May Pickups

[JRDill]

Nothing fancy here for me, but I am new into collecting. I picked up a 1987 Topps complete set for $10. Mainly for the "Future Stars" Bo Jackson. I also picked up '86 and '87 Topps Traded sets for $9 total. I really want to get a Greg Maddux collection going so i figured that was a good place to start.

I also picked up a couple single packs of the 2016 Gypsy Queen set, not really knowing anything about the set, and I kind of fell in love. Great looking cards, and apparently there are some autograph cards in the set?

[irv]

Originally Posted by mattjc1983

He was my favorite player as a kid, but was always rumored to be somewhat of a jerk. I remember an early story about him pushing a kid that got too aggressive wanting an autograph. Probably more to it but a typical Knoblauch story.

I'm always on the lookout for Knoblauch items but not much unique comes up.

WOW!

Never heard those stories before. No wonder he fell out of favor

[gregr2]

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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by gregr2

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He fell from grace hard, but even if you don't like him or the shiny chrome foil stuff, IMO it's one of the best looking cards there is.

[Dpeck100]

Originally Posted by irv

WOW!

Never heard those stories before. No wonder he fell out of favor

He was a total jerk when he played for Orlando and was only in AA. Add millions of dollars and fame and they don't get any nicer. My twin brother got one of his broken bats and after the game there were just a few fans around when he came out of the clubhouse and he wouldn't sign it. Just walked by with his shades on at night.

On a side note I have never seen one of those auto cards. Very cool! The highlight of that season of the Sun Rays was getting to see The Big Hurt. What a monster!

[toppcat]

I rarely get to post anything here but I nailed a Sportzcubz example as well. I haven't decided if I will extend my Topps type collection into the 90's but if I do this is a big one off the list:

[ALR-bishop]

Oh oh , Dave, post 80 here you come.

That is a nice item. Bought one from Shane myself , even though my odd ball limit previously was 1994

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Oh oh , Dave, post 80 here you come.

That is a nice item. Bought one from Shane myself , even though my odd ball limit previously was 1994

I have a bunch of the 80's baseball types already-saved it from when I was getting back into it that decade. Some day I'll probably look into it. I probably would not go past 1994 myself, it's just too hard after that to keep things straight. I pretty much have all the pre-1980 types in Baseball, Football and Basketball, except some Bazooka's. Hockey is getting there but some of those Non Sports cards can be tough to track down.

I don't do the OPC Non-Sports run (very hard to get a grip on what was issued overall ) but I also collect the types they issued in the four major sports. The hockey and baseball stuff is well known but their CFL sets are under the radar.