quick stop at the card shop

i was hoping to find some 2024 topps inserts and parallels when i stopped at one of the local card shops earlier this month. i missed the february card show, and at last year's first show following the release of series 1, i cleaned up on inserts and parallels. it looks like i was late to the party as 2024 singles were few and far between in the team and nickel boxes.

i came away with six new to me dodger cards from the boxes

2021 panini select dustin may, 2021 topps mitch white royal blue parallel, 2021 topps chrome update keibert ruiz purple refractor, 2022 panini father's day mookie betts, 2022 panini mosaic max muncy, and 2023 topps austin barnes rainbow foil.  the betts and muncy cards were in the nickel boxes, and the other four were a quarter apiece.

i also added a 2024 topps superstar blueprint card of freddie freeman

but that came from a blaster i bought.

i did look through some of the other team quarter boxes and extracted a 2019 topps chance sisco gold parallel

for the tatooine collection, and a 2020 topps opening day orlando arcia red foil parallel

for the double play collection.

some teams, like the dodgers and braves, are underrepresented in the team boxes. others, like the rays and a's, have a ton of cards. it looked like someone took a handful of cards from the a's selection and downgraded them to the nickel boxes. i took a 2020 topps fire matt chapman arms ablaze insert

just because i had not seen one of them before.

also surprisingly in the nickel boxes were some other cards from the 2022 panini father's day set, including shohei ohtani

and a trio of bobby witt jr rookies

i was pleased to find a 2023 panini chronicles tim wakefield titan card

for a nickel because it's good to see new cards of his being made. i saw an announcement late last month that the red sox will be wearing a memorial patch for wakefield this season, which is a nice tribute for a fan favorite.

there were a few blue jays cards from 2023 topps finest flashbacks and i chose a vladimir guerrero jr card

for some reason. i don't really collect vladdy jr but for a nickel i am going to take his cards.

finally, there were some 2024 topps mixed about, including my first look at the fanatics pack (whatever those are) exclusive aqua parallels

the aqua borders really work with the neon design, and i bet they are the only border variant that makes the padres city connect uniforms not look out of place. 

until next time, local card shop!