View Full Version : andrewcstein-(Vlad Guerrero)


BBonds25
12-12-2008, 10:30 AM
I would like to officially welcome Andrew into the Super Collector Hall of Fame. Andrew has amassed an impressive Guerrero collection, including over 97% of the 2007 Topps Moments & Milestones Guerrero base set!

Check out his web sites and see if you can help him add to his collection.

Congrats Andrew!

Total Vlads:
2,315/8,199 = 28.2%
Note that the total I have does not include all the different 2008 Topps Moments and Milestones cards, since I do not believe Beckett should count them all. If you wish to include those, my numbers are:
2,431/8,199 = 29.65%


Plus 9 items not in Beckett (one of which is a patch that is only listed as a jersey, I have the Jersey and a nice 4-color patch).

Serial #: 617

GU: 267

Autos: 14

1/1s - 2 (both 2007 Milestones Red)

I also have 532/549 of the 2007 Topps Milestones base versions, which is 97.26%. These cards are not counted in the total.

Total Vlad base, insert, and parallels (not including GU, Autos, or 1/1s) = 2,032/4,043 = 50.26%




My site: http://www.freewebs.com/vladhavelist/havelist.htm
GU/Autos: http://www.freewebs.com/vladhavelist...edandautos.htm


Other items:

2004 Angels Schedule (in Spanish)
Leaf R&S Entry Form
Leaf Wrapper
Magnet
IP auto
Merrick Mint Coin
Two Starting Lineup
Bobblehead
Statue celebrating his Silver Slugger
Celebriducks (2 - one Angels and one Minor League #/10000)
Schedule (in English)
Starting Lineup Figures - two in original packaging
Vlad Postcards (Montreal Expos) - 3

Why I collect Vlad:
When I was a kid, I had relatives in Montreal. Whenever we went up there, we went to see some Expos games. This was long before Vlad was on the team, but I grew to like the Expos as a second team. Later, when Vlad was coming up through the minors, I read everything I could find on him, and decided to follow him closely. I started haphazardly collecting his cards for a while, then I decided to go all out and go for everything I could get. I love his enthusiasm for the game, and his swing for the fences approach, and he's grown into one of the best players in the game.

wintwins
12-12-2008, 02:54 PM
nice collection. i get nervous every time he comes to the plate because you can't pitch to that guy.

JKC
12-12-2008, 04:33 PM
From one super collector to another, congrats on getting this honor Andrew!

Darin

wrswinney
12-14-2008, 09:53 PM
Great job Andrew. Keep up the good work

mattdile3
12-15-2008, 11:53 AM
Congrats Andrew. That is one impressive collection. And I am glad that you chose vladdy as your super collecton, because after the holidays I hope to take a shot at being a David Wright supercollector!

jasoneggert
12-15-2008, 02:43 PM
Congrats! Welcome to the club!

Meliah
12-16-2008, 09:22 PM
Love the collection, keep up the good work:)

gladdyontherise
12-17-2008, 09:27 PM
Awesome Vlad PC Andrew! Glad i could help along the way!

pgrossma
12-19-2008, 01:37 AM
I've always been impressed by the folks who player collect big stars with gigantic checklists. The sheer volume involved, coupled with the inevitability that even a truly great collection won't achieve the type of completion percentage possible with smaller names, makes seem like a very different type of challenge.

So from your stats, am I correct in concluding that literally half of Guerrero's 8000+ card checklist is GU, autographs, or 1/1?

Peter G.

andrewcstein
12-19-2008, 11:02 AM
Thanks everyone!

Congrats Andrew. That is one impressive collection. And I am glad that you chose vladdy as your super collecton, because after the holidays I hope to take a shot at being a David Wright supercollector!

Matt, there can be an unlimited number of supercollectors for any one player, so don't worry there :)

I've always been impressed by the folks who player collect big stars with gigantic checklists. The sheer volume involved, coupled with the inevitability that even a truly great collection won't achieve the type of completion percentage possible with smaller names, makes seem like a very different type of challenge.

