Amazing One Card (x4) Collection

Amazing. Ran across this video on youtube and was simply amazed. This is one of the most sought after cards in the hobby, and this one collector has four of them! These four cards blow away my entire 100,000+ card collection, well at least monetarily considering an average PSA 6 goes for over $27,000! Even a PSA 1 Lajoie has an estimated value of $4000. But I bet he does not have the vast variety of KC Royals cards that I keep in the "not available for trade or sale" part of my collection. The card in question is the 1933 Goudey #106 Napolean Lajoie card. The card was not included in the regular set for some reason, but if collectors wrote a letter to Goudey requesting the card, Goudey would send the card out to the collector. Throw in the fact than Mr. Lajoie is a hall of famer and you have the makings of what most people consider to be one of the three most coveted baseball cards produced. Awesome.

$100 Per Pack?

As I was sitting at a table at a local card show that I was splitting with a friend, I was talked into buying a box of Topps Triple Threads. Boxes of Triple Threads at the shop are $190 and each box contains two packs of cards. That's right, two packs for $190! We split it three ways so I actually put $63 or so into the packs. Up until that point in my life, I had never paid more than $3.50 or so for a pack of modern cards. Opening the packs certainly was exciting, much like doubling down on 11 against a dealers 8 in Vegas and waiting to see what card you get. I probably won't be buying anymore Triple Threads anytime soon, but it was fun. Here are the highlights from the two packs.

The Smartest Allen & Ginter Card Ever

I love Topps Allen and Ginter and being a bit of a math and science geek (I was a part-time physics major in college and I work in IT...it's a good think I collect baseball cards to make me seem cool!), I really love this card. I have the 2009 A&G Einstein base card out on my desk just because I think it's a cool card. Thanks to the seller (lts_cards) for letting me use these scans. I will be very interested to see what this ends up at. Here is a link to the eBay auction and a couple of scans of the card.

Albert Einstein Cut Signature

The Holy Card Has Been Taken Down

Looks like eBay took down the Jesus H. Christ auto relic card. Found a story/video about the card on youtube though. If you didn't get to see it, the video shows it. ***Warning: Video contains some profanity***

And You Thought The Invisible Man Relic Could Not Be Beat

Allen and Ginter, eat your heart out. There is a Jesus H. Chris autograph relic card on ebay right now. It's up to $20 after one hour. This one is actually pretty funny. Here is a link to the auction with a pic of the "card".

Jesus H. Christ Auto Relic

What Did Cliff Bring Me Today?

Cliff brought me several Topps Heritage cards and several game used cards. Here is what I was really waiting for though!

Pujols Has No Bat

Many fans would say that Albert Pujols has one of the best, if not the best, bats in baseball. This Topps Allen and Ginter card may disagree though. Happened to run across this interesting card on eBay and the owner of the card (chines102581) was kind enough to let me post images of the card here. I've never seen a relic card like this, unless you include the 2009 Allen & Ginter Invisible Man relic card. Maybe the termites at Topps got to it. For more details on this card, or if you're an Albert collector and would like to make an offer on the card, here is the eBay auction:

2009 A&G Albert Pujols Game Used No-Bat