It’s been a great couple of weeks with regards to my Andrew Miller collection. Reader “Chris W.” sent in a 2007 Topps Chrome Xfractor in a trade that should be nearing completion and The Wax Report’s Mr. Scott sent two ’09 Allen & Ginter parallels I needed, including the hand-numbered Mini I didn’t think I’d ever find.
On Saturday, my eBay purchase finally arrived. For under $1 dollar (minus shipping) I got a 2009 UDx game-used relic of Andrew Miller. Unfortunately, the card is pretty damaged in two spots around the relic which leads me to believe that this was how it came from the pack. The auction had no mention of any damage.
Considering the card is for my personal collection, I’ll proudly accept it as is and will likely leave a Neutral feedback. You won’t believe this but the card itself is not so bad. Not counting the fact that Andrew’s been a Marlin for two years and the picture depicts him with a Tigers uniform, I’d say this is one of Andrew’s best game-used relics I’ve seen.
As for my collection, I am now up to 170 different cards. With August almost down the drain it seems unlikely that I will reach 200 different cards considering that the card companies are snubbing Miller left and right in upcoming releases and because Andrew is stuck in the Minors and will likely have no more cards produced until he rejoins the Fish.
You can check out a detailed list of my collection HERE.
Not only is he in a Tigers uniform, he is in a Tigers PRE-SEASON uniform.
Keep going Mario! One more card is always one less you need! I have started strong again on my player collection of Steve Avery 197 cards of 408 made. At least yours are a little bit easier to find not cheaper but easier!
Didn’t MLB or MLBPA make some sort of rule recently that the jersey and photo team had to match? I think maybe that’s why you see him in a Tiger’s jersey because the jersey came from his Tiger days.
mario, just wanted to let you know your package arrived on Saturday. Thanks slot for the cards! Good luck on the collection
when you get a damaged card, and it’s from a current release, can you send it back to the company? i have an ’09 topps relic with similar damage… straight from the pack.
Hi Mario, I tried to take a look at your Google docs Miller checklist, but was blocked due to lack of permissions. Is the doc’s permissions set for open viewing?
What a pain Google Docs is. It says anyone can view it even without a Google account.
I’m gonna have to find an alternative hosting source.
Thanks, Todd.
Thought it just might be me. I could have sworn I’ve seen your list before, but that may have been from home. I think Marie/Sooz from Cardboard Problem use Beckett’s organizer, for what that’s worth.
Perhaps your Miller was victim of a fake patch practice session and the student didnt realize until too late that jersey cards are too thin. Hmm…
I got a blaster of the X series cards the other night and this appears to be a problem with how the swatches are put on the card. Mine has the same tell-tell creases right around the box.
I am curious if these damaged cards are making it into the retail blasters to “get rid” of them.