ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 18

 INSERTS!!!!! INSERTS AND MORE INSERTS!!! AND A BASE CARD AND A BOX SET CARD AND A SHORT PRINT AND A CHECKLIST! THAT IS ALSO AN INSERT!!! INSERTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1992 UPPER DECK WALTER PAYTON FOOTBALL HEROES HEADER

 CATEGORY - INSERT

I NEED THREE OR FOUR CARDS FOR THE FULL RUN OF HEROES CARDS FROM 1990-93. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER HEROES INSERT SETS OUT THERE BUT THEY AREN'T TERRIBLY EASY TO FIND SO ONCE I'M DONE I MIGHT START ATTACKING THE FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY SETS AS WELL. THE HEROES HEADER CARDS ARE ALWAYS A BIT SHORT PRINTED SO I NABBED THIS ONE FOR THE WALTER PAYTON SET TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY

2020 TOPPS ANDREW MCCUTCHEN TURKEY RED

 CATEGORY - INSERT

THIS IS FAR FROM THE BEST LOOKING MCCUTCHEN PHILLIES CARD BUT EVERY MCCUTCHEN IS A GOOD MCCUTCHEN. I SEEM TO SLOWLY BE ACCUMULATING THIS SET, SOMETHING I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH ALL PREVIOUS TURKEY RED SETS. ONE DAY I NEED TO EITHER MAKE A WANTLIST OR SELL A BOX FULL OF THE CARDS

2022 TOPPS FORMULA ONE HAAS F1 TEAM RETRO  

 CATEGORY - RETRO

I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT FORMULA 1, BUT I AM A SUCKER FOR RETRO CARDS EXPECIALLY RETRO CARDS FROM OTHER SPORTS. THIS IS BASED ON THE 1968 TOPPS HOT ROD SET AND I'M HAVING TO FORCE MYSELF TO NOT BUY ONE OF THE ORIGINALS ONLINE AT THE MOMENT. I MAY NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A VINTAGE CAR CARD BINDER TO JUSTIFY ALL THESE OLD CARDS I WANT TO BUY

THE BACK REALLY SOLD ME MORE THAN THE FRONT. TOPPS IS TOO COWARDLY TO DESIGN A CARD BACK LIKE THIS ANYMORE. I HAVE NO IDEA IF MICK SCHUMACHER IS ANY GOOD OR NOT BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD A CARD AS ANY TO PICK UP

1986 FLEER LEAGUE LEADERS BOB HORNER

 CATEGORY - BRAVES

I REALLY LOVE OLD FLEER BOX SETS BUT I WAITED TOO LONG TO PICK THEM UP CHEAP. I PROBABLY HAVE THIS BOB  HORNER CARD BUT THEN AGAIN, MAYBE I DON'T? I HAVE ALL MY BOX SET CARDS SORTED AND PUT AWAY BUT NO WANTLISTS. THIS CARD WAS PRETTY ENOUGH TO THROW A DIME AT 

1992-93 UPPER DECK LARRY STEWART NBA ALL ROOKIE TEAM

 CATEGORY - INSERT

LARRY STEWART ONLY PLAYED 5 SEASONS IN THE NBA BUT HE PLAYED OVERSEAS UNTIL 2008. THAT'S A GOOD CAREER NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT. I AM NOT CLOSE ON ANY OF THE OLDER UPPER DECK INSERT SETS BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THIS ONE SO NOW I HAVE IT 

2002 LEAF ROOKIES AND STARS BRIAN GILES STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

 CATEGORY - INSERT

THIS WAS A CASE OF A CARD THAT I SAW TOO MANY TIMES AND EVENTUALLY JUST HAD TO BUY IT. I DON'T COLLECT LEAF ROOKIES AND STARS AT ALL. BRIAN GILES IS NOT HIGH ON MY PLAYER COLLECTING LISTS EITHER. AND THE DESIGN ISN'T WINNING ANY AWARDS. BUT INSERTS!!! BIG MOJO HITZ!!! THESE WERE ONE IN TWELVE PACKS!!!

