Washington Wednesday: A Bullet in Triplicate

A Bullet in Triplicate

It has been quite a while since I've done one of these (somehow that sentence seems to be used a lot around this blog and for semi-regular segments like this one). OK so I had to check the old TCC blog archives for the details on this catch. In one of my insane Sportlots auction splurges I came across this 1990 Fleer Basketball Update U-97 Pervis Ellison Bullets card.

As you can see from the image under the WW Masthead I got not just one copy, not just two but THREE copies of Mr. Ellison's 1990 Fleer Basketball Update card. I wish I could say that each was a slight variation but no they are all standard base cards. I debated a little bit as to whether or not I should pull the trigger and get this trio and finally decided what the hay, even though I am not concentrating on Basketball cards much. ON that note I did just recently get a huge package of some mostly 1990s Bullets/Wizards cards from the blogiverse. That could be the next installment of WW, I'm not sure yet these things usually end up being random.

So the sordid details of this purchase I received it on Tuesday 19 Feb 2013 from Sportlots.com as I mentioned earlier. It was one auction for the three cards so there wasn't much of a choice, unless I had searched for the card individually and for Basketball I do that very rarely. I got them for the opening 1-2-3 bid of .25¢ + $2.50 shipping. I don't recall what type of package they came in as it was over two months ago and I have since received many many card packages and some card PWEs.

Anyway here is the card in all it's single glory:

1990 Fleer Basketball Update U-97 Pervis Ellison Bullets

(Front and Back) 

Mascot Monday: Bubba Grape

BUBBA GRAPE

Jamestown Jammers 2006 - Present

This month for Mascot Monday since I've been in a bit of a funk and need a little bit of a rally monkey, we will get our Grapes on with Bubba Grape "The Baseball Ape" of the Class A Minor League Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate The Jamestown Jammers. Reminds be a little of Grape Ape the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Ape, but not exactly and that is a different purple banana. Bubba was born on 19 June 2006. He was named as part of a fan naming contest and the winner charmed the judges with a poem. Visit the team's official page jamestownjammers.com for info on them and go to the page about Bubba to read the poem.

On to the Card:

 2007 Falcon Printing and Design Jamestown Jammers - 06 Bubba Grape Mascot

(Front and Back)

Not sure if this is Bubba's Rookie Card or not, might be, who really knows with Minor League Teams?

I am always on the lookout for Mascot cards. I also accept Mascot Postcards and team issued promo cards/photos of mascots.

To see previous Mascot Monday posts click here.  

 

Update: State of the Blog (Sort of)

Just a quickie update to let folks know I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth (yet). No I have not forgotten about the RAC Card contest I am holding (held?). I haven't randomized the names of those who entered yet. I'm in a trading card funk, a pretty big one. I have had many other things on my plate of life and I really haven't cared that much about trading cards these last few weeks. Well maybe "not caring" is not really the right phraseology, but yeah a funk is a funk. I still have some cards coming in (I just paid for some Sportlots auction wins) and I am still active on several of the forums I'm involved with but I haven't been keeping up with the administrative portion of collecting lately. That means I haven't updated my blogs lately, I haven't forum blogged about my 3 most recent maildays, I haven't checked my collection vs. wantlists on offers of trades. I haven't scanned stuff (that isn't much of a difference anyway). I have only partly added some of those cards from my recent maildays into zistle. I'm still thinking about some of the future posts I'll write, or want to write eventually.

I don't know when I will actually do some of the stuff I need to do. Recent car problems have sort of sidetracked me knowing when I'll next get to the Post Office on a Saturday to mail anything out.

I'm not sure why I decided to post this or even write it up in the first place. I guess I just wanted to let people know that even though I have been a bit inactive I am still thinking about and am concerned about a few of my card commitments (or perceived commitments)

RAC2: Reminder - Any more entries?

Just checking to see if anyone else wants to enter. The clock is still ticking on this and the alarm could go off at any second...OK it hasn't yet I thought it had for a second there. For details see my Random Acts Of Cardness Part Deux post.

Washington Wednesday: Classy Chris Cooley

CLASSY CHRIS COOLEY

It has been a while since I've done one of these. I have been slacking off on it for no good reason.

 I got this Redskin card from sportlots on 04FEB13 for the standard starting auction price of .25¢ plus .50¢ shipping with two other auctions from the same dealer the overall shipping was $2.25 for five cards. That is one of the things I don't like too much about sportlots the shipping usually is not combined like over at ebay.

2009 Donruss Classics Timeless Tributes Silver 97 Chris Cooley Redskins #037/100

(Front and Back)

Billy The Marlin 2009 A&G Auto

ON Saturday 23 February 2013 I got a one card package from Ebay. 2009 Allen & Ginters Autograph Card AGA-BM Billy The Marlin Marlins Mastcot On-Card Blue Sharpie Auto. It was near the top of my willing to pay for cost at $19.99 plus $3.99 shipping. But it was worth it. So here it be:

 2009 Topps Allen & Ginters Autograph AGA-BM Billy The Marlin Marlins Mascot

(Front and Back)

I am always on the lookout for Mascot cards. I also accept Mascot Postcards and team issued promo cards/photos of mascots.

RAC2 - Random Acts of Cardness Part Deux

RAC2 and the Journey of The RAC Card
(or the Pay It Forward Edition)
 

I figured it was time again for a "Random Act of Cardness". I need some more good Karma anyway so I might as well also give some.

