Mailday from COMC and Kruk

Huge mailday today..my box of old stuff from Kruk Cards arrived, as expected. I also got an e-mail from them stating they found a $15 shipping overcharge, which will be refunded later this week.

I also received my first batch of COMC cards, which I wasn't expecting (thought they'd get here tomorrow.) All this would have made me very happy, had it not been pouring rain outside. The mailperson left one box on the very edge of the front steps. The box was soaked through, but thankfully none of the contents were damaged (so far as I can tell.)

I'm hoping to spread out this stash until my next COMC order arrives - but that won't be until Dec. 20 or so. I would have preferred to combine my purchases into one order. Unfortunately that wasn't feasible due to the Secret Santa gift included here (COMC packed it at the top of the team bag, which is why I turned it on its edge in the above pic.)

Here are some cards I can show you. The '56 Bob Lennon looks a lot like the '55 Bob Lennon I gave away in the Sports Card Tour giveaway draft. 

 I love thick base cards from high-end sets. Immaculate is my go-to...

..but Impeccable is my new favorite. I saw a Ben Roethlisberger for a buck earlier this year and couldn't pass it up. When I got it in-hand I loved it so much I was determined to grab another single from this set. Missed out on Drew Brees, so I got Watt instead.

Finally added a Joe Thomas card to my collection - after he retired. I chose this Jersey Number parallel because it's color matching and it only cost $0.85.

Here's another color-matching card of a football great:

This Blue wave refractor is one of three color-matching Chrome cards depicting Odell Beckham's one-handed TD grab against Dallas (six if you count the Minis.) Overall, there are at least fifteen versions of this card. Can we pump the brakes on the parallels please?

One more color-matching parallel.  This 1978-inspired Paul Goldschmidt is numbered to 75 (Topps couldn't have produced three more copies?) Pristine cards almost always appeal to me, and a serial-numbered Amare Stoudemire RC refractor is no exception. And I flirted with the idea of hoarding Shohei Ohtani cards but only ended up with this one (so far.)

I'll end this post with some cards that would have fit with some of my prior posts.

From my statistical comparison post about Right Fielders.

My post about Franchise Players in baseball was popular. Perhaps I should write one for football?

You know what bothers me about this Fall Out Boy(d) GPK sticker? 

Topps classifies them as a pop group. Whaaat? 


This next card fits two categories. As part of my Basketball card Diaries series I've been adding NBA cards to my wantlist that I'd missed out in in the 2000s. 

That's when I discovered that this exists..

..and hurried over to COMC to grab this copy. An absolute bargain at 48 cents. 

Speaking of Pretty Girls ...this one will look familiar If you saw some of the custom cards Gavin cooked up for me:

<3 Melissa

I've got more COMC purchases to show off but I'll save them for a future post. Think I'll tear into that Kruk Cards pile first. Should I start with 1993 Leaf, or something else?


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