Some Globetrotters Additions

 

What better way to top adding the 2010 SportKings Curly Neal relic that I got a couple of weeks ago? By adding two 2012 A&G framed relics of Curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon for less than what I paid for the 2010 SK Neal relic.

The 2012 A&G Neal was uncirculated so I had to break him out of the Topps holder, a simple snip of the Topps sticker and Curly Neal was on the fast break in to my basketball binder. The 2012 A&G Lemon came in today and initially when I saw the card in the auction I figured that the relic has slid out of the frame a bit, I thought that the dark upper corners were the back of the frame, but it is actually a three-colored relic. The relic is grey with the top left corner being black and the top right corner being green.

 

These are some very cool card, though I think that they are from t-shirts. I would have preferred jersey relics of the Globetrotter greats but I am not going to complain about two nice additions.

My Precious...

The 2012 Topps Allen & Ginters set, for me, is all about this card. I am truly happy that Topps decided to use an image from the early 90s when he was still “The Kid”. Sadly it will probably be awhile before I add this card to my personal Griffey

I noticed that the image that Topps used appears very similar to his 1990s Topps Tiffany card but shot from a different angle. Everything seems to be dead-on including his gloves and the way he is holding the bat, the tape on the bat, the angle of his hat, the “almost but not yet grown in” mustache and even the way his jersey is buttoned and it is slightly open between the “R” and “I”.