Mailday Monday 09 April 2012

Since Monday's Mailday was a pretty big one I'll have to do it on it's own. I will try to post some pictures of stuff later when I mention them specifically, or their sets next time. I am just all kinds of backed up on what I "want" to scan. I keep on thinking of stuff I need to scan, plus over at the TCC forums I was involved in a contest that involved me having to scan something new everyday unless I already had it scanned. So I am even further way back than I was before. At least I came in third! (No prize for 3rd though) Anyway here is the huge list of what I got on Monday (Tuesday there was no card related stuff although I had one of those "you have a package" orange slips which should be some late 80s early 90s Update Sets.

So big a mix of Ebay and Sportlots it is hard to keep track of which was which after putting cards in proper order. It was all Baseball except one Non-Sports Item I got and the seller included some extras.

BASEBALL
2009 Topps 206 Minis: (I won't bother trying to figure out first names that can be done later) All are the regular backs w/normal numbers:
7 Baldelli Red Sox
12 Ian Stewart Rockies
15 Scherzer Diamondbacks
18 Johjima Mariners
29 Wood Indians
33 Bruce Reds
34 Andre Ethier Dodgers
35 Eric Bedard Mariners
59 Huff RC Indians
65 Glaus Cardinals
112 Hernandez Mariners
183 Bonderman Tigers

1957 Topps 59 Dick Williams Orioles

1964 Topps:
138 World Series Game 3 "L.A. Takes 3rd Straight"
139 World Series Game 4 "Sealing Yanks' Doom"
140 World Series Game 5 "The Dodgers Celebrate"

1967 Topps
31 Jim Brewer Dodgers
92 Ray Washburn Cards
136 Carroll Sembera Astros
144 Bill Hepler Mets
147 Tom Egan Angels
162 Billy O'Dell Pirates
229 Larry Jackson Phillies
324 Hall Woodesnick Cards
342 Hank Fischer Red Sox
343 Tom Satriano Angels
410 Lou Johnson Dodgers (big old "158" in black marker on back)

1968 Topps 321 Leo Durocher Cubs MGR

1970 Topps:
59 Dick Ellsworth Indians
71 NL Strikeout Leaders: Fergie Jenkins Cubs/ Bob Gibson Cardinals/ Bill Singer Dodgers
119 Chuck Taylor High-Tops Cards
241 Royals Rookie Stars Al Fitzmorris and Scott Northey
252 Lowell Palmer Phillies Cool Shades award
266 Wally Bunker Royals (bottom corners chewed quite a bit)
278 Tommie Aaron Braves (sure I've got a dupe of this, as a kid I had two or three)
292 Eddie Leon Indians
362 Joe Hague Cards
444 White Sox Rookie Stars Billy Farmer and John Matias
456 Don Kessinger AS Cubs
485 Jay Johnstone Angels

1971 Topps:
108 John Cumberland Giants
116 Ken Sanders Brewers
118 Cookie Rojas Royals (think its a dupe)
125 Ray Fosse Indians
135 Rick Monday Athletics (dupe)
168 Bruce Del Canton Pirates
188 Dodgers Rookie Stars Bob Valentine and Mike Strahler
253 Bill Sudakis Dodgers
313 Tom Hall Twins
338 Gene Tenance Athletics
345 Joe Horlen White Sox
495 Felipe Alou Athletics (Dig that yellow uniform)
729 Dick Billings Senators

1972 Topps 492 Boyhood Photos of The Stars Young Mel Stottlemyre Yankees

1975 Topps:
192 MVPs 1954
197 MVPs 1959
198 MVPs 1960
199 MVPs 1961
202 MVPs 1964
203 MVPs 1965
205 MVPs 1967 (wow what a miscut)
206 MVPs 1968
209 MVPs 1971
223 Robin Yount RC Brewers (listed as "good" condition) got it for $8.99 plus 99¢ shipping

1977 Topps 635 Robin Yount Brewers

1986 Topps Traded 50T Bo Jackson RC Royals

2012 Topps Heritage: (smell weird almost smokey sigh!) 53 of em all base no SPs that I know of no color switchers so I'll just list numbers for the most part.
7, 15, 23, 26, 42, 46, 53, 61, 65, 72, 76, 83, 87, 93, 97, 103, 121, 131, 143, 154, 157, 159, 164, 166, 182, 188, 202, 212, 218, 238, 239, 246, 249, 259, 276, 287, 288, 291, 297, 315, 322, 325, 329, 330, 346, 347, 348, 351, 363, 378, 387, 396, 413

NON-SPORT
1995 Skybox Batman & Robin The Animated Series Pop-Up P3 Batgirl

Bonus cards:
2010 Marvlel Heroes & Villains:
54 Elektra vs. Skrull Daredevil
68 Ms. Marvel vs. Moonstone
69 Punisher vs. Skrull
81 Wolverine vs. Ruby Red


Playing Mailday Catch-UP. Next update in 1 hour.

Holy Hawaii Batman!

I got two more sketch cards one on Wednesday 02 February 2012 and one the following day. These cost a bit more than the pencil sketch cards I had mentioned before. First up is a sketch of DC Comic Heroine Batgirl on her Batcycle.

 

This card is a pencil sketch with pen & ink with gray shading, watercolor? The back is signed by the artist Lyle Pollard and dated "2k'12" it has ink bleed-through from the ink on the front.

I like his style but I have a problem with some of his faces, there were other cards I saw where I liked the subject but there was something about how he did the face that didn't sit with me well.

 After studying this particular sketch I noticed that Batgirl has a scrawny pencil-neck. I also noticed that her windblown hair seems to be too high behind her, maybe her pony tail is high and that is the loose hair below the hairband.Those are my only complaints about this sketch. I got it from Ebay for $14.99 w/Free Shipping.

 Next up we have a card from an "upcoming designer of non-sports trading cards" of the Hawaii Five-0 Character Kono Kalakaua played by Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica).

 It is a pencil sketch colored with what looks like watercolor. The artist uses thin paper stock that is textured to simulate canvas. The back is actually a second piece of paper stock that has a certificate and is serial numbered to 250. Each of this artist's print runs is numbered to 250. It is sealed in a toploader (no penny sleeve though). I got this one for $12.99 w/ $1.95 shipping. This one is numbered 224/250.

 At first I thought and assumed (dangerous to do I know) that the seller was the artist his Ebay ID is vinestreetstuff. It doesn't look like he is the artist as the guy has a couple of other artist's work for sale. One of the artists this guy sells cards of is named Michael Celona, but this signature doesn't match the one for him. The signature on the back looks like it starts with a "P" maybe "Phil"?

It seems that sketch artists don't put their cards in a penny sleeve before putting them in the toploader. At least most have the sense to use toploaders and not those silly "card savers". (see my post on My Cal Ripken RC) The card saver is better than nothing, unfortunately a lot of card sellers and card collectors will put cards in them and ship them in a thin envelope (bad) or a PWE (worse). They are usually OK if put in a bubble mailer or a more substantial mailer or box. Cardsavers are OK for storage and display, but not for shipping.