COMC Pickup - 1975 Topps Mini Brooks Robinson

I still can't believe that I didn't already have this card in my Brooks PC.  It is one of my favorite Brooks cards, well, the 1975 Topps is.  I love the short bill batting helmet.  I just had never run across any of the Minis from 1975 on a regular basis.  That is really surprising since I have been to a number of card shows.  I put the normal 1975 set together several years ago and the Brooks was easily found.  This one, however, I believe, is the first one I've ever seen.  I could be wrong.  Anyway, it is mine now and I can move on in my Brooks PC and put an effort toward his checklist and All Star cards.  I got this one off of COMC the Sunday after Thanksgiving for $2.75 with a BV of $12.00.  Not bad at all!

1,000th Post and an Ebay Pickup

Well, I have reached my 1,000th post.  Wow.  Who would have thought way back in November of 2008 that I would reach 1,000 posts on this blog.  I sure didn't think I would.  I didn't really have anything major planned for my 1,000th post like other bloggers may have.  Just business as usual over here.

That being said, this post does center around a really cool card that I got off of Ebay for around $24.  This is the 2012 Topps Mini Silver parallel Nolan Reimold.  The Ebay listing actually had this labeled as a 'black' parallel, but it definitely is silver(ish).  It might be Platinum, who knows.  Beckett, I guess.  Anyway, I looked on Ebay for some clarification on these and there are listings under: Black, Silver and Platinum.  Interesting.  This card is serial numbered 2/5, so I own 20% of the print run on this card.  Not bad.

So, my 2012 Topps Reimold Rainbow project is looking pretty good from where I sit.  This one is a really awesome addition to my Reimold PC.  I need to find a 2012 Topps printing plate to round this out.  If anyone has one, please let me know because it would be cool to add it also.