tier one three ways

birthday boy steve garvey was included in the 2024 topps tier one release with some sticker auto/relic cards. the most basic one has one plain road swatch

and is numbered to 199. i picked that card up fairly quickly upon release for 16 bucks.

there is a two swatch version numbered to 99, and a three swatch version 

numbered to 49.

i am trying really hard not to chase all of these nonsense cards anymore, and i only bit on the three swatch version because the buy it now was really low compared to the other versions of the card. i was content not having a two swatch version until i saw the patch version

and my more dominant collecting instinct kicked in.

garvey also had an auto/relic card in series 2 of 2024 topps

that has a variety of parallel versions, but i was able to hold myself to just the one example. same goes for his 2024 topps pristine insert

which has a ridiculous number of different parallels.

anyway, happy birthday to the first baseman from the team of my youth!