long gone are the days of allen & ginter dominating the blogosphere with "gintacuffs" and other widespread sharing of the latest release from topps. here we are now in late january, and i've only posted one card from the 2024 ginter set. since that post, i actually purchased another pack that included steve garvey's card which is always nice. however, i had already picked up a couple of singles of that card.
the big card that i bought from 2024 topps allen & ginter is this one:
freddie freeman and steve garvey have been paired up a couple of times now by topps which makes some sense. seeing them both on a double rip card, however, ups the ante.
i've left the card alone for now. i watched a couple of double rip rips on youtube and the return was underwhelming. while that does increase the odds (very very slightly) that there is something better inside my card, i haven't been tempted to risk it. what would you do?
i also targeted a framed mini auto of garvey
and his boxtopper autograph
which is numbered to 25 and smaller than i expected. it's shorter and wider than a standard sized card.
less interesting but more plentiful is his aforementioned base card, which is shown here with with three parallels that i bought
those parallels are the hot box silver portrait, the silver foil filigree, and the gold foil filigree. i have so far avoided pursuing any of the minis out there aside from the black border,
but i did grab his allen & ginter x card
no minis from that set yet, though.
this is the first time that garvey has been featured in ginter as a regular card after being among the short prints the last couple of years. before that, he only had a short print relic card in one ginter release. it would be nice to see him infiltrate other sets like stadium club as a base card subject.
he did make an appearance in 2024 topps 206
as for ginter, the only other dodger i've added from 2024 ginter is clayton kershaw
