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i can still taste him
Feb 16, 2003
Buglord
Spent a lot of hours labeling and sorting 100s of new cards into the Bo Bichette collection today. Up to 1835 unique cards - no duplicates pictured.

i can still taste him fucked around with this message at 17:06 on May 22, 2025

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i can still taste him
Feb 16, 2003
Buglord
This thread is quiet. Feels like a personal collection blog.

On that note, I just picked up a few more and hit 1900 unique Bo Bichette cards!

Here's the list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RltvILnAFKybYo5kgbIZRrs2JP_DiV-VOtYpj-5flaA/edit?usp=sharing

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

I should post some cool stuff

Chief McHeath
Apr 23, 2002

trump drinks piss
I want you are Reds cards - Barry Larkin Joey Votto Hunter Greene George Foster Chris Sabo their new guy Ichiro Cano, stars, rookies, prospects - sure.

Post your team, your guy(s) or a parallel/subset you like (eg you are a fanboy for blue refractors) or whatever and I'll post some of what I've got

esperantinc
May 5, 2003

JERRY! HELLO!

Saw a tweet about the one on the right and had an idea.



I call it "Duality of (a) man('s) signature ("gently caress these stickers my hand hurts")"

Sunk Dunk
Apr 14, 2021

esperantinc posted:

Saw a tweet about the one on the right and had an idea.



I call it "Duality of (a) man('s) signature ("gently caress these stickers my hand hurts")"

Lmao I love this

Sunk Dunk
Apr 14, 2021
I decided to get the in-person auto I got authenticated/graded. Too bad it’s looking like Julio is just good, rather than elite.

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

Stroke of luck!

esperantinc posted:

Saw a tweet about the one on the right and had an idea.



I call it "Duality of (a) man('s) signature ("gently caress these stickers my hand hurts")"

The Bills posted a video of him saying the ones on the right were fake right?

esperantinc
May 5, 2003

JERRY! HELLO!

esperantinc posted:

Always wanted this. Got drunk at the bar a few weeks ago and ended up on eBay and YUP.



Boy did that escalate quickly...



Visible error 7-10, black box over error 7-10, black scribble over error 7-9, and that's just because I haven't found a 10 yet.

Chief McHeath
Apr 23, 2002

trump drinks piss

mp5 posted:

The Bills posted a video of him saying the ones on the right were fake right?

Wow if he isn't blowing smoke and someone at Topps/Fanatics is found to have been falsifying sticker autos, holy poo poo.

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

Chief McHeath posted:

Wow if he isn't blowing smoke and someone at Topps/Fanatics is found to have been falsifying sticker autos, holy poo poo.

Fanatics is a scumbag company in many ways, and I could absolutely see them doing this to embarrass or bully a player that didnt cooperate.

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

Stroke of luck!

Chief McHeath posted:

Wow if he isn't blowing smoke and someone at Topps/Fanatics is found to have been falsifying sticker autos, holy poo poo.

That happened a few years ago with a dual auto of Austin Meadows and Randy Arozarena out of Topps Definitive, before the Fanatics acquisition was finalized. That’s one of their most expensive products. Like look at those autos lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseballcards/comments/vt7krt/topps_definitive_dual_meadows_and_arozarena/

esperantinc
May 5, 2003

JERRY! HELLO!

mp5 posted:

The Bills posted a video of him saying the ones on the right were fake right?

I have no idea I just thought it was funny

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



There was a football player who apparently had someone else sign the stickers a few years ago

It used to be that when UD started the sticker program they had to be witnessed by a UD representative, but companies have gotten sloppy about this and I think a lot of the time they are just assuming that the player signed their stickers

Bank
Feb 20, 2004
I always think of this when questionable autos come up:

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseballcards/s/MD4C25QIYT

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



lol Jackson Merrill

Chief McHeath
Apr 23, 2002

trump drinks piss

Bank posted:

I always think of this when questionable autos come up:

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseballcards/s/MD4C25QIYT

Yep, definitely remember that one.

i can still taste him
Feb 16, 2003
Buglord
Picked up 3 more 1/1 Bo Bichette cards today:



I now have 14 1/1 Bo cards, and 1940 unique Bo cards overall.

I also got this PSA 10, rookie, on-card auto from my wife for Father's Day that I forgot to show off:

i can still taste him fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jun 24, 2025

Sunk Dunk
Apr 14, 2021
For anyone who is keeping up with tops - Any good baseball sets to rip that came out recently? Looking for something to bring my pops since he hasn’t been feelin well

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

Sunk Dunk posted:

For anyone who is keeping up with tops - Any good baseball sets to rip that came out recently? Looking for something to bring my pops since he hasn’t been feelin well
Is he into older style cards? If so, 2024 Heritage High Number was a pretty well-received set. For Heritage, it had a surprisingly high hit rate for chromes, relics, and autos compared to previous Heritage releases. 2025 Heritage really upped the numbers of chrome parallels but the relic and auto pull rates seem to have gone back down to what was in past sets.

I've always liked Inception, and that came out pretty recently, but the trend of product costs going up and value of hits going down with good hits few and far between make it a losing proposition value wise if you care about that.

