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eBay – Several Sammy Sosa lots

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I am always looking to increase my Sammy Sosa collection so I look for lots on eBay. I came across two lots recently, one was 26-cards (no dupes) and another was 90 card w/dupes. Both were under $5 shipped so I had to order them. Both came in 6×9 bubble mailers and the 90-card lot came in a 100 card plastic case. The condition of the cards are really good so I’m pleased with that.

The photos below only shows the serial numbered cards I got in the lot.

2003 Fleer Tradition Black-White Goudey Sammy Sosa #21 Cubs SER 0467/1936

2003 Upper Deck MVP Celebration Sammy Sosa #MVP22 SER 0458/1998 Cubs

2005 Topps Heritage Chrome Sammy Sosa #THC20 SER 1485/1956

Overall I added 57 new cards to my Sosa collection which is awesome. I now have 120 unique Sammy Sosa cards! If anyone has any Sosa cards not on the list or any serial numbered cards I’d definitely be interested in those.

Click here to check out my full list of Sosa cards.

Cards in these orders: (quantity is 1 unless specified)

1990 Sportflics Sammy Sosa #81 White Sox
1990 Topps Sammy Sosa #692 RC White Sox
1990 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #17 RC White Sox
1991 Classic Game Sammy Sosa #60 White Sox
1991 Donruss Sammy Sosa #147 White Sox
1991 Leaf Sammy Sosa #321 White Sox
1991 Score Sammy Sosa #136 White Sox
1991 Ultra Sammy Sosa #82 White Sox
1992 Fleer Update Sammy Sosa #77 Cubs
1992 Topps Sammy Sosa #94 White Sox
1992 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #723 Cubs (3)
1993 Fleer Sammy Sosa #27 Cubs
1993 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #127 Cubs (2)
1994 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #268 HFA Cubs
1994 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #510 Cubs (4)
1995 Donruss Sammy Sosa #122 Cubs
1995 Score Sammy Sosa #34 Cubs
1995 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #315 Cubs
1995 Upper Deck Special Edition Sammy Sosa #123 Cubs (4)
1996 Score Sammy Sosa #336 Cubs
1996 SP Sammy Sosa #51 Cubs (3)
1996 Studio Sammy Sosa #43 Cubs
1996 Topps Profiles Sammy Sosa #NL-09 Cubs (2)
1997 Collector’s Choice Sammy Sosa #65 Cubs
1997 Stadium Club Sammy Sosa #40 Cubs (3)
1997 UD Choice Sammy Sosa #45 Cover Glory Cubs
1997 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #30 Cubs (2)
1997 Upper Deck Global Impact Sammy Sosa #189 (4)
1998 Score Sammy Sosa #260 Interleague Moments Cubs
1998 Stadium Club Sammy Sosa #16 Cubs (large scratch on back of card)
1998 Upper Deck History in the Making Sammy Sosa #8 Cubs (2)
1999 Stadium Club Sammy Sosa #66 Cubs
1999 Stadium Club Never Compromise Sammy Sosa #NC2 Cubs
1999 Topps Sammy Sosa #202 HL Cubs
1999 Topps Sammy Sosa #225 LL Cubs (2)
1999 Topps Sammy Sosa #229 LL Cubs (2)
2000 Stadium Club Sammy Sosa #175 Cubs
2000 Topps Opening Day Sammy Sosa #162 MM 20 HR June Cubs
2000 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #528 All-Upper Deck Team Cubs
2000 Upper Deck Ovation Sammy Sosa #15 Cubs (2)
2001 Fleer Platinum Sammy Sosa #427 Chart Toppers Cubs
2001 Fleer Tradition Sammy Sosa #259 Cubs
2001 Private Stock Sammy Sosa #24 Cubs
2002 Donruss Classic Samples Sammy Sosa #23 Cubs (has stains on front and back)
2002 Fleer Tradition Sammy Sosa #480 Banner Season
2002 Fleer Tradition Diamond Tributes Sammy Sosa #6 Cubs
2002 Topps #344 Sosa/Helton/Bonds League Leaders Cubs
2002 Upper Deck Big Fly Zone Sammy Sosa #Z4 Cubs
2003 Bazooka Sammy Sosa #21 Cubs (2)
2003 Donruss Sammy Sosa #250 Cubs
2003 Donruss Classics Sammy Sosa #65 Cubs
2003 Fleer Tradition Black-White Goudey Sammy Sosa #21 Cubs SER 0467/1936
2003 Leaf Sammy Sosa #254 Passing through time Cubs
2003 Stadium Club Sammy Sosa #99 Cubs
2003 Topps Sammy Sosa #50 Cubs (3)
2003 Topps Opening Day Sammy Sosa #50 Cubs
2003 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #167 Cubs (2)
2003 Upper Deck MVP Sammy Sosa #37 Cubs
2003 Upper Deck MVP Celebration Sammy Sosa #MVP22 SER 0458/1998 Cubs
2003 Upper Deck Victory Sammy Sosa #123 Solid Hits Cubs
2003 Upper Deck Vintage Sammy Sosa #61 SP Cubs
2004 Fleer Sweet Sigs Sammy Sosa #63 Cubs
2004 National Pastime Sammy Sosa #4 Cubs
2005 Bazooka Sammy Sosa #49 Cubs
2005 Topps Heritage Sammy Sosa #300 Hitting variation Cubs
2005 Topps Heritage Chrome Sammy Sosa #THC20 SER 1485/1956

