I sent Robert, of
$30 A Week Habit fame, a PWE with a couple of cards in it a few weeks back, which he said he was surprised by, so what does Robert do? He goes ahead surprises me with an almost immediate bubble mailer in return, a bubble mailer that contained
more than a couple of mini's:
I have been scanning a lot more of the cards for my posts as of late, which some might say is a good thing, gives the blog a more professional look and all, but as you'll soon see, this is one of those times that I really should have went my normal cell phone camera route. Apparently my scanner doesn't like vintage cards, glossy cards, and now... Topps A&G!
Bad scans aside, this was a nice little selection of 2011's (all the other A&G in the package was from 2012). I don't know why, but mini inserts just do something for me, I especially like the mini Antonio Meucci
This group features a couple of interesting cards: King Felix, a Josh Willingham that somehow escaped the clutches of
Wes, and a Yoenis Cespedes rookie. Also, is Cespedes is still a big deal? It seems like he was during his first couple of years, but now it feels like I haven't heard anything about him in during over past couple of seasons.
Hey, it's Bryant's older brother! By the by, did you know that in less than two months time, Greg will be turning 72? That seems kind of crazy, but he still looks amazingly good for being 71.
It's kind of tough to see through the terrible scan, but the Cabrera and Jimenez are gold bordered, which as I have just learned, were a parallel only available through retail packs. I had a couple of those already, but didn't know what the deal with them was. I suppose I'll have to create a separate list for those... thanks Topps!
Robert must've taken the time to scroll down my list some, as he included a couple of black borders for my, just in it's infant stages, A&G Black Borders frankenset, which by the way, is an idea that I freely admit to ripping off from
Matt. I had few from various years, so I figured why not do something with them... I do wish that Topps would've stuck with the solid black borders though.
The 2011 Topps Kimball Champions set is one that I didn't know about until I found a Juan Marichal at a card show last year, after which I decided that I'd kind of like to work on the set, but had yet to acquire any more since that first Juan (get it?). Thanks to Robert though, I now have four more, which leaves me with only... 145 to go.
Thank you again for all the great mini's, Robert. You really didn't need to send anything in return, but I'm awfully glad you did anyway!
Thanks for taking a moment to look at my page.
