Ichiro Is Back

A day late, but I received it today. Welcome back Ichiro, the Mariners’ fans are happy you are back where you belong.

Panini Redemption Excitement

Last October I submitted a redemption for a 2015-16 Gala Cinematic Signatures Crimson Steve Kerr autograph, the card was live at the time, so I figured it would be a quick turnaround but I was wrong. Two weeks ago, I contacted a Panini CSR and was told that the card was being updated and would ship out within a month.

I finally got the email saying my redemption request was updated and that my item was shipping. I just checked, and the card was shipped two days ago, got in to Phoenix yesterday and then left Phoenix this morning, so I should get it tomorrow. I am excited, this is a great looking card and will be a key card in my Kerr PC.

Not A Sustainable Selling Model

Last week I won the auction for this 2010-11 SI for Kids Cariss Moore card, the final price was .30 cents with free shipping, the seller lost .19 cents on this auction. I have never won an auction like this but I have seen people win them before and I just can not wrap my head around why sellers do this time and time again where they loose money on these types of auctions.

Monday Question Day- Who Is Your Choice?

Today is question day:

Let’s say you have a $100 card budget to pick up one RC of a unique favorite player, not a PC or minor PC, who would it be?

For me it would be one of two cards; 2002 Fleer Ultra Sue Bird #101 or 2002 Fleer Authentix Sue Bird #101. I would lean more towards the Ultra card because I prefer the design and green background. They each run around $50-75 for raw copies with graded copies running significantly higher.

Deadpool Sent Me Some Post Cards

These cards are part of my COMC Black Friday order, I figured it would be nice to post cards over the year from that order. These two cards are part of the Deadpool Across America insert that was included in the 20017 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man release.

There are 10 cards in the set and show Deadpool in famous locations around the country and since I spent half my life in Seattle and half my life in Arizona I wanted the Seattle Space Needle and Grand Canyon cards for my collection.

Heavy Metal Star Wars

A one card post today. I came across this metal card and I really liked the style that the artist, Beth Sotelo, used with Darth Vader so I picked it up. The card was a SDCC exclusive and was created by Faerie Metal, who is well known for their very cool metal cards.

Monday Question Day- Playing Favorites?

Today is question day:

I am going to put you out on a limb and ask which is your favorite card?

When you have a collection that is large, I know some people that have well over 1 million cards, it is like asking which is your favorite kid. I have around 20,000 cards with just under 3,000 being Griffey cards and it is difficult so I can just imagine what it is like for those with huge collections.

After some thoughtful consideration, and without my White Whale no longer in the running, I am selecting my 2000 Ovation Japanese Ken Griffey Jr #S-KG. I bought this card in either 2001 or 2002 and I paid $25 for it and this is one of those cards that just does not show up any more. There is a Game Ball relic and a Game Ball & Show dual relic also. 

Tatum O'Neal Is My Celebrity Crush

My first celebrity crush was Tatum O’Neal. The Bad News Bears came out in 1976, but I didn’t see it until I was around 7 or 8 years old (1979-80) but from that moment on I was sweet on her.

When Panini did the Bad News Bears cards for the 2013 Golden Age release I was hoping to come across one of her autographs but those are the most expensive of the Bad News Bears autographs. I started to look at other options, Panini included her autographs in their 2014 Golden Age and Leaf included her autographs in their 2015 Pop Century release and these run cheaper than the Bad News Bears auto so I picked up her 2015 Pop Century Star Power Metal Blue autograph last year.

I still hope to pick up her Bad News Bears autograph someday but I am very happy for now. It would have been cool if Panini did a variation for those cards where the actors signed as their characters, I think it would be neat to have an Amanda Whurlitzer autograph in my collection. 

The Art Gallery- 2005 Breygent Three Stooges

This month’s Art Gallery display is from Chris Henderson and is from the 2005 Breygent Three Stooges release. I really enjoy Breygent’s sets, they had the licensing from a number of popular shows/movies and they always put out an amazing product. Breygent seems to have fallen off of the map so I would expect we will not see any future products from them. 

Ever since I was a kid I loved slapstick comedy and the Three Stooges were masters of their art. What really drove me to adding this card to my collection is that this is a classic scene from the I Can Hardly Wait short and includes the original Stooges. Not that I have anything against Shemp, Joe Besser or Joe DeRita but Curly is the man.

Question Day Followup

I have not done a follow up to any previous Monday Question Day posts, but yesterday’s post got a nice collection (no pun intended) of responses.

We are card collectors but there is so much more out there and plenty of us enjoy the chase and I think through some of these we have a deep connection with our younger selves. If you think about it, most of us grew up with toys that we loved, and that idea carried on to our adult years.

I really enjoyed reading through everyone’s response and as I did I nodded my head in agreement with most of the collections because at some point in my life I had some of these nostalgic items. I may not have collected something like matchbooks but there were times that I had a small collection of them. Not a major focus, but I did acquire them with the intent of keeping them for memories. The same could be said for most of the lists.

I appreciate everyone’s responses, I like to hear what is shared from like minding people.