Catching up on Additions-Baseball

-

 I've recently added a few autographs to my baseball collection, as well. The first is a Panini auto of Ronald Acuna Jr., which is much cheaper than it otherwise would be since Panini doesn't have the Major League Baseball license like Topps does. 

To be honest, you can't even really tell there that are no Braves logos on this card and what I like even more about it is that it is an on card auto. 

The other player I added via purchase was Jarred Kelenic, the kid playing for the Mariners that is having a post hype breakout this year. The aqua colored card is numbered /75 and the other one was numbered /225. Since I bought low on both of these, I do plan of flipping one to make my money back on both combined. Both of these autographs are also on card. 

These Kelenic cards come from the Topps Inception set, and the teal one in particular is a beautiful card. 

I also went prospecting with another player, Colorado Rockies rookie Ezequiel Tovar, though that gamble hasn't paid off quite to the same extent that the Kelenic cards have so far. I purchased Tovar's 1st Bowman chrome auto. It was also inexpensive, but I was hoping he'd have a better rookie year up until this point.
Lastly, I did pull an autograph out of some retail product, 2023 Optic baseball. Like the Acuna above, it's not licensed but it is also an on card autograph and it's a rated rookie of Jake Burger.  Burger has actually had a pretty good 2023 season for the White Sox, so while there is little monetary value associated to the card, it's still a decent pull.





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

John Stockton

-
Image
 One of the notoriously tough autographs to get among all modern era sports figures, I saw recently that John Stockton was going to be doing an ultra rare signing. After looking at the prices, I decided that they were on the pricey side, so instead looked into getting a card off eBay. It is often the case that signings are more expensive than getting an auto card from Panini or Topps, etc. because you can send in exactly what you want to get signed. I don't typically complain about pricing for signings, but I did observe that the cost to send in my own card was 4-5x what buying a John Stockton signed card off eBay would cost. Therefore, I found a fairly priced one and went that direction.  As you can see, I went with an Obsidian auto and this particular card is numbered /35. 
Read more

John Elway

-
Image
 My Hall of Fame and elite quarterback train is still steaming along, as I just added a signed John Elway card to my collection. This card comes from 2023 Prestige football, is numbered /25. I saw that a lot of people were having a lot of luck with their hits in Prestige megas in retail, though the few boxes I opened were crap. I jumped into the eBay market to get this card, as card prices have come down and you can get some of these all time greats for much less than even a year ago. Honestly, I bought this card for the price of two mega boxes, so I'm not sure what I'm even doing buying sealed product in the first place.
Read more

Joe Montana

-
Image
 Much like the Dan Marino and John Elway autos I have posted about recently, I also acquired a Joe Montana Panini autographed card.  Like the Marino card, this is also a blue cracked ice numbered /75. Of the big name, all tike great QB's in the league, I believe the only one I might be missing still is Tom Brady. It might be a while yet before I find a way to get something he signed into my collection.
Read more