Any Hellickson Collectors out there ?

As many of you know I collect all Kershaw cards, next to Glavine and Blyleven probably the key focus of my collection. Two weeks ago I was able to pick up a great Kershaw card from last year's Museum Collection. I didn't want to pass up this opportunity as the card was limited to only 15 copies so I was not sure I would ever get another chance to grab one. However, this card came with a catch, or actually 5 catches. The catch was that I could only buy the Kershaw card if I also bought 5 extra Jeremy Hellickson cards. All in all a good deal given the total price I paid for the 6 cards. These were great Hellickson cards as well, but.....I don't collect Hellickson cards. Therefore, I now officially have some cool Hellickson trade bait !! Any Hellickson or Tampa Bays Rays collectors out there ????

Let's start with the card that got it all started and the only cards of this pack that is not for trade !!

A really great card and a cool addition to my Kershaw PC !! Now let's move to the Trade Bait !! Two Tribute cards, one numbered to /15 and one to /25 !

Next up two Tribute cards from 2011, both numbered to /75 !

Lastly, a cool Museum Collection from 2012, numbered to only /25 !

That's it, make me some good offers and I am happy to trade these beauties !!

Tribute Loot from Nachos Grande

Topps Tribute is one of the high-end sets that I really like but never had the pleasure of opening up a box myself (way too expensive!). Luckily, Chris at Nachos Grande held a Tribute group break recently and I was lucky enough to get the Yankees while even luckier to get allocated the Tigers as well (hopefully some Verlander!).

This morning the loot arrived. Let's have a look !! Let's start with the base cards, I received four, two Yankees and two Tigers !! Here are my two Tigers, Ty Cobb and Verlander, great looking cards !!

The two Yankees were Sabathia (nice!) and Rodriguez (I am probably not the only Yankee fan who doesn't really like him...).

I received three more cards ! One green parallel of Babe Ruth !! Great card !!

The last two cards were two great relics ! The first one a Tribute Transition, Cecil Fielder, moving from the Tigers to the Yankees !!

The last card of the pack was another great one, a bat relic of Al Kaline !! A real beauty !!

That was it, some great loot in my view so I was lucky this time !! Thanks Chris for organizing another cool group break, looking forward to the next one !!

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