Thursday, April 16, 2020

Missed A Barney 1/1

One of my saved Ebay searches is for "Barney 1/1."  While I have most of his cards, there are still many 1/1 parallels that I don't have, for obvious reasons.


A week and a half ago I was notified that a 1/1 was listed, this 2012 Woodgrain card. 


I already have ten different versions of the 2012 card, but I thought I'd take a stab at adding #11.

There was one bid that came in almost immediately after the card was listed.  Then nothing.  I set my sniper at a price I felt was fair but not outrageous for a 1/1 card.  The auction ended during the afternoon on Easter Sunday and I was busy so I didn't have a chance to check on it until it was finished.  I optimistically hoped for the best.


I was shocked when I saw the closing price. Yikes, one hundred bucks!  That was not my bid....  my bid wasn't anywhere near that!

My 2012 Flying Barney rainbow remains at ten.

3 comments:

  1. Wow! I'm shocked it went that high!
    I didn't know there are wood grain cards in 2012 Topps.

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  2. Dang. Maybe Darwin's mom is building a rainbow too.

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  3. Yikes. 1/1s can be so unpredictable, but if I were going to spend $100 on a card, it would be vintage, or maybe a major autograph.

    Makes me feel even more fortunate about the time I picked up all four 1/1 printing plates from Noah Syndergaard's 2016 Donruss card for less than half of what that Barney went for!

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