Showing posts with label game used. Show all posts
Showing posts with label game used. Show all posts

Monday, March 22, 2021

Hey! Can you give me a hand?

Every now and then I pick up an item for my Cutch collection that goes beyond cardboard and I get really excited about it.  I've shown off some pretty cool items in the past which I may go into a recap post in the future, but below is an item that is a first for me.

Above is my first pair of game used batting gloves.  They were both autographed by Andrew McCutchen and both have a game used inscription by Cutch.
They come certified by Hunt's Auctions.


Best of all though you can see Cutch wearing this style batting glove on a variety of his Phillies cards from 2019 to 2021.
2021 Topps 70 Years of Topps 1955 design insert
2020 Topps Fire green parallel
2019 Topps Heritage Throwback Uniform 5x7
2020 Topps Big League blue parallel
2020 Topps Series 2 Independance Day parallel
2020 Topps 1985 Patch relic red border
2020 Topps Museum
2019 Topps Tek purple
2020 Topps Triple Threads "Getting Started" gold triple relic parallel


How would you display an item like this? Shadowbox? Frame?
Both showing the signed side or one side,showing the game use? Should I put some 5x7s inside it? 
Give me your thoughts...

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

These pants got swag

2020 was a very strange year.

Unemployment went to record heights and many brick and mortar stores closed up due to the pandemic.

And yet there was a renewed interest in sports cards and other hobbies soared to heights the market hasn't seen since the early 90s collecting craze that impacted both comics and cards.

I was able to add a lot of really unique items to my collection in 2020, but one of the coolest items was a pair of game used pants worn for a game featuring a top 10 card of the year.
Many youtube channels and hobby forums reviewed their most iconic cards of 2020 and wouldn't you know, the man who wears 22 had a short print Series 2 flagship rank #2 on Beckets top cards of 2020.
I'm not a follower of anything Beckett or Blowout or Hobby Connection or other hobby related news has to say because quite frankly my collection isn't bought to stay trendy.  

My collection is currently just cards (and other items) of my favorite athlete of all-time.

So while Beckett may say the card is iconic, I say the pants are more iconic as they were worn only once and helped create one of the most swaggy cards of this millennium.

Here is the hologram which can be verified via MLB.com
I really have no idea how I will display these since I don't have the jersey.  
Is it weird to get a mannequin just for the lower half?