202? PANINI MOSAIC MARCELL OZUNA

 CATEGORY - BRAVES

HOLY SMOKES A BASE CARD. MARCELL COMPLETELY WORE OUT HIS WELCOME IN ATLANTA, HAD THE ENTIRE FAN BASE SCREAMING FOR HIS RELEASE, ADN THEN BOPPED 40 HOMERS. BASEBALL IS WEIRD, MAN

1997 LEAF ALBERT BELLE GAMERS

 CATEGORY - SHORT PRINT

I CAN'T FIND PROOF ANYWHERE BUT I'VE GOT IT IN MY HEAD THAT THESE GAMERS SUBSET CARDS WERE SHORT PRINTED SO I KEEP PICKING THEM UP COMPULSIVELY. THEY'RE NICE LOOKING CARDS AND THERE'S A GOOD CHECKLIST SO I'LL KEEP DOING IT, SEE IF I WON'T 

1997 FLEER ULTRA MIKE PIAZZA CHECKLIST

 CATEGORY - INSERT

YEP, FLEER GOT SO INSERT HAPPY THEY MADE THE CHECKLISTS INSERTS TOO. THEY WEREN'T THE FIRST TO DO IT, UPPER DECK BEAT THEM TO IT, BUT WHEN INSERTS ARE ONE-PER-PACK YOU DON'T WANNA SEE CHECKLISTS AS YOUR FUN PACK PRIZE. SERIES TWO CHECKLISTS AT LEAST HAVE THE FUN HOLOFOIL

YES, THAT'S RIGHT, THERE'S TEN CHECKLISTS. PER SERIES! YOU NEED TWENTY CHECKLISTS FOR 1997 ULTRA!! INSERT CHECKLISTS!!! LOUD NOISES!!!!!

2012 TOPPS GOLDEN GIVEAWAY RYAN BRAUN CODE CARD

 CATEGORY - INSERT

I MISS THE GLORY DAYS OF CODE CARDS. THAT 3 MONTH PERIOD IN 2011 WAS SWEET. BY 2012 I WAS WEARY OF CODES AND THEREBY DID NOT HOARD QUITE AS MANY OF THE CARDS SO NOW I HAVE TO PLAY CATCH UP IF I WANT TO GET A SET OF THESE THINGS. HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN ONE OF THESE 14k GOLD LEAF CARDS OTHER THAN ON THE CODE CARDS? I TRIED LOOKING FOR THEM ONLINE AND FOUND A BIGFOOT QUALITY PICTURE OF A MIKE TROUT CARD THAT LOOKED NOTHING LIKE THIS

2012 ALLEN & GINTER WILLIE MAYS BASEBALL HIGHLIGHT SKETCHES

 CATEGORY - FUCKIN' WILLIE MAYS

ONLINE BLASTER CASE HIT!!! ALLEN & GINTER CARDS ARE REALLY HARD TO GET ON THE SITE AS THEY END UP IN SOMEONE'S CARD AN AVERAGE OF 14 SECONDS AFTER BEING POSTED. NOT ONLY DID I MANAGE TO WIN THE RACE TO THIS CARD BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A CARD I NEED! NOT THAT I CHECKED, THIS WAS IN MY CART IN 13 SECONDS. PICKUPS LIKE ME KEEP ME IN THE GINTER COLLECTING GAME NOW THAT BOXES ARE OUT OF REACH

UP NEXT: I CAN'T FIGURE OUT A TEASER YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO FIND OUT

September Vintage Card Show - Random Crap - Willie

I don't feel like writing tonight so I'm just going to show you my Willie

It's a small Willie and kinda off centered. No color either. But it's glossy! Glossy shiny Willie.

Also a little rough around the edges. Deckled Willie. One of these days I'm going to make a concerted push to complete one or more of these ridiculously common '60s insert sets.

Today is not that day.

But I do like mah Willie.

