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Sunday, March 22, 2015

My Trade with My Life in the Sports Card Hobby

Frankie from My Life in the Sports Card Hobby posted awhile back about a great Joe Mauer (#'d to 10) card he pulled and was looking to trade. I was happy to do it, but I have to say I was a little intimidated!

Sure, Frankie is probably about half my age (I don't plan on doing the math on that), but as a collector he's light years ahead of me. Did ya see his post about meeting Mariano Rivera? Getting Mo to sign a pitching rubber? Goodness. That's just the tip of the iceberg, Frankie has a great collection going and his posts showcase some really nice autos and relics, etc etc.

I generally don't have a lot of stuff like that, so I put together what I could find to fit his PCs and sent over the shiniest things I could get my hands on.

Here's the return, starting with that fantastic Joe Mauer:


It's actually my first card numbered to 10 (I'm hoping to make the Clear Acetate Kennys Vargas 2015 Topps Series 1 my second, if I can ever find one...), so thanks very much for making that happen, Frankie!

In addtion to Joe, Frankie added some more cool Twins:


Can't go wrong with Harmon! Thanks again for trading with me Frankie, these are great!
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7 comments:

  1. Kevin PapoyMarch 22, 2015 at 8:58 AM

    I think that Prizm are the worst cards on the planet, but this one actually looks nice ! cool low numbered addition !

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    1. BrianMarch 22, 2015 at 9:19 AM

      Yeah - It was one of the few times the missing team logo didn't matter much. A lot of times it's really distracting, but here you are more drawn to the Gold Border and the action shot. Even Topps has a hard time getting the team logo in catcher action shots (see the two McCanns from 2015 for reference).

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    2. BobWalkthePlankMarch 22, 2015 at 9:40 AM

      Don't listen to Kevin....He loves Prizm.

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  2. JediJeffMarch 22, 2015 at 11:03 AM

    Everyone knows Kevin likes Prizm. Search the net hard enough and you can find images of his Prizm shrine in his house.

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  3. Kevin PapoyMarch 22, 2015 at 11:09 AM

    Damn, my cover's blown. I am naturally party-poopingly simply jealous. My hatred of Prizm doesn't have much to do with missing logos (though it doesn't help). For example, I do like Immaculate. It's just that...ugh and blah and ugh again one year after another

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    1. BrianMarch 22, 2015 at 11:41 AM

      Not to mention that the backs are all super boring... It's all good! We don't have to like anything we don't like. It's pretty normal for me to totally hate a particular set and still have several favorites within that set.

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  4. Tony BurbsMarch 22, 2015 at 7:13 PM

    It does seem like Panini is slowly figuring out that using good photo selection to minimize the logo erasure makes for a better looking product.

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