Skins from GForce

On Tuesday 03 April 2012 I received a batch of Washington Redskins cards from a fellow member at TCC who is leaving the hobby for personal spiritual reasons. Gary known as GForce083 on the forums collected Redskins and focused on Jason Campbell especially GUs. He made a tough decision to sell his collection. He says it's been difficult but it is something that he is determined to do. More power to him.

Here is what I purchased from Gary for a grand total of $80. Most of these beauts are for my Redskins PC some of them might eventually find their way to other Redskins team collectors.
1995 Fleer Metal
192 Tom Carter
193 Henry Ellard
194 Darrell Green
195 Brian Mitchell
196 Heath Shuler
1995 Upper Deck SP
105 Henry Ellard
106 Ken Harvey
107 Gus Frerotte
108 Brian Mitchell
109 Terry Allen
110 Heath Shuler
1996 Fleer Metal 121 Brian Mitchell
1996 Fleer Metal Goldfingers 12of12 Michael Westbrook
2005 Donruss Leaf Certified Materials 119 John Riggins (pretty sure I had this already)
2005 Upper Deck NFL Rookie Debut 98 Clinton Portis
2006 Uppder Deck SPX Football 88 Clinton Portis
2010 Panini Threads 273 Perry Riley RC #d 095/250
2007 Leaf Limited Rookie Spotlight 333 LaRon Landry RC Auto black sharpie on sticker #d 04/49

 2007 Leaf Limited Spotlight Rookie Phenoms Auto 333 LaRon Landry RC
RedskinsBlack Sharpie Auto on Sticker #d04/49

(Front and Back)

2009 Absolute Memorabilia Team Quads GU Jerseys 16 Chris Cooley (all maroon)/ Clinton Portis (white/gold w/stitching/maroon-tiny bit)/ Santana Moss (maroon/gold)/ Jason Campbell (maroon stitching/gold stitching/white) #d 19/25

 2009 Absolute Memorabilia Team Quads GU Jerseys

16 Chris Cooley/ Clinton Portis/ Santana Moss/ Jason Campbell #d 19/25

(Front and Back)

2009 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Auto 188 Marko Mitchell blue sharpie on sticker

 2009 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Auto

188 Marko Mitchell blue sharpie on sticker

(Front and Back)

2009 Playoff National Treasures 146 Brian Orakpo RC Auto black sharpie on sticker #d 67/99

 2009 Playoff National Treasures

 146 Brian Orakpo RC Auto black sharpie on sticker #d 67/99

(Front and Back)

2011 Panini Playoff National Treasures Ring of Honor Auto 24 Doug Williams blue sharpie on sticker #d 24/50

 2011 Panini Playoff National Treasures Ring of Honor Auto
24 Doug Williams blue sharpie on sticker #d 24/50
(Front and Back)

I really need to blog here more.

Back in March. I had received a package from TCC member Josh who goes by the handle jwman92 he is a super collector of NFL player Brian Leonard. There is a "giveaway" thread called The Chain there which in a nut shell there is a package of cards going around the people who signed up to be in "the chain". The package has a grouping of cards with each one representing some kind of card (GU, Auto, Insert, serial numbered parallel etc...). When someone receives the package they choose one card from the batch and replace it with a card that is similar and then send the package to the next person "link" in the chain. When it came to my turn I had a time deciding what to take so here is my decision process for The Chain. It also shows what I put into the chain. Anyway this is the card I chose from that package:

2005 Playoff Contenders

RN-2 Jason Campbell and Carlos Rogers Dual Auto.

As a bonus Josh included this card since he knows I like the Rams and collect Kurt Warner.

2000 Fleer E-X #54 Kurt Warner Rams

I'm not big on graded cards for their being so pricey, especially if you pay to get them graded. After they have been graded they are still pretty expensive. My biggest beef with them I guess is you have to store them separate from the rest of your collection. If you want to store them in boxes you need to get the slightly larger/taller ones that are designed to also handle graded cards. I also don't like the "entombed" feeling they give off. When I first saw them I thought from a preservation perspective they are cool, but then that "How do you store them?" question comes up. OK you either display them in some way or you put them in a box that is designed to hold them. I've got way too many cards to have all of them graded, plus for newer cards it is pretty ridiculous to have them graded for preservation since the cost of grading them is more than what they are worth. At one time I said to myself I would never own one, I also said that about game used cards, but I have a few of those. When you are involved with other collectors you tend to be given some stuff you don't really want. So I have learned to accept a few things I can't change.