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scotty216brs

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Hi, I'm Chuck....and I collect Rick Ferrell.



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1998 SPx

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Wednesday mail:
I met Billy Martin at a card show once in Cincinnati, not long after one of the times he was fired by George Steinbrenner. He was very humble and stated that he wished he was wearing a Yankee uniform instead of being at the show. He didn't seem bitter at all, but more like a man who had just lost his strongest passion in life. While I've never been a Yankee fan, I immediately came to like him.
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Fleer Ultra had some fantastic inserts from 1996-1998. The Hitting Machines card is a duplicate, but I couldn't help myself from picking up another one. The 1993 Ultra Performers card is the "missing foil" variation.
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Topnotchsy

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Not a baseball item but a pretty rare collectible. A signed lithograph by Bill Watterson. These were sent to the newspapers back in 1992 as a thank you for sticking with Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes while he took a 9 month sabbatical (these were sent shortly after he returned.)

Watterson is notoriously tough when it comes to autographs and when it comes to licensing Calvin and Hobbes for much of anything so legit C&H Watterson items are tough to come by.
 

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u2me57

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Big shoutout to joey12508 (Kevin) for sending me a Jim Thome card in the mail yesterday. It was a 1998 Purple Donruss Crusade card. Wow! This card is amazing in hand! The generosity of the guys on this board just blows me away. Thank you Kevin!
 

joey12508

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Big shoutout to joey12508 (Kevin) for sending me a Jim Thome card in the mail yesterday. It was a 1998 Purple Donruss Crusade card. Wow! This card is amazing in hand! The generosity of the guys on this board just blows me away. Thank you Kevin!

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forgerelli

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Not a baseball item but a pretty rare collectible. A signed lithograph by Bill Watterson. These were sent to the newspapers back in 1992 as a thank you for sticking with Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes while he took a 9 month sabbatical (these were sent shortly after he returned.)

Watterson is notoriously tough when it comes to autographs and when it comes to licensing Calvin and Hobbes for much of anything so legit C&H Watterson items are tough to come by.

Nice item. He used to go into a local bookstore and sign the C&H books that they had. After a while people caught on and he stopped.

Still my all time favorite comic strip.

Scott F
 

u2me57

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Yes, and thank you for the pics. :) I'm going to learn how to do that one day. And your timing was immpecable. My wife has been in the hospital for the last 24 days with liver, cancer, and kidney problems. It's amazing how a single baseball card can brighten your day so much. Thanks again Kevin!
 

scotty216brs

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Decent Chuck....


:)

Decent-er? ;)



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Yes, and thank you for the pics. :) I'm going to learn how to do that one day. And your timing was immpecable. My wife has been in the hospital for the last 24 days with liver, cancer, and kidney problems. It's amazing how a single baseball card can brighten your day so much. Thanks again Kevin!
Incredible gesture by Kevin, these boards are the best! Very nice card. Sorry to hear about your wife, I send her my well wishes...stay strong.
 

1998 SPx

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When I initially made the list of cards I wanted to collect from the set, Dustin Pedroia wasn't on the it, but when I saw the card below, I felt that the dirt/blood stain was a great representation of his scrappy style of play.

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Zan

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1998 SPx

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Loving all of your pickups man!

Thanks, Zan! I appreciate the compliment.

More goodies arrived today...

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Here's a pair our resident Beltre fan might appreciate...

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Not to be outdone by the star of the day!

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Topnotchsy

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Nice item. He used to go into a local bookstore and sign the C&H books that they had. After a while people caught on and he stopped.

Still my all time favorite comic strip.

Scott F

Fireside Books?

My favorite as well.
 

forgerelli

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That's the store. I just googled it. Apparently his parents would bring him the books to sign. I remember the story from an article I read on counterfeit merchandise and the hassles Watterson went through with all the fake stuff people would sell with Calvin and Hobbes. He never merchandised anything. Ever.

I'm a huge comic book collector. Hardcovers, trade paperbacks and limited editions. I'm not interested in many comic strips but I like some of the old ones from the early 1900's and Pogo. Calvin & Hobbes is by far my favorite strip of all time.

Scott F
 

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