2011 Topps Diamond David Letterman 1/1

Anybody else catch last nights episode of Late Show with David Letterman? Hank Aaron gave David Letterman a 1/1 David Letterman card with the diamond in it!

You can see the mlb story about it here...

Weekend Pickups

Another weekend, another box of 2010 Topps Sterling and a box of 2010 Bowman Platinum. Finally finished the base set for Bowman Platinum, now just going to decide whether to go for all the autos as well... Anyway, here's the hits...

2010 Topps Sterling Justin Upton #86/250


2010 Topps Sterling Starlin Castro #177/250


2010 Topps Sterling Cal Ripken Jr #26/50


2010 Bowman Platinum Kyle Winkler patch auto #87/199


2010 Bowman Platinum Jonathan Singleton auto


2010 Bowman Platinum Nate Tenebrink auto


2010 Topps Sterling Stephen Strasburg #119/250


2010 Topps Sterling Stephen Strasburg 6pc jersey #13/25


2010 Topps Sterling Jason Heyward 6 pc bat #7/10

Recent Pulls

Some of my recent pulls from the past weekend, as well as a couple of redemptions...

2010 Topps Sterling George Sisler #9/10 5pc relic


2010 Topps Sterling Andre Dawson #19/25 4pc relic


2010 Bowman Platinum Alex Dickerson patch auto #53/199


2010 Bowman Chrome Scott McGough auto #13/99 (wrapper redemption)


2010 Topps Sterling Luman Harris Cut Auto #1/1. Problem here is the card says Charlie Harris. However, Charlie Harris appears to be a player from 1899 that played in something like 30 games, whereas Luman Harris (Chalmer Luman Harris) is more likely the signature in the card. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lum_Harris) Needless to say Topps screwed up on this 1/1 cut auto.


And finally, my huge pull. I finally got my 2010 Bowman Chrome Stephen Strasburg refractor auto #311/500.

Visit to the Card Store

Picked up a box of 2010 Topps Sterling and 2010 Bowman Platinum today. I think I made out pretty well with my pulls...

2010 Bowman Platinum Justin Marks Auto


2010 Bowman Platinum Keyvius Sampson Auto


2010 Topps Sterling Ichiro 4pc relic #25/25


2010 Bowman Platinum George Springer Patch Auto #3/50


2010 Topps Sterling Chipper Jones 4pc Auto #10/10

2010 Bowman Chrome Case Break

Just opened a 12 box case of 2010 Bowman Chrome. Couldn't help but think that the lack of x-fractors in the hobby box is really annoying, I mean I'm getting all these refractors that I can hardly tell are refractors, but no x-fractors? It just makes for a boring break, no color, no excitement. Pretty bland... I'd venture to guess that my results of the break are sort of typical, one really good card, and lots of mediocre cards. The fact I need to buy an entire case to ensure at least one good hit is pretty much why I've started going the route of purchasing cases instead of individual boxes.

Anyway, here's a bunch of the better stuff I ended up with...

2010 Bowman Chrome Mark Buehrle Orange Refractor #13/25


2010 Bowman Chrome A.J. Vanegas Blue Refractor #147/150


2010 Bowman Chrome Ryan Doumit Blue Refractor #109/150


2010 Bowman Chrome Carlos Pena Blue Refractor #133/150


2010 Bowman Chrome Stephen Strasburg (got 3 of these)


2010 Bowman Chrome Eduardo Nunez Blue Refractor #14/150


2010 Bowman Chrome Topps 100 Jason Heyward #899/999


2010 Bowman Chrome Jose Lopez Gold Refractor #33/50


2010 Bowman Chrome Ryan Wiegand Gold Refractor #41/50


2010 Bowman Chrome Wilken Ramirez Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Scooter Gennett Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Corban Joseph Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Carlos Peguero Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Jason Heyward Refractor


2010 Bowman Chrome Ryan Wheeler Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Juan Urbina Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Eury Perez Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Kyle Gibson Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Max Kepler Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Henry Owens Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Kyle Seager Refractor Auto #358/500


2010 Bowman Chrome Liam Hendricks Gold Refractor Auto #3/50


2010 Bowman Chrome CHristian Montgomery/John Simms Dual Auto #171/500


2010 Bowman Chrome Stephen Strasburg Refractor Auto Redemption

2010 Bowman Chrome

Seriously considering busting a case of 2010 Bowman Chrome here soon, so maybe check back here in the next couple weeks for that. But for today, I just picked up a box at the LCS and here's what I ended up with.

Dan Haren Orange Refractor #13/25


Jason Kipnis Auto


Brian Ragira Cyan Printing Plate 1/1

My UD 2009 Mystery Cuts Auto

After waiting for over a year, I finally received my 2009 mystery cuts redemption via FedEx today. These came one per case, so naturally a long wait, and rare case it should come with the expectation of some significant value from the cards. If you consider, case hits from items such as Goodwin Champions where you'd get one of the horse/butterfly cards that sell very well on the secondary market, at least $60 and up, and the hobby box of that was going for less then a box of legendary cuts. Well... Clearly they over produced the legendary cuts product in 2009, because there are very high numbered cards being sent out, and the company refuses to publish the final checklist. Had I known the value of the cuts they were going to produce (and by value, you've got to consider the hack/cut job on the card I got, it's all squiggly like a teenager cut it with an razor), then I would have sold my redemption when I first pulled it...

Anyway, here it is in all its glory... A Don Knotts cut auto #7/9. Secondary market price? Oh, I'd say $20 judging by the don knotts auto auction that just finished... Then again, there's hardly a single straight line on the card, and the (probably can't see it) gluey finger print smudges on the cut auto pic.