1,000th Paul O'Neill card milestone plus white whale speared

[nevermore]

I recently passed the 1,000 mark for the collection, completing my major collecting goal for the year. Thru this week I am up to 1,004 leaving me with exactly 300 more cards on the want list.

Some recent O'Neill mail....

1996 Studio Silver Press Proofs /100 (#999)



2005 Absolute Memoribilia Team Quads Spectrum /100 (#1,000)
Thanks to Kevin ( KevinNYYLundqvistFan) for working out a deal for these card over on the trading forums.

2004 Topps Originals Autographs 1990 #/18 (#1,001)

1995 Pinnacle Artist's Proof (#1,002)



2001 Upper Deck Gold Glove Leather Bound (#1,003)
A great present from my MT Secret Santa, my #1 wanted GU card. Thanks again Mr. Claus!

and #1,004, the white whale....



2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites Autographs Rainbow PO #ed/10

I can't believe this card FINALLY popped up, I have been waiting 5 years just to see what one even looks like. Hit the BIN almost immediately, paid a tad more than I would have liked but I knew how high others were willing to go. I could probably list it right now for triple what I paid and probably have a buyer. I have always been a big fan of the ATFF sets and I can't express how stoked I am to land this.




Updated collection stats:
Currently at 77%, my goal for 2011 is to reach 80%, which is in the vicinity of 1045 cards.

 

[BiggioDiogu759]

Amazing collection

 

[OriolesFan8]

Wow, what a group of cards to put your collection over 1,000, congrats!

Todd

 

[Dark_Angel]

Congrats on the milestone and good luck with the remaining cards!

 

[rynofan23]

Congrats on the milestone and harpooning that whale!

 

[bravesfan2010]

congrats on the milestone! the ATFF looks amazing!

 

[David K.]

Congratulations on the 1,000th card milestone! Best regards, David

 

[lprimus]

Congrats! That is one amazing collection!

Jason

 

[RGBII]

Wicked, truly wicked collection.

I type the following as sheer force of habit . . .
(you certainly don't need the cheerleading or initiative)
Collect Hard!,
RGBII

 

[nevermore]

Thank you guys! It has been a lot of fun building the collection, I hope to keep adding to it as I can.

 

[theplasticman]

Excellent additions. Some super tough cards especially the Studio Silver. I just sold an extra of that issue I had for a particular player for $100

 

[basebal1fan]

Wow, nice additions and amazing collection!

 

[Brodeur182]

Congrats Ravi! I had never seen that ATFF Rainbow before either. Wow, this makes me want to start collecting him again...

-John

 

[dabigbenchman]

Great collection, and you picked a great guy to collect, what a warrior Paul O'Neil was, the heart of those great Yankee teams.

 

[seawolf17]

Ooh, nice. I'm still waiting on the McReynolds /10 from that set; it's my whale as well.

 

[TheDogHollerer]

Great stuff, congrats on the milestone!

 

[nevermore]

theplasticman - Congrats on the sale, fortunately I got my Studio Silver for a lot less than that.

basebal1fan - Thanks!

dabigbenchman - Thanks, means a lot coming from another Yankee collector. I feel the same way about O'Neill. People often say it was Jeter but they forget that he only became captain after O'Neill retired in 2001.

seawolf17 - Thanks! Hope you land one of McReynolds, will keep an eye out for you.

TheDogHollerer - Thank you!

Thanks again guys.

 

[oldmarine0311]

congrats in getting to 1004 how about card 1005? i have this if your intrested.

dave

 

[nevermore]

Dave, thanks, I appreciate the offer but I have one of those already.