If you have looked at my Want list recently (just look at the list already, would ya?!), or read in the summer, I am looking to complete the rainbow of Gordon Beckham's 2013 Topps flagship release. I have had some help with trades and pickups by Chris/Kyle from Old Foul Cardboard. Ebay has been helpful as well and, in fact, yesterday I received my latest addition:
It's the sapphire foil from Update. Numbered to 25, I jumped at this when it showed up a week back. Think of the mail away foil, only lighter blue (ie - gimmick).
Also, with a little help from Dennis at Too Many Verlanders, the cammo and the mini gold are snagged from COMC at a price I am willing to pay, and by "willing to pay", more like find vintage at my LCS and trade in value. So after that completes, I will be down to 2 "should be able to find" (mini and pink #/50), one "why did I pass up the two chances to snag it of ebay in the past" card (the silver #/10), one "I hope it shows up somewhere (mini black #/5) and then the "gonna be hard to find" 1/1s and plates.
If you see anything I would need, reach out to me, would ya?
One of the great parts of card collecting in recent years is adding in relics (real or not - but hopefully mostly real) and autographs. Back when I first started in the 70's, and then when I got back in during junk wax, these were nothing you could find. I remember when Upper Deck first added autograph cards in the early 90's. Always wanted to pull one but it just never materialized.
Now we have short prints, relics, serial, autographs, refractors.... I could keep going, it's great when you pull something cool. Usually, I pull a high production serial or a relic. So most of the autographs in my collection have come from trades or purchases. There are a few current White Sox players autographs I have wanted.
Now tell me what you want, what you really, really want...
I was getting to that, Victoria. So I have been trying to score an autograph card from this player for many months but I seem to get sniped each time I go after what I want.
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want...
Posh - knock it off. Anyway, as I was saying, I would search for cards of this player and someone would swoop it and snag it from me seconds before the end, or the price of the card just got way above what I wanted to pay.
Yo tell me what you want, what you really, really want....
HOLY CRAP, DAVID!! Would you reign in this wife of yours?! This is my forum and I will be the one talking here about finally obtaining a long time want.
I'll tell you what you want, what you really, really want.
Screw this - images.....
Serialed #19/99. And today is the 19th. Go figure. Gordon Beckham - check!
