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Fernando Torres

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 I made my way down to the Front Row Card show over this past weekend to see whether I could make another acquisition or two for my collection. One observation I made was there was much more soccer at the show than in previous iterations of it. I found a Fernando Torres Topps Chrome Premier Logofractor auto /25, which coincidentally is an autograph I've been keeping an eye on for some time on eBay. I had also brought a handful of cards and a few signed baseballs to see if I could accumulate any funds to add to my coffers and make another big addition. As a reminder, previous trips to these shows have netted me some big cards, like the Ronaldo auto /5, the Kylian Mbappe, Steph Curry, and Jude Bellingham rookie auto. I was able to sell one card and combine it with what I brought to purchase the Torres card.  The Topps Chrome Premier League set has really been one of my all-time favorite sets and I've added an awful lot of autographs to my collection from this set. This Torres is...
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Some recent Autograph Additions

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 I will be posting a catch up soon about some new Premier League autos I've added to my collection from Topps Chrome, but today I wanted to post a few autographs I have added recently. The first three got pulled for me in a recent break of 2025-26 La Liga Select. As usual, I stayed away from the high priced teams and instead made a couple value plays. I took Sevilla for around $20 and within the first two packs, was rewarded. It worked out relatively well for me, as I hit a cool autograph of Italian star forward Ciro Immobile. This auto is the purple refractor /49. Sevilla also hit a gold field level /10 non-auto.  The other two cheap teams were Valencia and Elche, and as you can see above, both ended up with autographs. The Rafa Mir was also /49 while the Pepelu was a base auto. Neither are huge autographs to get but when you go for the low to middle tiered teams price wise, that is usually going to be the case. A cool autograph I actually bought in an auction off of What Not...
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A Couple new Additions

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 This week I received a couple more signed cards in the mail from some breaks on Fanatics live. Both of these hits were from a moderately priced Nottingham Forest spot. The first is Callum Hudson Odoi green /99 from Topps Chrome Premier League and the other was a rookie autograph of Zach Abbott from the Topps Chrome Premier League logofractor set. Per people in the know, only 950 cases or so of Logofractor was made and they were only distributed in the UK, so I was happy to get in on a few of these breaks and get stuff out of them. I know I say it all the time, but this Premier League Chrome stuff was so fun to rip and collect. They are gorgeous cards.
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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 an...
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Topps Chrome Bundesliga hits from Fanatics Live

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 I participated in four breaks on product launch day for Topps Chrome Bundesliga. Since it's Bundesliga, the price is much better on my wallet, and I could get multiple teams in one break. After four breaks, I ended up with 20 autographed cards and 22 numbered cards. The autographed cards are listed below.
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Alex Ovechkin

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 I recently added the NHLs all-time leading goal scorer Alex Ovechkin's autograph card to my growing collection. This is an on-card auto numbered /25 from Upper Deck. I used some of the funds I've generated from my Lamine Yamal rookie sales to acquire this card. My list of greats continues to grow.
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Alessandro Del Piero

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 I recently sold a handful of my Lamine Yamal rookie cards that I'd bought when he was still a relative unknown for a good haul of cash. I then turned that cash into some cool autograph acquisitions, as autographs remain my main chase in the hobby. In particular, I think that the on-card Marks of Excellence Soccer autographs will have long term value increases as soccer goes up in general, and as collectors start to realize how hard it is to find on card soccer autos in general. I've already discussed the awesome Wayne Rooney Marks of excellence I hit in a break  here . I recently also decided to start accumulating more of these autographs so I acquired an Alessandro Del Piero Marks of Excellence auto numbered /50. It's a beautiful card and signature.
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