late last year i headed out to my local card shop and threw down my 2023 topps chrome shohei ohtani card
the shop participates in the mvp buyback program, so i had $20 in store credit to play with thanks to the former angel winning the 2023 american league mvp award. i spent some time with their team sorted singles and other bargain boxes and came away with a pretty good haul. i was later able to flip some of those singles to get more than my $20 back.
with some of those proceeds, i picked up a card of the 1974 national league mvp for my collection:
one of the cards i took from the lcs was this 2009 upper deck a piece of history gold parallel card of the should-have-been 2011 national league mvp matt kemp
it is numbered to 50 and was also covered by the bounty from the ohtani exchange.
should topps continue this program next year, i may find it harder to part with shohei ohtani cards if he wins the national league mvp award. i mean, i hope he is in the running for the award, but the dodger collection needs feeding!
