Going Back To Valley Of Cards

Valley Of Cards has become more than just somebody I work alongside with, but a good friend as well.

I don't just tweet any ones auctions out. I have to build a trust factor and know a bit about them. Not to mention, I wouldn't put myself apart of anything I wouldn't do myself. So not only do I tweet those auctions out, but I also participate in bidding on some of those as well. Like I have said before, he has a ton of great cards, ships stuff unremarkable even for a PWE and is just plain generous too.

Together we have given a ton of cards away and what you may not have noticed was that he also gave cards away without you even seeing. He private messaged individuals for their addresses and shipped them cards who always participated, but may not have won in the contests. If that's not a helpful/generous guy, I am not sure who is.

I recently won a few of his auctions and boy what a steal I got from them. At least in my opinion.

Zion mania! Well, I am not really into that but found this All Americans base and silver prizm for .99!

 

The autograph Darius Slayton and the jersey card above, $1.04!

 

Nice Slayton patch card, .99!

Score Slayton went the highest for $1.87, but way under what most go for.

But, then came the unexpected......like I have said....overly generous dude.

He added all of this into my package when he sent it.

 

Kaden Smith has played pretty well as a late season pickup for the Giants in place of injured Evan Engram. Hopefully it will carry on and he will be on the team in 2020. I was sent close to 15 or more of his Prizm rookies.

Snazzy Darius Slayton red/white/blue Prizm parallel.

Saquon!!

More Saquon!

DeAndre Baker Prizm auto. He has come on late. Maybe something to build on for next year with a better defensive coach.

Daniel Jones Air Command!

Saquon Barkley Spectra

Another new Saquon.

Whaaaaaa Lawrence Taylor  Hall Of Gold Threads!

Nate Solder Sensational Signatures..guy has a great background story its just too bad his play doesn't equal it.

Boom! Knock this one off the Giants Autograph want list!!

Corbin! Best known for me on Psych as Shawn Spencer's father.

And finally, my first Carrot Top autograph! So cool! Great fit for my non sport PC.

Thanks so much buddy!

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I promise you won't go wrong!

Moving Forward!

It has been so, so, so, long since I was able to add to my Psych autograph needs and it took some serious convincing to my wife and family before they all pitched in and helped me grab three cards for the set that were on sale at the time.

These may be early Christmas presents, but I am fine with that. I am finally moving forward on this five year project. The difference between the Seasons 1-4 autograph project vs the Seasons 5-8 project is the autograph seeding. Autographs for Seasons 1-4 have a smaller checklist and fell 1 per box while the Seasons 5-8 had 26 autographs and fell 3 per box. The harder odds and smaller checklist drove prices up on the Seasons 1-4 autographs and they were becoming tougher to find.

Let's take a look at which ones I can finally cross off.

Corbin Bernsen. It feels weird buying someones autograph twice since he was in the second set, but it  had to be done.

 

Lassiter or Timothy Omundson wasn't found in Seasons 5-8 checklist so this was his one and only autograph from the product. This was also the one and only one on eBay. So glad it was snatched up so I wouldn't have to suffer through a search.

 

And finally another one that was in Seasons 5-8 but I needed for the first set was Chief Vick or Kirsten Nelson.

 

 

So glad I was able to add these and make a dent in my set needs. Only three more to go before I can accomplish this five year feat. Only time can tell if I can get there.

Living The Americana Dream Part 4:Box 3

In my latest trade with the great Shane from Project Pedro Blog, I was able to trade for some boxes from him from the Black Friday sale on Dacardworld.

I could have chosen baseball, football, basketball, hockey or any other sport. But what did I end up with? Well, three boxes of 2015 Panini Americana.

My love of non sport cards continues to grow and my love of this product has as well. The price of a box being around $25 and under along with four hits is so enticing you just can't ignore it. The checklist of autographs and wardrobe relics you could hit has a good mix of superstars and people you may not know as well but it was enough to entice me to want more.

Today is the finale of me Living The Americana Dream. I really hope to live this dream again and would accept trades/gifts of any of these cards or hits. Especially if they are just collecting dust at your house.

I start this post off with another Freeze Frame. This time it's Katrina Bowden who is best known for her role as Carrie on 30 Rock.

 

Ginger Rogers!! What can you say about this starlet you starred alongside Fred Astaire in so many films. She is a well known legend, that's for sure!

 

Another Ali Larter hit, this time a relic to partner up with my autograph. This is one crazy relic too. Look at the multi-colors on these swatches. Another one of my favorite things about collecting non sport.

 

Rev Run  is one of the founding members of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C. Very cool autograph addition here. Interesting he signed it as Rev Run and not his real name.

 

And finally, Corbin Bernsen. He has been in a lot of things such as the movie Major league, LA Law and one of my favorite shows, Psych. This is my second autograph of his since I own the one from Psych. But, I don't mind having another.

 

 

Well, those were some fun breaks and it was fun to show them off on here. I really want more!! A big thanks goes out to Shane for the boxes and the good mojo he sent along with them. 

 

There are more boxes from our trade to show coming up. Those are from the late 90's and football. But, they will not disappoint.

Let me hear your favorite hit in the three box break in comments below!

Breakin Wax: Cryptozoic Psych Seasons 5-8

I normally do a breakdown of the box, tell you all of the details, but in this episode and yesterday's, I have broken this enough times that I think you get it. I will however say I got this one for $32 on dacardworld's Black Friday sale and that every box comes with three autographs.

Just like in the first seasons, the product has some nice inserts.

This one is really cool on acetate.

Now time for my autographs. Every box seems to provide some great value here from people who don't always sign. And the checklist is quite nice as well.

I already had Bader, but hey, why not another.

Yes!! Corbin Bernson from so many TV shows and movies. This was a new add to my Psych autographs.

And then the Chief. Another new addition to my collection!

Overall, for $32, another great buy. I really want to complete the entire autograph checklist for both series but that could take some work and some money.

But I may try and keep you all informed! If not, I will definitely be breaking this again.