Wednesday, April 3, 2019

From Zoltan to Zoltar or How I Scored a Yankees Autograph of Cutch

In 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates used a hand gesture called "the Zoltan" made famous in the movie Dude Where's My Car?

 I even remember doing the Zoltan symbol with my brother and his groomsmen at his wedding in 2013.
I've shown off a few of my Zoltan cards with Cutch on them before.  The card pictured above is a 2014 SSP photo variant autograph numbered 4/5.  The image is from the 2013 Postseason Game 3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
I also have this booklet of Marte and Cutch that I got from Matt at BobWalkThePlank as part of our epic trade a few summers ago.
It is also numbered to only 5 copies.

Five Years after the last Zoltan style card of Cutch got produced, I picked up a Zoltar inspired card of Cutch.

What's that you say?

You don't know Zoltar????!!!

Zoltar is a mechanized prophet you can find at boardwalks across America.

It was made famous in the movie Big.
Tom Hanks had a big role in the movie (pun intended)
Zoltar machines are known for telling fortunes for a small fee.
Not to be outdone, Andrew McCutchen is a fortune teller of sorts too.

Well at least according to this 2019 Gypsy Queen Fortune Teller mini on card autograph.

It's my first autograph of Cutch in a Yankees uniform (it won't be my last though).  I purchased it from someone who is a Brewers fan and has a Ryan Braun collection that could rival my Cutch collection if he ever put it online.  He also included a 2015 Heritage Refractor as a bonus, just because he loves the hobby and appreciates a fellow player collector.

Production on this Fortune Teller was limited to ONLY 20 copies of this card.

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5 comments:

  1. FujiApril 3, 2019 at 9:01 AM

    Never heard of the Zoltan symbol, but I immediately thought of Big when I read Zoltar in the title. Congratulations on picking up the on-card Cutch autograph.

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  2. Tony BurbsApril 3, 2019 at 10:04 AM

    I had forgotten that the Pirates used that symbol as a rallying cry. It reminds me of the Cubs and the "rubbing of the helmet" thing they did a few years ago. Anyway, I just have to say, as nice as that GQ card is, that segue was downright masterful!

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    1. Collecting CutchApril 3, 2019 at 1:59 PM

      Thanks. I wish the Pirates had a unique rally gesture like that again. It's been kind of stale over the past few years.

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  3. GCAApril 3, 2019 at 10:24 PM

    The base GQ design has gone to the dogs, but some of those inserts are really nice.

    Hey CC, shoot me your address. I finally found something else to go with that Salute card I've been holding on to for you. QAPLAGCA at yahoo dot com. Thanks!

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  4. Henry BlanchetteApril 6, 2019 at 5:38 PM

    I didn't even know that Fortune Teller autographs exist. That card is awesome.

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