eBay – Sammy Sosa 50-card lot

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I ran across a Sammy Sosa 50 card lot on eBay the other day. I put a bid of $5.50 on it just for kicks as it had not only rookie cards but many cards I don’t have in my collection. I had no thoughts I’d actually win the auction but darn it if I wasn’t the highest bidder. Shipping was another $5, but I was getting 50 cards so not a bad deal.

They arrived today in a small bubble mailer with 2 hard shell plastic cases. I don’t mind duplicates of some cards, especially rookie cards. I was a bit frustrated by the condition of some of the cards. There was a decent amount of corner damage on the Topps and Bowman rookie cards. There were 9 – 1990 Bowman RCs and every darn one of them has multiple corners that are damaged. I know I could buy a lot these RCs PSA 10 graded for around $10-$25, but I’m sticking to raw cards for now.

The seller never stated the condition of the cards nor did I ask, so it’s not worth complaining about. There are still a lot of cards in better shape that came in the package. The only Sosa rookie cards I need now are the Leaf and O-Pee-Chee. (I suppose a nice mint Bowman would be nice since these aren’t very good!) One card I wanted that I didn’t know would be in the lot was the 1990 Star Charlotte Rangers card. Not only did I get 1, but I got 6 of them and most are in decent shape.

Here’s a few of the other cards that came in the package.

For some reason I really like these Sportflix/Sportflics cards that show different images as you tilt the card. (hard to capture on camera)

This final card is a 2004 Playoff Honors Prime Signature Insert #21. It has serial #2197/2500. That’s the only Sosa card I have that has a serial #. Oddly, despite it being called a signature card there is no signature. Still nice to have a ‘limited’ card though.

Here’s the full list of cards I got.

6 – 1990 Star Sammy Sosa #61 Charlotte Rangers
1 – 1990 Donruss Sammy Sosa #489 RC
3 – 1990 Topps Sammy Sosa #692 RC
9 – 1990 Bowman Sammy Sosa #312 RC
3 – 1990 Fleer Sammy Sosa #548 RC
3 – 1990 Score Sammy Sosa #558 RC
2 – 1990 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #17 RC
1 – 1990 Score Sammy Sosa Rising Stars #35
1 – 1990 Sportflics Sammy Sosa #81
1 – 1991 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa #265
1 – 1993 Flair Sammy Sosa #22
1 – 1994 Sportflics Sammy Sosa Movers #MM7
1 – 1995 Stadium Club Sammy Sosa Extreme Corps #497
3 – 1996 Sportflix Sammy Sosa UC3 #104
1 – 1997 Upper Deck Predictor Sammy Sosa P9
1 – 1998 Pacific Invincible Team Checklist #5 Sosa/Grace/Sandberg/J. Gonzalez
1 – 1998 Topps Gold Label Class 1 Sammy Sosa #83
1 – 1999 Fleer Tradition Going Yard Sammy Sosa #13 (fold out card)
1 – 1999 Topps Sammy Sosa HR 39 #461
1 – 1999 Upper Deck MVP Power Surge Sammy Sosa #P2
1 – 2000 Bowman’s Best Sammy Sosa Best Performers #90
1 – 2000 Metal Heavy Metal Sammy Sosa #GS1
1 – 2000 Paramount Double Vision #23
1 – 2001 Fleer Tradition Diamond Tributes Sammy Sosa #DT21
1 – 2001 Upper Deck Ovation Superstar Theatre Sammy Sosa #ST6
1 – 2004 Leather and Lumber Sammy Sosa #34
1 – 2004 Playoff Honors Prime Signature Insert Sammy Sosa #21 #2197/2500
1 – 2005 Throwback Threads Generations Duke Snider/Reggie Jackson/Sammy Sosa #G1

eBay – Jose Quintana lot of 28 cards

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Jose Quintana was just traded from the Chicago White Sox to my Chicago Cubs, so I had to pick up some of his cards. I didn’t know what I wanted really, so I started looking for lots on eBay. I came across one seller that had 28 of them up for auction. I wasn’t sure what to bid on them, so I put in $10 and let the auction run its course. It closed for $6.74 + $3 s/h so I was pretty excited! There’s a nice selection from his rookie card to some 2017 stuff.

The 4 RCs included are the following:

2012 Bowman Chrome Draft
2012 Bowman Draft
2012 Panini Prizm
2012 Topps Update

So I just need the Bowman Sterling and I’ll have them all. Not too shabby for $10 worth of cards!