2018 Collecting Goals!
1. Pay off Babe Ruth/Honeymoon. COMPLETE
2. Acquire 25 Autos 22/25 88%
3. Acquire 10 pre-50s vintage cards 25/10 COMPLETE
4. Add 700 Vintage Cards 1,063/700 COMPLETE
5. Complete Storage Unit.
6. Add 10 Bobbleheads 6/10 60%
7. Add 10 Auto'd Baseballs 13/10 COMPLETE
8. Attend 2 Card Shows 3/2 COMPLETE
9. Upload All PC Youtube Videos COMPLETE
10. Complete Vintage Component on Website and upload pictures of all vintage cards.
11. Get to 100 Different HOF Autos (Started at 79) 91/100 91%
12. Get to 33% of Total Collection Completed (Started at 28.36%): 4835/13307 36.33% COMPLETE
1. Pay off Babe Ruth/Honeymoon. COMPLETE
2. Acquire 25 Autos 22/25 88%
3. Acquire 10 pre-50s vintage cards 25/10 COMPLETE
4. Add 700 Vintage Cards 1,063/700 COMPLETE
5. Complete Storage Unit.
6. Add 10 Bobbleheads 6/10 60%
7. Add 10 Auto'd Baseballs 13/10 COMPLETE
8. Attend 2 Card Shows 3/2 COMPLETE
9. Upload All PC Youtube Videos COMPLETE
10. Complete Vintage Component on Website and upload pictures of all vintage cards.
11. Get to 100 Different HOF Autos (Started at 79) 91/100 91%
12. Get to 33% of Total Collection Completed (Started at 28.36%): 4835/13307 36.33% COMPLETE
12/25/2018: Christmas Additions!
Here are some Sandlot autos, basketball autos, and 2 bobbleheads I got for Christmas to round out my collecting year!
11/2/2018: Surprise Care Package!
I received a surprise care package from my friend Impact Player (Josh) from the Youtube Community! Thanks so much Josh! (I also received an Antawn Jamison autographed UNC hat!!)
10/29/2018: Sandlot Mailday!
A big mailday for my Sandlot collection, adding four auto'd baseballs to that mini-PC!
9/29/2018: Salisbury, NC Card Show!
Vintage, Vintage, and more vintage! I hit FIFTEEN different sets of mine; ranging from '33 Goudey to '65 Topps; with some play balls, red mans, and bowman cards along the way! The highlights were the '33 Goudey Vernon "Lefty" Gomez RC, a '61T Billy Williams RC, a '33 Goudey Chick Hafey RC, along with a second year card of Lefty Grove from '34 Goudey. Thanks to dealer Kurt Tourdot for all the deals!
9/17/2018: A Baseball & A RC
Two of my favorite players of all-time are featured in these two pickups! I added a Tim "The Rock" Raines auto'd baseball, and a 2001 Topps Ichrio rookie card!
8/3/2018 Cooperstown, plus some Sandlot Mail!
Whoooooo Cooperstown! I got to go to the HOF induction this year to see my favorite player, Chipper Jones be inducted! While I was there I met Pedro Sierra, Pete Rose, Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray, and Rickey Henderson! I also picked up the Randy Johnson & Javy Lopez Bobbleheads along with some '40 Play Balls, 1 '36 Goudey, and 1 '38 Goudey! When I got back, I had the authentic dirt from the field where The Sandlot was filmed; along with my Braves edition Patrick Renna "Hamilton Porter" bobblehead!
7/10/2018: Luis Aparicio & Mark Jackson Autos
One Perez Steele autographed postcard in Luis Aparicio (who is my 93rd baseball HOFer!) and a Mark Jackson autograph for my basketball greats PC. Both were FREE with my ebay bucks from this go round!
6/27/2018: A Mick, to complete a set!
Special thanks to my friend Drew, who sold me this (and much of my '52 Bowman set in the past) to complete the set: Here's Mickey!
6/6/2018: 1 Day, TWO GOALS Completed!!!
HUGE shoutout to my friend Matt (Passion 4 Cards on Youtube) for an AMAZING care package of vintage cards! They ranged in years from 1952 to 1969 Topps- and the package totaled FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY VINTAGE CARDS!!! I definitely owe you big Matt!
That put me over my goal for vintage cards for the year AND for my total collection completion percentage for the year! 3 Goals down, 9 to go! Thanks again Matt!!!!
That put me over my goal for vintage cards for the year AND for my total collection completion percentage for the year! 3 Goals down, 9 to go! Thanks again Matt!!!!
5/24/2018 The Kid Bobblehead!
Ken Griffey Jr. is one of my favorite players of all-time; and his trademark was the backwards hat. So I had to have this version of him as a bobblehead!
5/19/2018: Three Perez Steele HOF Autos!
I love these Perez Steele autos, and I love that they were HOF-centric! I hope to add a lot of these- so for one of my first purchases since September: I picked up three of them! Ernie Lombardi, Joe Medwick, and Earl Combs are added to the collection to put me at 92 HOF Autos!
5/15/2018: A LATE Birthday Addition!
My brother gave me this awesome Perez Steele Auto to me at my wedding right before I left on my honeymoon!
5/1/2018: Birthday Additions!
I added FIVE Perez Steeles from my parents/brother, the 25th Anniversary Sandlot blu-ray (with the cards it comes with!), some UNC shoes & shorts from my fiancee, Chipper Jones' book "ballplayer" from my future in-laws, and a 1952 Bowman Gil Hodges that leaves me 3 cards short of completing that set! What a great birthday!
4/25/2018: Two UNC Auto'd Basketba....Baseballs
I got to watch my brother PLAY against the ACC Barnstorming All-Stars (including Joel Berry & Theo Pinson!) I got autographed baseballs from Joel & special guest Kendall Marshall! I also got an 8x10 signed by Joel, Kendall, and Theo not pictured. Was an awesome experience!
4/12/2018: Muggsy!
Today I got in a Muggsy Bogues auto, one of my all-time favorites! Not only am I fan because he played for the Charlotte Hornets, but also because I was a short basketball player myself!
3/2/2018: A Custom Mantle Cut
Long story short I was given a Mantle autograph on a dollar bill a few years ago by a former Grizzlies Season Ticket Holder- and I finally turned it into a custom!
2/17/2018: Salisbury Card Show!
I picked up 4 cards: '50B Ted Williams, '40PB Heinie Manush, and RCs from '33G of Eddie Collins & Herb Pennock! Only the last two are pictured, sorry about that!
12/27/2017 Christmas Collection Additions!
I got a gift for myself (yes I know, cheating a little here) as well as some collection additions from Christmas gifts! Enjoy!
Here's a group photo of the auto'd baseballs I got for myself! I now have 5/9 of the players from The Sandlot! From top to bottom/left to right: Squints, Kenny Denunez, Ya-Ya, Tommy Timmons, and Timmy Timmons!
Also for The Sandlot collection I added this sweet Squints bobblehead!
Finally, here's a group shot of what I got as Christmas gifts!
10/23/2017: Pudge Bobblehead!
Thanks to Houdini of Blowout who sends me this SWEET Pudge bobblehead for the price of shipping for my HOF bobblehead collection!
9/18/2017: Welcoming My Holy Grail: The Babe!
My Nanny split her collection between my brother and I when we were little. Its how I got started collecting. At the time, my Nanny had two movies. One became my all-time favorite: The Sandlot. I've seen the movie literally hundreds of times. In the movie they idolized The Babe, and his autograph became my ultimate holy grail I thought I'd never own. Well, now I do :) This may be my last collection purchase for A WHILE, but it is ONE MILLION percent worth it!