A bunch of fun stuff in the mail today
3 Mantles
3 oddballs - The Snow White and Evil Queen are the only ones slabbed. I can't believe hand cut cards show evidence of trimming.
Sounds about right. They have Ozzie Smith listed for 10,251 but the great, great majority of them are post career issues. I think the last time I broke it down was in 2021 and he had something like 3,000 playing era cards and 6,000 after career cards at that point. It's nuts.
Well after an over 2 year wait on the Jeff Frye list there's a change and I have to find a new card to replace the 1999 Fleer Tradition Starting 9 on my want list.
I might as well just cancel the rest of the year for pickups. I had my collecting year made today.
A gentleman reached out through my website a little over a week ago, said he had a Jeff Frye for me that was on my Needs list, and he wanted to send it to me free of charge to help me get closer...
I've been a staunch SGC guy for a while so this put me in wait and see mode. I can't imagine SGC has long to live once the accountants get ahold of this deal.
Some show pickups and mail from the last couple weeks
I'm working on the 1993 Stadium Club FDI set (first issue of FDIs) and the 1994 Pinnacle Museum Collection set (first issue of Museum Collection).
The Power in the Key is a childhood nostalgia set I've told myself several times I would put...