DAY ONE OF THE CARD FRENZY WAS ALL ABOUT BEING FOCUSED AND PICKING UP CARDS I ACTUALLY NEED FOR SETS. AFTER THAT IT WAS TIME FOR SCREWING AROUND AND MAKING DISCOVERIES. AND NOT BUYING ALL THAT MUCH, THIS IS HALF MY HAUL FROM THE 25TH TO 27TH. THIS WAS WISE AS PRICES GOT SLASHED AGAIN ON THE ACTUAL BLACK FRIDAY. THE OTHER STUFF I GOT:
A 2016 STAR WARS CARD OF GRAND MOFF TARKIN
1961 POST JERRY LYNCH
2014 TOPPS TEK JASON HEYWARD
1981 DRAKE'S GEORGE HENDRICK
A LADD MCCONKEY ROOKIE CARD
ALL FIVE COST LESS THAN THE NEXT CARD
1933-34 NATIONAL CHICLE SKY BIRDS EDWARD C PARSONS
THE STORY BEHIND THIS ONE IS I WAS SCREWING AROUND ON BLUE SKY WHEN THE SABR BASEBALL CARDS ACCOUNT DID SOME ENGAGEMENT FARMING BY ASKING 'WHO HAS A FAVORITE NON-GOUDEY SET FROM 1933'. THERE WERE LOTS OF GOOD BASEBALL ANSWERS SUCH AS DELONG, TATTOO ORBIT AND GEORGE C. MILLER. I WAS ABOUT TO GET CUTE AND SAY INDIAN GUM, BUT REMEMBERED WHOOPS, THAT'S GOUDEY. SO INSTEAD I LOOKED THROUGH COMC LISTINGS FOR A COOL NON-SPORTS SET TO SHOW OFF AND CLICKED ON THE NATIONAL CHICLES BECAUSE THEIR SHIT IS ALWAYS QUALITY. I DID A DOUBLE TAKE WHEN SEEING THIS CARD. DECADES AGO ONE OF THE BASEBALL CARD MAGAZINES DID AN ARTICLE ON NATIONAL CHICLE SKY BIRDS AND THIS CARD OF AN ABSOLUTELY DERANGED LIEUTENANT EDWARD C. PARSONS GOING DOWN IN FLAMES WAS ONE OF THE CARDS PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IN THE ARTICLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPER COOL AND THEN FORGOT ABOUT IT BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY OF THESE CARDS IN REAL LIFE. AND THERE THERE IT WAS, JUST WAITING FOR ME TO TAKE IT. SO I TOOKED IT. THAT LOOK ON EDWARD'S FACE CRACKS ME UP EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT. DON'T WORRY, HE WAS FINE
1975 TOPPS PETE ROSE
UGH. I HATE BUYING OVERPRICED PETE ROSE CARDS. BUT I AM TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS DAMN SET AND PETE ROSE IS UNFORTUNATELY IN THE SET. THIS ISN'T EVEN AN INTERESTING LOOKING CARD LIKE THE 76 ROSE. BUT IT'S KNOCKED OFF THE LIST. JUST NEEDED A COUPLE MORE DAYS TO PSYCH MYSELF UP TO PULL THE TRIGGER AFTER MY SET BINGE ON THE 24TH. PETE FOR ONCE IS NOT THE LAST CARD I NEED AS I'M DOWN TO FIVE NOW, WITH CECIL COOPER BEING THE BIGGEST STAR OF THE BUNCH. I COULD HAVE PICKED THEM ALL UP FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE BUCKS BUT I GOT MAD THAT THE MINIS WERE CHEAPER THAN THE BASE CARDS AND FOOLISHLY PASSED
1961 NU-CARDS FOOTBALL STARS PETE CASE
THE MAKER OF THE WARREN SPAHN SCOOPS CARD IN THE LAST POST ALSO TRIED THEIR HAND AT A FOOTBALL SET FOCUSING ON COLLEGE PLAYERS. FOR A LONG TIME I THOUGHT THERE WASN'T A GEORGIA PLAYER IN THE SET AND HALF HEARTEDLY HAD MY EYE ON A GEORGIA TECH CARD. THEN I DISCOVERED THAT COMC HAS AN OPTION TO SEARCH BY TEAM AND LOOKED UP GEORGIA BULLDOGS BY CARD NUMBER AND THERE WAS OL' PETE. I MANAGED TO BE PATIENT AND WAITED FOR THE SALE AND GOT THIS ONE FOR UNDER THREE BUCKS. GOOOOOO DAWGS! WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF
NOW I GET TO BE A NERVOUS WRECK ABOUT BAMA TODAY
1995 FLEER AERIAL ATTACK JERRY RICE
MY OBSESSION WITH 1995 FLEER SETS IS LONG DOCUMENTED AND I RIPPED A TON OF PACKS IN ALL FOUR SPORTS AT THE TIME. I HAD REALLY GOOD INSERT LUCK IN FOOTBALL AS I PULLED FIVE OUT OF SIX OF THE ONE-PER-BOX FOIL AERIAL ATTACK CARDS AS WELL AS ONE MISPRINTED ONE WITH DAN MARINO'S PICTURE AND ANDRE RISON FOIL STAMPING. NEVER PULLED THE JERRY RICE CARD THOUGH. IT'S A GREAT LOOKING CARD AND ANOTHER INSERT SET COMPLETE
1983 TOPPS 1952 REPRINT SERIES GEORGE CROWE
SO WHEN THIS REPRINT SET WAS RELEASED IN 1983, THE ORIGINAL 1952 TOPPS SET WAS THIRTY-TWO YEARS OLD. THIS SET IS NOW FORTY-TWO YEARS OLD. THAT'S VINTAGE ENOUGH FOR ME, I'M FILLING OUT MY TEAM SET WITH THESE NOW VINTAGE REPRINTS. I MIGHT NOT DO THIS FOR ALL THE CARDS I NEED AS SOME OF THE SEMI-HIGH NUMBERS ARE STILL THEORETICALLY AVAILABLE IN MY PRICE RANGE BUT THE HIGH NUMBERS CAN GO JUMP IN A LAKE. OR A RIVER AS THE CASE MAY BE
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