Robert Facepalmer
Jan 10, 2019


Is it just me or is the color balance on 2024 Heritage kinda hosed up? The ones I have seen in person don't look quite right, though not as bad as the actual 1975 cards.

Or :thejoke:?

HulkaMatt
Feb 14, 2006

BIG BICEPS SHOHEI


I first saw this card on I think a PWCC auction like 10 years ago and didn't get it. Never really saw it again until fairly recently, and knew I had to buy it. Just got it in the mail today and I love this goofy poo poo.

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



I’ve never seen that before but lol

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
I love it!

I was at a local show a couple years ago and saw one for Chas McCormick that had "Chasmanian Devil" as the cutout. Nickname for him the Houston TV Broadcasters use. I am like you, have always felt like I should have bought it since I've never seen it online again, but the price on it seemed too high for a card of his.

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

Newest members of the family:

i can still taste him
Feb 16, 2003
Buglord
What parallel is this? I can't find it on any 2025 Topps MLB Series Two checklists. It's also not listed on TCDB when I try to log it there. There are some ebay listings with "sun" or "sunshine" parallel, but that doesn't show in the checklists I've looked at.



Edit: not numbered

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
It's this set's blaster exclusive parallel. It's called "Holiday" and on eBay it looks like people call it Holiday Sun or Sun. It's on the Chasing Majors Checklist Non-Numbered, 1:3 Blasters.

GentlemanofLeisure fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Jul 15, 2025

i can still taste him
Feb 16, 2003
Buglord

GentlemanofLeisure posted:

It's this set's blaster exclusive parallel. It's called "Holiday" and on eBay it looks like people call it Holiday Sun or Sun. It's on the Chasing Majors Checklist Non-Numbered, 1:3 Blasters.

Thanks, you're right. I made the mistake of only looking at pics of the first few hundred cards on TCDB for "Holiday", forgetting that Series One has a different Holiday parallel than Series Two.

insideoutsider
Aug 31, 2003

You want a van? I get you a van.
Added a big card to my collection this month and it finally arrived today



Looks so good in hand. I'm thrilled. Cards are fun!

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

insideoutsider posted:

Added a big card to my collection this month and it finally arrived today



Looks so good in hand. I'm thrilled. Cards are fun!

Looks good, I love the Color Blast parallels!

insideoutsider
Aug 31, 2003

You want a van? I get you a van.

GentlemanofLeisure posted:

Looks good, I love the Color Blast parallels!

Thanks! I had always seen the Color Blasts at shops or card shows and thought they looked cool but could never justify the price. I couldn't pass up the Phee at auction on eBay for less than a third of the price than a brand new box of 2024 Prizm WNBA.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

insideoutsider posted:

Thanks! I had always seen the Color Blasts at shops or card shows and thought they looked cool but could never justify the price. I couldn't pass up the Phee at auction on eBay for less than a third of the price than a brand new box of 2024 Prizm WNBA.
That's kinda how I look at it when I find a card I want to buy but it's kinda expensive. If I bought a couple blasters, or a hobby, or whatever, and I got it as a hit, would I be happy? If so, I buy it. I haven't bought anything crazy expensive or anything but that works for me, lol.

Troxartas
Jan 13, 2007

The Old Warhorse
Crazy story https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/...-forgery-scheme

Deathlove
Feb 20, 2003

Pillbug

Holy poo poo, that is wild if true.

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



It’s very concerning and I have heard for years that there were fake stickers from these companies floating around, so not entirely shocked

Bank
Feb 20, 2004
That reads pretty nuts, but I'm also not surprised, at all.

It sounds like they were basically laundering fake autos to the cert companies. That's wild an autopen is so cheap though? I looked on Amazon and see a bunch around $300. I thought they'd be in the thousands of dollars at the least. I guess it's no different than a 3d printer where you tell it to go exactly on the x/y/z axis. Honestly surprised there aren't more good looking uncertified autos on eBay, but maybe now there will be more coming.

There are so many sketchy autos on eBay, and even at the LCS I see them with a bunch of footballs that are have "COAs" from fly by night companies, and nobody really does anything about it. The auto market is sketchy af. I'd only buy one if it came from Topps, had the MLB holo or I saw it signed in person. That said, I still probably wouldn't buy anymore as the cost for the ones I'd buy (Ohtani) are eye watering.

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

FlamingLiberal posted:

It’s very concerning and I have heard for years that there were fake stickers from these companies floating around, so not entirely shocked

For cards, I don't think this affects anything. It seems to be higher end items like jerseys, helmets, balls, etc.

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

Stroke of luck!

yeah DACardWorld and other online retailers also sell "blind box" autographed baseball bats and jerseys and stuff, along with Fanatics themselves

Though ever since the 2022 Topps Definitive Randy Arozarena forgery....

ohhyeah
Mar 24, 2016
I liked the paragraph where they said they were withholding the names of the other accomplices directly below an image of the guy’s Facebook post with all of the names included.

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.
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Mel Mudkiper fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Jul 18, 2025

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