yet another trade with nick at dime boxes is in the books, and as always, it was a good one. nick responded to my call for some 2024 topps series 2 base needs, including drew smyly's card
nick included several other base needs from the latest flagship release, and also threw this thing in there
it's not the meijer purple parallel but rather some sort or purple holofoil parallel. not sure where these are found (and not going to bother to look it up) but it's appreciated nonetheless.
some other dodgers that nick sent include a james outman 2023 topps chrome platinum anniversary card
it's a card that would have been much more popular if it were actually released in 2023.
nick is always good for some new to me vladimir guerrero cards, and this time there were a bunch. two of my favorites are this one
(which is not, in fact, from 2004 topps, but rather a 2006 topps walmart exclusive insert!) and this one from 2003 fleer ultra
that refers to his team as "mon expos" which means "my" expos but is really just a strange way of abbreviating "montreal". i would have expected "mtl".
nick is also good for some new to me double play turns, and there were four this time around.
2017 topps jason kipnis rainbow foil
2001 fleer ultra barry larkin
2000 pacific edgardo alfonzo
and 2004 mlb showdown edgar renteria
these next two were my favorite cards of the bunch. the first one is a 1996 upper deck hideo nomo highlights card
a 1960 topps don drysdale all-star card! it's one of nick's bargain finds at a recent show and was a bit of a surprise to see among all the newer cards.
it's a duplicate, but one that i was able to find a home for in my collection because of the back
i was at the game referenced on the back and got to see nomo's performance that night along with an on-field division clinching celebration by the dodgers, and i shared my experience (along with another card that tangentially references nomo's performance that night) in this post. because this card directly references the game i was at, it goes into my "cards featuring games i attended in person" mini-collection.
the other card that i want to share is this one
if you're not trading with nick i don't know what to tell you.
thanks nick!
As usual, always happy to send a package your way! Smyly is definitely a beautiful card that really stands out amongst the general mire of Series 2. I also have no idea what that Will Smith is, but I pulled it from a Target pack if that helps at all.
ReplyDeleteI was really excited to find a cheap copy of that Drysdale at a recent show...only to discover I already had it when I got home later that day. Either my collection's getting too big, or my memory's getting worse (probably a combination of both).
Having that Nomo card mention a game you were at is really neat. I think that's my favorite of your mini collections, as it seems a lot more personal than most collections. That Drysdale is nothing to sneeze at either. You don't see 1960 high numbers on the blogs very often, and almost never coming from trade packages.
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