Meant to post this one last Sunday, as it was still October, plus the World Series was ongoing. The flu got the best of me though and I was offline for a couple days. Oh well, better late than never...
I've been enamored with the 1995 Upper Deck baseball and hockey releases since I first laid eyes on them as a 12-year-old. I only became aware of the autographed cards a few years ago as an adult, though. While they're impressive cards, featuring on-card signatures from some of the biggest names in the game, I never bothered to seek them out, assuming they were outside the price range of what I'd be willing to pay.
That all changed a few weeks ago when I was browsing around eBay late one night. One of those occasions where I just searched the sports card category for "autograph" to see what happened to be ending in the next few minutes. There was Reggie, sitting atop the search results with a starting price of $19.99 and no bids. I tossed a $20 bid in, fully expected to be out-sniped at the last second, but it stuck and I can now add Jackson's name to my autograph collection.
So there you have it, a Mr. October autograph in...well, November. Stupid flu.
Even came with the nice Certificate of Authenticity from Upper Deck. I guess this would be useful if I ever re-sold it, though I don't plan to. I haven't bothered researching to see whether I paid too much for this, or got a bargain. The way I see it this set me back exactly what a blaster would have from my local big box retail store, and at that price I'll gladly take this card any day.
The seller offered a deal where there was no additional shipping charge for a second card. I decided on this '52 Topps Monte Kennedy because it was very reasonably priced, and because I love extinct (or migrated, in this case) franchises like the New York Giants.
Problem is, I've already got one. Any of my trading partners interested in this?
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I would like the '52 Kennedy, but I will gladly yield to anybody who has a better reason for wanting the card other than "I'm mildly embarrassed that I have only one card from 1952 Topps, so I would like to add more".
You got it Joe, I'll set it aside for your next PWE (which might actually end up being a small padded envelope since the '52 is a bit large for my standard PWE method).
Looks to me like you got a very nice deal on that Jackson.
I bought one of those Jackson's long ago. Love the old Upper Deck autographs, great find.
Couple of cool cards Shane. Love the Reggie
Congrats on the Reggie. That is a beauty.
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