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Comments: Soon after these cards were issued in 2009, I found an example on eBay in one of my searches for Trevor Hoffman. In June, 2009 I purchased three copies of the 2009 OPC card from Bleacher Seats Collectibles. I received them back in Feb, 2010 graded MINT 9 and NM-MT 8 respectively. I picked up a black parallel in June, 2011 on eBay but it wasn’t nice enough to grade. The black-bordered cards are tough. I’d really like to find a mint/gem copy someday. I purchased a couple more base cards on eBay in May, 2012 and received a MINT grade from PSA on one of them in August, 2013. The craze started….the quest for a perfect 10.
UPDATE: On February 19th, 2014 I visited one of my favorite sites
on the web - the Beckett Marketplace and Burbank Sportscards.
I placed an order for two black 2009 OPC cards. I also purchased
several other players, mainly football cards. Upon arrival both
cards had some chipping and they would never get anything more
than a NM grade if submitted. The search continues…
UPDATE: On March 2nd, I won a full 2009 OPC Hobby box on eBay
for $34 including S&H. I have not opened a box in a year-plus,
since busting open a 1994 Pinnacle box looking for a Molitor.
Hopefully, it will contain a few nice GEM 10 worthy Hoffmans.
I really hope there's a black-bordered copy too.
UPDATE: Here are the results (03/07/2014):
| Pack
1 |
Pack
2 |
Pack
3 |
Pack
4 |
Pack
5 |
Pack
6 |
Pack
7 |
Pack
8 |
Pack
9 |
| 97 |
353 |
272 |
174 |
222 |
140 |
207 |
238 |
50 |
| 376 |
589 |
52 |
350 |
318 |
234 |
327 |
593 |
409 |
| 537 |
1045 |
579 |
545 |
506 |
74 |
523 |
462 |
544 |
| 116 |
109 |
285 |
201 |
493 |
74 |
570 |
145 |
463 |
| AW14 |
340 |
463 |
202 |
1 |
551 |
132 |
316 |
FF21 |
| 404 |
352 |
384 |
110 |
21 |
262 |
166 |
244 |
13 |
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| Pack
10 |
Pack
11 |
Pack
12 |
Pack
13 |
Pack
14 |
Pack
15 |
Pack
16 |
Pack
17 |
Pack
18 |
| 107 |
425 |
469 |
488 |
360 |
212 |
282 |
114 |
467 |
| 9 |
86 |
562 |
191 |
374 |
465 |
92 |
125 |
446 |
| 126 |
531 |
179 |
FF20 |
583 |
124 |
544 |
552 |
133 |
| 509 |
1030 |
HM10 |
465 |
1025 |
1035 |
509 |
311 |
15 |
| 447 |
252 |
396 |
510 |
459 |
530 |
503 |
345 |
558 |
| 41 |
135 |
484 |
176 |
175 |
173 |
16 |
388 |
320 |
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| Pack
19 |
Pack
20 |
Pack
21 |
Pack
22 |
Pack
23 |
Pack
24 |
Pack
25 |
Pack
26 |
Pack
27 |
| 523 |
277 |
600 |
302 |
541 |
498 |
24 |
418 |
60 |
| OPC-CFM |
5 |
RM24 |
164 |
395 |
168 |
93 |
75 |
524 |
| 564 |
201 |
362 |
78 |
WK7 |
585 |
240 |
530 |
1020 |
| 367 |
495 |
MM10 |
517 |
259 |
537 |
502 |
NY12 |
361 |
| |
564 |
333 |
225 |
35 |
197 |
286 |
567 |
458 |
| |
358 |
304 |
287 |
159 |
203 |
106 |
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7 |
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| Pack
28 |
Pack
29 |
Pack
30 |
Pack
31 |
Pack
32 |
Pack
33 |
Pack
34 |
Pack
35 |
Pack
36 |
| 215 |
298 |
346 |
492 |
2 |
28 |
343 |
359 |
236 |
| 242 |
261 |
Aw13 |
555 |
499 |
578 |
186 |
54 |
151 |
| 294 |
575 |
51 |
440 |
395 |
223 |
AR7 |
491 |
571 |
| 13 |
571 |
559 |
FF22 |
392 |
65 |
371 |
184 |
347 |
| 568 |
224 |
319 |
321 |
1040 |
401 |
516 |
538 |
279 |
| 56 |
121 |
14 |
153 |
596 |
473 |
419 |
172 |
69 |
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As you can see, sadly no Hoffmans - not a base
card, black parallel or mini. Will keep trying.
