Anyway, I guess the guy doesn't make all that many trades, but somehow I was lucky enough to pull one together with him. He's an SF Bay Area guy that hasn't glommed onto my San Francisco Giants (he's an A's guy instead, and good on him for it), and naturally when you've been doing it as long as he has and you live around here, you're going to end up with some Giants surplus whether you want to or not. It's got to go somewhere, right? Thankfully some gems ended up with me.
Like: how about these black-bordered 2005 Topps "Emerald Nuts" cards? I didn't know they existed, and I come to find out there are 30 of them in the series, Giants all. Instantly went right onto my want list, and now it's something I want - nay, I need - to collect. They're gorgeous, you know, if you like that sort of thing. Besides Moises Alou whom you see up top, Fuji sent me these two fellas as well:
He also sent me another Alou from 2006 in a similar series. What, now I need to collect that too? There were a few interesting local-series-only Giants in the envelope as well. Check out Noah Lowry, presented to you by Blue Shield of California:
...and Brian Wilson, one of my all-time favorite players whom I've yet to start building a collection for, brought to you by the Disabled Veterans of America:
Fuji's package also referenced this relievers-who-have-saved-more-than-45-games project that I'm working on, and has provided me with a few of the "base" cards to get me going with a few guys. Here are 3 of them:
There were some other gems in there as well that I didn't scan. Thanks, Fuji, and may The Chronicles of Fuji forever further the card education of those among us. I'll leave you with a 2002 Fleer Ultra of "The Big Cat", another one of my all-time faves.
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ReplyDeleteValverde gets my vote though.
Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteI used to enjoy trading... but over the years my trade bait bank has been left pretty depleted. These days if I see something that I know a collector will like, I'd rather just grab it and ship it.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a shame how difficult it is to scan Metal Universe. That's a good-looking card, though. And I really like 2005 Topps with a black border, especially with Giants colors.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple Emerald Nuts cards sitting in my COMC cart right now (think mine are from 2010 though). I'm not usually a huge fan of black borders but they look great on the '05 design.
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