October Card Show - '72 Topps

Poor Charlie Silvera. His cartoon post remains half-written. Overwhelmed by Halloween, Ponies and the card show. He'll have to wait another day at least because it's 1972 Topps day today. Theme song for today's post: Bad Apple from the Touhou project.


Can you believe something more girly and more badass than My Little Pony?

Another one of my goals for the card show was to complete the 1972 Topps Series 1 set. Good news: I only needed two cards. Bad news: those cards were Frank Robinson and *gulp* Willie Mays. My objectives were laser focused though so I was confident I could do this. I found the Frank first.

 

Uncle Dick's vintage cards was at the show again. Thank goodness because Oklahoma Sports Memories had already come to Atlanta in September and didn't make this show. This is the guy I'm always forgetting the name of for some reason. Uncle... Jeff?  Buck? Lumpy? Schnookums? I can't remember Dick for dick.  I think I may have come up with a mnemonic device to remember it though. Auntie Penis. You just don't forget something like that. I know, I've been trying since I thought of it last weekend. DESPERATELY.

Uncle Dick was the second place I bought stuff from and got the lion's share of my cash. I hit the bargain box and the $2 box first (looking for a different set, but that's another five posts) but didn't find a Frank or a Willie at Uncle Dick's. Why couldn't this guy's parents had named him Fred? Having failed in the bargain boxes to find my needed '72s I checked the binders. There are several dozen binders at Dick's table with commons and stars from the '50s to 1978. Note that date, it'll be important in a later post. I grabbed the first '72 binder and looked through it for Willie and Frank. I found Mays first since he's a lower card number and he had one for $15. I passed on it for the time being thinking I could look around the show and come back for it later.  Frank Robinson had three cards in his pocket ranging from $3 to $7. I pulled the three dollar card and looked around a bit more.

On the opposite side of his table setup was another bargain box, this time for cards priced 50 cents and up. I looked through the '72's and found this Robinson for $2! WOOOOO CHEAP FRANK! I got the $2 Robinson and put the $3 one back in the binder. I wish I had gotten my act together before the show and found my want lists because I know for a fact I saw at least 2 Third series cards I needed in that cheapo bargain box. Oh well, it'll wait for the next show I suppose.

After paying Uncle Dick for letting me take his Frank, I wandered about some more and found another box filled with vintage stuff. I looked through the schtuff and found another card I needed for a different set that was way overpriced. Then I found this one with no price at all:

Willie Mays! With a tear and a hole! Even the toploader it was in was broken! Just the condition I'm looking for! I asked the kid behind the table for a price and he referred me to the guy running the table. Turns out it's the guy who runs JT Sports Collectibles, a card shop right down the street from my mom's house. I asked him for a price, he thought about it for a bit and he said four beautiful words:

"How about five dollars?"

OH JOY OF JOYS! Tipton Willie for a Lincoln! SOLD! I even bought the overpriced card and a third card from the guy in my glee at completing Series one. With a well-loved Willie!

Some of you may be wondering, "Why buy that crummy old card with holes in it when you can get one in decent condition for ten bucks more?"

Because beat up cards need love. And I love my beat up series completing Willie. And hey, I'm supporting the local card shop too. Can't beat that with your Uncle Dick.

A better League Leader card

I posted this card show pickup out of the bargain bin a while back:

I then stated that I actually found a better league leader card in that same bin. There were doubts about the veracity of my claim. I'm not going to argue about it, I'm just going to show you.

This might be the best hypothetical outfield ever, and if Hank has to play left field then I'm ok with that.

If you can think of a better combo card (I actually have one in mind, but I digress) then show me. It will take a lot to beat this.

Say HEY! Get that camera outta here!

Some fool is selling a vintage nekkid picture of Willie Mays on eBay. It ain't no Joe Pepitone posed centerfold shot either, it's some douche who walked into the training room with camera a'blazin.

Seriously man, what the hell.

You do this kinda crap to Britney, not to Willie.

I weep for the future of America.