UPDATE: On Sunday, March 9, 2014 an auction for
23 packs ended with no bids but I forgot to process a snipe
bid. The eBay seller happened to list their phone number on
the page and I called them up. He agreed to relist the packs
with a BIN and I snagged them. We'll see if any of these are
lucky…
UPDATE: The latest pull was, again, unsuccessful…see
results below:
| Pack
1 |
Pack
2 |
Pack
3 |
Pack
4 |
Pack
5 |
Pack
6 |
Pack
7 |
Pack
8 |
Pack
9 |
| 127 |
508 |
438 |
60 |
322 |
372 |
440 |
320 |
536 |
| 492 |
142
(black) |
383 |
66 |
595 |
574 |
318 |
576 |
1066 |
| 582 |
FF3 |
577 |
525 |
80
(black) |
147
(black) |
594 |
419
(black) |
70
(black) |
| 405
(black) |
337 |
593
(black) |
36
(black) |
HM2 |
441 |
337
(black) |
AW2 |
380 |
| AR1 |
155 |
415 |
83 |
219 |
398 |
6 |
80 |
297 |
| 103 |
185 |
136 |
160 |
481 |
188 |
10 |
204 |
57 |
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| Pack
10 |
Pack
11 |
Pack
12 |
Pack
13 |
Pack
14 |
Pack
15 |
Pack
16 |
Pack
17 |
Pack
18 |
| 448 |
67 |
184 |
307 |
262 |
206 |
518 |
14 |
453 |
| 569 |
376 |
52 |
168 |
543 |
265 |
1091 |
47 |
539 |
| 292
(black) |
501 |
563 |
528 |
249
(black) |
588 |
NY3 |
584 |
1086 |
| HM1 |
524
(black) |
272
(black) |
1076 |
142 |
291
(black) |
233
(black) |
468
(black) |
497
(black) |
| 81 |
30 |
400 |
477
(black) |
413 |
293 |
38 |
281 |
144 |
| 269 |
89 |
274 |
289 |
382 |
143 |
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181 |
264 |
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| Pack
19 |
Pack
20 |
Pack
21 |
Pack
22 |
Pack
23 |
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| 592 |
402 |
323 |
248 |
126 |
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| RM27 |
134 |
549 |
120 |
556 |
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| 41
(black |
507 |
166
(black) |
535 |
482
(black) |
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| FF4 |
476
(black) |
308 |
230
(black) |
209 |
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| 3 |
192 |
466 |
61 |
480 |
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| 64 |
389 |
471 |
154 |
420 |
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Frustrated, on March 18 2014 I paid my favorite
site a visit and purchased their entire inventory of 2009 Hoffman
OPC cards - 14 examples for $6.30. Hopefully, a few of them
exhibit razor corners and perfect centering so I can submit
them with hopes of getting the elusive GEM MT grade.
UPDATE: I cherry picked the above grouping of 14 and sent off three examples to PSA, along with 136 other sportscards, with hopes of scoring an upgrade. After three months of waiting the cards were returned to me on December 10th. I didn't open the box all at once to reveal the grades but had my kids randomly pick four cards to share with me on a daily basis to keep the excitement going. This is the best part of getting cards graded...what's it going to be? On Day 6, this one was pulled out of the box - a PSA 10, FINALLY! Click here for the full results of the submission:
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