So from your stats, am I correct in concluding that literally half of Guerrero's 8000+ card checklist is GU, autographs, or 1/1?

Peter G.

Yup, it's insane. I didn't know all this when I started - I just wanted to get some of his cards. He has over 2,100 GU and over 600 autos. I think the 1/1s are the worst though - almost 1,400 of them. Too many of those are 2007 and 2008 Topps Moments and Milestones (almost 200 just from those two sets).

For me, finding a $5 parallel from 1998 is more fun than a $20 GU from 2006, so it's always an enjoyable challenge.

sevencostanza
12-23-2008, 07:24 PM
Sweeeeeet collection, Andrew. I'd love to know how your Wright collection is coming along as well!

andrewcstein
12-26-2008, 02:49 PM
Sweeeeeet collection, Andrew. I'd love to know how your Wright collection is coming along as well!

Much slower :)

512 total, 41 GU, 6 Autos (including a couple really nice ones - an autographed mini jersey and an autographed 8X10 that you might be familiar with)

Also, 135 #d, 4 true RCs, his XRC, 2001 Minor LEague RC, Bowman Gold RC parallel and Topps Pristine RC Refractor parallel.


Still a decent percentage (around 15%), but he has so many autos and GU, that it's tough to make a big dent.


Now, I don't know if this is right, but Beckett lists 3,185 cards of his, including 980 1/1s, 794 GU, and 665 Autos. That means I have 62% of all his non-auto, non-GU, and non-1/1s. That seems awful high, but would explain why it's so hard to find Wrights I need.

They must double up at least a few auto/GU and count them in both places.

Vladcollector
12-28-2008, 01:38 AM
Wow congrats on your collection. I to am collecting Vlad. I have around 1500 different and counting. Keep up the good work with your collection.

the_future
12-28-2008, 03:36 AM
Congratulations Andrew! Your Vlad PC is definitely impressive.

Cobra29svt
12-30-2008, 04:08 AM
Congrats! :love0030:

jsox
02-01-2009, 11:36 AM
very nice collection, has always been fun trading with you, and you always got the newest stuff covered! congrats!

Jeter+Arod Fan
02-09-2009, 09:11 PM
Congrats man!

pootshwan
02-24-2009, 11:52 PM
Very Nice collection you've put together. Let me know if you need either of these cards by pm.

2000 Topps Tek Gold #'ed 8/10
2008 Upper Deck Spectrum Swatches #'ed 20/27

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/PoOtShwAn/scan0008.jpg

tempest12345
02-25-2009, 07:04 PM
Awesome VLAD man

Prime B
03-21-2009, 03:39 PM
Awesome work so far, that is an immense task collecting Bad Vlad!

I see you also collect David Wright.......that's even tougher!

TheRoseBull
04-25-2009, 07:50 PM
Awesome Vlad collection! :party0053:

Bonderman FANatic
06-17-2009, 11:29 AM
Extremely respectable Vlad collection you have going Andrew, congrats to you my friend.

habsmtl09
06-22-2009, 10:31 PM
Nice collection I'm collecting Vlad too!

http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/habs09mtl/Vlad%20-%20EXPOS%20PC/?start=all

cheezehead6
06-23-2009, 04:48 PM
i envy you! he's one of my favorite players too and i have alot of cards of him as well but i only got one gu and auto of him

awesome collection you have there!

lzjp
07-17-2009, 01:42 AM
cards must have been hard to get

great collection!

ss10libero
08-06-2009, 03:48 PM
sick collection man, vlad is an absolute beast all around.

24redsfan
08-20-2009, 07:54 PM
umm andrew, you never got the si kids magazine i sent you on the bench?

danmack
09-29-2009, 10:06 AM
Congrats........ saw Vlad play at Fenway a few days ago !

habsfan1223
10-08-2009, 11:15 PM
nice cards.

MarkJ
10-09-2009, 02:19 PM
nicee collection.

jlbaseballkid20
10-13-2009, 05:52 PM
truely amazing very nice pc!
-jesse