Finishing off my pickups from Sunday's show, here's a look at two other purchases I made:
First off, I grabbed three cards from a guy who cut me a reasonable deal and also told me to be on the lookout for a Jim Abbott autographed baseball the next time I'm there. The hits:
Mike Comrie 2003-2004 Upper Deck Rookie Update Top Draws auto |
Jim Abbott 1990 Topps in-person auto |
Yes, Veronica Mars fans, that's Jason Dorhing, a.k.a. Logan Echolls, and one of many VM actors to cameo on this outstanding, hilarious show, including Kristin Bell herself. Check it out! Jim Abbott? Jim Abbott!
Rick Leach 2004 TK Legacy auto |
My second purchase involved three more TK Legacy singles plus a couple packs. Here's what the two 2004 TK Legacy III packs yielded:
These are the six base cards, and I didn't have anything of any of them, so they were cool pickups. Of course, I bought the packs for the one-per-pack autos which were:
Erick Anderson and Marcus Ray, both new additions to the PC. Anderson, the 1991 Butkus award-winner as best LB, played here from '88-'91 and went onto a brief NFL career. Ray, a safety, played from '95-'98, including, of course, the '97 championship team. He's since gone on to coaching at several levels and, as a Michigan Man, is sure to excel at whatever he goes on to do.
Those two packs were part of a package deal for two MORE TK Legacy singles:
Welcome to the football PC, Bill! Yep, along with Leach, a football star who played baseball, here's Freehan, an eventual baseball star who also played football for the Wolverines in 1960, from the 2003 set. I'd seen this one on COMC but could never get a good deal on it, so I pounced on it in this package deal, and now I have 59 different subjects among my 387 football PC cards, more than 250 of which are autographs. Not a bad feat thanks to ANOTHER UM baseball/UM hockey/Detroit Tiger!
And then there's this bad boy from 2004, my favorite pickup of the show. I briefly considered a couple other dual autos, but in the end this one won me over. Hand-numbered 002/100, this card combines autographs from probably the two most important people in Michigan hockey history--legendary coach Red Berenson and goalie Marty Turco--two men who are responsible for Michigan's two most recent hockey championships. If names like Bo, Woodson and Harmon are synonymous with college football's best historical program, these two are among the gods of college hockey's flagship school.
As you can see, despite there not being much of a mix of brands, I ended up with a nice assortment of Michigan sports hits this time instead of focusing exclusively on football, despite my desire to hit a nice round 400 before the end of the year. Part of that was due to a dearth of stuff I needed, but fortunately I know where to look next time for some top-notch stuff like the Berenson/Turco. You may just see stuff to that effect in just a few weeks, so stay tuned.
Haha I forgot that scene. Terrific show.
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