2012 Topps Chrome case - Harper refractor SSP

[threebseman]

Four boxes into the case when things got interesting with a Harper photo variation refractor SSP RC.

It's listed already (the non-dinged version on eBay).

Other highlights so far:
- Betances blue auto
- Pacheco ref auto
- Mesoraco, Milone, Hendriks, Montero, Parker RC autos

- five blue refractors (no big names)
- Justin Upton gold #/50
- Zach Greinke gold #/50
- Troy Tulowitzki gold #/50
- Nyjer Morgan sepia #/75
- Justin Upton black #/100

- three die cuts, including Pujols.
- two RC each of Darvish, Harper (not including SSP) and Cespedes.

Eight boxes to go once my son gets back from football practice.

[threebseman]

Two more boxes before the son went to bed:

Autos:
- Hendriks sepia #/75
- Cozart ref #/499
- Parmalee and Lavarnway

Color:
- Harper RC sepia #/75
- Wright and Cain black #/100
- Jeter and Lavarnway blue #/199

Six more tomorrow. I can't expect much more out of the second half, right?

[DirtyBirdy]

I think I heard the SSP variations are /20.

[threebseman]

Originally Posted by DirtyBirdy

I think I heard the SSP variations are /20.

They aren't numbered and aren't even noted as refractors on the back, but at 1-in-918 packs, with a 220-card base set, the numbers should be relatively low.

[Ajax1723]

Originally Posted by threebseman

Two more boxes before the son went to bed:

Autos:
- Hendriks sepia #/75
- Cozart ref #/499
- Parmalee and Lavarnway

Color:
- Harper RC sepia #/75
- Wright and Cain black #/100
- Jeter and Lavarnway blue #/199

Six more tomorrow. I can't expect much more out of the second half, right?

Should have about two more color autos, maybe 3, and a bunch more non-auto color.

[go_steelers07]

Originally Posted by threebseman

They aren't numbered and aren't even noted as refractors on the back, but at 1-in-918 packs, with a 220-card base set, the numbers should be relatively low.

i think Dirty meant the print run of each SSP... not an actual serial number.......

[xbignick]

2012 is 2012, not 2102.

[auctionjmm]

The "non-dinged version" lol. I suppose that makes mine the dinged version? Talk about a buzzkill. Finding that card and then noticing the crease. I'm sure Topps will replace, but I thought I'd bait it on eBay first since I "thought" I might be the first one to have pulled one. Nice case though. Hopefully the Harpers will sell nicely.

[threebseman]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

The "non-dinged version" lol. I suppose that makes mine the dinged version? Talk about a buzzkill. Finding that card and then noticing the crease. I'm sure Topps will replace, but I thought I'd bait it on eBay first since I "thought" I might be the first one to have pulled one. Nice case though. Hopefully the Harpers will sell nicely.

I hope so. If the squirrel card blew up to big numbers, I'd think a Harper short-print would have a chance to get there in the first couple of days. I was pretty surprised to see none listed when I put mine up, and then yours followed shortly after so I wanted to make sure potential big spenders hit the right auction ... good luck to both of us. I'd get on Topps about a replacement soon.

[threebseman]

We finally did the last six boxes of what turned out to be a more than solid case of Chrome. Always loved Chrome, and this case is why. The final six:

Autos:
- Cespedes RC atomic #/10
- Cozart RC blue (roller smudge) #/199
- Hague RC blue #/199
- Cowgill and Hutchison ref RC #/499
- Peralta, Romine, Peacock, Turner, Dominguez, Pastornicky, Cozart

Refractors: C.J. Wilson atomic #/10

Color:
- Jered Weaver red #/25
- Romine and Chacin gold #/50
- Kipnis, B.J. Upton and Motte sepia #/75
- Federowicz, Romero and Chipper Jones black #/100
- Dozier, McCann, Bumgarner, Pierzynski, Ethier, Ellsbury blue #/199

And two RC each of Darvish, Harper and Cespedes.

[ajscards101]

As xbignick pointed out, fix your ebay listings. Harper won't get many views considering this isn't "2102"

[threebseman]

Originally Posted by ajscards101

As xbignick pointed out, fix your ebay listings. Harper won't get many views considering this isn't "2102"

The damn dyslexia. Did it to the Cespedes atomic I just listed, too.

Hasn't hurt the Harper SSP, has 200 views since listing it. Have to contact eBay to fix the other Harper and Cespedes because they have bids already.

[threebseman]

Final tally on the case:

SSP - Harper refractor photo variation

Autos:
- Cespedes atomic #/10
- Hendricks sepia #/75
- Blue #/199: Betances, Cozart, Hague
- Refractor #/499: Hutchison, Cowgill, Pacheco, Cozart
- Base: Romine, Peacock, Turner, Dominguez, Pastornicky, Cozart, Parmalee, Lavarnway, Mesoraco, Milone, Hendriks, Montero, Parker, Peralta

Refractors:
- Atomic #/10: CJ Wilson
- Red #/25: Jered Weaver
- Gold #/50: Tulo, Justin Upton, Greinke, Romine, Chacin
- Sepia #/75: Harper, Motte, BJ Upton, Morgan, Kipnis
- Black #/100: Chipper Jones, BJ Upton, Wright, Cain, Federowicz, Romero
- Blue #/199: Jeter, Lavarnway, Bucholz, Escobar, Ryan Zimmerman, Ubaldo Jimenez, Pence, Ellsbury, Ethier, Pierzynski, McCann, Dozier, Bumgarner

12 diecuts - Trout and Pujols most notable

Five Darvish and Cespedes RCs, four Harper RCs.