Contest with a $20 prize paid with Paypal

[frankhardy]

I am heading up a baseball card related contest. I will send $20 via PayPal to the first person that finds me the following card for my collection.

The deal is that if you have the card, I will pay you $20 for it. This card has a book value of about $0.50. If you find it for me and the card is someone else's (at a website, show, etc) , I will still pay you $20 for finding the card if I buy it. In other words, just give me a successful clue that leads to a purchase and you win the $20.

The card is this - a 2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractors #146 Fernando Tatis.

I have been looking for this common card going on 3 years. It is for my Cardinals team set collection. This part of my team set collection is Topps Chrome and Refractors. I have everyone since they started the Chrome Refractors in 1996 except for this Tatis. Help me find this card and you win $20 via PayPal.

[Blackie]

here ya go

http://www.amazon.com/Fernando-Topps-Chrome-Traded-Retrofractors/dp/B0079UV5NA

[frankhardy]

Sorry, but that is the Traded version #T31 in an Expos uniform. I need #146 in the regular Chrome Retrofractors set in a Carindals uniform. Thanks for looking.

[Blackie]

Still trying Shane! Im looking and making phone calls for ya

[Blackie]

Shane it seems easier trying to find the Holy Grail then this card but it has to be out there somewhere. Ive tried calling a few of my collecting buddies to see if they might have opened material containing this card. Most have not they stated but I will continue to look.

Have you tried over on the beckett boards? I know there is a lot more modern discussion over there and its a possibility

[frankhardy]

I have looked at the Beckett marketplace, but I am not a member of those boards. Thanks for looking. I appreciate it.

I think that the main reason that it is so hard to find is because there might be a bunch of series one boxes that have never been opened. No Pujols or Ichiro in series one. I thought about buying a box or two, but that would be a lot of money for almost no chance of getting one.

[JBird]

http://www.collectibles-superstore.net/2001-Topps-Chrome-146-Fernando-Tatis/M/B009TBZWBI.htm

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[JBird]

Boom!

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[JBird]

I found in my search that you put this contest in a lot of different places. Hopefully this works out.

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[frankhardy]

I went from super excited to disappointed in a matter of 1.5 seconds. That card is the regular Chrome (non refractor). I need the Refractor/Retrofractor version of that card. I was shaking there for a second. Unfortunately, that is not the card I need. Thank you guys for trying. Please keep it up!

Edited to add - if you do a Google search for that card, I am responsible for a bunch of those links just posting on message boards trying to find the stupid thing!

[Blackie]

Shane I was thinking the same thing..........I went through pages on google and bing searches and came up empty handed on this specific. Now I guess Ive made it a goal to help ya in search of this card. Im putting out "feelers" for it to everybody I know out there. We will see what we can find. Its gotta be out there.

[Blackie]

Shane send this guy an email if you can...........he has a list a mile long..........

http://www.freewebs.com/arodfanatic/cardsfortradebyyrset.htm

[frankhardy]

Email sent. Thanks for the help.

[Julz24]

No luck here. I just broke three boxes of 2001 Chrome and I got nada. :o

It'll turn up. Good luck!

[frankhardy]

No luck here. I just broke three boxes of 2001 Chrome and I got nada. :o

It'll turn up. Good luck!

Oh, man! I hate that for you. Thanks so much for trying!

[bn2cardz]

Did you ever find the card? Did you call the card shops in the St. Louis area? It seems like they may have sitting in some overstock Cardinals boxes.

I have a lot of Cardinals cards, but I am pretty sure I don't have this card.

Here are the ones I know that have been around long enough that they may have had the card from when Tatis was popular here.

Baseball Plus-
346 Mid Rivers Mall Dr, Saint Peters, MO 63376
(636) 970-7088

The Collector Store-
2416 Highway 94 South Outer Rd, Saint Charles, MO 63303
(636) 477-7800

[frankhardy]

No. No luck yet. I will be so excited that the whole hobby world will know when I find one!

I will give them a call sometime this week. Thanks for the tip. I will let you know if I find one.

[ALR-bishop]

Apparently the odds of finding this card are about the same as the odds a guy would hit 2 grand slams in the same inning off the same pitcher

[David W]

Apparently the odds of finding this card are about the same as the odds a guy would hit 2 grand slams in the same inning off the same pitcher

Apparently.....

[Griffins]

Apparently the odds of finding this card are about the same as the odds a guy would hit 2 grand slams in the same inning off the same pitcher

Ouch. I was at that game. Painful.

[frankhardy]

My wife and I watched it on TV. That was awesome!

Al, you are so right. I never thought of it that way.

[ALR-bishop]

It is ironic that two of the greatest feats ever by Cardinal players, Tatis's 2 slams and Whiten's 4 HRs and 11 RBIs in one game, involved two journeymen on stop overs

Tatis's feat was against the Dodgers. Bob, I can not remember what Ohio team the Cards were playing when Whiten did his thing, do you recall ?

