I Don't Collect Football Cards....

    So my poll is out today on the TCDB. Hopefully it can help settle a long-standing friendly debate with a friend of mine. Anyway...

    My Christmas shopping saw me at the card store again. Most of my family collects baseball cards, so it's a good place to go for gifts. I won't spoil what I got for my bro, because it may just show up on his blog in a month or two.

    Along with the Christmas shopping, I picked up some extra card stuff for that upcoming event I spoke of however many posts ago. Once all that was through, I had a little bit of time to pick through the boxes myself. I came away with three personal cards, and some top loaders, which will always come in useful (though some of those went towards the 'event'). 

    

    One of the cards came from the quarter boxes, one from the dollar box, and one from the $2 box. 

2006 Topps #25

    I have been lucky in that throughout my whole of card collecting, I have always been able to find cheap Chipper Jones cards. This card was the one from the quarter box, and it caught my eye because of the dotted line that appears to have been used for the cutting of the cards. However, while looking at the card online, it doesn't seem that the normal base cards of his have the dotted line. They also have a metallic sheen to the lettering in the name and position, something that my card doesn't. Anybody got an idea on that?

2022 Topps Player Jersey Number Medallion #JNM-BP

    This was the $2 card. Considering the amount that Evan Carter and Jackson Merrill are mentioned on this blog, it may surprise you that Buster's my favorite player. I think he has the second-most individual cards in my collection, behind Cal Ripken Jr. I'm patiently waiting for his turn to get inducted into Cooperstown (please make it on the ballots!). Anyway, I was more than happy to add another Posey to the collection, and a relic at that.

    By now you may be wondering at the title of my post. It is true, I don't really collect any cards other than baseball cards, unless it's a name I recognize for a good price (I am trying to build a small hockey collection, although my card shop doesn't have very many hockey cards). However, I just found one such deal at the card store. I traded Jayden Daniels for this guy in my fantasy football league. You guessed it, I got....

2022 Panini Chronicles Playoff Draft Picks #11

 

    Drake London! And a pre-rookie too. And it's also serial-numbered. It was a little difficult to tell at the store, but this card is numbered 126/149. And it only cost a dollar?!?!?! No second-thoughts about this card. I didn't know too much about football coming into the year (that's not true -- I knew next to nothing), but my team is in first place, so I guess it's going pretty well.

    That sums up my acquisitions from the day. What I found probably the most interesting about the trip was that the shop owner gave me over 40% off for everything, including the gifts. He had a table of things marked off for Black Friday, and maybe one thing came from the discounted section. The guy's always giving cards for less than marked, which I definitely appreciate. In the few months I've been going to the store, I can safely say it's the best card store in my neck of the woods, and they've got a regular customer in me.

    Before I forget, let me mention that Nachos Grande has opened his End-of-Year Awards for blogging and cards in 2024. If you haven't done so, go down and vote for your best cards and favorite blogs. I'll leave y'all to it. Have a great start to the week, and, as always, happy collecting!