Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Thoughts on printing plates?



I really don’t have many 1/1 cards in my collection. I like them, but it’s hard for me to justify sometimes spending significant money on a 1 of 1 card when I can buy so many cards for the same price. I think I have about four or five total.

However, deals do pop up and sometimes you need to splurge. This is the case with this sweet Manny Banuelos card. It’s a 2012 Bowman’s Best Yellow Printing Plate 1/1. I put in a fairly low bid and won it.  Maybe Manny will tear it up this year and earn a call-up, and I can flip it for a lot more than I paid for it.
Printing plates are weird. I love the 1/1 angle, and to know this card was instrumental in making all of the others. On the other hand, they really aren’t much to look at, and are usually scoffed up quite a bit. I guess that’s part of the allure. One other thing I love: Manny is a lefty, so you get the reverse angle of how he would look as a righty here. I always get a kick out of that.

What’s your take on printing plates? Love 'em? Like 'em? Hate 'em?

10 comments:

  1. Love'em because of the 1/1 angle so for my PC guys like Glavine i am chasing them all !

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  2. hate em.. they are ugly and I am not a fan of parallels and other pointless insert sets,

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  3. Meh. I have one. And I basically have it so I can say I have one. They're pretty damn ugly.

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  4. Funny you should mention this because I just got my first printing plate yesterday (a gift from my cousin). It's a Matt Kemp 2014 turkey red (yellow) and I think it's pretty dang cool. But, like you, I can't justify the price and I think my collection is going to stand at 1 for quite awhile.

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  5. Great way to add some 1/1's to your collection. I have a couple and I'm always keeping an eye out for more.

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  6. I usually only chase printing plates of Pirates that don't have the usual relic or auto cards. Not a big fan....

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  7. I like printing plates. Not enough to pay top dollar for them, but enough to occasionally chase one down if the price is right.

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  8. Love 'em. But I am a player collector, after all.

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  9. I have a couple and I think they are pretty cool. I think they are great for player collectors, it adds a more unique card to the collection.

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  10. Eh, I'm indifferent on them. They are cool in theory, but can't justify the cost

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