Saturday Signatures

Another Listia pickup. This was probably my most expensive purchase on Listia. 5,494 credits later I have this nice, hard signed college football card with the college logo airbrushed right off the helmet.

2010 Press Pass - Saturday Signatures
Montario Hardesty (card # SS-MH)

I think that Montario is actually a new province in Canada.

He played for just over 4 seasons at the University of Tennessee (Go Vols!) before being selected in the second round of the NFL Draft.  He's had two seasons with the Cleveland Browns and has scored one touchdown.  A bit different with the big boys.

Seeing that I can get one of these cards at COMC for just over $2, I think that I might have overbid at Listia.  I'm happy with it, though.

Let's not bicker and argue about...

I picked these up on Listia a few weeks back.  I don't remember what I paid for them, but I do know that they're part of my JB collection.  Correction, my wife's JB collection.

  RANDOM:  He killed my auntie!
      [yelling]
  FATHER:  Please, please!  This is supposed to be a happy occasion!
      Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who.  We are here today to
      witness the union of two young people in the joyful bond of the holy
      wedlock.  Unfortunately, one of them, my son Herbert, has just fallen
      to his death.  But I think I've not lost a son, so much as... gained
      a daughter!  For, since the tragic death of her father--
  RANDOM:  He's not quite dead!
  FATHER:  Since the near fatal wounding of her father--
  RANDOM:  He's getting better!

1997 Viper
Jeff Burton (card # 38)

1997 Viper
Jeff Burton (card # 54)

One of these days I might actually get back into blogging.  I've been having too much fun doing research.  Please bear with me.

What I did on my summer vacation

"What? You've been gone? I hadn't noticed." That's what I'm expecting to hear. Well, I've been here, there, and everywhere.  I've got tons of posts in my mind's queue.  Finding time to scan and compose, that's been another story.  Enough whining on my part.  Here's one thing I did last week.

I attended the 18th Rickwood Classic.  Four other guys climbed in my van and away to Birmingham we sped.

They honored Negro League players.  I was able to get several of them to sign a postcard (not yet scanned) and I spent a few innings talking with them (audio files not yet posted).  Russell Patterson gave me his card.  He wanted to sign it but his pen had dried up.  I got his signature on the postcard.  I'm not that worried.

Russell "Crazy Legs" Patterson

About the third or fourth inning I sought out Fergie Jenkins, the Guest of Honor.  He was in an air conditioned room, signing autographs for free.  One per person.

1984 Fleer
Ferguson Jenkins (card # 494)

He was very generous with his time, posing for photos, personalizing items.

I took the opportunity to ask him about baseball cards.


This photo was pre-game.  Since the Rickwood Classic honors the Negro Leagues, the teams wear throwback uniforms.  The Birmingham Barons wore the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons uniforms.  Tennessee Smokies wore a stylized uniform of the mid-1930s Knoxville Giants.  I get a bit of credit for supplying some photos that the Smokies management used for the pattern.  And apparently I'm a "Knoxville baseball historian" according to the Smokies Radio Network.  I helped Nick Roark with some info on the Giants for a story that he did prior to the game.  I hope to work with him in the future.

After the game the fans were allowed to take the field.  I really like this photo.

One of the guys I attended the game with shot tons of photos.  They are amazing.  Cliff's photos from the day can be found at his smugmug account.  Go look.  You'll be glad you did.

Similar

I'm getting ready to put in a order with COMC. Gotta get my Fergie before heading off to Birmingham. Wanting to blow more money than I should I started looking at Kevin McHale cards. I noticed these two that are separated by several years but have a similar color scheme.

1988-89 Fleer
Kevin McHale (card # 11)

1993-94 Star
Kevin McHale/All-Star Stats (card # 68)

That's all  Just sharing my observation with my faithful readers.

Playing with cars

Here are some Jeff Burton collectible vehicles.  Since they all cost about a dollar each, I wasn't so concerned about the packaging being crisp and perfect.

I don't know if one would consider them to be New In Box or Mint In Box.  I'd probably go for NIB.

I don't know all of the scales, nor do I really want to.  I am aware that there is a whole other segment of collectors that goes gaga over the larger models.  Take a look at the NASCAR.com Superstore Jeff Burton Diecast page.

1998 Pinnacle Collector Series
Jeff Burton - 9 Track Gear

One of the problems that I see as a collector of stuff is that there are too many products.  Yes, in baseball cards we have all of the rainbow parallels.  And if you're a jersey collector, there's the home, road, throwback, special edition, etc.  Sometimes in NASCAR they have a different paint scheme every week.  Or a different major sponsor.  And some fool company is producing cars for each of them.  In multiple sizes and finishes.

1998 Hot Wheels - Pro Racing
Jeff Burton - 99 Exide

I've resolved that I don't need to collect the cars, in or out of their packages.  I just don't.  I will, though.  But that is not the focus of my Jeff Burton collection.  Sort of like I didn't need to buy the 7" Hershiser plate.  Or the Earl Wilson commemorative Snuggie.  Okay, just kidding.  It wasn't Earl Wilson, it was Carl Erskine.

1997 Racing Champions
Craftsman Truck Series
Jeff Burton - 99 Exide

For now I'm going to leave them encased in their plastic cocoons and try to get the cards from listia or elsewhere, but some day I might break them out and play with them.

TommySom

This is for the Collective Troll, Marck, who is missing in action. Maybe this will lure him out of real life and back to the blogosphere.

Happy May 5th.

2000 Atlanta Journal Constitution Braves cards

At Ye Olde Antique Malle of Southe KnoxVegas I came across some oversized cards. They are 8-1/2" x 11". They are all Braves. They are a mystery to me.

2000 Atlanta Journal Constitution Atlanta Braves cards
Chipper Jones

Other cards that I purchased are of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Javy Lopez, and Andruw Jones.

I don't collect the Braves, I don't collect 'big' cards.  What am I to do with them?