One Man's Thoughts on Sports Card Collecting

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Picked Up A Grail Card For My Griffey Collection

 Hi! Wow, so 8 years since my last post, huh? Did I miss anything? I'm sure not much happened while I was away, I feel like it's been a pretty boring near-decade....

Anyhoo, I thought maybe it was time to fire up the ol' blog again. I have no idea if I'm still on the blog roll or not, so if you are reading this maybe you could do me a solid and just say hi in a comment? It would be nice to know if anyone is actually seeing this post! 😄

And now, on to the actual point of the post - I managed to get my hands on a Griffey card that I've been trying to get since before I even started this blog in the first place!! 

I've loved the 1998 Pinnacle Epix cards since they first came out. It has always been a dream of mine to get all the Griffeys, but I've been stuck trying to track down the Purple and Emerald Season cards that came out of 1998 Zenith for years. Scratch one off the list!



With the addition of that purple beauty, I've only got one more left to go.

Apparently one of the Emerald Season cards was actually sold on eBay recently.....for $350. I suppose that price is unsurprising, given that Pinnacle only made 30 of those cards to start with. Add to that the odd gimmick Zenith had that year with regular cards hidden inside of 5×7 cards, and there are almost certainly less than 30 out there in the wild. But, maybe someday....

It's good to be back. I hope to hear from some of you soon!


Sunday, January 3, 2016

New Year, New Griffeys

Long time, no see!

It's been a long time since I've posted, but I definitely wanted to check in this week since I'm expecting big news for my boy Griffey! (For those who may not be aware, they announce the result of the baseball Hall of Fame voting on Wednesday).

I haven't been able to do much in the way of card collecting lately, but I did manage to pick up a few new Griffeys here and there:



This 2000 Topps Star Stars insert is one of those "how did I never get this card before?" acquisitions.  Holographic background?  Yes, please.

The rest I was able to pick up on the cheap in one of those eBay "Pick 10" lots.  For once I finally remembered to go looking for one of these insert lots while the set is still current, so I was able to score before the sellers all got picked over.  A nice haul for just a few bucks!



I must say, these Topps designs like the last one for Heart of the Order drive me absolutely nuts.  If you can't make the card still look good when it doesn't have a "relic" attached to it, then it is a poor design.  Unfortunately this has been a common theme among Topps inserts the past few years.

Happy New Year to all!