Recent Autograph Additions

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I need to do a bit of housekeeping and catch up on some recent autograph additions to my collection. First up is another Marks of Excellence on card soccer auto. This time it's former Roma defender and Brazil international Aldair. This card is numbered to 50 and again, I believe these on card soccer autos are going to go up in value over time. 


 The second autograph is a cool hit from a product that was only available in England, so I had to participate in a break to have access to these cards. This is the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Premier League Logofractor set, so every card comes with the Lion logo on it. The autographs are all numbered to /25 or lower, and I ended up taking West Ham as one of my teams and got this Jarrod Bowen orange auto /25.


 My third autograph is another EPL Chrome auto, this time of Sunderland rookie forward Chris Rigg. This break was a bit different as the breaker actually assigned hits rather than teams, so I ended up with the green wave auto spot and hit this card. It is numbered /99 so I think it's a solid take for a break where I spent very minimal money. The Topps Chrome Premier League cards are just very high quality and great looking cards. This is probably my all-time favorite set. 


Lastly, I took Celtic in a Merlin hobby box case break for $23. I like to take the smaller, cheaper teams in big breaks like this because you're always going to hit something and the cost is minimal. I ended up with two autographs, both Daniel Cummings rookie autos. One is numbered /125 and one is /199. They look the same to me but they are different parallels. 



 










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