1990 Donruss Aqueous Test #198 Paul O'Neill -- I understand these have a different feel to them. Don't have it in hand yet, does it look legitimate? Appears printed and not stamped.
Dry spell with O'Neill, but a couple of eBay bargain BIN pickups:
1. 2001 Bowman Chrome El Duque Gold Refractor /99 ($4.25 + free S/H) -- didn't expect to win this
2. 2004 Elite Gold Auto Phil Hughes RC /25 ($6.79 + free S/H) -- Hughes was a big deal 20 years ago on the Beckett message boards as...
1999 Score 10th Anniversary Reprints Autographs Jerry Rice /150 --- I can't seem to beat the buyback auto bug. Late 90s release of a classic football set design.
2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection Collection Mariano Rivera 1996 Buyback Auto 1/1 -- This is a card I was aware of, but never thought I would ever see, let alone have a chance to own.
At one point, I had collected everything of Rivera but as a fan of his signature, I pivoted to collecting...
2012 Topps Five Star #5 Ichiro #/80 -- Ichiro has just a few base cards as a Yankee as he was an exclusive to Panini in 2013-2014. This is one of the few sets outside his Topps Flagship and Heritage sets. The MSRP was $500 per pack, with only one base card per pack, happy to find this for $13...
2005 Topps Cracker Jack Secret Surprise Mini Autographs #AR Alex Rodriguez -- Print run of 100, unnumbered. The gold border and white frame work well with the classic design of the vintage set.
2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection Autographs #1053 Paul O'Neill 2001 #d/29 -- Another 2004 buyback, completes the matching three card Yankee set. Happy to see these surfacing 20 years later.
More Matsui this month...
2003 Leaf Green #321 Hideki Matsui RC #/25 -- @jmc855 -- Didn't recall seeing one in many years, until now. I promise myself I won't go after all his rookie releases, but appears I am heading down that path.
Added an O'Neill 1998 Tek Pattern, puts me at 89/90 of base set. Down to needing just pattern #74.
2021 Topps Heritage High Number Jameson Taillon Black -- Limited to a print run of 50, non-numbered, couldn't pass up for $3 copy #3 for the collection.
2004 Cracker Jack Blue Mariano Rivera --...
Very happy to knock off a two tougher GU with a single mail day. The MVP Glove is his first memorabilia release from 2000, tough odds. Also added a few Tek patterns as well bringing me to well over 900 different O'Neills from his playing years spanning 1993-2002.
2024 will be 20 years of me...