Quickest Redemption Turnaround

A little over a week ago, I pulled a Sandy Koufax archival autograph sepia redemption from a box of 2016 Topps museum collection. A fews day after pulling it decided to redeem it, and boy am I glad I did. I redeemed it on May 30th (give or take a day) and received it today (June 7th). I was a little skeptical of redeeming it at first, but the card looks beautiful in person.

Behold...

WOW! I've never seen the sepia version of this card until now and needless to say it is stunning. I've been thinking about sending this to BGS to see if it can't pull off a 9.5/10 or not, but I'd rather sell or trade it since it's not a Yankee or Nolan Arenado. This card is beautiful though, and it'll be difficult for me to get rid of either way.

Here's a better scan for the card, except for the Topps sticker which I will not remove. The autograph is extremely clean, and the card itself is stunning. If it's not sold by The National, it will probably be graded by BGS and kept safe in my collection. It's nice to have an on card autograph /5 of one of the greatest pitchers of all time. I wish I knew a little more about Koufax, so I guess I'll have some research to do!

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A Post Dedicated To The Yankees Backup Catcher

This title of this post, and the idea of this post, both came before Austin Romine got injured in the 9th inning of yesterdays game as Aroldis Chapman was warming up. He said he was ready if the Yankees needed him today, so the injury must not have been that serious. Brian McCann is back behind the plate, so Austin Romine is done starting for then next few games unless McCann gets injured again, which I wouldn't mind happening... As terrible as that sounds.

I bought this card off of eBay a few years ago, and it is still in my possession. Now that Romine is an active major leaguer, I plan on collecting him more. He's a cheap and fun player to watch, so collecting him won't be nearly as expensive as collecting Nolan Arenado. I guess your prices aren't super high when you don't hit 40 home runs a season...

Here's another card that I've had for quite awhile. I bought this off of eBay a few years back and it hasn't been moved since. I don't plan on selling any of my Romine autographs, even if his time as a Yankee (or a major leaguer for that matter) is limited. 

The final Romine autograph in my collection is this topps finest x-fractor relic. I bought this at a card show a few years back, and it hasn't been removed from the screw down holder since. Mostly because I've been too lazy to take it out... Maybe some day I'll take it out and put it in a magnetic instead.

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Fishing For Red Trout

In my last post, I showed the Carlos Correa bowman chrome autograph that I got in return for selling my Ichiro booklet. The Correa wasn't the only card that I got with the Ichiro money. I was also to pick up another autograph of one of the games biggest stars, if not the best player of the past few years. The Yankees have still been doing absolutely terrible, and there aren't many current Yankees that I want to collect. The only player that I have interest in collecting is Austin Romine, the Yankees backup catcher. A player that has spent the past 8 years fighting to get to the majors, and has really struggled previously in the majors. He's been up and down, but in AAA for the most part. Romine is batting towards .300 with a pair of home runs. Not only that, but he has also been the most consistent on the Yankees. The rest of the Yankees team has looked like trash; it's really frustrating to watch. So yeah, my favorite player on the Yankees is their backup catcher. Now onto the main card of this post...

Mike Trout 2015 Bowmans Best red refractor autograph /5! The only other Trout autograph I've owned is a Topps Supreme /5, but it's definitely not as nice as this. This card is beautiful. There's nothing else to say about this card. It's going to be tough for me to move this card, but it's in the cycle of never ending cards, and Trout isn't a Yankee. Most cards I keep are of either Nolan Arenado, or a Yankee. Too bad Mike Trout isn't on the Yankees... Maybe he'll bear pinstripes sometime in his future...

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I Said I Wouldn't Sell My Ichiro, And Now Here I Am...

You know the Ichiro that I posed about last week, the one that I said I wasn't going to sell? I got an offer that I just couldn't refuse, and he even paid for the extra shipping charges since he lived in Japan. If I had been offered any less for that card, I wouldn't have sold it, but the offer was too strong for me to decline it. Instead of owning a card of a 42 year old superstar soon to have 3000 hits, I now own a card of a player half the age of Ichiro. He was AL Rookie Of The Year last year, so I'm sure you all know who I'm talking about now.

