BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 13: KITTY

HERE'S A FUCKING BIG ONE

I DON'T THINK I'VE PUT A DENT IN THIS PROJECT FOR FIFTEEN YEARS AT LEAST

N25 1888 ALLEN & GINTER WILD ANIMALS OF THE WORLD

EARLY IN THE DAYS OF THIS BLOG I WAS OBSESSED WITH ALLEN & GINTER CARDS. I REALIZED I COULD BUY ACTUAL VINTAGE ALLEN & GINTER CARDS ON EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTIONS (remember them?) FOR SUPER CHEAP AND ATTEMPTED TO BUILD A TYPE SET OF THE ANTIQUE MINI CARDS. YOU CAN SEE MY PROGRESS OVER ON THE SIDEBAR ALTHOUGH I GOT LAZY AND NEVER MADE POSTS FOR A LOT OF THE CARDS. I GOT VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETING THE SET BUT THE LAST THREE CARDS I NEEDED WERE FROM SCARCE ISSUES AND THEN YAHOO AUCTIONS SHUT DOWN AND EBAY GOT SHITTY ABOUT PAYMENTS SO I QUIT BUYING CARDS ONLINE FOR A WHILE. NO MOAR CHEAP OLD NON-SPORTS CARDS FOR ME. THEN I SLOOOOOWLY STARTED PICKING UP STUFF ON COMC AND REALIZED THAT THERE IS ALSO A BUNCH OF COOL OLD NON-SPORTS CARDS THERE AS WELL. NOT THE FIREHOSE OF NEW STUFF LIKE ON EBAY BUT IT'S THERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEAT STUFF AVAILABLE FOR A BOTTOM FEEDER LIKE ME. SINCE I STARTED MY BLACK FRIDAY BUYS I'VE BEEN PEEKING AT THE GINTERS AND FOUND ONE I NEEDED LAST YEAR

THIS ONE IS FROM THE WILD ANIMALS OF THE WORLD SET FROM 1888. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF ANIMAL-THEMED SETS IN ALLEN & GINTER'S NON-SPORTS RUN, THE GIMMICK WITH THIS ONE IS EACH ANIMAL IS SHOWN JUST IN A PORTRAIT WITH A VERY EXPRESSIVE FACE. MY WILDCAT HERE SEEMS VERY SURPRISED BY SOMETHING. IT'S A GREAT LOOKING SET AND WOULD BE A TOP CHOICE FOR ME TO COLLECT THE SET IF THAT LOTTERY WIN EVER HAPPENS. THE MET ALSO HAS SOME NICE PICTURES OF THE BURDICK COLLECTION IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DIG FOR THEM. THIS CARD WAS NOT VERY EXPENSIVE AT ALL, BUT FOR SOME REASON MY 2021 ORDER IS COMPLETELY MISSING FROM COMC SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT PRICE. I'M GUESSING ABOUT 5-6 BUCKS. I GOT LUCKY THAT I FOUND A VINTAGE KITTY CAT SO CHEAP, YOU'LL BE SEEING A FEW MORE COOL CATS IN THESE BLACK FRIDAY POSTS

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST CARDS I NEEDED AS IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE OVERLY RARE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER VINTAGE GINTER CARDS. THE LAST TWO I NEED ARE DEFINITELY SCARCE THOUGH. THE N17 NAVAL FLAGS ARE WAY HARDER TO FIND THAN THE OTHER TWO SET OF FLAGS ALLEN & GINTER PUT OUT, POSSIBLY BECAUSE IT'S MADE UP OF ODDBALL FLAGS AND ADMIRALS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AS WIDELY COLLECTED, EXCEPT FOR THE GROVER CLEVELAND CARD WHICH IS PRICEY. THEN THERE IS THE 1890 N23 SET OF SONG BIRDS WHICH IS LEGITIMATELY SCARCE AS IT IS ONE OF THE LAST SETS RELEASED BY GINTER BEFORE THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY MERGER THAT KILLED OFF THE NEED TO INSERT PROMOTIONAL ITEMS IN CIGARETTE PACKS AT ALL. THAT SET WAS A PARTICULAR PROBLEM AS I REALLY WANTED THE BROWN THRASHER CARD FOR MY COLLECTION BEFORE THE NHL RIPPED OUT MY HEART FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL TIME. I CAN GET ONE NOW FOR NOT TOO MUCH MONEY EXCEPT THAT ONE OF THE RULES OF THIS SET BUILD IS I DON'T PAY MORE THAN $20 FOR ANY CARD AND I DON'T USE EBAY ANY MORE. SO NO THRASHERS FOR ME