COMC and I Are Developing an Unhealthy Attachment With One Another

 The title says it all.  Here we go again:

Finally a Staub auto and a relic to boot.  I still hope to find an auto where he signs as "Le Grande Orange," but this will do. 

I was leafing through a Beckett the other day and Stub's was the only auto card with a little black down arrow next to the card value. What up with that?  Did he skin a baby alive or something?  How can that stupid little arrow (the only one on the page, mind you) be justified?  I smell a conspiracy.

I decided a few weeks ago to start building up my Vida collection.  He's an unsung Louisiana hero, and he has some really great cards as Night Owl well knows.  These were a bargain.

This was Vida's competition in Night Owl's Cardboard Appreciation Hall of Fame.  Had to snag one.

Both of Chuck's '91 Topps Desert Shield cards and quite possibly the reason we won the war.

Let's get serious:

There were many more Juniors in the package, but most of them I'm saving for future posts.  In the mean time, check out these shiny bits.

One sweet-looking parallel.

 

This card has eight relics on it.  Eight.  I still don't know how I'm going to store it, but it's pretty damn cool, right?  Plus it was only ten bucks.

There were two cards that weren't included with my order as they had to be shipped from COMC's warehouse in Canada (?), but this is the first time that has happened so I forgive them.  Am I the only one that's happened to?

A Stack From Stackhouse

I send Corey from his famous Tim Wallach blog any Wallachs I happen across in my collecting.  Poor Corey has already sent me all his Griffeys it seems, so he has begun sending mid-90's Mariners players and other guys from my short list of PC's.  Check 'em out:

This is the "silver signature" of that year - a team name instead of a signature.

A couple of early Dan Wilson Stadium Club cards

A flock of Finleys, sans 'stache.

A bushel of Buhners, most of which I didn't have

A cluster of Clarks

And a sunset of Senior.  Nice picture, too.

Thanks, Corey!  And you don't have to stress about sending back stuff every single time I send you a PWE.  Let's keep this hobby as stress-free as possible....

Wallach the Waxcaptain Underdog....in Order: a Trade Post

It was a wild weekend on the trading front.  Wanna see?

I got this in a trade with Victoriano over at Waxcaptain's Dugout.
 

Disregard the bunny hair.

I've gotten a couple of these in packs and haven't been really impressed with them, but this one has sold me.  Great looking card and set. 

Of course, it could be argued that I'm somewhat biased.

Waxcaptain is now looking for all the Topps cards, so if you have a surplus, I'm sure he could use them.  Thanks, man!




I'm gonna eat your phone charger and get away with it.





 [I would also like to take this opportunity to address an issue with my scans.  My wife got us a pet bunny last year who we named Dumpling.  She is about to turn 1, and she is already huge.  We love her, but she sheds profusely; and while we do a pretty good job of keeping the house fur-free, the errant hair stuck to my hand from much petting does find it's way to the glass of the scanner.  I've noticed a few Dumpling follicles in my Griffey card scans, and the one you see above that you pretty much can't miss is definitely the biggest yet.  Going forward, if you spot a bunny hair in a scan, make a wish.]







I sent Tim Wallach some Tim Wallachs, and he sent the Junior Junkie some Juniors.  No surprises, please:


1995 Leaf! - can I get a "what, what?"

   



According to Panini, trading doubles of stickers with your friends is fun.  This should be ammended with "but hoarding doubles of Griffey stickers forever is way more fun." 

Wallach guy is good people - send him your Wallachs.  All of them.

Tom from The Angels in Order sent me a mean pile of Griffeys that looked like this:

There were a few I've never seen and a few more I knew right away I didn't have.  Here are the ones that really stood out:





I remember Fun Pack having a few heat-reactive cards, but that one on the top right looks like a flagship Upper Deck insert.  Also, I had all the Griffey Crash the Game folding inserts except that one, so it was a nice surprise.  Plus the Ultra Stars is a gold parallel I was missing, and how cool is that sparkly sticker in the center?  Awesome. 

Aw, wait - there's more?

These are all new to me as well.  I was very excited to find that 2000 Aurora showing Griffey doing a press conference with his new team, the Reds!  Never seen that one, and I love these press conference cards.

So yeah.  Great stuff, Tom!  Thanks a bunch!

And finally, The Underdog Card Collector and I have begun trading negotiations.  He asked that I not send anything just yet, but he wanted to get something to me first.  I like that!

Anyway, he claimed it was a card I didn't have, so I was eager to see what it was.

OK, cool.  I always loved this card.  The forced smile, the turtleneck, the airbrushed M's logo, and who doesn't love a bizarre brand card?  Post, Burger King, Big Mama's Discount Auto Parts and Hairnets - these thing were popping up everywhere in the overproduction era, and they're super collectible.

Sadly I have like 9 of these; so while I love duplicates, I wasn't blown away.......until I turned it over and BLAM!


Say whaaaaaaaaaa?????

Yep, a super-baddass error card!  I most definitely do NOT have this!  I was very vocal about my excitement.  Luckily my wife was not home at the time, though the bunny probably got a little creeped out at the sight of my awkward-white-guy happy dance.

Strangely enough, this is not the first time I've seen Junior and Abbot together on the same card.  From the Griffey binders:

Crazy, right?

Well done, Mark!  You got me. 

I'd like to disregard your suggestion that I not send anything in return, but I cannot for the life of me decipher the return address on this envelope.  That's some doctory handwriting you got there!  Here's my best guess:

The Underdog Card Collector

7Ew Fluximp Plaza

FLicknanrny, Buggymuggz Z4%#L

Is this right?  I'm kidding, of course.  We like to keep things light over at the Junior Junkie.  It was reasonably legible, but I'd rather be sure, so please e-mail it to me!  I'll send you something cool.

Thanks everyone for the awesome trades!