A Christmas COMC package !

Happy Christmas everyone, hope you and your families all are doing well and enjoying the holiday break ! For Christmas I received a nice COMC holiday package which I had the urge to show you all ! So here it is !

First up, a cool Panini Leather & Lumber featuring Glavine and a nice Blyleven printing plate.

Next up, an old stamp on a card. Never really got the concept but it like cool and is a nice addition to my Blyleven collection !

The next one is a awesome addition to my Glavine collection, another One of One !! This one is from a recent Leaf set, a Fantastic Fabric !

Last up, a beauty, at least in my view. A awesome Blyleven booklet from Topps Museum Collection !

Anyways, that's it for now. Some great cards for Christmas ! Enjoy the holiday break and let's make it a great 2020 !

Glavine's Hand - That's a first !

It's been a while since my last post, real life is incredibly busy and keeping me away from posting much. However, when a nice COMC package arrived with a unique card I did want to share it with you all !

I noticed this card on eBay. Apparently, the 2014 Topps Museum Collection had a set that included handprints. Of course, if this set includes a Glavine the chase is on !

After a round-trip through COMC here's my first Handprint card, in full A4 size !!

As you can see, they threw in an auto and a bat-relic as well to finish the job (although not from any specific game, event or season of course :-) !

Thanks and hope you all are doing well.

Quick post during busy times !

Wow, it feels like a long time I have published my last post. Work, Study, Family, Sports, all caused my life to be swamped and caused my absence from my blog. I still have an exam to make next week and just started in my new role at work so the busy times are not over yet. At the same time, if a Topps envelop drops on my doormat I need to share it with the world and my friends in the blogosphere of course !!!

So here it is, my latest Rizzo addition. After the recent deals the Cubs look even better now and should be again fun to watch the upcoming season !! Here's Rizzo together with Baez from this year's Museum Collection. Topps delivers again when it comes to Redemptions !!

 
Next up a cool Kershaw card I was able to pick-up on eBay. Although the Kershaw collection has taken a back seat given the high prices for his cards I am happy I am able to pick up a nice card now and then !!

 
Thanks for visiting my blog today ! Enjoy the Christmas holidays everyone !!

Awesome booklet addition !!

Quick post today while I am packing for Florida (more tips are always welcome, check my post from a few days back!). I was able to get my hands on an awesome addition to my Glavine PC, a very cool auto booklet from Topps Museum Collection. Love everything about this card !!

That's it for today, thanks for visiting my blog today !!

Back from Holiday with 2 redemptions waiting for me !!

Just got back from holiday with a high stack of yellow bubble mailers waiting for me, the best part of coming home !! I will come back in the coming days with all the goodies from these bubble mailers. I also will come back to all the e-mails you send me in the last few weeks with trade suggestons etc !!

In the pack that was waiting for me there was also one from Topps, 2 of my redemptions !!!!

The first one was a very cool Sabathia from this year's Topps Supreme, a set that only came out in Asia apparently, and which has some awesome looking cards in it. I recently got myself a Rizzo so when a saw the Sabathia Redemption I jumped on it. Here it is !!

Let's hope that Sabathia will also overcome his pitching problems in the coming period !!

Next up was an even better card !! This usually means a Kershaw, Glavine, Blyleven or Rizzo card. Well, it was a beautiful Glavine from this year's Museum Collection. One of the framed gold-bordered ones, very heavy and a very cool one !!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today. More to come soon including another RIP card !!

Topps Delivers again !!

Quick post as I am swamped, aprtly due to work, partly due to the World Cup !! Holland is doing great, let's hope the fun continues for a while. This morning a thick envelop arrived at my doorstep, one from Topps. I am beginning to like Topps because this is what they send me !!

First up,a signed Black Bowman from this year's set !!

Topps also included two cool Museum Collection cards !!

That's it. Happy to see my Glavine collection growing nice and steady ! In case you are still waiting for me when it comes to a trade: I have not forgotten, just a bit swamped at the moment !

Thanks for visiting my blog today !

New Rizzo cards !!

Quick post today with two new Rizzo cards, one from COMC and one from eBay !

First-up my nicest Rizzo in my collection !! A awesome Museum Collection Booklet !! Now I just need to find a nice way to store them !

Second cards is a mini, not just a mini, a Gypsy Queen mini, autographed as well !!

Love these minis !!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today !!

Kerhsaw bats !

Quick post today with new Kershaw additions, two bat relic additions I must say. Still a bit strange to see pitchers with bat relic cards but hey, it's Kershaw so i'll take it !!

