Saturday, August 10, 2013

Two From Leena

In my quest to build my Rittenhouse Warehouse 13 collection, I have recently acquired a couple (read only 2) of the tons of autograph cards needed, both by the same actor. Both I got from Ebay auctions the first one I got (the newer one) took 2 bids it started at about $5bucks but ended up costing me $10.50 the other I got for the opening bid of $9.00 because I bid on it closer to the ending time. The actor in this case is the lovely Genelle Williams who played Leena the original bed and breakfast owner in the series. As far as I know they never gave Leena a last name. She had the psychic ability to read people's auras and helped manage the inventory in the Warehouse.

Both cards have the same black border autograph design but have a different photo of Genelle. The backs are nearly identical only the copyright date IDs which set the card is from. Things could get more confusing as the Season 2 set was released in 2011 but the card is dated 2010.

The Season 2 card actually cost the seller $5.60 to ship. It was well packaged not one of those cheesy PWE jobs. It was in one of those document sized priority mail envelopes as the outside envelope then a medium media mailing envelope like the old film development envelopes, then sandwiched between two pieces of card board then an invitation type envelope and finally in the "bonus" pack = the original serial numbered 6 card pack it came from (or one similar if not the exact one)

The cards:
2011 Rittenhouse Warehouse 13 Season 2: Autograph Card NNO - Genelle Williams as Leena
on card blue sharpie $9.00 + $3.00 Shipping

2013 Rittenhouse Warehouse 13 Season 4: Autograph Card NNO - Genelle Williams as Leena
on card blue sharpie $10.50 + $2.69 Shipping.
The Pack: An unexpected bonus, I had forgotten that the auction description said the pack would be included. None of the other cards that came in it were included just the one Autograph card.
 Warehouse 13 Rittenhouse 2013 - 6 Card Pack Serial Numbered #1138/3000
(Front and Back)

Here is what I still need in all the seasons so far:

2010 Rittenhouse Warehouse 13 Season 1:
Base Set (72/72): HAVE ALL.
Artifact "Snag it, Bag it, and Tag it" Cards (0/18): (These are cards about the "Artifacts" from the show not props cuttings from the show those are "Relics") A01, A02, A03, A04, A05, A06, A07, A08, A09, A10, A11, A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, A17, A18
Gallery Cards (0/6): All G1,G2, G3, G4, G5, G6
Autograph Cards (0/14): Main Cast: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Genelle Williams, Simon Reynolds  Guest Cast: Tricia Helfer, Erica Cerra, Susan Hogan, Niall Matter, Alec Medlock, Mark Shepard, Michael Boatman, Joe Morton, Michael Hogan
[I think I have all the Promo Cards (4/4)?: CP1, P1, P2, P3 Need to double check]

2011 Rittenhouse Warehouse 13 Season 2:
Base Set (0/26): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Artifact "Snag it, Bag it, and Tag it" Cards (0/9):  (see Season 1 description) (?starts with #A20?) A20, A21, A22, A23, A24, A25, A26, A27, A28
Autograph Cards (1/18) : Main Cast: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti, CCH Pounder, Jaime Murray Guest Cast: Roberta Maxwell, Nolan Gerard Funk, Tyler Hynes, Tia Carrere, Neil Grayston, Armin Shimerman, Faran Tahir, Sherry Miller, Sarah Allen, Jun Yul-Kim, Dillon Casey
[Promo Cards (3/3): (Again I think I have all promos from this season) P1, P2, P3]

2012 Rittenhouse Warehouse 13 Season 3:
Base Set (0/26): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Artifact "Snag it, Bag it, and Tag it" Cards (0/9): A29, A30, A31, A32, A33, A34, A35, A36, A37 (see Season 1 description)
Autograph Cards (0/13): Main Cast: Eddie McClintock, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti, CCH Pounder, Aaron Ashmore Guest Cast: David Anders, Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan, Lindsay Wagner, Aaron Ashmore (variation), Sasha Roiz (variant 1), Sasha Roiz (variant 2), Rene Auberjonoi
Promo Cards (0/2): P1, P2

2013 Rittenhouse Warehouse 13 Season 4:
Base Set (0/20): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Autograph Cards (1/8):  Main Cast: Joanne Kelly, Allison Scagliotti, CCH Pounder, Jaime Murray Guest Cast: Ashley Williams, Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan 
Of Monsters And Men (0/10): MM01, MM02, MM03, MM04, MM05, MM06, MM07, MM08, MM09, MM10
Grand Designs Insert Set (0/10): GD01, GD02, GD03, GD04, GD05, GD06, GD07, GD07, GD08, GD09, GD10
Promo Cards (0/2): P1, P2
Box Topper (cast card)(0/1): NN?

Warehouse 13 Cards NOTE: The autograph cards only have 2 different styles of design. There is the black border style and the Farnsworth (the video communications device from the series) style. Some actors seem to have an auto on each design, for each season, others seem to have 2 on one design with a different photo. It maybe confusing for me to know what I really have of them then. Also the limited numbers of all the different types of cards make it very difficult for me to get these cards let alone get them for a decent price.

I am a bit annoyed at Rittenhouse for making so few of the base cards for the later seasons, not only in the number of cards in the sets only 26, but also in the limited numbers they made them in only about 250? Serial Numbered? OK so it seems the packs were serial numbered? Very strange very limited way to do things. This super short printing of stuff is really ticking me off about this hobby that I have been a part of most of my life.

2 comments:

  1. I never got into trading cards for tv/movies. I do have a few but they were mostly acquired by accident (trade, random bonus packs, muggings of strangers, etc). Just kidding about one of those three methods, you pick which one.

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  2. Loved that show. as all the sci-fi stuff. really bummed when they killed it!!

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