~~~~~2013 Morning Thread Secret Santa Showoff Thread~~~~~

And waiting....

Hendersonfan said:

And waiting

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..........and waiting...........

And waaaaiiitttiiinnnngggg....

I'm sorry, guys. Crystal got home and I had to help her carry some stuff in from the car.

A HUGE Thank you to [MENTION=2418]George_Calfas[/MENTION] for putting this on again this year. I look forward to this every year. Thank you for your hard work and effort, George. It is appreciated and means a lot.

[MENTION=4259]CatdaddysCards[/MENTION] – You are very welcome! Merry Christmas, brother!

My MTSS was [MENTION=2166]darrend505[/MENTION] . I can’t thank you enough, D! He did an amazing job and I am completely blown away by his generosity. He packaged each card, individually and it spelled out “Merry Christmas Joseph!”. It was very cool. I should’ve taken pics.

On to the goods

Here’s a nice autograph I wanted to add to my Reds collection.

2013 Topps Archives Fan Favorites Autographs Hal Morris





Then he added another nice autograph to a player collection

2013 Topps Tribute Autographs Brandon Phillips /50





We all know who I collect, so it’s no surprise that the rest hit the Adam Dunn collection.

First is a nice one I needed.

2013 Topps Camo /99




I really like the camo cards. They look really nice.



Then he put came damn close to completing a rainbow for me. They all look amazing together. Here you go

2013 Topps Chrome Refractor, Xfractor, Orange, Purple, Blue /199


Black /100, Sepia /75, Gold /50, Atomic /10, Pink /5

Incredible! I’m only missing the base, camo /15, and the super. I have the camo refractor incoming.



Next is a nice patch from 2003 Fleer Patchworks





2001 Fleer Authentics Autograph





Followed with a couple of nice game used

2013 Topps Tribute Famous Four Baggers /50, /15






Another incredible card

2005 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Emerald Bat /5





Round out with these 2

2004 Sweet Spot Sweet Impressions Magenta Plate 1/1





2013 Topps Allen and Ginter Mini Framed Printing Plates Magenta 1/1





Thank you, D! I really appreciate it, my friend. I couldn’t have done better if I bought them myself.

69MetsFan said:

I would like to add my present to the thread and thank our very own Yooper, Ralph, for the outstanding gift!

OMLB signed by Jesse Hudson.
Here's some background on Mr Hudson:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hudsoje01.shtml
Short & sweet, on 19Sep69, he pitched just two innings and this was his entire career.
He's an elusive signer, and rarely adds inscriptions, which is what makes this gift so awesome.
Ralph, you have outdone yourself and this ball is already among my favorites, THANKS!!!

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Outstanding! Great job finding that, Ralph!

Oh, I forgot to mention, Darren said some of that was a congratulations on the baby.

Good evening.. Now that I'm home from a nice crappy commute (Alex, you missed the snow here today that f'd up the traffic!)

George, thanks again for a wonderful job..

I see lots of happy MT collectors who have added to their various PC's..

OK, onto my gifts..

As most of you know I am tough to buy for since every Edgar that pops, I go after.. (nice Finest Edgar UL recieved..I think I have one already.. )

so here are mine that [MENTION=3754]MansGame[/MENTION] got for me..

Have to start off the day right..


and AlexPNW.. whoo hoo.. another Felix for my Mariners PC..



Thanks for these great gifts.. The gifts that everyone has been giving shows that they went out of their way to make the gifts unique and great additions to the members PC..

Hope everyone has a great holiday season..

Nice cards everyone

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muskiesfan said:

Oh, I forgot to mention, Darren said some of that was a congratulations on the baby.

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Darren hit a home run with his selections! Congrats and kudo's!

Pinbreaker said:

Good evening.. Now that I'm home from a nice crappy commute (Alex, you missed the snow here today that f'd up the traffic!)


George, thanks again for a wonderful job..

I see lots of happy MT collectors who have added to their various PC's..

OK, onto my gifts..

As most of you know I am tough to buy for since every Edgar that pops, I go after.. (nice Finest Edgar UL recieved..I think I have one already.. )

so here are mine that @MansGame got for me..

Have to start off the day right..

and AlexPNW.. whoo hoo.. another Felix for my Mariners PC..

