one of my first pick-ups in the new year came via sportlots, and it's not the kind of card i usually find there. as i do maybe once every six months, i searched the site for steve garvey cards on the off chance that a seller added an uncommon parallel to their inventory, and i was surprised to find that exact scenario had played out!
a seller had a 2005 playoff absolute memorabilia spectrum gold card listed and i scooped it up
here's the front
spectrum parallels are shiny.
of course, with sportlots there is always the temptation to add cards to maximize value of shipping, and this seller's rate for 10 cards was the same as for 2-4 and not much more than the rate for a single card. so, i added 9 more dodgers to the order and paid with credit that i had from selling a 2023 update set on the site.
i didn't scan all of the additional cards, but i did scan these two 2019 topps allen & ginter ginter greats cards of clayton kershaw
that completed the dodger team set for me. i also added a few cards from 2017 topps allen & ginter x, including jackie robinson
