Project Pedro Trade Recap Part 15:Plated

October has officially been named, Cards I Got From Project Pedro Blog Month.

Okay, I have many PC's. Some you see as obvious ones like NY Giants. Some, not so much as I don't speak of them often. Well, that's because they are 1/1's.

I collect Printing Plates and have for some time. I have roughly 20 or so (through trades and pulls) making it a small PC but a fun side one. I don't feel they make the same impact or have the same value they used to in the hobby, but I still like them. It's where every card begins.

Project Pedro had four to offer and I took all of them. Today I am showcasing just two as the other two are autographed versions which will come up soon.

My first plate is a good addition of former Panthers and current Packers DE/OLB Julius Peppers. I think this one may be the most impressive looking one I have since it's framed. I hadn't seen one like this before.

 

My second is of former Vikings and many other teams QB Christian Ponder. Not the best player, but a plate is a plate.

 

 

Still more to come on this trade including a biggie at the end.

 

For today, let me know your thoughts on Printing Plates and whether you collect them or not in comments.

Box Breakers: Another 2011 Score Football Blaster

I have had such great success with these Blaster boxes thought for under $6 a box..you have to give it a try and once again it did not disappoint!!

Base Cards

Nice rookies of Ponder, Jones, Ingram, Locker

Glossy

The only time the word Super Bowl will be seen with a Kevin Kolb pic :)

More inserts including a PC one!

This was a nice find. This is worth double what was paid for the box

I rate this break...

5/5

Random Card Of The Day: Christian Ponder Sp Authentic Rookie Card auto/patch 2011

I thought this was a good pull last year, but after watching the way he played..was disappointed it wasn't someone else. But watching Ponder this year..much better!! And he has the Vikings off to a winning record as well after beating the 49ers last week.

Fan Favorite Card Thursday: Joshua Hlavaty's "Sweet" UD Booklet auto

"My new favorite card (wich is for sale) lol. Got this about a week ago. Christian Ponder Leonard Hankerson dual helmet auto 2011 sweat spot."


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Review: Sp Authentic Football 2011

Been wanting to bust a box of this and finally got one. Heres how we did:

Box: Kinda bland.But good player on the front.

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Wrapper: Read Box

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Base: Not too bad looking. It does lack the great Photography Upper Deck is known for, however Sp Authentic has always had this form of design. The base set is made up of 100 rookies, which in a box should land you a set and some doubles. But there are also SP's in it as well:

The Future Watch is the Sp set and is made up of veterans and rookies. The best we pulled was a Demarco Murray. We landed 6 of these in our box.

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Memorabilia: Check autographs. They are only with autographs. No plain memorabilia here.

Autographs: 2 no namers to us for the first 2 had us concerned.....then we pulled the rookie auto patch card of Christian Ponder and all was better. And its signed on card. Upper Deck also used some pretty sick patches in these. We got just a one color, but if you ebay this product you will see what we mean.

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Overall: You get 3 autos per box. We did ok there. If not for Ponder, box might have not been worth it. There are no inserts. But its nice clean base set we did get. But this product has, and always will be about the Rookie Auto patches. Year in and year out and even without a NFL license, this is the hottest product with the most sought after rookie cards.