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Saturday, March 25, 2023

Year: 2008

Set: Topps Updates & Highlights - Relics (Rate)

Card: #RR-DP Dustin Pedroia


“ Nice jersey card of a great player. ” -jdogg1228
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“ Back in 2008, this set was my introduction to modern card collecting and the concept of relics. It was baffling to me that people paid premium prices for cards simply because they had a little piece of fabric on them. Fast forward to today and I have around 1000 Rockies relics in my collection. Yep I got sucked in too. ” -hiflew
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“ Nice card ” -cjjt
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“ About as good as a standard Topps relic gets ” -jackal726
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“ I kinda like this card design, would have been better without the “game worn authentic jersey.” I guess we just have to take their word for it, because there isn’t any real proof. ” -Derek McDonough
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“ 2008 Topps was a nices set. I'm not big into relics never have been as I've stated many times. ” -captkirk42
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“ First word that comes to mind is; cheap. So many of these rotting in dollar boxes. Whether this set was over-produced or just boring, 2008 is when relics started to become lackluster unless they had a patch or were numbered. ” -pjdionne12
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“ The intensity of Pedroia pulls off the front of the card, and the relic being Red Sox red is a nice add to its appeal. The back is so wonderfully colorful and full of energy, and with the baseball field inside the background for the name plate, it really shows a love for baseball by the person who designed it. This is a beautiful relic card. ” -CollectingAfterDeath
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“ It's 2008 Topps, one of my favorite base designs of all time, so of course I need to show it some love. This relic design is nothing special, unfortunately. The red jersey piece looks good though and at least the back tells us it was worn in an MLB game. ” -ketchupman36
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weekendroady

Posts: 224
Joined: Jun 2020
Saturday, March 25, 2023 8:01 AM

I remember these exact cards being retail exclusive, they come in their own clear wrapper in the blaster - so it wasn't a secret what you got when you opened up the box. Amazing though that nowadays the retail bonus card is typically a manufactured patch (or even worse) and swatch of a jersey that may have nothing to do with the player or a real game (or both). 


   

Wildecat75

Posts: 32
Joined: Jun 2020
Saturday, March 25, 2023 9:05 AM

Let me first say that I do enjoy a nice pull of a relic card when opening a pack. But the proliferation and pricing associated with these relics/autos/memorabilia cards is the card collecting version of the crypto-currency phenomenon of recent years. hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars for a card with an autograph (whether real or not!) and a piece of a jersey that the player may or may not have worn...seriously? Plus each new set has more inserts and parallels than the base set. Has any company just forgone the illusion of a base set and just issued insert cards?


   

Snagglepuss

Posts: 2
Joined: Mar 2023
Saturday, March 25, 2023 9:53 AM

I don't really believe this is a game-worn Pedroia relic.  It is FAR too clean to have been worn by Dustin in any game.

 


   

FAMDaddy

Posts: 491
Joined: Jan 2014
Saturday, March 25, 2023 9:56 AM

Really great looking card of One of my favorite Baseball Players ever!

Yours in The Hobby - Felix


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FAMDaddy


   

paulie3jobs

Posts: 35
Joined: Oct 2016
Saturday, March 25, 2023 3:26 PM

Love it when the swatch matches the uniform being worn.


   


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