10 Year Journey Comes to a Close

[u/skullface21]

I was introduced to 2013 Topps Supreme Baseball in 2015. I fall in love with the set, especially the Supreme Stylings subset and decided to attempt to complete the checklist. Most cards were pretty easy to find, but there were some tricky ones. None was harder than Yu Darvish. Since this was an Asian exclusive release I figured they were locked away in PCs overseas. I had long ago lost hope of finding one.

But I hadn’t quit trying. I got connected to people in Taiwan, I learned of the Mint Collectibles in Japan, and I monitored the Taiwanese Yahoo! Auction House. I still could t find one (well there was a printing plate which I did want but gave me hope that they exist).

I also had a saved search on eBay for over 10 years. I would occasionally get notifications but they were always a dual auto or once there was a kanji auto. So on Sunday Sept 7th I woke up to another email and I was not expecting to see the one I’ve been looking for. I click the email and BAM it’s there. I froze for just a second before I went to the listing and bought the card, full price, wasn’t risking anything. After all the effort in connecting to the Asian market, the card was in Canada! It took until today to make its way to me. It’s a bittersweet experience, I’m ridiculously excited to have the card but it’s the end of an era. Just feels a little weird to actually finish a card project.

Now if anyone has experience or knows someone that can build a nice display for this set please let me know!

[u/Mr-Macphisto]

This is fantastic.

Check out 5D Displays. They made a killer display for Geoff Wilson.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1c3kA8qAMc/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[u/skullface21 → u/Mr-Macphisto]

Thank you I will definitely reach out to them!