SoCal Autograph Odysses

 A few days back I covered what has become an annual tradition where I discuss what my favorite autograph pulls from sealed product were over the course of the year. Today's list is an altered version of that (though there will be some overlap) as I want to go over my 15 favorite adds to my collection over the course of 2025. There is usually some added weight to the provenance of obtaining specific items which is used as tie breakers quite often. Starting with 15... 15. JJ Wehterholt I'm going with this card at 15 over bigger historical names strictly due to the fact I feel like I purchased this card for a cost that will soon be far surpassed in value. This is a 1st Bowman /150 auto of one of the best prospects in baseball, and as mentioned multiple times on this blog, Bowman cards can go for big money. I had to put this card on my 2025 top 15 list strictly to me thinking it was a smart business move if I ever I tend to sell. This is similar to when I bought a Lamine Yamal Roo...

 I've got a quick housekeeping post to make here about the other boxes I opened on Christmas Day, as my wife hooked me up with some great product. The big hit was clearly the Patrick Mahomes auto I discussed back on the 26th but I did decently well with the World Cup Prizm hobby box and the La Liga Select hobby boxes she also got me.  As mentioned on the Mahomes post, those two Revolution boxes yielded three total autographs, one being the Mahomes /15 and the other two being Carl Eller and Kayshon Boutte, both of which were to /199.  On the soccer side of things, I ended up with a few more autographs as well. The Prizm club world cup box netted a pretty solid autograph in Real Madrid and French national team midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni. This autograph was /99 and while it's not an end game autograph, it's a solid one because Tchouameni is a very good player and there are far worse names on the checklist.  My La Liga box wasn't as good from an autograph perspective...