This is a tin that holds a small handful of cards and a damn cool way of packaging them. It's a good thing too as the cards from this set are especially sensitive to damage. I remember when these came out, but I think they were always out of my price range.
Inside this were - you guessed it - Griffeys!
I love that Hitters Inc subset from Score. It's a bright spot in an otherwise ho-hum set.
Poor AJ also had to find a way to package this:
Again, I remember when these came out. I had one, but Lord knows what happened to it. This one's going on the shelf.
My favorite item AJ a hand-made, one-of-a-kind work of art:
Dick Perez, eat your heart out. AJ created this for my Ultimate Griffey Card Giveaway a few weeks ago, and the detail is amazing. See the little old-school Mariners tridents in the corners? Check out the shading and the back of his uniform. This level of detail is tough to accomplish on that bumpy surface, but it turned out fantastic.
I've never even approached this level of skill. If I ever tried to draw Junior, it would probably turn out like this:
And nobody wants that.
Thanks a lot, AJ! This is my very first true 1/1, and as an avid art collector I appreciate great illustration. It will get a place of honor in my Box of Griffeys That Are Too Good to Go in the Binders, which needs a new name.
Glad you enjoyed the package! Thanks for the kind words.
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