December 2022 - New Arrivals

[JoshHamilton]

^never thought I’d see a Jason Hart on here. I was in Midland the summer he was playing for the Rockhounds and got to see him a ton. Super cool dude; I thought he was gonna be the next Giambi

Crossed another of my 90s Marlins type set wantlist

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[WizardofOz1982]

Last mail day of 2022 unless something I forgot sneaks in

2001 Greats of the Game pickups - These leave me at 60/95 cards. That's not too bad for only working on it since July. Hopefully I can finish it up next year.

I wasn't expecting this one. Guess I gotta find something to return the favor to a friend.

Another Jeff McNeil for my friend who got the 1/1 I posted recently - What a cool image that is. I love Stadium Club.

 

[Topnotchsy]

Last mail day of 2022 unless something I forgot sneaks in

2021 Greats of the Game pickups - These leave me at 60/95 cards. That's not too bad for only working on it since July. Hopefully I can finish it up next year.
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These look amazing! You inspired me to slowly start to pursue the 2000 set, and maybe one day look to do the 2001 set, though the Mays scares me a bit...

 

[Topnotchsy]

Original drawing of Jackie Robinson by legendary sports artist Dick Perez (he drew the Diamond King cards).

 

[mrmopar]

This crosses 1 off each of the Vikings and Seahawks HOF wantlists. I actually completed the Hawks this weekend needing just 2 more besides Hutch (Walter Jones & Kevin Mawae), just not all the cards have arrived, but less excited about that one. Steve Hutchinson /25

 

[WizardofOz1982]

These look amazing! You inspired me to slowly start to pursue the 2000 set, and maybe one day look to do the 2001 set, though the Mays scares me a bit...

I don't imagine I'll ever end up with the Mays either. It's just completely outside of what I'm comfortable spending on a modern card. Hopefully one becomes available somehow that I can trade or trade/cash for at some point. If not I'll finish the non-SP set and whatever I get of the SPs is great.

I've been slowly accumulating pieces of the 1999 SI Greats of the Game Auto set too but again there is a Mays and 3 Reggie Jackson variations to try to locate.

 

[BucCollector]

Small TCDB trade, thanks Spike

 

[chippernate]

Won these on Facebook, first pair of GU gloves! 2021 Albies batting gloves

And hit this in a break, these cards are awesome in hand:

(If you can’t see: Murphy, Glavine, Maddux, Smoltz, Chipper, Andruw, Deion, Albies, Acuña, Freeman)

 

[Topnotchsy]

I don't imagine I'll ever end up with the Mays either. It's just completely outside of what I'm comfortable spending on a modern card. Hopefully one becomes available somehow that I can trade or trade/cash for at some point. If not I'll finish the non-SP set and whatever I get of the SPs is great.

I've been slowly accumulating pieces of the 1999 SI Greats of the Game Auto set too but again there is a Mays and 3 Reggie Jackson variations to try to locate.

Definitely appreciate that. The 2001 set was the first GOTG one I ever opened (don't think I ever opened a 2000) and the look is beautiful, so I have a pull towards it, but for now decided to go for the 1st set (leaving aside SI GOTG from the year before which I view a little different, but may one day want to pursue as well).

There are so many great names in these sets, many of whom are no longer with us unfortuantely.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

Definitely appreciate that. The 2001 set was the first GOTG one I ever opened (don't think I ever opened a 2000) and the look is beautiful, so I have a pull towards it, but for now decided to go for the 1st set (leaving aside SI GOTG from the year before which I view a little different, but may one day want to pursue as well).

There are so many great names in these sets, many of whom are no longer with us unfortuantely.

The amount of N*gro Leaguers in the checklist is what drew me to the 2001 set to start with. I love that the GOTG sets, especially the '99 SI set, include a lot of guys that don't normally get autos as well. So many of the retired player auto sets from that era are rehashes of the same guys (Mays, Ryan, Banks, Jackson, McCovey, etc.) that having autos of guys like Ed Kranepool, Rocky Colavito, Bob Forsch, Paul Blair, and others is a plus not a minus for me. I don't dislike having multiple autos of Nolan Ryan or Ernie Banks but it kind of gets monotonous, at least for me, getting the same autographs over and over even if the card they are on is different.

