2018 National Card Show VIP Party Free Signers

This year, the free signers for the National Card Show were pretty decent.  Luis Tiant is a legend, and I was happy to add him on a few nice cards.  I especially wanted this 1969 Topps Deckle Edge in my album, and got one done.

I also had this 1968 Topps that I got done, since Tiant was signing multiples.  Nate got me the above 1979 Topps, since he only wanted one card.

Since I don't collect basketball cards, I picked up a few Calvin Murphy cards for myself, and my friends.  He was really cool, so I am glad I went ahead and met him.

Finally, I met former player and manager, Mike Hargrove.  He was also really nice, and we talked about his time with the Orioles, briefly.

I had to make sure I got one of his Orioles cards signed, and this 2004 Topps was the one I picked.  I have only a small handful of 2004 Topps cards in my album, so I am glad another one was added.

Brooks Robinson Finds From The Card Show

Man, I am milking this December card show haul.  Of course, I did leave there with a ton of stuff.  Today's discussion is about the 1969 Topps Deckle Edge Brooks that I picked up for a little over a dollar.  It scanned a bit crooked, sorry.  It must have slid when I put the cardboard behind it to set it off from the white background of the scanner.  I love the Deckle Edge cards.  I feel like I already have one of these, but that's ok.  More of these cards wont hurt.  THey look like you could have plucked them out of someone's dusty old photo album.

I also got this 1964 Topps Coins Brooks Robinson for a couple bucks, from the same guy I got my Jimmie Foxx pin, actually.  I honestly don't remember how much I paid for it, but I feel like it wasn't much.  It looks really cool and reminds me of the Topps Coins that I had in the late 80s.  Seems like only yesterday, but was actually quite a while ago.

Brooks is always a fun subject in my PC.  I'm so glad I got to meet him in 2009.  He's a great guy and I can never have too many of his cards.  I actually got a few more in today, but I'll save those for a later post.

Vintage Sportlots Pickups

As I come down from the euphoria experienced from last night's epic slugfest against the Yankees, and as I prepare to take in a couple MLB games over the next few weeks, I decided to show a few Sportlots pickups I got in the mail yesterday.

I hadn't picked up any set needs lately, so I figured it would be a good time to hit a few of my lists and whittle a few down.  The first package that arrived had some 1969 Topps, 1971 Topps, a couple 2010 Allen and Ginters and one odd ball vintage card.

I didn't yet have this 1969 Topps Deckle Edge Brooks Robinson in my collection and when I saw it listed from one of the sellers that I was pulling from, I decided to add it to my cart.  They wanted $5.00 for it, so i figured that was a pretty good deal.  I think these cards look awesome.  I wish it would have scanned better, but since the borders are white, they aren't picked up well by my scanner.  So, I had to use a birthday card envelope behind it to make the edges stand out.  Looks ok, I guess.

Of the actual cards I knocked off of my sets, this package didn't really include big names, just commons that needed to be taken care of.  The biggest name player in this package was Johnny Podres.  This card comes at the tail end of Podres' career.  Podres with the Padres.  Kinda cool.

I added this high number Astros team card from 1971.  The high numbers really slow you down when you are building a vintage set.  Some people want $20 a piece for some of these high numbered cards.  $20 for an early 70's Astros team card?  No thanks.  I paid $5.00 for this one.  Still high for, you know, an early 70s Astros team card, but oh well, better than $20.

Finally, I added this 1971 Topps #161 - Coins Checklist for $0.69.  I can't remember the last time I scanned a checklist and put it on the blog.  Gotta get all the cards in the set and this was one of them.  I'm hoping my next package will have a little more 'meat' to it, I guess, but the Topps Deckle Edge Robinson was surely a highlight.  I wouldn't mind Topps using that design again, because, well, you know they will.