Let's start with the big bat ! I like this card and only numbered to 25 !

Here's some smaller bat parts and a piece of jersey, all guaranteed by Topps of course !!

That's it for today, thanks for visiting my blog !!

Momentous Material !

Quick post today on my latest Rizzo addition. Here's an awesome Museum Collection Momentous Materials, or at least, I like it !!

My Rizzo collection is progressing nicely. In case you have any to trade let me know !!

Best Redemption Day Ever !!!!

As some of you know I am a big fan of Topps Redemption....why would you ask ?? Well, redemptions of players like Glavine or Kershaw are usually much cheaper compared to the real cards.

First reason I think is because of the uncertainty of Topps not delivering. This however, is close to zero risk for players like Glavine, Kershaw or Rizzo who always come through. Second reason redemptions go cheaper compared to the real cards is unclarity, you have to do some work to see what the redemption is all about. Often I feel people are unaware that the redemption is for a card numbered to only /10 or /25, so that lack of awareness provides an opportunity to pick up these cards for a more attractive price !!

A few days ago a nice white Topps envelop arrived. Instead of containing one card, like normally is the case, it contained 4 cards !!! Yes, 4 cards !! I almost feel a little guilty but here we go !!!

First up, is it a mini ? a large mini ? well, I don't care, it looks cool and it's a Kershaw !!!

Notice on the back it's only numbered to 25 !! Talking about the number 25, here's another one !! 2013 Museum Collection redemption !

I was also able to get my hands on the /50 redemption with an interesting part of the logo on the jersey I guess !

To stay with the /25 theme, here's the last card of the pack, meet Rizzo and the Big Hurt, Frank Thomas, my first Frank Thomas auto !!!

Well, I can only say this was the best Topps redemption day ever !! Don't expect to ever beat this one but that's oke !

Now let's hope that Panini ever makes good on the few redemptions I have oustanding, getting fairly annoyed with them !! Go Panini !!

Topps Delivers again !!

I have heard plenty of horror stories about Topps Redemption program and I am no fan either (hate to wait, even have a redemption today that is not yet in the Topps System....). However, to date Topps has always delivered, usually after 6 months or so..maybe I am just lucky !

A few months back a few 2013 Museum Collection redemptions were on eBay, a few of my favourite dutch MLB player, Bert Blyleven !! As Topps might have scared away people from buying redemptions (or Bert Blyleven is not the most popuylar guy) I was able to get my hand on not one but two framed redemtpions, one silver, one black. I love these cards, realy beautiful with the steel frame around it. Here they are !!

I still have a bunch of outstanding redemptions so hopefully Topps continues to deliver in the future as well !!

Thanks for visiting my blog today !

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 !!

Another Museum Score !!

Chasing most of the Kershaw Museum cards I came across another cool card, a primary pieces card numbered to only 25 !!

In addition, the seller added 2 bonus cards, both are for trade !!

Thanks for visiting my blog today !

Flying Dutchman Museum Piece !!

As most of you know I love to chase Blyleven cards, the best pitcher with Dutch roots !! Last week I was able to score a Blyleven Museum Collection Auto card. Here it is !!

Thanks for visiting my blog today. Be on the look-out for some Museum Collection trade bait again tomorrow !!

A Pitcher with a Bat !!

Kershaw is quickly becoming the main focus of my collection (after Glavine of course!). Topps Museum Collection this year has a couple of great Kershaw cards. Last week I was able to pick a Jumbo Lumber card which looks pretty cool )although the bat is of course ot from any specific game, event or season, as Topps nicely puts it !).

I am planning to chase some more Kershaw Museum Collection cards so wish me luck ! Thanks for the visit today !

Museum Score !!

I was recently chasing a Kershaw Museum Collection Quad Qualities card. However, the card was offered as part of a package of several Museum cards. I was shocked that I won the complete package for only $26. Before we move to the trade bait let's have a look at the Kershaw shall we !!

Cool card in my view. That was not all as the package include 2 more cards for my collection. One of the Kershaw's numbered base cards and also a Maury Wills Auto card, although I am not a Dodger collector I am going to add that one to my Legends collection !

But....that was not all, the pack included some more cool cards !! Let's have a look at this Chad Billingsley Primary Pieces relic card, numbered to only 75 !!

But...that was not all, it included another Chad Billingsley Primary Pieces relic card, this one numbered to only 25 !!!

Lastly, the pack included a Duke Snider numbered base card !!

All of the above for close to $25, a real lucky break I had there ! The Snider and the Billingsley are for trade so happy to entertain any offers and set up a trade !!