 

[Topnotchsy]

The amount of N*gro Leaguers in the checklist is what drew me to the 2001 set to start with. I love that the GOTG sets, especially the '99 SI set, include a lot of guys that don't normally get autos as well. So many of the retired player auto sets from that era are rehashes of the same guys (Mays, Ryan, Banks, Jackson, McCovey, etc.) that having autos of guys like Ed Kranepool, Rocky Colavito, Bob Forsch, Paul Blair, and others is a plus not a minus for me. I don't dislike having multiple autos of Nolan Ryan or Ernie Banks but it kind of gets monotonous, at least for me, getting the same autographs over and over even if the card they are on is different.

I'm with you 100%, and the inclusion of ***** League players is a big deal. Fleer was ahead of other companies in this area, particularly with their 2001 Fleer Stitches in Time insert set, which exlcluively focused on the ***** Leagues.

 

[madbull34]

Members Only:

Rainbow Foil /25:

Heritage High Black Border:

 

[mrmopar]

Banty Moses.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

I'm with you 100%, and the inclusion of ***** League players is a big deal. Fleer was ahead of other companies in this area, particularly with their 2001 Fleer Stitches in Time insert set, which exlcluively focused on the ***** Leagues.

Oh yeah. I built the Stitches in Time set a long time ago. I should have built the auto and memorabilia sets back then too but I didn't. I have often wondered if the game used material in the relic set is from N*gro League pieces or MLB ones though.

 

[Topnotchsy]

Oh yeah. I built the Stitches in Time set a long time ago. I should have built the auto and memorabilia sets back then too but I didn't. I have often wondered if the game used material in the relic set is from N*gro League pieces or MLB ones though.

I'm pretty sure most is from MLB, if not all. The only ***** League related item that I know of is a Jackie Robinson item that appears to have been from the Kansas City Royals barnstorming team.

 

[Dazed]

My only Topps redemption left showed up today! I can't remember the last time I wasn't waiting on something from Topps.

 

[madbull34]

Last mailday of 2022!

 

[mrmopar]

Ringing out 2022 with the completion of my Seahawk HOF autograph collection. Most of them are certified (need Kennedy & Easley, have IP), but not all are in Hawks uniforms either. Mawae /35 and Jones /99. Only 4 of them are "career" Seahawks oddly enough.

Inductee	Induction Year	Years with Organization
Carl Eller	2004	1979
Cortez Kennedy	2012	1990-2000
Edgerrin James	2020	2009
Franco Harris	1990	1984
Jerry Rice	2010	2004
John Randle	2010	2001-03
Kenny Easley	2017	1981-1987
Kevin Mawae	2019	1994-1997
Steve Hutchinson	2020	2001-2005
Steve Largent	1995	1976-1989
Tom Flores	2021	1992-1994
Walter Jones	2014	1997-2008
Warren Moon	2006	1997-98

 

[WizardofOz1982]

I did sneak in one more mail day.

Glad I passed on a few of these to wait on one that was centered. It's the cheapest one I've seen in a while.

1996 Topps Chrome Refractor Jeff Bagwell

 

[Dilferules]

Closing out 2022's mail:

2005 Topps Pristine Legends Superfractor Walt Weiss 1/1. He has two cards in the set, one with the A's and this University of North Carolina one...I obviously would prefer the A's card but this one is nice.

2001 Absolute Ball Hoggs Johnny Damon 113/150, still need a couple of A's from the set. 2022 Topps Update Black Kevin Smith RC 37/71. And a 2010 Topps Commemorative Patch Rickey Henderson...I've been trying to finish up my A's needs from the 2009 to 2011 run of Topps commemorative patch cards but am still a couple short. At least this was the last Rickey I needed.

I picked up a Khris Davis auto lot pretty cheap mainly to get the 2019 Tier One Silver auto 05/10, but I also didn't have the 2019 Gypsy Queen Indigo auto 030/150 and 2019 Museum Collection Signature Swatches Copper 09/50.

Some current prospect autos. Max Muncy (not the Dodgers guy) prices have come down a bit lately so I've finally picked up some of his stuff.

Here's one I didn't know about until recently, a jumbo box-topper patch from 2002 UD World Series Heroes with a print run of about 300. The "team" cards slip by me sometimes.