everyone wishes for silver and gold

hard to tell, but this 2019 panini leather & lumber walker buehler card

is the base version with silver foil lettering.  this clayton kershaw card,

is the embossed parallel with gold foil lettering.

both cards came to me from night owl. this continues a nearly 12-year trading regimen wherein i receive some dodger hand-me-down goodness.

there were other cards in the pwe, of course.  here's a 2020 topps silver pack clayton kershaw card

and a couple more gold cards to continue with the theme

that's a 1997 fleer ultra pedro astacio gold medallion edition card. for some reason, in 1997, fleer decided to put a different photo on the gold medallion cards making them more of a variation than a parallel.  speaking of parallels...

that's a 2017 topps update justin turner gold parallel, featuring yadier molina's back.  not everything in the envelope was silver or gold, but the remaining cards were more than welcome.  here's a couple of 2019 bowman prospects - keibert ruiz and dj peters

ruiz is a catcher and made it to triple-a last season. he's only 21. peters, whose initials are actually d.s., spent more time in oklahoma city last year than ruiz. both are on the 40-man roster but are blocked to some degree from the bigs.

last but certainly not least is this 2019 topps mlb sticker collection sandy koufax sticker

there's a national on the back, but nobody needs to see that.

thanks greg!