Monday, December 20, 2021

unity relics, unite!

i don't recall what i was looking for on ebay a few months back when i stumbled upon a 2011 topps triple threads andre ethier relic card
whatever it was i was searching for, it took a back seat to this card, and i quickly searched for other dodgers from the same set. it turns out that the above card is a "unity" relic, and features a nice background shot of dodger stadium behind ethier.  there are a few other dodgers included in the subset (including a second ethier), and since it is triple threads, they all have the usual parallels. 

what is most interesting to me, however, is that different players (or different photos of the same player, in andre ethier's case) have one of three stadium backgrounds, which allowed me to do this:
duke snider and left field, with an emerald parallel of center field ethier and a sepia parallel of right field ethier completes the "unity" and gives a pretty solid dodger stadium background. super cool (to me, anyway).  these three cards are for the dodger collection, but i put the first ethier in my dodger stadium collection even though i don't have a double of that print run in my team collection. i'm playing fast and loose with my rules these days.

5 comments:

  1. That's pretty cool seeing the three cards form the whole field like that. Clever.

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  2. A few years ago I was trying to build the Oakland Coliseum background. Got Kurt Suzuki in right field, but never tracked down Rickey, Rollie, or Reggie for left or center.

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    1. Sounds like a project worth finishing to me

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