Expos Fest Autos From Jacob

He has been so busy lately with a new job, so I had to wait a while to get my cards back from my friend, Jacob.  He went to Expos Fest this winter, and was able to help me out with some 1987s for my set, and some other stuff that was laying around in my boxes.

The above 1990 Score Ken Hill looks really nice, and I am glad that this one is the card that Jacob included for me.  Score cards are always pretty bold, so I was glad this one will get into my album.

I was able to cross Mike Fitzgerald off of my list, and Jacob helped me complete the Expos Leaders card that I had previously gotten from another collector.

I had sent Jacob a bunch of Brad Wilkerson cards, and this one is the one he was able to get signed.  It turned out really well.

Finally, here are a few of the older Topps cards that Jacob got done for me.  I forgot that I had a 1980 Topps Steve Renko, so I will check with Jacob and see if he needs it.  If not, I will probably see if anyone wants to trade for it.

Thanks for getting these done, Jacob!

Signed 1987 Topps Dave LaPoint From Jacob

My good friend, Jacob, sent me this signed 1987 Topps Dave LaPoint in exchange (I think) for a few Expos cards that he needed.  I have been so slow to ship him stuff, but I'm waiting on the last few names for Expos Fest to be announced.  Once they are, Jacob is set to get a decent package of cards.

LaPoint (b. 1959) played in the majors from 1980 to 1991 for the Brewers, Cardinals, Giants, Tigers, Padres, White Sox, Pirates, Yankees and Phillies.  He had a career record of 80-86 with 802 strike outs and a 4.02 ERA.  He won the World Series with the Cardinals in 1982.

Thanks for the card, Jacob!

A Surprise in the Mail From My Friend, Jacob

My good friend, Jacob, told me while I was in Vegas, that he had sent a surprise to me that would be here when I got home.  When I got in and checked the mail, there was an envelope from him, and inside was this signed 1987 Topps Tim Raines.  There was also the below Dennis Leonard, which we had made a deal on, but the Raines caught me totally by surprise.

Jacob and I made a trade for this Dennis Leonard, which I still need to ship my part of the deal.  I plan on sending it with Jacob's Christmas gift, if the dang thing ever gets here.

Jacob is a great dude.  I wish I could get up to where he lives and go to Expos Fest with him.  I'd need to renew my passport.

Thanks for the cards, Jacob.  Those and the letter really mean a lot to me!

Christmas Gift From Jacob

I'm still working away at getting my "to be blogged" stack down, and it looks like I will be writing about Christmas gifts from the community well into February.  By no means, however, am I complaining.  The community has been very good to me over the years.  I've met a bunch of people and made quite a few friends.

One of those friends is a guy named Jacob who also hails from NC.  We have traded on Instagram and met in person at a few of the Raleigh card shows.

For Christmas, Jacob sent me this cool Cal Ripken metal card that I didn't have in my collection.  I haven't actually seen any of these before, so this was a nice surprise.  It says it was made in 1996 by Metallic Impressions.  I thought I had seen all of the Cal cards that there are to see, and Jacob pulls this out of his hat.  Well done!

Thank you for the gift, Jacob, I love the card.

Instagram Trade With Jacob - Lots of Autos

I completed a deal on Instagram recently with my buddy, Jacob, after he had been offering me the above Willie Mays auto for some time now.  I think I passed on this card quite a few times before I finally gave in and bought it from him with some cash and also sent him a bunch of cards for his various PCs.

The Mays is a really nice card and is in good shape.  This auto is actually a lot better than the one I have on my Mays ball.

Jacob also included a bunch of extras that I wasn't expecting.  I imagine these cards were TTM autos that he had received, but I really liked them all, nonetheless.  This Wade Boggs relic/auto is pretty cool, even though it is creased quite a bit.  Two Hall of Fame autos in this deal, not too bad.

Here is an auto of the 1948 Rookie of the Year, Al Dark.  Dark passed away in 2014 at the age of 92.  He had a pretty decent career, having hit 2,089 hits, 126 home runs and carrying a .289 batting average over 14 years in the majors.  He won the World Series in 1954 with the Giants.

 Here is an auto the Jacob sent me of former 20-game winner, John Tudor.  Tudor played in the majors from 1979 to 1990 and had a career record of 117-72 with a 3.12 ERA and 988 strikeouts.  He won the World Series in 1988 with the Dodgers.

This 1986 Donruss of Chris Chambliss looks really nice signed in blue sharpie.  Chambliss was the 1971 AL Rookie of the Year.  Over 17 seasons, he had 2,109 hits, 185 home runs and a .279 batting average.  Chambliss won the World Series with the Yankees in 1977 and 1978.

Here is an auto of former pitcher, Bryn Smith.  This is a 1983 Fleer.  Smith played from 1981 to 1993 and had a career record of 108-94 with a 3.53 ERA and 1,028 strikeouts.

Finally, here is a 1983 Topps Traded Steve Kemp auto.  Kemp played from 1977 to 1986 and 1988.  He had 1,128 hits, 130 home runs and a .278 career batting average.

Thanks for the deal, Jacob.  I definitely wasn't expecting the extra autos and they all turned out to be really cool!