2025 COMC BLACK FRIDAY BINGE - PART 1

OH HEY LOOKIT ME JUST COMING BACK LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. FOR YOUR INFORMATION PLENTY'S HAPPENED, THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN POSTING. BUT I'M TWO YEARS BEHIND ON POSTS NOW AND WANT TO SHOW OFF SOME COOL STUFF AND I'M NICE AND RILED UP AT THE MOMENT SO I'M FINALLY TYPING

AS USUAL I SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY ON COMC FOR THE BLACK FRIDAY SALE AND I COULD HAVE SPENT A LOT MORE. THE PLAN WAS TO DO A TOP TEN PICKUPS POST BUT I PICKED OUT 13 CARDS. INSTEAD OF ADDING ONE MORE CARD AND SPLITTING THE POST IN TWO, I CHOSE THREE AND SPLIT IT INTO THREE POSTS. THIS FIRST FIVE ARE ALL CARDS I ALREADY HAD MY EYE ON AND POUNCED UPON THEM DAY ONE WHEN THE PRICE WAS RIGHT

1973 TOPPS CARL YASTRZEMSKI

CAN YOU BELIEVE I'D NEVER OWNED THE CARL YASTRZEMSKI WITH THE BIG SIDEBURNS BEFORE NOW? PRETTY SHAMEFUL, I KNOW! 1973 TOPPS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WAY ON THE BACK BURNER FOR ME BUT I'M GETTING RIDICULOUSLY CLOSE TO COMPLETING THE FIRST COUPLE OF SERIES SO I'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR THE ONES I NEED. THE FRANK ROBINSON WAS ACTUALLY MT FIRST PICKUP OF THE BINGE. I'M NOT CONCIDERING THE HIGH SERIES UNTIL SOME OTHER COLLECTING GOALS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BUT A NICE MISCUT SIDEBURNS CARD IS FUN

1967 TOPPS VENEZUELAN JOSE HERRERA

I HAVE A HANDFUL OF VENEZUELAN CARDS I PICKED UP WHEN I WAS A KID BACK WHEN NO ONE CARED ABOUT WEIRD RARE ODDBALLS LIKE THAT. A COUPLE 1962, A FEW FROM 1964 AND SOME FROM 1966. THOSE CARDS MOSTLY LOOK LIKE THE US VERSION THOUGH, THE 62'S HAVE SPANISH ON THE BACK, THE 64S HAVE BLACK INK ON THE BACK AND THE 66S LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL EXCEPT THEY ARN'T GLOSSY. THE 67S ARE A LOT DIFFERENT - ESPECIALLY THE BACK - AND I'VE WANTED ONE SINCE I SAW THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LEMKE CATALOG. THIS ONE HERE WAS PERFECT. FIRST IT WAS THE CHEAPEST ONE AVAILABLE AT UNDER THREE BUCKS. IT'S BEAT TO HELL BUT THAT'S HOWS I LIKE EM. I LOVE THE PHOTO, GREAT COMPOSITION AND IT'S NEAT TO SEE SO MUCH OF THE STADIUM. I'M ALSO VERY HAPPY TO GET A CARD FROM TIBURONES DE LA GUAIRA AS THAT'S THE VENEZUELAN TEAM RONALD ACUÑA JR. PLAYS FOR IN THE OFFSEASON. THEIR LOGO IS FANTASTIC, I WANT A SHIRT WITH THAT SHARK. I HAD A HELLUVA TIME LOOKING UP THE PLAYER BECAUSE HIS BIRTH YEAR IS 1942 BUT ALL HIS CARDS SAY 1944 ON THE BACK. JOSE PLAYED WITH THE ASTROS AND EXPOS AND HAD A TOPPS CARD IN 1969

1961 NU-CARDS BASEBALL SCOOPS WARREN SPAHN

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO SOME FOLKS WERE CHATTING ABOUT THIS SET ONLINE AND I WENT TO LOOK AT MY BRAVES TEAM SET AND REMEMBERED THAT I ONLY HAD ONE OF THE TWO WARREN SPAHN CARDS IN THE SET. I CORRECTED THAT. SUCK IT YANKEES. THIS COST UNDER A FIVER TO COMPLETE AN ANCIENT TEAM SET. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THESE ALL TOGETHER ONCE I SCRAPE UP THE CASH FOR SHIPPING

1972 TOPPS HIGH NUMBER FRANK ROBINSON TRADED 

FRANK ROBINSON IS THE MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER IN ANY SPORT. THIS IS A HALL OF FAME HIGH NUMBER SUPERDUPERSTAR AND I GOT IT FOR UNDER EIGHT BUCKS. PREPOSTEROUS. THE ROTTEN JOE MORGAN TRADED CARD IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY COST ME FOUR TIMES THAT AND FRANK'S TWICE THE PLAYER HE IS. GRUMBLE GRIPE GRRR. I HAVE BEEN KICKING ASS AT PICKING UP 72 HIGH NUMBERS NOW THAT I'VE FINALLY GOTTEN REAL AND STOPPED INSISTING I ONLY PICK THEM UP FOR A COUPLE BUCKS. ONCE I GET THESE CARDS IN HAND I WILL BE DOWN TO NEEDING UNDER FORTY CARDS TO COMPLETE THE SET. I STILL NEED THE NOLAN RYAN SO IT MAY AS WELL BE A MILLION, BUT STILL!

2021 BOWMAN'S BEST JULIO RODRIGUEZ

I THREW Y'ALL A SLURVE ON THIS LAST ONE, EH? ALL THOSE LOVELY VINTAGE CARDS ALL BEAT UP AND RIDDLED WITH MOLD AND NOW I SHOW OFF THIS SHINY MESS. DO YOU REMEMBER THE KERFUFFLE OVER THIS THING? PRE-TAKEOVER TOPPS WAS BUTTHURT OVER THE WHOLE FANATICS THING AND "ACCIDENTALLY" LEFT OFF THE PROSPECT DESIGNATION ON THE PROSPECT CARDS IN BOWMAN'S BEST MAKING THIS JULIO'S ONE AND ONLY TRUE ROOKIE CARD. OF COURSE EVERYONE ONLINE COMPLETELY LOST THEIR MINDS, AT LEAST UNTIL ALL THE NEW SHIT CAME OUT WITH ACTUAL RC LOGOS. FOUR YEARS LATER AND NOBODY CARES, EVERYONE WANTS HIS SUPER SHORT PRINTED OR AUTOPGRAPH CARDS AND I GOT THE FOR TRUES ONE AND ONLY LEGITIMATE JULIO RODRIGUEZ ROOKIE CARD FOR A BUCK AND A QUARTER. AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAA

ALWAYS BE PATIENT IN THIS HOBBY FOLKS