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Friday, March 31, 2017

TTM autographs received: Burke Waldron

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The 93-year old WWII veteran who threw out the first pitch before a Seattle Mariners game in 2016 signed my two cards in blue ink [one pers...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Featured autographs - Manny Margot and Hunter Renfroe

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I wanted to see how a dual player 2017 Topps Heritage Rookie Stars subset card would look autographed - it's not really a thing where I...
Monday, March 27, 2017

Featured autograph - Brooks Robinson

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With a donation, I was able to get the Hall of Famer's autograph on a couple of his cards - I saw that he started signing TTM again and...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Featured autograph - David Dahl

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I've wanted an autograph of the Colorado Rockies outfielder for at least the past few years but I've never gotten to see him in-pers...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

2017 Topps Heritage Mike Trout pick-up

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I picked up this Action variation parallel for my Trout PC - because he's gotten to be so prominent with his premium cards going for bi...
Friday, March 17, 2017

2017 Topps Opening Day pack breaks

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It looks like a fresh box was open on the counter and while I really turn my nose at this more cutesy, 'flagship-lite' alternative ...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

2017 Topps Heritage blaster recap oddity

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I purchased a blaster box the day I picked up my random card shop packs a few weeks ago - I remember listing out what I pulled from my hob...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

2017 Donruss hobby two pack break

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With a look inspired by an updated take on 1990 Donruss, the base cards are sharp, though still otherwise feel generic - maybe my small sa...
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Monday, March 06, 2017

1974 Topps Tom Seaver #80

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I picked this card up for a sampler run of PSA graded Topps cards from 1952-1980 - I've always associated old-school [anything between ...
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Saturday, March 04, 2017

1993 Topps Gold Derek Jeter #98

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In addition to the Bowman rookie card I picked up a few weeks ago, I also grabbed this rookie-year parallel card - maybe I find myself a pr...
Thursday, March 02, 2017

2017 Topps Heritage 7-pack break

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I'm not exactly a fan of Topps Heritage because it has been played out card product to me - I feel like there should be more effort to...
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Saturday, February 25, 2017

1993 Bowman Derek Jeter #511

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It's been a couple of years since the iconic New York Yankees shortstop has retired, but I've found myself looking for at least some...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Finished my 2017 Topps team run

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My Topps year-to-year run [1978-present] of cards for each MLB team has been a dormant project - but since there is still novelty in the ...
Friday, February 17, 2017

Featured autograph - John Elway

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I vaguely remember Elway sighing before signing this 1999 Topps card for me at a golf tournament - while there might have been chances t...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Featured autograph - Drew Brees

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I was able to get Brees to sign this 2006 Upper Deck Rookie Debut card years ago and dug it out to be slabbed - a good thing is that the ...
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Monday, February 13, 2017

Featured autographs - Hines Ward

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I primarily collect baseball, so my collection of signed IP/TTM cards from other sports just doesn't run as deep - though I may have s...
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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Card shop finds - the most random nine

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Most of my 'pocket change' has been spent towards picking up magnetic card holders to upgrade storage for many of the individual car...
Saturday, February 11, 2017

Featured autograph - Jerome Bettis

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Bettis has a unique autograph where it looks like he writes out the 'Rome' in Jerome and then draws out a caricature of a football ...
Friday, February 10, 2017

Featured autograph - Jerry West

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The only non football autograph in my PSA/DNA submission was a TTM signed card of NBA legend Jerry West - it may only be a card I randomly...
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Thursday, February 09, 2017

2017 Topps Series I hobby jumbo pack

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I picked up a jumbo pack of 2017 Topps Series I for my yearly breaking ritual of at least one jumbo pack of Series I, Series II and Update ...
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