To Enter all you gotta do is:
1) Comment: Yep that is it just post a comment to this contest post and you will be entered for the random drawing.
2) Follow My Blog: If you already follow this blog, then great you don't need to do anything else (unless you are the random winner) If you don't already follow my blog please do so you never know when I'll commit another "Random Act of Cardness" (I won't always announce RACs on the blog).

Extra Added Fun:
Feel free to spread the word about this contest and to pimp it.

Enter Now while you are reading this because anytime between now and the end of March I will randomly (via random.org) pick a winner from the list of folks who have entered . I will then post the winner and request their mailing address and card collecting info (team/players/set whatever their collecting habits are). I will try to send some fun stuff from what the winner collects, plus some random stuff of course.

Now here is the hard part, I am going to try to track the pay it forward ripples from this random act of cardness for the entire year. I will include with the package a special marked decoy card (blank, dummy, teaser, sucker) aka: "The RAC Card".

I request that the winner will then at some random yet relatively short period of time randomly send my decoy card to someone else to "pay it forward". Perhaps they will slip it in with a random trade or in their own contest. Then hopefully that next person who receives the RAC card will contact me so I can track where the RAC card has been, and then they will pay it forward.

This might not work, but lets try it.




As always if you want to trade (or just gift me) my teams are Nationals/Senators, Orioles, Redskins, Rams, Capitals and Pre-1980 vintage, OK and Bullets/Wizards. I am mostly concentrating on the baseball right now. You can check my Zistle to see what I already have cataloged in and don't need, plus my master want list has some of what I am still looking for. I am trying to get all my lists updated, but I think there is still a very long way to go. I also do some Non-Sports, mostly sci-fi and the pre 1,000s of inserts and sub-sets (Pre-late 1990s) years. The Non-Sport is my most picky I think. I tend to be more whatever attracts my eye with Non-Sport.

BGBB1: Heritage Scans

BLOG GROUP BOX BREAK 1:

2007 TOPPS HERITAGE

The Scans:

Top Row:

 42 Russell Martin Dodgers Back

1 David Ortiz Red Sox

Bottom Row:

 289 World Series Hurling Rivals: Justin Verlander Tigers and Jeff Weaver Angels

2007 Topps Heritage Wrapper

Top Row:

Then And Now:

TN3 Ted Williams Red Sox and Joe Mauer Twins

TN7 Richie Ashburn Phillies and Ichiro Mariners

Middle Row:

New Age Performers:

NP11 Chipper Jones Braves

NP13 Ivan Rodriguez Tigers

Bottom Row:

Baseball 1958 Flashbacks:

FB1 Al Kaline Tigers

FB7 Eddie Yost Senators

 

Top Row:

1958 AL Home Run Champion:

Mickey Mantle Home Run Number 10

Mickey Mantle Home Run Number 15

Middle Row:

1958 AL Home Run Champion:

Mickey Mantle Home Run Number 19

Mickey Mantle Home Run Number33

 

Bottom Row:

Alex Rodriguez Road to 500:

ARHR71 Home Run Number 71

 

Top Row:

THC39 Brad Lidge Astros Chrome 1607/1958

THC65 Tony Gwynn Jr. Brewers 0638/1958

Bottom:

Clubhouse Collection:

CC-PB Pat Burrell Phillies GU Bat

 

Top:

Box Topper Wrapper

 

Bottom:

 Box Topper 5" Fleece 1958 Team Emblem: Phillies

BGBB1: Turkey Red Scans

BLOG GROUP BOX BREAK1:

2007 TURKEY RED

The Scans:

Top Row:

2007 Turkey Red Wrapper

160 Ivan Rodriguez Tigers

25 Albert Pujols Cardinals Turkey Red Ad back

Bottom Row:

Prominent American Leaders (US Presidents):

TRP29 Warren G. Harding 

TRP41 George H. W. Bush

75 Tyler Clippard Yankees Back

Top Row:

97 Don Kelly RC Pirates Chrome 0212/1999

162 Troy Glaus Blue Jays Chrome 1223/1999

170 Hanley Ramirez Mariners Chrome 0389/1999

Middle Row:

102 Eljiah Dukes RC Devil Rays Chrome 0528/1999

144 Jermaine Dye White Sox Chrome 0610/1999

77 Mickey Mantle Yankees Chrome 1490/1999

Bottom Row:

115 Prince Fielder Brewers Chrome Refractor 909/999

119 Hideki Okajima RC Red Sox Chrome Refractor 332/999

114 Gary Matthews Angels Chrome Refreactor 541/999

Top Row:

ARHR302 Alex Rodriguez Road to 500 Home Run #302 Rangers

175 Lance Berkman Astros Black Chrome Refractor 89/99

Middle:

TRR-AJ1 Andruw Jones Braves All White GU Jersey

Bottom:

TRR-NP Neifi Perez Tigers GU Bat

Box Topper Cabinet Card:

DP-DY Delmon Young Devil Rays

BGBB1: Artifacts Scans

BLOG GROUP BOX BREAK 1:

2007 ARTIFACTS

The Scans:

Top Row:

2007 UD Artifacts Wrapper

78 Delmon Young RC Devil Rays

Bottom Row: 

58 Chase Utley Phillies

55 David Wright Mets back

Top Row:
Antiquity Artifacts: AA-CL Carlos Lee Brewers All Blue GU 099/199
Artifacts Apparel: MLB-JP Jhonny Peralta Indians All White GU 009/130

Middle Card:
Divisional Artifacts: DA-DJ Derek Jeter Yankees All White GU 007/130

Bottom Card:

Artifacts Autofacts: AF-CJ Cesar Jimenez Mariners On-Sticker Autograph Blue Sharpie