[Rich Klein]

For Whiten it was the Reds IIRC

[novakjr]

It is ironic that two of the greatest feats ever by Cardinal players, Tatis's 2 slams and Whiten's 4 HRs and 11 RBIs in one game, involved two journeymen on stop overs

Tatis's feat was against the Dodgers. Bob, I can not remember what Ohio team the Cards were playing when Whiten did his thing, do you recall ?

I don't think I'd necessarily call Tatis a journeyman on a stopover, at least in regards to his stint with the Cards. I seem to recall him being a youngster, getting his first shot to start in Texas before the Cards traded for him....Dude definitely shined almost immediately in St Louis. Then they seemingly bailed after that first injury(luckily, because the rest of his career was nothing but injuries).

Either way, I have a hard time considering a 23-25 year old, middle of the order, power hitting, third-baseman, a journeyman on a stopover... I get how it could feel that way in hindsight though..

[frankhardy]

Still looking......

[gopherfan]

Frank,

I am pretty sure you have sent me PM's on some other sites regarding this card. I have one, but like you, I am completing every Topps Chrome Refractors set. I don't have an extra unfortunately. I will try and keep my eyes open for you.

I have every card from 2005 to present, and am only missing these from the years prior. You don't happen to have any of these?

1998 Topps Chrome Refractors

21 Roberto Clemente
110 Jose Canseco
135 Sandy Alomar
191 Dave Mlicki
271 Pedro Martinez IL

1999 Topps Chrome Refractors

234 Chuck Knoblauch WS

2000 Topps Chrome Refractors

237E H.Aaron MM 755th HR
239B W.Boggs MM 1988 Batting
271 Will Clark
475A K.Griffey Jr. MM 350th HR
475D K.Griffey Jr. MM 1992 AS MVP
476B B.Bonds MM 40HR/40SB
476E B.Bonds MM 1992 MVP
478D D.Jeter MM Wins 1996 WS
479A A .Rodriguez MM 40HR/40SB
479E A. Rodriguez MM 96 B Leader
NNO M.McGwire 85 Reprint /70

2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractors

1 Cal Ripken Jr.
28 Quilvio Veras
73 Mike Sweeney
81 Will Clark
149 Barry Larkin
154 Hideo Nomo
187 Frank Thomas
190 Craig Biggio
237 Alex Ramirez
272 Felipe Alou
282 M. Folsom/R. Baldelli
285 D. Thompson/C. Smith
287 Chen/Patterson/Hamilton
297 Conti/Wakeland/Cole
302 Mark McGwire GM
306 Reggie Jackson GM
308 Roger Maris GM
319 T. Helton/N. Garciaparra
321 T. Helton/M. Ramirez
325 Will Clark
338 Brian Giles
356 Mariano Rivera
412 Edgar Renteria
419 Luis Lopez
465 Erubiel Durazo
561 Glenallen Hill
577 Matt Stairs
596 Albert Pujols RC
608 J.Wayne/A.Pluta
647 Seattle Mariners
656 Kerry Wood

2003 Topps Chrome Gold Refractors

41 Lance Berkman
65 Mark Mulder
369 Damian Miller

2004 Topps Chrome Refractors

232 Zach Miner
239 Kyle Sleeth
240 Matt Moses


Rob A.

[frankhardy]

You actually have one!?!

I am very thrilled that one actually exists. It gives me hope of finding one.

[gopherfan]

I'll post a picture when I get some time. You don't happen to have any of the others?

Rob A.You actually have one!?!

I am very thrilled that one actually exists. It gives me hope of finding one.

[frankhardy]

Rob,

PM sent.

[gopherfan]

Sorry for the horrible photo. I will scan a better one when I get some time.

2001 Topps Chrome Fernando Tatis Retrofractor #146

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg21/gopherfan13/2014-08-29174252_zpsd7072bcd.jpg

[frankhardy]

Well, now I have proof that they exist. I was really beginning to wonder if they did. It is such a very common card, yet no one seems to have one.

Thanks for the picture.

[frankhardy]

Bump. Still looking for this stupid card. I look every single day that I am breathing and still can't find it!

It's funny...if you do a Google image search for that card, you will find a picture of it first....the second picture you see is my Pujols gloves avatar!

[swarmee]

http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2001/Topps-Chrome-Retrofractor/146/Fernando-Tatis.jpg?id=09fe0820-8ec1-4de9-b42b-dc49d67e14a8&size=original (http://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/2001/Topps_Chrome_Retrofractor/146/Fernando_Tatis/9887336)
2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractor #146 - Fernando Tatis
Courtesy of COMC.com (http://www.comc.com)

Sold for 99 cents last year on July 9th.

[frankhardy]

http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2001/Topps-Chrome-Retrofractor/146/Fernando-Tatis.jpg?id=09fe0820-8ec1-4de9-b42b-dc49d67e14a8&size=original (http://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/2001/Topps_Chrome_Retrofractor/146/Fernando_Tatis/9887336)
2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractor #146 - Fernando Tatis
Courtesy of COMC.com (http://www.comc.com)

Sold for 99 cents last year on July 9th.

That just made me almost throw up! I don't check comc constantly like I do Ebay. I am sick!

[Jantz]

PM sent

I don't have one for you, but I can possibly help find one.