Local Show Pickups

This past weekend I was able to get to a small show at a local Legions hall. There was only about 9 vendors, but I was able to pick up a few items from the bargain bins to add to the collection. First up are these 2nd year RJ Barrett cards. While I don’t have

Autograph #156: 2019 Illusions Superlatives Green #/5

Over the last few weeks, there has been quite a few Tiki autographs up for auction. I was able to win the below at a reasonable price considering it is numbered to only 5. This is the 2nd version of this card in my collection. The other is the base version #/10. The only version

Topps Living Set: Josh Donaldson

Topps was quick with issuing the newest Yankees, even before the regular season started. This is card #508 in the set (#26 in the Yankee Collection) and has a print run of 1,717. This print run seems to be in-line with how the other veterans do. Unless the player it a hot rookie (Wander Franco’s

Topps Project 2020: Mister Cartoon’s Yankees

While cleaning up / organizing, I came across a few of the Topps Project 2020 Mister Cartoon’s cards that I purchased directly from Topps. I didn’t try to purchase all of Mister Cartoon’s cards (there was 20 of them), but I did get a few of my favorite Yankees. They consisted of Don “The Hit

Topps Living Set: Luis Gil Rookies

Picked up the latest Living Set Yankees card (#25 in the Yankee Collection). Card #499 of Luis Gil, pitcher from DR. Last year, Luis started 6 games, going 1-1 with a 3.07 ERA. In his 1st 3 games, he pitched 15.2 innings giving up no run (against Baltimore, Seattle and Boston). In his last 3

Autograph #155: 2021 Prestige Living Legends Xtra Points Gold Tiki Barber #/4

It has been a few weeks since I last posted anything, mainly because I had nothing to post. With the everything still going for crazy high prices, I have been very particular in what I purchase. And I haven’t had time to go through the collection to see what I wanted to post about. But

My Monthly Collection Adds: March Edition

Last month I added the Red Press Proof of Tiki Barber. This month I was able to add my 2 more version of this card with the below: Blue Press Proof and Gold Press Proof #/50 . I may try to make this a goal of adding 1 or 2 version of this card each

Autograph #154: 2020 Impeccable Football Indelible Ink Tiki Barber #/35

It has been 3 months since I last purchased a Tiki autograph, so it was nice to be able to add this to the collection. With the prices still being relatively high, it has been a challenge getting anything good for a decent price. The below is the 2020 Impeccable Indelible Ink auto #/35. This

March’s Set Highlight: 2005 Topps Finest Football

Last month I highlighted a 2005 baseball set, so this month I will switch it to football. Below is the base set of 150 cards. While there are no outstanding rookies, like Aaron Rodgers, as they were autographs only, it is highlighted by a strong class of 2nd year players (Eli Manning, Big Ben, Philip

February’s Set Highlight: 2004 Bowman Best Baseball Master Set

This month’s installment is for the 1st master autograph set that I put together when I started collecting again back in 2004. It was the 1st time that I saw a product that was one autograph per pack. And it was the 1st large purchase that I bought from eBay; 1 box had 10 packs,

My Monthly Collection Adds: February Edition – Toppin, Barrett, Barber, And Mosaic

Obi Toppin Autograph: Going to start this month’s add with my favorite: 2020-21 Prizm Sensational Signatures Red Choice Obi Toppin Autograph. The picture doesn’t do it justice. This is our second Toppin autograph (my 1st as the other was given to my son). I would like to add the Optic autograph but all the base

January’s Set Highlight – 2008 Topps Finest Baseball Autographs

Each month, I will post about one of the sets that I have in my collection. January’s set is the 2008 Topps Finest autograph set. Topps Finest was a set that I would put together each year. But as the years went on I started to limit the collection to just the rookie autographs issued.

Trade Day: Lamar Jackson Optic Holo Rookie

A few months ago, I posted some cards from my Jason Motte PC. Nathan from @midwestsportscardz reached out to me about my collection as he was also a Super Collector of Motte (we are probably the only two). He wanted to trade for some of the cards in my PC, which I was up for

Vintage Add: Charlie Conerly

I have been wanting to add some early Conerly cards to my collection. And when I saw this 1952 Bowman Small at my LCS, I couldn’t pass it up. I would like to add his rookie card at some point in the future. Some of Conerly’s accomplishments: played for the Giants from 1948 to 1961,

Vintage Add: 1952 Bowman Frank Gifford Rookie

This was on my want list for a very long time. It is a 1952 Bowman card picturing Gifford from his days at the University of Southern California. And as the back of the card says “College to Pro Football Picture Cards”. Gifford was the 11th pick in the 1952 draft, 1st by the Giants.

The Other Giants Running Back: Brandon Jacobs Rookie Cards

If you have been following by blog for a while, you know that my main PC is Tiki Barber. But us Giants fans were lucky enough to go from Tiki right to Brandon Jacobs. While they had different running styles (Tiki was Lightning and Jacobs was Thunder /Hammer/Earth), they were two of the best to

Vintage Add: 1981 Topps Football Set – Joe Montana Rookie

A few months back, I was able to buy a group of Topps Football sets from the 1980’s from my LCS for a cheap price as some of the sets were incomplete. As part of this purchase, there was a 1981 set that was only missing the Joe Montana rookie card. Last weekend I was

Autograph #153: 2020 Panini Encased Sapphire #/25 Tiki Barber

This is the 3rd autograph in the run that I have. I now have the base (#/50), sapphire (#/25), and emerald (#/5) versions. That only leaves 2 versions that I need to go after: gold (#/10) and diamond (#/1). Not sure I will ever obtain the diamond version but I hope the gold will turn

Sunday’s Sets: 2005 Donruss Studio’s Studio Stars Platinum Insert Set #/50

Studio Stars is one of first insert sets that I put together when I started collecting again. I wanted to do a set that wasn’t autographs, not too large and not too scarce. So being 50 cards and numbered to 50, this seemed perfect. And there could only ever be 50 of the sets available.

Giants Chrome “Wind” Rookie: Derrick Ward

When I was going through my “Team” box to see if there were any cards I have forgotten about, I came across this beauty in the Jets section: 2004 Bowman Chrome Red #/210 rookie. This one is supposed to be an uncirculated card, but it doesn’t have the case that those came in. And I