Psych:The Complete Autograph Collection

After 5 grueling long years of knocking down one or two cards at a time, here is finally the complete autograph collection of Cryptozoic Psych Seasons 1-8.

This has been a long journey of ups and downs and time of trial. But, with lots of help from friends and family, my once long dream turned into a reality.

I need to thank quite a few for their help with this project with the biggest thanks going out to @90sNicheFBCard, who helped me a ton with these sets picking up the key cards. Another thanks goes out to my wife who helped add some of these as well. Other thanks goes out to @Jake1725 and @ShaneSalmonson who organized a birthday gift for me with help from others as well that deserve thank yous and landed me the biggest card I needed for the first seasons. Then of course a huge thanks for Wes for tracking down the final piece of the puzzle.

There were lots of fun names in both sets and even if I wasn't a fan of Psych like I am, I may have sought some of these names just to have it for my non sport PC.

Let's take a gander at the Seasons 5-8 set that I accomplished first. There are 26 cards in the set including a dual autograph of the main characters. There are plenty of great names in this set including Ralph Macchio, Jason Priestly, Diedrich Bader,French Stewart,

Anthony Anderson, and Val Kilmer just to name a few.

 

The Seasons 5-8 set was a tad easier to build with autographs falling 3 per box. They were much more plentiful. My biggest challenge was landing the dual autograph in the picture above which @90sNicheFBCard ended up finding for me.

The Seasons 1-4 set I almost didn't bother with. The autographs fell 1 per box which brought the pricing well beyond my budget. But, once I got the James Roday as my birthday gift, I started to slowly chip away through trades. Then came the final piece that Wes snagged and I was simply amazed that this all came together.

Once again, some fun names in here like Rachel Leigh Cook, Jaleel White,

 

And George Takei which I think is still my favorite autograph of the group in this set.

There are 37 autographs in total in both seasons and you just saw them all. Originally there was supposed to be 38 but I believe the lead girl in the show who was James Roday's girlfriend in real life I believe as well at one point, Maggie Lawson must not have wanted to do it so they never replaced her card in the set.

There were a few other characters I wished they could have had autographs of in the set, but sadly the show has ended so I don't ever to expect to see a Anthony Michael Hall or Cybill Shepherd or especially a Cary Elwes autograph. His character was iconic in the series as Pierre Despereaux.

Just because I am done with the Psych autograph series doesn't mean I am done with Psych. I still have lots of needs for the relics and still plenty of insert needs that need to be knocked off. I am hoping once again with the support of friends and family, we can make this happen. 

Once again thank you to all of you who played a role in helping me build this set. It means a lot to be apart of this great hobby community.

You Know How To Make A Grown Man Cry

**I can't give you an update on how I feel since my wisdom tooth removal yesterday for this post because I typed this up on Sunday. I really wanted to make sure this got published on Tuesday**

It was a cold blustery Saturday the 17th of March 2018. While others were celebrating St. Patrick's Day, I was at home sorting cards and nervously thinking about my wisdom tooth removal for Monday. There wasn't much else to do when the temps were below zero with a wind chill factor. Some days recently I feel like I had moved to the Arctic with no spring in site.

I had stuck a few PWE surprises in the mail that morning including one to my father for his birthday and stuck up my flag to the mail box up telling the postal deliverer that something was being mailed for pickup. I usually watch on and off throughout the day to see when the flag goes down to run out to get my mail. But, I wasn't really expecting anything so I didn't bother staring out my window.

Later on in the day, I did look out and notice that the flag was down so I bundled up head to toe so I wouldn't end up looking like Jack Nicholson from The Shining and continued my way out to the mail box. I opened it up to two packages and some junk mail. I usually bust the packages open as soon as I see them, but in those temps, no way. So I carried them inside.

One of the packages I had forgotten was coming from Angus who blogs Dawg Day Cards (I will post your sweet mail day later this week) and another I only recognized from the address but I knew I wasn't expecting anything from him.

What could my buddy Shane from Project Pedro Blog be up to....

I opened up the bubbler and placed inside was a cleverly hidden envelope. In that envelope was something amazing and completely surprising.

I opened up the envelope revealing a birthday card. That alone made me smile knowing my birthday was Monday.

Then opened the card up and saw this. I was blown away.

Then behind that, fell out this......

 

Some of you may just look at this as a regular card, but if you looked up prices for this card, you would understand the shock on my face. I never thought I would be able to add this card to my set I was chasing. Ne...eee..vverrr.

I was already smiling ear to ear and teared up. Yes, grown men can cry and I for one am not afraid to admit to it. Even if it's over cardboard. I was overwhelmed with both joy and shock that someone would take their time and put something together like this that it formed tears.

Then I saw a list of names that put this together for me.

 

A big thanks goes out to @SteveWrightOne, @Batcavel, @breakdowncards, @chunk34, @Astrosfan78, @LostCollector, @CardpocalypseNC, @TomSOlson, and Scribbled Ink for your parts in making this amazing tearing up moment happen.  If only you guys could have been a fly on the wall when I opened it up. It was a feeling like no other and I wanna say thanks times infinity to you for your kindness.

I also found out it was @Jake1725 who put this all together for me. A huge thanks goes out to you buddy. You're an amazing friend. Another huge thanks to @ShaneSalmonson for getting me the gift card, the birthday card, for shipping and assisting in pulling off this major surprise. You are also an amazing friend. I am blessed to know both of you.

It simply amazes me the great people we have in this hobby. None of you I have ever met and may never, but you all have shown me kindness like we were all best friends for years. I think the phrase #CardboardFam comes into play here as you guys are all like an extended family. I also hope you all consider me that way as well.

This birthday gift will be one I will never forget and will always treasure. The Roday autograph card will always have a backstory to it and if I can somehow complete the last 6 cards I need in the set (they are reasonable, but not cheap), it will always be the one I keep closest to my heart. You guys may never understand and I will never be able to explain how much this all meant to me. The gift card I plan to use wisely and will post what I get with it.

I will take this happy day momentum with me to the oral surgeons office and I am sure it will help ease some of the pain from the removal and from the bill I will get afterwards.

Thank you all!
Matt

90's Niche Football Card Blog Trade Countdown Card # 2

Alright, this was some amazing smooth moves on this pickup by 90's Niche Football Card Blog as he helped me land this HUGE autograph win very cheaply. Under $20! That may sound like a lot to some for a mostly no-name actor, but go ahead and check out what James Roday autographs go and list for.

This was probably the toughest card to land from the Seasons 5-8 autograph set as he was the star of the show, Mr. Shawn Spencer himself. So being able to knock this off the set needs was big.

 

When it comes to Roday's career, he was best known for this role. I am a bit surprised he has yet to appear in anything else since Psych, but maybe that will be a good sign that someday, maybe someday, some other network will pick this show up and give it life again. It was left hanging in a way it could easily be continued with. Actually, a lot of the actors/actresses have had no success since the show. So who knows?

With this auto, I have now narrowed my 20+ search down to 9. But, there are a few tough ones in between that are not easy finds. Really hoping I can do it. 

I have finally narrowed it down to the final card that will be posted tomorrow. Any guesses? Let me hear them in comments!