First in a trade to Kerry from Cards on Cards, I got this Sam Young Panini Limited Jersey Auto numbered 1 of 5. Our favorite Cardinals fan wasn't a huge fan of our Sam Young. I've watched Young play a bit through out the year in Memphis and I think this kid has huge upside. I traded a manu-patch auto (signed on patch) of Dante Cunningham for the card. Ordinarily, I wouldn't trade away a Blazer, but I pack pulled another Cunningham auto in Panini Flagship. Though the auto wasn't as nice, I pulled it personally. So I kept that one. Either way, I know I sent Sir Dante's (my nickname for him - pass it around) auto card to a good home. And I'm still happy with what I got.
Next, on the cheap, I picked up the Andrei Kirilenko base version of the Certified Imports set. I'm really glad that these cards aren't costing more. They're a really fun quirky subset to put together.
And lastly (drumroll please) I got a four-pack of Batum cards in the same auction. Leave it to the opportunists who waited for Batum to have a huge game to release some cards on the market. Either way, I made out like a bandit on this one.
Even though I still haven't bought a gold chrome, or the red chrome for that matter, the blue chrome are my favorite cards. And now I own 4 of the 99.
Take that Batum Bandit of the Bay (my personal enemy - and fellow Batum fanatic who battles me on every Bowman Batum auction)! I don't know your identity, but I won.
I hope BBB (shortened acronym for my enemy - or Triple B, if you like) is a married man. And I hope that his wife nags him constantly about collecting Batum cards. And I hope he chooses to save his marriage, and in doing so, puts his Bowman Batums back on the market.
There was only one gold chrome refractor I've ever seen offered on ebay - and he sniped me. Kindly put the gold - and any other variations back up for sale. It's safer than alimony.
5 comments:
Hahaha, good stuff. Always good to kill 4 birds with one stone...or 4 Batums with one bid, if you will. ;)
Also, sweet Sam Young! I posted one I got last week on my blog, I agree with you on his upside!
Nice Young card! You got one heck of a deal!
The Young Patch looks really sweet, congrats.
G_Moses: "Nothing worse than going to the mailboxes and not seeing manila envelopes due to you".
Wow, nothing is more true. That might be the quote of the year.
Fed Ex called me tonite saying they have a package from UD, but they can't find my house (it's really easy to find, but the state decided to change the road recently). I gave them directions and they said they will deliver the package tomorrow. I don't think I can wait that long. Def know the feeling as an eager collector going to see if there are any packages in the mail. It's really exciting when there are one or two manila envelopes in there. Almost as good as opening those packages.
I missed your post on Batums 5 pt 2 reb 1 asst night on Weds against the Pacers. Where is it?
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