Showing posts with label Ho hum another 1/1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ho hum another 1/1. Show all posts

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Ho hum, another 1/1 mini

A few months ago I grabbed this 2017 Allen & Ginter mini glossy hand numbered 1/1.

Something about hand numbering always seems like a cool idea until you put these thoughts in your head about the hand numbering:
1)It's likely just an intern numbering the cards

OR

2)The card is a fake and was sold by an untrusty seller.

Fortunately for me, the seller appeared to have been legit as the card is indeed glossy upon touching it.

I'm not sure how many 1/1s this gives me now, but I'm thinking by the end of spring training 2018 I will have reached the 200 mark.  I think I am around 170+ right now.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Topps you cheated me of a back!!!!

The title might make you believe I just got "ho hum, another 1/1" Blank Back Vault card.  Unfortunately, thats not the case.

Instead I got in a bunch of color parallels from Topps Museum.

These cards look great as a set.

And the lot included this Canvas Collection sketch reproduction card.  Sweet!!!  The artist for this year's chosen Cutch card is Carlos Cabaleiro who I did an email interview with back in March.

But wait, the back says the same thing as the base Museum cards?
Not only is Topps recycling images.  Now they are recycling the text on the back too?

C'mon Topps!  Mix it up a little especially if it's a high end release like Museum.  The inserts are meant to draw attention.  Tell us about the artist of this reproduction sketch card and why this one was chosen over other sketch artists.

I didn't want to make this post so negative.  How can I change it?

Oh look.

Ho hum, it's another 1/1
The Emerald