You guessed it, Carlos Correa! Correa is only 21 years of age, and has many more years in the MLB. It will definitely be fun to watch the young shortstop throughout his career! Possibly an MVP in his future...? Who knows what the future holds for him. This is a card that I hope to hold onto for a long time, as I see Correa as a future superstar/MVP. Seeing how high Harpers and Trouts bowman chrome autographs go for, I think this will be a fun card to hold onto. Of course I said wanted to keep the Ichiro, but that certainly did not happen... Maybe this will be the first time I actually keep a non-Yankee, non-Nolan Arenado, or non-Hall Of Fame card!

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Gone But Not Forgotten

Visiting Some Of My Favorite Cards Of The Past!

I look at this card every time and think to myself, why in the world would I trade this... The truth is, I don't know. This was by far the coolest card I've ever pulled, let alone owned. If I ever came across this card again, I'd pay a pretty hefty price for it. Sadly, I contacted the person who I traded it to, and he said that it was safe with someone who collected Maddux... It makes me feel a little better I guess. This is by far the #1 card that I regret trading/selling.

I had this card for quite some time, until I thought it was time to pick up a cheaper Carlton autograph. It's a beautiful card, but I'd rather have something Yankee related.

I bought this card at the 2015 National, but about 6 months later I decided it was time to move it and put that money towards an autograph of the Yankee great.

I bought this Wright off my friend, but sold it quickly afterward.

This was part of the Wright deal, but just like the Wright I also sold it.

I had won a box of 2015 Bowman draft for $24 (I believe it was around that price), and pulled an autograph of the #1 overall draft pick! Not being into prospects, I quickly sold the card and put it towards something I'd appreciate more.

It's hard to believe I bought this card for $16, and is now closer to $100 than it is $16. This card is safe with Dodger Penguin though!

Another card that I sold because of my lack of liking prospects.

This Miguel Cabrera deca booklet /10 was definitely a cool card, but it was a hassle to store and it was only a couple relics.

I bought this card off of eBay, but traded it a few months later towards the Reggie Jackson 1/1 Dynasty that I still own. This was supposed to be a replacement for the Maddux I pulled, but it's hard to replace that card.

This is one of the main reasons I like Panini; because they come out with awesome cards like the Bradley that I owned. Topps on the other hand, does not.

I had this Jackson for over a year before I finally decided to sell it to make room for the 2014 Topps dynasty Jackson that I now own. Although I did love this card, I think I love the dynasty one better.

I bought this Kolek at a low price, graded it, then sold it! Woo!

I bought this at The National, graded it, and then for whatever reason I decided to sell it. Hm.

This card was numbered /10, but I wasn't really a fan of the design so I quickly sold the card to a Rivera super collector!

I was never really a fan of this card...

To be honest, I have absolutely no clue where this card went. All I know is that I either trade or sold it.

The design of this card was just flat out awful. Not to mention the grade.

If it weren't for the grade I would have kept the card. I'm still on the hunt for another Bo Jackson autograph.

If it weren't for the grade, I would have kept the card.

Same story with this card.

I bought this at The National, but sold it to help fund the Biggio 1/1 which I still have in my collection.

I traded this because the design was simply awful.

Here's a story I do not like to tell. I bought this at The National, and had absolutely no intentions of selling it. Ever. A month later, I found myself having to pay off quite a bit for the Biggio, so I sold this for $75 (I think it was that amount of paypal) and a Julio Urias refractor autograph and Tyler Kolek blue wave autograph /10, which was well over what I payed for the Williams. I had plans of selling the Urias and Kolek to help fund a cut of Mantle or DiMaggio, but the Urias and Kolek ended up getting lost in the mail... So I ended up selling the Williams for $75.