Thanks for these great gifts.. The gifts that everyone has been giving shows that they went out of their way to make the gifts unique and great additions to the members PC..

Hope everyone has a great holiday season..

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Coffee and King Felix, nice!!

Everyone has done so well this year!
[MENTION=2520]ChasHawk[/MENTION] - I knew you'd enjoy your gift. Dustin was so worried about doing things right so I am glad he was able to knock it out of the park with the cards and presentation. (@Hawk8 )

Alrighty, here are the real scans as promised...may I say once again that [MENTION=10405]Hawk8[/MENTION] Dustin did an outstanding job!



2006 Greats of the Game Cubs Greats Memorabilia #BW Billy Williams Jsy


2001 SP Legendary Cuts Game Jersey #JBW Billy Williams Jsy


2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Autograph Reverse #105 Billy Williams 34/75


2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Autograph Jersey #105 Billy Williams 143/150


2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Swatch Double #101 Andre Dawson B-J 03/50


2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Jersey Black #101 Andre Dawson

Not sure if anyone guessed from my earlier pics, but the last one is a 1/1 :shock::shock:

The thing that really blew me away is that every one of these cards was one that I did not already have in my collection. The 2 Billy Williams TOTTs have eluded me several times, and I had never even seen the Dawson swatch double /50. The 1/1 came from the collector in LA who is selling out (and Dustin is buying out :lol and I am incredibly humbled that he would concede a 1/1 to a fellow collector.

I hope he gets a chance to check in tonight.

ChasHawk said:

Alrighty, here are the real scans as promised...may I say once again that @Hawk8 Dustin did an outstanding job!

2006 Greats of the Game Cubs Greats Memorabilia #BW Billy Williams Jsy

2001 SP Legendary Cuts Game Jersey #JBW Billy Williams Jsy

2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Autograph Reverse #105 Billy Williams 34/75

2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Autograph Jersey #105 Billy Williams 143/150

2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Swatch Double #101 Andre Dawson B-J 03/50

2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Jersey Black #101 Andre Dawson

Not sure if anyone guessed from my earlier pics, but the last one is a 1/1 :shock::shock:

The thing that really blew me away is that every one of these cards was one that I did not already have in my collection. The 2 Billy Williams TOTTs have eluded me several times, and I had never even seen the Dawson swatch double /50. The 1/1 came from the collector in LA who is selling out (and Dustin is buying out :lol and I am incredibly humbled that he would concede a 1/1 to a fellow collector.

I hope he gets a chance to check in tonight.

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Great haul there, Charlie!
Dustin is a real class act.
Banner year for the MTSS, that's for sure.

ChasHawk said:

Alrighty, here are the real scans as promised...may I say once again that [MENTION=10405]Hawk8[/MENTION] Dustin did an outstanding job!

2006 Greats of the Game Cubs Greats Memorabilia #BW Billy Williams Jsy

2001 SP Legendary Cuts Game Jersey #JBW Billy Williams Jsy

2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Autograph Reverse #105 Billy Williams 34/75

2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Autograph Jersey #105 Billy Williams 143/150

2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Swatch Double #101 Andre Dawson B-J 03/50

2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Jersey Black #101 Andre Dawson

Not sure if anyone guessed from my earlier pics, but the last one is a 1/1 :shock::shock:

The thing that really blew me away is that every one of these cards was one that I did not already have in my collection. The 2 Billy Williams TOTTs have eluded me several times, and I had never even seen the Dawson swatch double /50. The 1/1 came from the collector in LA who is selling out (and Dustin is buying out :lol and I am incredibly humbled that he would concede a 1/1 to a fellow collector.

I hope he gets a chance to check in tonight.

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Great job Dustin [MENTION=10405]Hawk8[/MENTION]

That's freakin sweet Charlie. Where is hawk8?

Well done indeed [MENTION=10405]Hawk8[/MENTION]

WOW!!! I know my MTSS was amazing, I have to say that the rest were right up there as well! Congrats to the Secret Santas and the Victims once again!

For pin

michaelstepper said:

That's freakin sweet Charlie. Where is hawk8?

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He's been working a lot these days.

Wonderful job guys. It was indeed a good year. MTers rock!

I got some sad news today.

Our Mayor passed away . He was an incredible man, and the community is in complete and utter shock.

The Dakota 38 came through town today and stopped to pay their respects outside city hall, which in my opinion, is an incredible honor.