Just popped in here today for the first time in forever and saw this thread. WOW! I recognize all the names. I too started on the BMB and migrated to FCB and was active for a while. Took about a 10 year break and just fairly recently got back into collecting.
I still have my Magicpapa 1/1...
Here’s all the info cut and pasted from an email...
January 30th
Mark McGwire
586 HRs
12x All-Star (1987–1992, 1995–2000)
2x World Series champion (1989, 2011)
AL Rookie of the Year (1987)
Gold Glove Award (1990)
3x Silver Slugger Award (1992, 1996, 1998)
5x MLB home run leader (1987...
Lots of familiar user names in here. I posted a few months ago but, after roughly 8 years out of the game, I'm slowly getting back in. I used to converse with you all back in the Beckett days. When I took a break, I had a near-complete run of every Mac GU card that existed at the time. I...
His dad is a buddy / coworker of mine. me and his father shared an office for a number of years. It's been fun watching him in high school, LB State, and now through his progression through the minors.
Thanks all.
I'm no expert on the clippers auto so I did a bit of research knowing that the big boys have a ton of fakes out there that are really good.
What sold me was this: not looking at the auto but the inscription. I looked at a bunch of authentic inscriptions that had "best wishes" in...