December 2021 - New Arrivals Thread

[mrmopar]

Let's hope Dilferules is on vacation. Has not checked in for 10 days. That seems unusual....he is usually a daily contributor to this Monthly pick up thread.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

Let's hope Dilferules is on vacation. Has not checked in for 10 days. That seems unusual....he is usually a daily contributor to this Monthly pick up thread.

Hope it's just the holidays. He's always around.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

What a Cardinals mail day this one is.

This Topps Chrome Pujols RC was what pried the O'Neill red auto out of my hands.

 

[BarryBonds762]

Vlady 2nd year Rookie Refractor. Lots of shine.

 

[banjar]

I've posted this one elsewhere....but this is a big one for me.

 

[JVHaste]

I've posted this one elsewhere....but this is a big one for me.

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Trying to hold the load!!

 

[jszczech]

Couple of random December grabs so far.

2021 Stadium Club Chrome Orange Refractor/25

2017 Diamond Kings Diamond Deco Masterpiece/1

 

[Philip J. Fry]

I love Topps Chrome Black, and I’ve always wanted an Andruw Jones autographed card. Two birds, one stone. Plus, he has a pretty nice signature.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

Card Show pick ups from yesterday and mail today

I can't pass up Yadi or Pujols RCs for good prices. I basically got the Ichiro for free when I bought the Yadi so I'm not going to complain about it either.

The Jordan was an eBay grab (from COMC and I had it in less than a week) for the set. The McGriff is the Elite Jumbo /10,000, another set I'm not really building but might as well be since I add them when I see them for less than $5.

I also picked these full sets up at the show though they're only semi-sports related.

1939 Churchmans Kings of Speed (50 cards) - This one includes an early card of Jesse Owen after his dominance of the 1936 Olympics, a card of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes, and a bunch of other motorcyclists, pilots, and other speed demons of the era.

1934 Players Film Stars Series 1 (50 cards) - I love classic cinema and the art in these cards is incredible. Most of these actors are forgotten now but there are still tons of big names like Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan), and others.

 

[Philip J. Fry]

I can’t help myself. Not sure what it is about this set, but I really, really like it. Even the base, non-refractor cards are incredible.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

Apparently the mail ran twice today

 

[Dilferules]

Let's hope Dilferules is on vacation. Has not checked in for 10 days. That seems unusual....he is usually a daily contributor to this Monthly pick up thread.

Hope it's just the holidays. He's always around.

Indeed I was on vacation. But my buying has also slowed a little around the holidays in order to save some cash, and because I picked up a lot of cards from COMC during the Black Friday sale. Amazingly the economy shipping order went out in 12 days so it seems like their shipping delays are a thing of the past. I'll have another post later this week highlighting some of those pickups, but here's one eBay find that came in during my vacation:

1998 Stadium Club First Day Issue Dave Magadan 199/200. All of the player and team collectors out there know this set is waaaaaay tougher than a /200 set should be. Got another one in my COMC order but still need 6 to finish off the team set, and two of those are Canseco and Henderson.

 

[MrMet2.0]

Indeed I was on vacation. But my buying has also slowed a little around the holidays in order to save some cash, and because I picked up a lot of cards from COMC during the Black Friday sale. .

Check in on the morning thread each day, then people will know you’re still around


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[Philip J. Fry]

Got the refractor cheaper than the base. Too bad I won’t get the Bichette RC for $1.30!

(It was more than that but after selling other cards, having a positive balance helped eliminate the cost)

 

[Philip J. Fry]

Had the Thome already, got the Thomas in today as part of my HOF RC collection I’m starting.

Love the clarity of the CSG case, dislike the white space on the label. Unfortunately, adding sub grades is an extra fee, otherwise the label would actually fill out nicely.

Regardless, I will probably use CSG for grading in the future and will more than likely cross any other PSA/BGS slabs over to keep them consistent.

 

[WizardofOz1982]

When there's just one in the mailbox it might as well be a Hall of Famer.

 

[Philip J. Fry]

Forgot these came in with the Thomas RC

 

[Dilferules]

Since I don't think I will have anything incoming until Christmas anyways, I'll split the highlights of my COMC shipment over several days. Let's start with '90s goodies.

I still didn't have a 1996 Diamond Kings McGwire, so I might as well buy the Nicest copy available.

Some more McGwires. The 1996 Sportflix Artist's Proof and 1997 Donruss Silver Press Proof both complete team sets.

The 1999 Giambi Super Rave 13/25 is my second from that set, I picked up an Eric Chavez earlier this year. The 1998 Row 1 Legacy 078/100 leaves 2 remaining A's in that set, they are a little tougher because I need to see a picture of the back before buying due to the prevalence of backdoored cards from that set. The Canseco 1998 Stadium Club One of a Kind 100/150 puts me one away from completing that team set, but the one I'm missing is Rickey Henderson. The Giambi 1996 Leaf Signature Gold Autograph completes all A's Bronze/Silver/Gold autos from that set.

The 1997 Bowman Gold Autographs set is kind of like the grandfather to Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor autos, pretty tough to find. The Grieve 1996 Bowman's Best Atomic Refractor completes the team set. The Hinch 1998 Stadium Club First Day 087/200 gets me a little closer on that set. The Grieve 1999 Ovation Piece of History bat was super tough to find...still need the auto/25 version.

Some tough Pacific parallels...I need to focus on whittling down some of my tougher Pacific parallel needs next year.

1995 A's CHP was an 8-card set, not sure how it was distributed but it is obscenely tough to find. I had never seen any cards from this set aside from a Todd Van Poppel I lucked upon in a Yahoo auction (remember those?) nearly 20 years ago. Then all 8 cards from the set made their way onto COMC over the course of a few days a couple of months ago. I already had the Van Poppel so I picked up these six...the 8th card is Mark McGwire, which was priced around $100. More than I want to pay but probably a pretty fair price based on how difficult these are to find.

 

[WCTYSON]

 

[Philip J. Fry]

I have quite a bit of 2020 Topps Chrome Black singles on the way; base, refractors, and a few autographs.

Only 100 cards in the set and I feel like I bought 300

It’s been a long time since a set like this gave me a reason to get back into collecting.