ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 7

I'M WRITING THIS POST INSTEAD OF GETTING CAUGHT UP ON SOME OVERDUE STUFF I REALLY NEED TO GET DONE. THIS INCLUDES SLEEP. BUT FUCK IT, WRITING NONSENSE ABOUT JUNKY CARDS IS WAY MORE FUN. BESIDES I REALLY NEED TO GET A GOOD CHUNK OF THE MEGABOX POSTS DONE BEFORE THE 2023 COMC BLACK FRIDAY CARDS ARRIVE. NOT TO MENTION THE TWO OTHER ONLINE BLASTERS I'VE BOUGHT. AND OMG THAT BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BOX, WHY DID I DECIDE TO WRITE 40 POSTS ON THAT WHAT WAS I THINKING. ANYWAY, THERE'S LOTS MORE CARDS IN MY DRAFT FOLDER, HERE'S A FEW OF THEM

1989-90 O-PEE-CHEE JARI KURRI

CATEGORY - O-PEE-CHEE

I'M NOT PASSING UP ON A VINTAGE O-PEE-CHEE CARD OF A HALL OF FAMER IF I CAN HELP IT. I DON'T HAVE MANY VINTAGE OPCS SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE A FEW IN HAND WHAT WITH ITS FANCY CARD STOCK AND WHATNOT 

2006-07 FLEER HOT PROSPECTS ED BELFOUR

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

LIKE THE ED BELFOUR TORONTO CARD LAST POST, THIS ONE WAS GOT FOR THE PANTHER ON THE JERSEY. ALSO LIKE LAST POST'S UPPER DECK HONOR ROLL CARD, FLEER HOT PROSPECTS IS A GARBAGE BRAND THAT SERVED NO PURPOSE AND IS NOW COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN EXCEPT BY PLAYER COLLECTORS AND PEOPLE WHO STUMBLED UPON ONE OF THE MANY SHORT PRINTED SERIAL NUMBERED ROOKIES THAT ARE NOW MEANINGLESS

1998-99 UPPER DECK ICE MCDONALDS ED BELFOUR

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

CONVERSELY, UPPER DECK ICE IS NOT FORGOTTEN. NIFTY FAST FOOD ACETATE CARDS WITH COOL FOIL ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND. THIS ONE HAS AN UNEXPECTED BONUS AS THE CARD GOT BIT BY THE CRIMPING MACHINE UP ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER. THIS WAS ONCE SEEN AS A DEFECT BUT NOW THANKS TO THE INTERNET ENCOURAGING A LOT OF WEIRDOS TO CHASE MISCUT CARDS IT'S PRACTICALLY A SSP VARIATION. PEOPLE CHASE AFTER THESE THINGS NOW! ALL THESE WEIRD-ASS CARDS OF MINE ARE GOING TO MAKE MY DESCENDENTS RICH ASSUMING THEY DON'T CHUCK THEM ALL IN THE DUMP THE MOMENT I CROAK

1996 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CRAIG HEYWARD POST-SEASON HEROICS

CATEGORY - INSERT

THIS ONE CONFUSED THE HELL OUT OF ME WHEN I SAW IT AS I HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF THIS CARD AT ALL EVEN THOUGH I BOUGHT A STUIPID AMOUNT OF COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CARDS OF EVERY IMAGINABLE SPORT. HOW HAD I NOT PULLED ONE OF THESE? I MUST HAVE ONE. TURNS OUT IT WAS A MAIL-AWAY INSERT SET. ALSO UPON FURTHER REFLECTION I AM ALMOST CERTAIN I HAVE THIS CARD ALREADY. OOPS. STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE FOG OF WAR AND THE RUSH OF DIGGING THRU DIME BOXES, ONLINE OR OTHERWISE

2011 POKEMON BLACK & WHITE PROFESSOR JUNIPER

CATEGORY - NON-SPORT

THIS IS AN ODD PICKUP CONCIDERING I GAVE ALL MY POKEMON CARDS TO MY KIDS ALREADY. TWO REASONS I DECIDED TO GET THIS ONE: PROFESSOR JUNIPER IS MY FAVORITE POKEMON PROFESSOR AND THE GAME SHE IS IN, BLACK AND WHITE, IS PROBABLY THE LAST MAINLINE POKEMON GAME I ACTUALLY ENJOYED PLAYING. THE NEW ONES THAT ELIMINATED HM MOVES AND ARE IN A SEMI-3D FORMAT JUST DON'T DO IT FOR ME. THE PROFESSOR WILL END UP LIVING IN MY MAGIC: THE GATHERING BOX WITH THE VARIOUS LADY ANGELS, MAGES AND VAMPIRES I KEEP COLLECTING