This card makes me much happier. I bought a box of 2015 Topps Finest at my local hobby shop, and I started to open it in the car. I pulled this card as a redemption, and for many months I tried to sell it. I was unsuccessful, so I ended up redeeming it after the shop owner told me it was live. I had planned to sell it when I got it, but it looked so good that I decided to send it to BGS for 2 days while I was at camp. While I was in the car back from Boy Scout camp on Friday, I got the email, which let me know it was a 10/10! It wasn't a black label, but I was more than happy with the 10/10! I sold it at The National in Chicago.

This is another one that I really regret trading, but I traded it to Dodger Penguin which makes it a little less painful.

No idea who this guy is, but the card was pretty. I ended up selling it at The National in 2015.

I traded this and cash towards a Bo Jackson sweet spot autograph, which I ended up selling due to the 6.5/10 it received.

I had absolutely no clue who this guy was, so I traded it for an Arenado platinum autograph!

I pulled this in the same box as the Bryant blue redemption, but ended up selling it at The National.

I pulled this on Christmas day in 2014, but sold it at The National the next year after grading it.

Don't get me started on this one...

Another card I ended up trading towards the Rivera leaf autograph which I sold because of the terrible design and scratched up BGS case.

I'm not really sure where this went, but I acquired it by trading the Maddux for this Buxton and some paypal...

Just another card that I regret selling on this long list... I traded this at The National for the Mattingly five star 9.5 that I still have, and a couple other cards.

Where did this go...?

As much as I regret trading this, I felt that I got an incredible deal. I got a Cespedes booklet /3 and some cash in return, which both helped pay for the Biggio dynasty that I still own.

It doesn't hurt as much as this one though. I acquired this from Dodger Penguin, and then traded it. Why? I don't know.

This one really hurts too.

I sold this card, which helped me pay for the Biggio dynasty.

I sold this after acquiring the five star Biggio.

I bought this at the White Plains show two years ago in November, but sold it a few months later after redoing my entire collection.

Same story with this card.

I pulled this out of a box of 2014 Topps finest, but traded it to help me acquire the Cain and Kemp 1/1's. I definitely regret trading this card...

I also bought this at the White Plains card show.

I probably paid a little much for this card, but at the time I thought it was a solid deal! Triple threads patches always look nice.

I pulled this from a case of 2014 Topps finest, but I traded it to Drew a while back.

Another card that I bought at the first White Plains card show I went to.

I won this and the Clemens card on box busters, but sold both as a lot.

I probably would have kept the Clemens if he was in a Yankees uniform.

I'm pretty sure I pulled this card in a case of 2012 Panini Prime Cuts, but all I know is I no longer have it!

I bought this card as redemption at the 2015 National, but later traded it for a Craig Biggio dynasty autograph which I no longer have.

I bought this at the 2015 National, but later sold it.

I pulled this from 2 packs of 2015 museum collection, and even though it's not the most expensive pull, it's still cool to pull something like that from a pair of packs of museum collection.

I pulled this in a box of five star, but just like all the other cards on this post, I sold it.

I used to collect Rose, but eventually sold everything that I had of him and focused solely on Nolan Arenado. This was probably the coolest card of Rose I owned, but it was leaf, not Topps.

Another one of my Rose autographs, except I pulled this one.

I'm not sure about this one.

I pulled this card from my first box of 2014 Panini immaculate baseball, which I actually traded for at a card shop. I pulled this as a redemption, and traded it for quite a bit. Since then, Abreu had really died down so I think I won that trade.

I pulled this from a box of 2014 Topps finest baseball

Pulled on Christmas in the year 2014.

I got this card in a trade for the Abreu I owned, but just like the Abreu, this was a redemption. I later traded it to Matthew for a few five star autographs.

I bought this card for $65 on eBay... Those were the days when Bryce Harper wasn't a superstar...

I pulled this card in a box of Five Star baseball that I won for less than $50.

2012 Panini prizm was one of the first boxes that I ever opened. I broke it back in 2013 in November, and was ecstatic when I pulled it as a redemption. I got the card in about a months time, and kept it for quite some time. I'm not sure why I decided to sell it, but I did.

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