Friday, March 6, 2015

What Do We Have Here? Upper Deck Random Acts of Kindness Edition








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In perspective


What a week this has been. Just yesterday I received my 1994 Upper Deck Griffey/Mantle Dual Auto, and today this arrives from Upper Deck's Random Acts of Kindness program. A billion thanks to Chris and Upper Deck for sending this stunning piece of Griffeyabilia.

I also owe a debt of gratitude to Gavin whose Wallet Card game is the reason this happened in the first place. I owe you, bro, and will find a way to pass the kindness on, I assure you. Plus a big thanks to all the friends, Mardi Gras Officers (the masked guys on horses), and NOPD who humored me taking all those #WalletCard photos.

FYI, the "card" measures 18" by 25" and is a half inch thick. The edition is limited to 25. I don't see finding an appropriate top loader, so I may just have to bite the bullet and get it framed.

It came with a hand-written card from Chris, but it mentions a very exciting project we will be working on the coming weeks so I will not be showing you that.

Yet.

Thanks for reading!

14 comments:

  1. That is great. You really put the Wallet Card to work.

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  2. That's damn sweet! Glad I could play a small part. And I'm glad that my promises of prizes didn't necessarily specify that I'd be the one giving them out. haha. (but no, expect a little something from me soon.)

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  3. That's such an awesome piece. Congrats!

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  4. How freaking awesome is that! Wow! Congrats man!

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  5. How freaking awesome is that! Wow! Congrats man!

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  6. Yowza! You're winning at #walletcard this week for sure. I wonder what Panini will send me for showing off my '86 Donruss Billy Jo Robidoux?

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  7. Holy crap, that is an amazing act of kindness. Congrats on an sweet edition to your Griffey collection.

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  8. This is incredible ! And the autograph is really sharp too. Very very cool. Always nice to see a manufacturer give back to the fans like this

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  9. That is awesome! Congratulations on this amazing addition to your collection and kudos to UD for their generosity.

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  10. Beautiful! You'll have to post pics of your card-room once it is on display.

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