Another TTM Success From Bill Mazeroski

While going through a box of cards that I picked up from a show in Virginia last year, I found an assortment of Upper Deck cards from a set for the Ken Burns Baseball documentary.  The cards are all like the one above, printed in a blue tint, and have some nice photography.  I saw this Bill Mazeroski and wanted to get it signed and into my autograph album.  I had a couple other cards of his put aside for my next TTM attempt with him, and picked one from the bunch to include with the Burns card.

I liked this 2017 Panini Diamond Kings card, and wanted to get one of these into my autograph album.  I included the card, along with Mazeroski's fee for both cards and sent them along.

Both cards turned out great.  I really love the Ken Burns set, and have a couple other cards from there that I want to get signed and into the album.

I mailed to Mazeroski on January 6 and got the cards back on January 23, for a 17-day TAT.  I paid his fee of $10.00/card.

Several Months Worth of Chris Davis Pickups

My "to be blogged" stack consists of a lot more than just TTM successes.  I figured it was a good time to try to knock it down a bit, so to speak.  If I really knocked the stack down, I'd be in trouble, since I would have a huge mess to straighten up.

I have toned down my PC pickups recently, and it is a direct correlation to how the Orioles, and also Chris Davis performed this season.  Davis is still my guy, but since he had a pretty crappy year, other things took precedent.

Of all of the Davis cards that I had picked up that hadn't been blogged, the above 2017 Topps Chrome red parallel may be my favorite.  It is numbered 3/5 and looks so awesome in person.

This reverse negative from 2017 Chrome looks really cool, too.  I like this concept and wonder if a photo editing program can reverse the reverse negative.  Has anyone tried it?

This 2017 Topps Museum Collection quad patch card is a very close second to the red chrome parallel.  I got this card pretty cheaply, which is one benefit to Davis having a down year.

Finally, I picked up my third Chris Davis Sketches Swatches card from 2017 Diamond Kings.  I really like these, which is why I now have three of them.

I'll probably start adding to the PC again soon, maybe after Christmas, so keep a look out!

Birthday Gift From Nate

I got a huge package in the mail a while back from my good friend, Nate, that was an early birthday present.  In it was this Chris Davis 2017 Panini Diamond Kings Sketches Swatches card.  I had no idea it was coming, of course, so when I saw one of these cards on Ebay, I had to buy it, then I found another at the National.  So, now I have 3 of these.  They look awesome, so that's ok.

Nate also included a bunch of Altoona Curve signed cards that he was able to get in person a long time ago, which was pretty nice of him.  They will go in my autograph album like the other IP cards that I have.

The most interesting card was this Jose Bautista auto that Nate had.  It is THE Jose Bautista.  The one I can't stand.  Still, it is a pretty cool signed minor league card, nonetheless.

Thank you so much for the birthday package, Nate!  I loved everything, even though I can't stand Bautista.