Wednesday, August 12, 2009

2009 Fanfest

Every all star game, the card companies usually produce a limited wrapper redemption set for distribution at Fanfest. This years set was decent, I would rate the 2003 redemption set as the best I've been to (also attended 2004,2005). Albert was a predominant figure in each of the companies releases. Upper Deck produced five different four card sets and distributed each on different days. Albert was included in the Friday set (opening day of Fanfest). This was the least attended day of Fanfest and it is likely that these cards will be much rarer than those distributed later. To obtain the Upper Deck set, collectors needed to open 3 packs of an Upper Deck product at the booth.
In addition to the base card, Albert was also featured on the randomly inserted painting card. These cards are each hand numbered to 500 and were randomly inserted equally across the days of the Fanfest.

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For Topps, collectors had to open 3 packs of a Topps product to choose one of five Cardinal base cards. These cards were available each day.
In addition, Topps produced a manufactured patch card commemorating the All Star game. I was told these had a print run of 800. To obtain this card, collectors had to purchase a special edition of the Topps factory set for $50. Inside the set, there was also a sealed set of additional All Star cards featuring Pujols (I still have not obtained this card).
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