I've shown some nice cards over the years that discuss McCutchen's first homerun.
Topps produced a manurelic medallion for player's 1st Home Runs and an insert set (with three parallels to chase). I showed those cards off back in 2017, which you can revisit by clicking here.
Last year I showed off a card that Topps produced for 2015 Topps Tribute called Milestone Materials. In that post, I showed a card that includes a swatch of a baseball used in a game with historic significance. The ball is from a game between the Twins and Pirates on June 17, 2009 when Andrew McCutchen hit his first homerun. It is likely that the ball is just a ball thrown in the dirt by Francisco Liriano to Eric Hinske (who was DHing for the Pirates that day), but it is certified as a ball used in that game. Pretty cool piece of cardboard if I must say And only 10 were produced so that's even cooler.
But, what I am going to show off today takes that volume button and cranks it up to 11 (I'm sure some of you will get that reference)
I won it on the 2020 Spring Premium Goldin Auctions. Here is the original listing.
It is certified by JSA on the back.
This is the same auction house that sold a Mike Trout Bowman Red auto for nearly a million dollars ($900K). That card made national headlines for selling for so much money. The card was talked about a lot here locally here in NJ, but also was discussed on Good Morning America, MLB Network, ESPN, among others. The auction house also sold NBA Finals memorabilia of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
I can't roll with those types of auctions.
It may not make National Headlines, but this unique piece of memorabilia is perfect for my collection.
Even if it only earned 0.01% of the final price of THE BIG TICKET ITEM that made those headlines, I am very happy to have snagged this for $100. I think the mistyped auction description (listed as 2019 in title instead of 2009) definitely helped. The fact the 2009 Pirates were terrible and had an unknown manager like Russell helped too.
I plan to get it framed and am looking for a photo of the game to use with it.
If you had an item like this for your favorite player, how would you display it?
This is awesome! What a cool collectible and piece of Cutchistory. I have a few minor league lineup cards, but no real stars on them.
ReplyDeleteI'd probably frame it up too. I like the idea of pairing it up with a photo from the game.
ReplyDeleteWhat a terrific pick-up for you. Congrats. And I agree, get it framed nicely.
ReplyDeleteThis is very unique, and should look really good framed. And I was very curious as to how much something like this would go for, but didn't want to ask, so I'm glad that you were comfortable with saying how much you paid -- although I was kind of thinking that it was going to be for more, but I suppose most people were more focused on the bigger ticket items.
ReplyDeleteYeah I was very happy with the $100 price tag and $23 closing costs included. There were A LOT of interesting items and some that would have been really cool to own like a Willie Stargell Braves coach jersey from 1986, a 1971 Pirates team signed ball (with a bold Clemente signature) or Pie Traynor's personal scrapbook of his playing career, but ultimately this is the only one I truly cared about winning. This is fricking sweet and a true historical moment in my favorite player's career.
DeleteIf I could get a Ryan Howard one like that would definitely hang it up on the wall.
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