2010 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Mark Canha certified auto [$2] - this random pick up quietly finishes off the first group of cards I've purchased and shipped from Check Out My Cards.
I picked this card because it was cheap and I saw he hit 25 home runs in the minors in 2011 - maybe if given the opportunity to get to the major leagues, Canha can be the next 'one month wonder' like Chris Shelton or Jake Fox at worst or possibly be another Josh Willingham at best.
2003 Topps Pristine Garret Anderson Gold refractor [$4] - a shiny, numbered card of a former Angels star whose name is listed prominently among the top of the team's all-time offensive categories.
2011 Topps Hope parallel of Torii Hunter #'d to 60 [$4.95] - I'm trying to ramp up my regional collection bit by bit, though I probably won't try and track every Angel card down unless it pictures my 'favorites.'
2003 40-Man Darin Erstad Rainbow parallel #'d to 40 [$2] - I figured I'd better just grab the card sooner [rather than never] and not worry whether or not it was worth picking up.
1996 Studio Tim Salmon Hit Parade insert #'d to 5,000 [$1.15] - can I really do any extensive digging through a card shop or a card show [these days] to find a forgotten insert like this?
2006 Upper Deck F/X Tim Salmon Red #'d to 40 [$1] - this parallel is from was printed the same year Salmon finished up his playing career. The card itself has a nice, shiny finish and it's numbered too.
2002 Upper Deck 40-Man Tim Salmon Rainbow parallel #'d to 40 [$5] - I've never been aware of these parallels from Upper Deck's answer to the 'comprehensive' Topps Total sets from the early 2000s.
2004 Leaf Limited Tim Salmon Spotlight parallel #'d [$1] - it is shiny and numbered.
My third ever purchase on COMC was a Salmon 1998 Donruss Crusade insert #'d to 250 for $14.50 - I probably overpaid for this card, but the retired Salmon is my favorite Angel and at times I'm tempted to go pick up random cards of his for my personal collection.
While I dutifully collected trading cards through the 1990's, I honestly seem to be in the dark about shiny, seemingly harder to find / find insert cards - it maybe refreshing to discover cards that I've never actually or have only been vaguely aware of during the last 15 years.
1998 Donruss Crusade Green #1 Tim Salmon #41/250 Item: 4292006 $25.00 $14.50 1/21/2012 11:50:44 AM
My first Check Out My Cards shipment arrived in a little more than a week - eyeballing the 14 cards I had shipped through their bulk shipping option, there were no obvious problems with any imperfections that may have been caused by shipping.
The cards I had shipped were placed [no penny sleeves] into a team set bag sandwiched by two top loaders and placed into a bigger team set bag - my package was shipped in a bubble mailer and came with a print out of the invoice sent to me through e-mail.
I'm giving myself a 'four post window' to sort of talk about the cards I got from COMC - my first ever COMC purchases were a couple of Kevin Youkilis certified autograph cards for $10 each.
'Youk' is not a Hall of Fame bound player but has put in his time in the Major Leagues as a 'regional star' and his certified autographs will always have some value - even if it's only the $20 I paid for the two cards I picked up.