Autograph Pickup of the BEST Current Cubbie!

Hey guys, Drew back here! To go along with my recent eBay addition, a Paul Goldschmidt Five Star on card autograph, I decided to pick up an autograph of who I believe is the best current player on the Cubs roster. Kris Bryant has loads of talent, and I feel like we'll be spending the significant future admiring his play. But in this case, I wanted to show a little love for someone who is doing big things right now, Anthony Rizzo.

Out of 2013 Topps Tribute, I found a gorgeous on card autograph numbered 60 of 99 of the Cubs young slugger. Many people have turned their focus on Jorge Soler, Kris Bryant, and Addison Russell for good reason, but Rizzo is often the forgotten man on what is becoming one of the most exciting lineups to watch in all of baseball. Last year, Anthony clubbed a personal high 32 home runs while batting .286 and driving in 78 runs. He's off to a great start in 2015, and looks to be one of the better players for the foreseeable future in baseball. If you haven't heard his story, in which he overcame Hodgkins Lymphona several years ago, I highly recommend you check out this piece MLB Network ran about him over the offseason.

I bought this card for a little over $10 shipped on eBay in my recent attempt to catch up on adding some of the better autographs I've been missing. Rizzo doesn't have the best penmanship by any means, but his performance makes up for it. I also was able to add several others through Check Out My Collectibles, but there's one more card I'm saving up to buy with store credit once I sell a few more cheap cards (please feel free to help a friend out and check out my store, thanks)!

Who's your favorite player to watch on the Cubs? I wouldn't say they're off to the World Series this year, but I'm not ruling them out as a potential playoff team for years to come. Whatever the case may be, it will be fun to watch.

See Ya!

Cubbies from my Dad's Friend

Hey guys, Drew back here. A few days ago, my dad gave me 2 big tins with one containing a ton of cards and the other had some penny sleeves. He got them from a guy that he works with that gave them to me. My dad loves to show off my blog to his friend's at work, shoutout to any of them that may be reading right now, and this was plain awesome. He grew up as a Cubs fan I'm pretty sure, and most of these are Cubs, but I picked out my favorite ones, and here they are:

First off, some vintage Cubbies. I don't know these guys but the cards are nice and are in good condition. One is sporting the awesome rookie of the year trophy so that's a nice touch.

Next are some 1967 Cubs Rookies, none of them that I've heard of, but again, nice condition and nice cards!

Here are some good ones, a 1987 Ron Cey, Rick Suttcliffe, Shawon Dunston, some nice names here, 70's and 80's stuff.

Some very good names here, Goose, Gene "The Stick Michael", Jamie Moyer, Don Zimmer, Lee Smith, and "The Hawk"! I always like seeing cards of Zimmer, I liked him as the Yankees bench coach. And, well, you know I like Goose after that last acquisition especially. I just sent a Through the Mail to Andre so I'm hoping to get back from him.

The last highlights of this nice tin, are some 1993 Upper Deck Grand Slam cards. I picked some of the best ones, Sheffield, Juan Gonzalez, Big Daddy Cecil Fielder, Bichette, Chili Davis, D-Straw, Edgar Martinez, and Eddie Murray. These cards are really cool, my 1st card ever actually was pretty similar, I'll have to share it with you sometime.

Wow, I didn't expect these to come in! Thanks so much for the cards if you're reading, I really appreciate it! See Ya!

2010 Abe Cards?

Hey guys, Drew back here. I don't know if all of you have heard about this, but recently some collectors have discovered hidden Abraham Lincoln cards in 2010 Topps Series 1. These rare cards have barely been discovered so far, and are selling for high prices. About 4 have been found of Milton Bradley, and 3 other players have either 1 or 2 finds so far, and I'll have to check my cards from 2010 Topps soon to see if I have one. I just wanted to let you guys know a little info on these, thanks to Blowout Forum for additional info.

Along with the legend shortprints and Yankees "Pie in the Face" cards, Topps decided to also pick on Chicago, Illinois, and make some Abe Lincoln rarities. Check your White Sox as well, ya never know. 4 different variations have been found so far, and I have a good feeling there are plenty more out there. The first one of Milton Bradley, above, was the first discovery and the start of it all. Instead of the regular card that says "Baseball Notes" on the scoreboard, there is a picture of President Lincoln's face and it says Abe next to it, replacing the "Notes" part. Here is one of these, and here is another, they carry a very high price tag, even higher than the Pie in the Face cards, until everyone notices they have one and they're in the 25 cent bin.

The next "Abe" variant is with the Tyler Colvin rookie card, and here it is:

Obviously the seller didn't put a great picture up and it could be photoshopped but I'll trust "Chrissy 73" for now. Looks like Abe is the manager on this one, as you can see in the dugout. Chrissy's Colvin variant is now at $79.99 with a $220.00 BIN.

The 3rd of the 4 discovered cards is of Ryan Dempster. In an old MLB video from the mid 2000's, a blooper one, don't know if you remember seeing this but Dempster took all of Will Ohman's tires off his truck and hid them around the stadium. It was funny. And Dempster does a good Harry Caray impersonation. Looks like Topps pulled a prank on Dempster on this card:

Now Abe is the umpire, woo hoo! I would so want him calling my games, haha. Uglyplay_gaming is selling this card with a BIN of $250.00 right now.

The last card in this series is of Jeff Samardzija. Not much to say about him, so here's the card, discovered and being sold by uglyplay_gaming again. If the seller has two then they can't be too rare unless he/she opened multiple cases of 2010 Topps.

The seller included a close up of Abe, found under Jeff's arm in the crowd. This card is also $250.00 BIN. So Lincoln is a star on the scoreboard, an umpire, a manager, and a fan so far. I wonder what else there is...

So, now 4 of these were found, and only 1 is on eBay for each of the last 3, although I guarantee more exist. This will obviously bump up the price for 2010 Topps, and now the chase cards are Legend SP's, Pie in the Face cards, Million Card Giveaways, Jumbo patches, and now Abe variations. Seems like a good product to me.

To be honest though, I would definitely sell an Abe right now if I have one, because I think the idea is pointless, and now is the time to sell them at a high price most definitely. They're kinda neat, but I would never lay down that price for a card like that. Rather get a Jeter auto and a Ruth relic, notice the AND in that sentence.

Alright, got video game night at my friend's church tonight, and no, it has nothing to do with church, it's just an event held by his church. Got a bunch of friends going and I'm staying over one of their houses after the gaming night is over. So, I'll be back tomorrow either with cards from dad or my Nick Swisher PC. Please leave feedback on your opinions of the Abe cards, I'd like to hear what you think.

See Ya!