As many have undoubtedly seen, JBF of Willinghammer Risingheld his World Cup of Trading. In return for the good below, I sent Wes an 8x10
acrylic on canvas painting of Josh Willingham:
I’ll start by showing what I claimed. First and foremost, a
signed Kevin Mitchell jersey:
I did feel a little bad about claiming this, as I feel a Giant
fan would have really liked it. However, in a previous Big Fun Game held by
Wes, I had a Mookie Wilson signed jersey and some point that was stolen from
me, so I felt like this was a second chance at adding a signed jersey to my
collection, which is a first for me. I do plan on hanging it alongside the area
in my attic where I am organizing my cards.
I also claimed two cards:
The Andy Carey, because 1956 Topps. And the Carmelo relic?
Well, I don’t really collect basketball, but Melo is a favorite of mine from my
Syracuse days, and I thought it’d be cool to add a jersey swatch of his to my
collection. I have a rookie card too, so I guess now I need an autograph?
As Wes usually does, he included a stack of Yankees.
I could never have enough of this card.
This is a great card. It’s like a 20 year old Superfractor,
although not 1/1. It’s from 1994 Pacific Prism. I really don’t need to show any
more proof on why Pacific was awesome, but I’m going to keep showing off their
cards because they dominated the ‘90s, most people just didn’t know it.
Circa Thunderboomers! I already had this card, although this
one is in better condition than the one I had. The hole in the wooden fence is
actually clear cut. Pretty neat.
Classly looking Jeter card.
I liked these Bunt Lightforce cards. Pretty fun design, and
in my opinion, what an insert card should be.
Last but not least, a confusing, yet cool set: Topps Stars N
Steel. I’m not surprised this had a short shelf life, but they were actually
pretty cool. They were metal! It’d be neat to see this come back as a one-off, maybe in some
high end product.
Wes, my man, thank you as always!
