A bunch of Poseys from the 80's

I should have posted this last week but I have been way to lazy!

John from Pursuit of 80'sness sent me a package last week, which was completely unexpected! Inside the pack were a stack of Giants from various brands and years, including players like JT Snow, Barry Bonds and Kurt Manwaring.

Also included was a nice Topps Heritage Adam Lind RC, which is one of my favourite Heritage designs.

But the best thing about the package is that John sent not one, not two but three Buster Posey rookie cards!

He sent over two of the above Upper Deck rookies. I had not seen this card yet and judging by a few of the forums I have visited its a pretty tough pull. So thank you very much for those cards John!

The third Posey rookie he sent was a 2010 Topps Heritage.

All in all some great additions to my collection. I now need to track down some Red Sox players to send his way!

Topps Gypsy Queen 2011

These images just appeared on the Topps Facebook page. This is the first time I had heard of this set but by going by these images this is going to be one sweet looking set!

How cool does this triple auto relic look? Longo, Wright and Robinson auto/relics on one card. But they look like stickers, although they may be clear.

Here's what the single autos should look like and its on card!

I guess this is what the base cards will look like.

This will probably be a one per pack, much like the T206 Bronze borders.

This I have no idea about. I know they are including Diamonds in their flagship series. Now it looks like they are branching out with other Gems to include in other sets. No idea what the odds on these cards are or who the chick in the picture is.

MINIS!!! I love minis! Much like the Ichiro above I'm guessing this will be a one per pack job.

The art work on these cards is amazing and much better than the Chicle set where all the players were replaced with artist impressions of how the players evil twin would look like.

Now this is clearly a vintage set. Does this mean that Topps will be bumping off one of their vintage sets next year? We know that Heritage is coming back (with Koufax!) and I'm fairly confident that Ginter will return so what product will be bumped?

2009 Cliff Lee Ginter pass around.

Over the past few months a 2009 Allen and Ginter Cliff Lee card has been passed between different bloggers. Upon receiving said card the blogger was encouraged to initial it and note their location. This card has been missing for a while and the blogs have gone quiet. Who has it? Where did it go? Do we care?

Well....


Here it is!!!!

As you can see from the card it is well traveled so far. I'm not sure where it started, the first time I heard of it was when I caught it on http://http//babennysbaseballcardbuffet.blogspot.com/. From there it traveled across the Atlantic ocean to a small English town called Westgate on Sea, which is the home of blogger John of http://http//pursuitof80s.blogspot.com/. He sent it my way about 8 months ago before I even started a blog and now I have sent it on its way back across the Atlantic to Larry of Sewing machine guy on cards.


So far the card has been in the following locations (I'm not sure where it started or what order the card traveled) -

MJ of Dublin, California (This is the initial and location at the top of the card so maybe this is where it started)

MA of Seymour, Tennessee

JDH of New London, Ohio

Somewhere in Canada I think. This is the red ink on the card and I'm having trouble reading it.

JA of Westgate, UK

and me

TMCD of Newport, Wales.

If you are one of the initials in the above list then please leave a comment so we can track this thing properly.

I love group breaks!

Sports Card Radio recently ran another free box break, this time it was for a box of 2010 Bowman Chrome.
Each member of the forum had a chance to win a pack from the box and I believe there were over 40 entries. I was lucky enough to draw pack number 10 which contained the above beauty!
The card above is 2010 Bowman Chrome Jason Heyward RC blue Refractor numbered 149/150. These cards are selling on ebay for around $30, so not a bad card to get for free!
I'm thinking about getting it graded although I'm open to trading it if someone out there is interested.
Getting a card graded is pretty expensive for me since I have to pay extra costs for living in the UK but Ryan, from SCR is going to a card show in January where they will have graders onsite and has offered to take the card along should I want to do it. So if I dont get any takers for the card then it will go in for grading and then off to the bay.
I want to say a huge thanks to SCR for hosting the break and also to FSFUK.co.uk for sponsoring and supplying the box.

Even more Adam Lind pick ups!

Back again with some Lind cards that I have recently picked up.


Its been like Christmas this week with an average of three bubble mailers dropping through my letter box everyday! Its been fun, especially since I have been off the last few days trying to crack Black Ops, thats a tough game!


