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mouschi
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It has been a while since I've shown my Jose Canseco collection since I sold out back in 2018. I went at it hard for about five years trying to get everything, then sold out. Since then, I've gotten back in, but have worked extremely hard at picking up cards that are super meaningful to me.
I've bought and sold some substantial collections, thinned down, bulked up, rinsed, and repeated. 2024 was a really great year for my collection, and I'm extremely happy & satisfied with where I'm at! I wanted to show you all some of my favorites. This certainly isn't all of my firepower, but I figured most of you all would probably appreciate the eye candy power of these selected cards most
2024 has been a year of pairs, so many of the pics below will be in twos.
This pic shows a couple heavy hitters, but the one on the left is one of my absolute favorite cards. Laundry tags of Jose are super difficult as it is, but a jumbo rookie tag? Yup. This is his one and only at the monent! I LOVE it. The other is a nice Rawlings sleeve tag, and they both seem to flow nicely to spell out the name Rawlings
This is a dream card - it is a piece of the patch Jose wore in the 1989 World Series - the pinnacle of my childhood!
If you don't know about these cards, a google search will do you well. GREAT story on them. There are about 7 of the first card, and 5 of the 2nd. 95% of all of them at least are probably locked up in personal collections. They go for big moola!
This pairing of Essential Credentials is among the best that the 90s has to offer!
These two beauties are incredible looking. The 1997 Score Platinum and Premiere. The Premiere on the left is tougher than finding an alligator in a tu-tu.
To me, these are more art than cards. The sketch on the left is from Topps' most expensive product ever, Transcendent. Steve Y actually gifted me this card. It isn't everyday someone just gifts you one of your favorite cards in your collection! I also know the artist, Daniel Bergren! The one on the right is a drop dead gorgeous Museum wood framed auto. Both 1/1s. Both perfect.
90's gold doesn't get better than this. The 99 Fleer Brilliants 24kt might set a record if it ever hits the auction block. The Ultimate Victory is a 1/1, and the 96 Mirror Gold is ... well ... let's face it, the most monumental card of the 90s. Plus, this one comes from the collection of the Pinnacle CEO!
Speaking of 90s grails, if I had to pick three of the holiest grailiest 90s cards of A's playing days cards for Jose, it would be these. 1997 Totally Certified Platinum, 1998 PMG, 1998 Crusade Red.
Did you know? Jose only have two patch cards produced during his career (while he was actually playing, that is.) The 2nd card has an unnumbered parallel as well, so we won't count that at the monent, but these exact two are my favorite patch cards of him during his playing career that were ever created. Heck, I traded an autographed barrel, and a few other 1/1s just to get the first patch card! The 2nd card is the most colorful patch I've ever seen of his.
1987 Topps Jose Canseco was the first card i ever pulled. Topps has done multiple renditions of it over the years, but none (in my opinion) surpass the beauty and rarity of these two - they never show up! The left is #/25, and the right is #/15.
One of the handprint cards all the way back in 2014 was offered to me. Instead of grabbing it, I sent it on its way to another collector. For years, I was kicking myself ... I can still remember one popping up on ebay with the seller saying "forget case hits ... this is a pallet hit!" This particular piece was in someone's dad's curio cabinet in the back for years and years. So happy it has now made it to my collection.
The only sets Topps made Own the Name letter cards for Jose shown below!
These cards have a special significance. All these Rangers patches are actually from the jersey Jose wore when the ball bounced off his head, and when he pitched a few days later.
A pair of Jose's absolute first autographed / jersey Topps cards. Man, Topps outdid themselves with these!
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I've bought and sold some substantial collections, thinned down, bulked up, rinsed, and repeated. 2024 was a really great year for my collection, and I'm extremely happy & satisfied with where I'm at! I wanted to show you all some of my favorites. This certainly isn't all of my firepower, but I figured most of you all would probably appreciate the eye candy power of these selected cards most
2024 has been a year of pairs, so many of the pics below will be in twos.
This pic shows a couple heavy hitters, but the one on the left is one of my absolute favorite cards. Laundry tags of Jose are super difficult as it is, but a jumbo rookie tag? Yup. This is his one and only at the monent! I LOVE it. The other is a nice Rawlings sleeve tag, and they both seem to flow nicely to spell out the name Rawlings
This is a dream card - it is a piece of the patch Jose wore in the 1989 World Series - the pinnacle of my childhood!
If you don't know about these cards, a google search will do you well. GREAT story on them. There are about 7 of the first card, and 5 of the 2nd. 95% of all of them at least are probably locked up in personal collections. They go for big moola!
This pairing of Essential Credentials is among the best that the 90s has to offer!
These two beauties are incredible looking. The 1997 Score Platinum and Premiere. The Premiere on the left is tougher than finding an alligator in a tu-tu.
To me, these are more art than cards. The sketch on the left is from Topps' most expensive product ever, Transcendent. Steve Y actually gifted me this card. It isn't everyday someone just gifts you one of your favorite cards in your collection! I also know the artist, Daniel Bergren! The one on the right is a drop dead gorgeous Museum wood framed auto. Both 1/1s. Both perfect.
90's gold doesn't get better than this. The 99 Fleer Brilliants 24kt might set a record if it ever hits the auction block. The Ultimate Victory is a 1/1, and the 96 Mirror Gold is ... well ... let's face it, the most monumental card of the 90s. Plus, this one comes from the collection of the Pinnacle CEO!
Speaking of 90s grails, if I had to pick three of the holiest grailiest 90s cards of A's playing days cards for Jose, it would be these. 1997 Totally Certified Platinum, 1998 PMG, 1998 Crusade Red.
Did you know? Jose only have two patch cards produced during his career (while he was actually playing, that is.) The 2nd card has an unnumbered parallel as well, so we won't count that at the monent, but these exact two are my favorite patch cards of him during his playing career that were ever created. Heck, I traded an autographed barrel, and a few other 1/1s just to get the first patch card! The 2nd card is the most colorful patch I've ever seen of his.
1987 Topps Jose Canseco was the first card i ever pulled. Topps has done multiple renditions of it over the years, but none (in my opinion) surpass the beauty and rarity of these two - they never show up! The left is #/25, and the right is #/15.
One of the handprint cards all the way back in 2014 was offered to me. Instead of grabbing it, I sent it on its way to another collector. For years, I was kicking myself ... I can still remember one popping up on ebay with the seller saying "forget case hits ... this is a pallet hit!" This particular piece was in someone's dad's curio cabinet in the back for years and years. So happy it has now made it to my collection.
The only sets Topps made Own the Name letter cards for Jose shown below!
These cards have a special significance. All these Rangers patches are actually from the jersey Jose wore when the ball bounced off his head, and when he pitched a few days later.
A pair of Jose's absolute first autographed / jersey Topps cards. Man, Topps outdid themselves with these!
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