Set Type: Insert
Card dimensions: 2½” x 3½”
Additional Information Seeded in packs of 2009 Topps Heritage. Cards are hand serial-numbered to 25 on the front, and the cards are autographed directly by the players.
14,000 Phillies Commentary: I would love to see more cards/sets like this — albeit with slightly higher print runs. The Wine-Ibañez card is the newest addition (card #17,753) to the 14,000 Phillies Collection, and I feel like I got really lucky on the price I acquired it for. In fact, I spent less on it than I did for the Ibañez solo-signed 2010 Topps Heritage Real One Autograph when I purchased it a few years ago. However, I don’t think I will ever get as fortunate on the cost should I ever discover that there’s another Phillips-Howard card available on the market.
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Taylor Phillips & Ryan Howard Bobby Wine & Raúl Ibañez |
That’s just a fantastic card.
That is a sharp-looking card, although I’m not sure what link those two have other than both being Phillies. I’m one of the two folks you outbid–although I was the lowest bidder; I just forgot to put in a higher bid. I’m glad I wasn’t the one who drove your bid up!
I hope you don’t mind when I say that I’m glad that you forgot to raise your bid. I don’t know if you saw it, but what I really wanted was the Clubhouse Collection Dual Autograph Relics with Wine and Ibanez. If not, the auction posting is still visible for now:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-Topps-Heritage-Clubhouse-Collection-Dual-Auto-Seat-Raul-Ibanez-Bobby-Wine-/261187664904?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3ccfff7c08
I don’t know why Topps chose to put the two of them together on this card — the pairing is just as odd as the Taylor Phillips & Ryan Howard one.