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The box of SP Authentic that I picked up on eBay about a week and a half ago arrived yesterday, after what seemed like forever (but was actually a perfectly reasonable shipping time).
This was the first box of SP Authentic I've ever bought for any sport...and, to be perfectly honest, probably the last.
I've talked with my local card shop owner a few times as of late, and he filled me in about the SPx stuff and how the hits are always in the same spot, and he said that in his opinion it ends up being a fairly boring product to open. And I can whole heartedly say I agree. Of course, it would have helped if any of my hits had even been halfway decent, but...
The breakdown:
- 116 base set cards, 22 duplicate, 4 triplicate, and 1 quadruplicate (anyone need a Terrell Owens?). And with all that, only 83% of the base set completed--higher than some I've had, but with a lot fewer inserts, parallels and hits.
- 3 numbered rookie cards--Jonathan Wade (#469/999), Clifton Dawson (#293/999), and Antwaan Barnes (#0782/1399).
- 2 rookie autographs--Quentin Moses (#355/999), Courtney Taylor (#1105/1199)
- 1 By The Letter Autographed Patch (Matt Light, letter 'G', #30/75)
So there you have it--very ho-hum, if even that good. It's not like I think that I should get an Adrian Peterson in every box, but Quentin Moses, Courtney Taylor, and Matt Light? In a box I paid over $100 for?
Like I said, I'm pretty sure SP Authentic is going to end up on the 'Do Not Touch' list for 2008. Which is too bad, too, because it was probably the only Upper Deck product that I would have considered, from what I've seen (it doesn't help that my local card shop doesn't get much UD product--but that's a whole 'nother story that's not really mine to tell).
3 Responses to “Busting Boxes: 2007 SP Authentic”
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Joey 27March2008
Ouch, that was a rough box. Especially for a cool hundred plus bucks.
Tony 28March2008
Yeah, it’s enough to get be to consider going back to just retail boxes
I might have to swing by the old giant retail store today, though, and see if they have any Topps Heritage left–I feel kind of left out, like I’m the only blog that hasn’t busted some…
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