2022 CHRONICLES PHOENIX TYLOR MEGILL SHINY

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES, SHINY

BACK TO THE CHRONICLES CARDS, THIS ONE IS A SHINY PRIZM AND MY MAGPIE BRAIN CANNOT RESIST SUCH THINGS. I PROMISE YOU ALL THAT YOU WILL BE COMPLETELY SICK OF CHRONICLES CARDS VERY SOON BUT THEY ALL MAKE ME HAPPY SO I'MMA KEEP BUYING THEM. I WISH I COULD FIND SOME DANG 2023 PACKS AT TARGET SO I CAN CHASE THE LEGENDS CARDS BUT I'VE HAD NO LUCK

2022 CHRONICLES CLEARLY DONRUSS REISS KNEHR 

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

I HAVE WAY TOO MANY REISS KNEHR CARDS ALREADY BUT I HAVE A WEAKNESS FOR ACETATE CARDS SO IN THE CART THIS WENT. AT SOME POINT I WILL MAKE A PLAN ON HOW I WANT TO COLLECT THESE CARDS BUT THAT POINT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET

2022 CHRONICLES PHOENIX KYLE MULLER

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

THERE ARE SO MANY KYLE MULLER CARDS FROM 2022! ESPECIALLY IN CHRONICLES BUT REALLY HE INFESTS ALMOST EVERY PANINI SET THAT YEAR. I MEAN I APPRECIATE SEAN MURPHY BUT HOW MANY KYLE MULLER CARDS CAN I REASONABLY COLLECT? ALL OF THEM PROBABLY

1991 US PLAYING CARDS CARLTON FISK 

CATEGORY - ODDBALL

THIS CARD'S JUST NEAT. I REALLY WISH I BOUGHT ALL THESE SETS BACK WHEN THEY WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR LIKE A BUCK EACH GATHERING DUST. ESPECIALLY THE BRAVES DECKS, THERE'S A COUPLE LEMKE PLAYING CARDS I NEED AND THE PRICES ARE STOOPID ONLINE. I'LL PRESS MY LUCK AND TRY TO FIND ONE AT AN ANTIQUE STORE OR FLEA MARKET ONE DAY INSTEAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WITH THIS THIS BUT I'M GLAD I HAVE IT

LOOKIT THAT CHEESY CARD BACK. THEY DON'T MAKE EM LIKE THAT ANYMORE

2002-03 FLEER TRADITION JAMES POSEY SOARING STARS, MIKE BIBBY BANNER SEASON

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

THIS WAS A REALLY WILD FLEER TRADITION SET AND I KINDA REGRET NOT PICKING UP MORE OF IT BACK IN THE DAY. ALAS, THE HAWKS WERE TRASH AND I WAS DAZZLED BY HERITAGE AND ARCHIVES AND MANY BASEBALL RETRO SETS AND IGNORED THE BASKETBALL. THESE SUBSET CARDS OF A COUPLE DECENT PLAYERS ARE PRETTY FUN

UP NEXT: SOME TOPPS STUFF AND SOME NAUGHTY STUFF AND OH JEEZ ANOTHER ED BELFOUR CARD? AND JUNK, THERE'S ALWAYS JUNK. I MEAN, IT'S IN THE TITLE OF THE BLOG, OF COURSE THERE'S CARD JUNK

Rod Gives Me a Ticket

I sure hope Rod isn't a cop, cause I just got two tickets from him. Rod sent me an e-mail out of the blue stating he had some oddball's I'd be interested in, so I accepted his generous offer. Here's what Rod sent:

1991 AuthenTicket David Justice

I've seen these before about a decade ago. They were on a clearance table at some sports memorabilia place in a mall. Even on clearance, they were selling them for $15 if I'm not mistaken (might have been $10) so I don't really want to know how much they were originally. They were in a plastic clamshell display with the ticket in one pocket, a trading card in another and an enormously long sales spiel which explained that ticket stubs were some of the rarest and most sought after memorabilia items and now YOU can have this limited edition (at least 109632 made) AuthenTicket of this superstar player which will only increase in value blah blah blah. It's been over a decade since I saw that packaging but I can still smell the stench of desperation from that sales pitch on the packaging. The fake ticket (which is completely blank on the back) wasn't the only thing in the package though.

Thankfully there was a card in there too to save the day. It's a full hologram which is quite good for 1991, although not quite the quality of Upper Deck's later holograms. Dave's bat changes into a tomahawk when you move the card which is a nice touch. Rod sent two of these so one is going to get sent off in the Christmas giveaway.

Hank Aaron playing card

This was pretty cool, I'd never seen this Aaron playing card before. What fool made him the 7 of Diamonds? Hank is a KING, period! I flipped the card over and found out what this was from.

This was a playing card set inserted into a special package of the MLB All Century Team videos. I also remember seeing and subsequently passing up on this as well. Yeah, I wanted the cards, but the whole set was thirty or forty bucks. I don't buy a deck of cards for forty bucks. It's definitely a neat oddball though and a good addition to my Hank collection.

Rod added a few more goodies in the package. A bunch of 1991 Donruss series 1 Braves, a 1992 Studio Ron Gane, and 2008 Upper Deck cards of Chipper Jones and Clint Sammons.
Great stuff Ron, expect a few goodies in return!