Anyway onto the goodies! (WARNING BLURRY PICTURES AHEAD!)

First up with have this 2007 Upper Deck Spectrum Die Cut Gold Rookie numbered 04/50. I'm not familiar with this product at all, in-fact I had never heard of it until someone on the The Bench responded to a thread I had started.

Its not a particulier nice looking set. The card is not your traditional rectangular ship. As you can see in the picture, the edges kinda slope off on both the top right and bottom left. I dont think that looks good at all. When I see a card thats shaped in a strange way I just think that its more prone to damage. Why cant cards just be the same shape? Whats wrong with that?

Next is a new Exquisite I can add to my collection. I love Exquisite! The cards just scream quality.

This card is numbered 20/40 and features Lind with Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Litsch. I'm not to sure who Litsch is so I had to do a little research about him. It looks as if he has been up and down to the minors since coming up with Jays in 2007. He has 21-24 win/loss record and 194 strikeouts. Not to bad. Hes still a young guy so who knows, he may find his form one day, since he most definitely has the skills.

The final card I'll show is this 2007 Moments and Milestones Rookie. I think this came from the same guy as the Exquisite. I thought I already had this card but it turns out I didnt. Its not a bad looking card. My only criticism is that the sticker auto is inserted into a cut out in the card, I dont think that was necessary and does not make the card look any better.

That's it for now, I have a few more to show off in the coming days.

Who wants to trade?

While I take a quick break from playing COD Black Ops, I thought I would see if any of you out there would like to trade for any of the following:

/1960

/1960

/1961

/1961

mini black

mini black

/1961

/1961

Mini cycles /99

Johnny Bench

/49

I'm looking for Adam Lind cards I dont have, 2010 A&G minis, 2010 Topps Heritage or whatever I like the look of.

Fake Pujols autos verdict.

Yesterday I posted this. This is an auction from the same seller featuring 2 different Albert Pujols cards. Both cards are 1/1 autographs and both looked fake to me. What did everyone else think?

Well after postings about this on SCR and TheBench everyone who viewed the posts agreed that they were fake.

I also email Gelman from SCU, since hes always posting about fakes. He got back to me very quickly also agreeing they were fake.

The Hairylemon started a thread on SCF, where the majority believed they were fake. There is one idiot on that thread who swore blind they were real and even provided the proof in the form of a Beckett checklist. Unfortunately for him the cards in the checklist were different to the cards in the auction.
A thread was also started on FCB, surprise surprise, the consensus there was also fake.
I even contacted the seller to voice my concern. I thought maybe he didnt know what he had, since I have since learned that many people have been duped by fake Bowman Original buybacks.

Here are the messages I sent followed by the replies:

ME - Hi, Do you have anymore information about this card and the other Pujols you are selling? Why are they in Bowman original cases when neither card are a Bowman product and neither appear on the checklist? Thanks

SELLER - they are hand signed single cards they did not come from packs

OK. So that sounds like they are IP autos, right?

ME - Thanks for the response. How did they end up in a Bowman Original case? What company has authenticated them?

SELLER - The holo can be confirmed w them for confirmation of authenticity.

ME - Sorry but I do not believe Pujols signed either card for the Topps company. The Bowman Originals product is very well known for having forgeries and many dealers have been burned with these cards.
Even comparing them to other autos of him in other peoples collections, they aren't even close.

SELLER - been there done that mate, its all Kosher. Those in the know, bid and win. Cheers for your cynicism.

Notice he didnt actually answer any of my questions.

Well that seller has made himself around £250 on two fake autos. Good work if you can get it.
I feel bad for the people who bid on these cards but seriously if your dropping that sort of cash on a card you must have a basic idea of what your buying. I always check the seller out, maybe google them if I think something might be wrong. If something doesn't look right I'll ask a question. I have made mistakes by not reading the description properly and have ended up winning a damaged card, like this Lind TTT but that was no big deal.
I hope the buyer tries to get the card graded and learns the hard way and then does a chargeback on the seller.
This seller, silvermakergems, does not sell many cards but incase he does you should avoid them like the plague.