them being that much back then. You plan on opening it?

I probably will as I want that Ichiro...but then again it's tempting not to open the set as well...lol

ScooterD · 11-14-2019, 03:31 PM

I bought one of these sealed on eBay about 10 years ago, and I ended up cracking it late last summer. Bricked, snowy, and the critical cards in the set had been replaced with base versions. Seal was intact, so someone was sneaky.... hope your result is better than mine.

jjrpilot · 11-14-2019, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ScooterD

I bought one of these sealed on eBay about 10 years ago, and I ended up cracking it late last summer. Bricked, snowy, and the critical cards in the set had been replaced with base versions. Seal was intact, so someone was sneaky.... hope your result is better than mine.

Ugh...............that's not good.....gosh I hope that's not the case with mine...I looked at the pics again and the whole box is sealed but you can tell that it's old but still has the Topps little logo printed all over the plastic.

What other critical cards are there in this set other than the Ichiro?

TimBuckTwo · 11-14-2019, 10:57 PM

Okay. This is contrary to what you have heard here but is what happened to me with some early 90s Stadium Club with the coating. These too had a propensity to stick together.

I left my boxes in my garage where in the summertime it got fairly warm outside. This warmed I suppose the coating enough that the cards did not stick whatsoever. They spread apart like butter.

So I am and have been firmly in the camp against freezing them. As well, I had another box I kept inside my house from a 92 set. Never saw hot or cold. I sold it hoping there would be no issues. Gentleman who bought it was very pleased when he broke them and no issues.

So if stored well (perhaps you can find out) shouldn't be an issue. If you want to break open and find they are bricked, heat treatment.

11-14-2019, 09:43 AM	#1
jjrpilot Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: USA Posts: 2,311	UPDATE...Devastating* ..just secured a 2001 Topps Employee complete sealed set I just purchased a still sealed 2001 Topps Employee only set of baseball cards... I'm shaking....I am sooooo excited...as an Ichiro collector...to be able to have one of the "Topps Employee" rookies...I never thought I'd see the day...should arrive sometime next week. UPDATE: It came today....ALL bricked and the Ichiro...was NOT Embossed...I'm soooooooo disappointed. __________________ PC: Ichiro - Mahomes - Soto Last edited by jjrpilot; 11-18-2019 at 07:06 PM.

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11-14-2019, 10:07 AM	#6
okumeister Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 11,465	Congrats! I bought a PSA 8 of the Ichiro Employee set card on ebay about a year or two ago, thinking that's enough of a good grade for a card like this with bunch of surface issues. Maybe you are intending to keep the set sealed, but good luck if you are opening it (i.e. the condition issues). __________________ Mainly collecting Topps Now Collecting following players : Ichiro, Christian Yelich, Noah Syndergaard, Michael Conforto

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11-14-2019, 09:54 AM	#3
jayjones82 Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: GA to Germany to TX Posts: 3,484	Heads up (maybe someone with more knowledge about it can chime in): You might want to stick it in the freezer for a bit, as they tend to brick together due to the UV coating.

11-14-2019, 09:58 AM	#4
ucLAkers Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: CaliZona Posts: 8,606 mintrobmint Totally Sucks	Congrats...hopefully they arent stuck together.

11-14-2019, 10:12 AM	#8
1989FF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bakersfield Posts: 2,425 ryans_rust	Congrats! Wanted one of those years ago. Just looked, wow don't remember them being that much back then. You plan on opening it?

11-14-2019, 10:44 AM	#9
smapdi Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,767 piledriver1	That is the coolest variation on the 2001 set, IMHO. Congratulations on finding a full set so far on.

11-14-2019, 10:47 AM	#10
HarryLime Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Spaceball 1 Posts: 4,794	Congrats! Just FYI, the whole freezer thing won't work. If they've truly bricked, it's a molecular bond and not something that reversing the temperature extreme will correct. Arthur

11-14-2019, 11:14 AM	#12
The_Reverend Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 15,456 islubi	Nice and congrats. I still,have the 2002 donruss best silver set sealed

11-14-2019, 11:16 AM	#13
base set Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: NW Michigan Posts: 9,552	Another day, another new baseball card to learn about on here. Thanks OP. I think some day I will pick up a single from this set just for an example card of it to own.

11-14-2019, 11:20 AM	#14
ClevelandIC Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Westlake, Ohio Posts: 5,488 Jakpi20 Jakpi20	I tried searching these online and don't see a noticeable difference, what am I missing? __________________ Always buying GU/Autos to resell to Blowout. Would love to add them to any deal we do so please let me know what you have!

11-14-2019, 11:38 AM	#17
brothertona Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 6,966 brothertona1	Currently two on the bay

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ThoseBackPages Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 90,461 ThoseBackPages	i think there is a decent chance its not bricked! fingers crossed __________________ Pumpers Paradise #YouCryIBuy Four things that we cannot change each others minds about: Politics, Religion, Third Party Grading, and 2021 Bowman's Best Rookie Cards

11-14-2019, 11:57 AM	#20
cardsforever Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 1,833	Congratulations for sure!!! I remember when my Yankees Master Collection Set was at my front door!!! Congrats!!!

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11-14-2019, 03:31 PM	#23
ScooterD Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 5,408	I bought one of these sealed on eBay about 10 years ago, and I ended up cracking it late last summer. Bricked, snowy, and the critical cards in the set had been replaced with base versions. Seal was intact, so someone was sneaky.... hope your result is better than mine.

11-14-2019, 10:57 PM	#25
TimBuckTwo Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,171	Okay. This is contrary to what you have heard here but is what happened to me with some early 90s Stadium Club with the coating. These too had a propensity to stick together. I left my boxes in my garage where in the summertime it got fairly warm outside. This warmed I suppose the coating enough that the cards did not stick whatsoever. They spread apart like butter. So I am and have been firmly in the camp against freezing them. As well, I had another box I kept inside my house from a 92 set. Never saw hot or cold. I sold it hoping there would be no issues. Gentleman who bought it was very pleased when he broke them and no issues. So if stored well (perhaps you can find out) shouldn't be an issue. If you want to break open and find they are bricked, heat treatment.