A Birthday Present Plus an Awaiting Monster

I celebrated my 32nd birthday in October.  For the most part it was quiet as my wife and I went to NYC and did our celebrating a few weeks before. She is treating me to a Penguins game the day before Thanksgiving so that should be fun.

One thing that is constant on my birthday is that my Mom gives me cash. I've tried stopping her a million times before, but she continues every year. One of the caveats with the money is that I spend it on something I want.  She likes to see something in hand that I can say "see Mom here is what you got me." This year I went the card route.

The first three cards were throw ins from a seller on eBay.  This was awesome as I needed all the cards plus the extra bonus of one being the cool burning fire insert. Can't go wrong with free McCutchen's and Polanco's.




Now the main event....

2014 Bowman Inception Triple Patch Auto Polanco/Taillon/Hanson /5

First I wasn't sure if this card would show back up on eBay.  I attempted once to buy this card but it went for an extremely high amount (I think around $140). As luck would have it I got a second chance. This card was mine for $71 delivered. An amazing deal for a really nice looking addition to my Pirates collection. This was such a good deal that it makes my purchase for the dual version featuring Polanco and Hanson look like a huge overpay. I believe it was in the $60 range. This was a nice way to end my eBay binge and begin my organization break. 

To finish things off this is 2 of 3 boxes that Jaybarkerfan's Junk sent me for winning the World Cup of Trading competition. The other box is gigantic as well!  I'm going to use this weekend to get things scanned. You are a maniac my friend.  I love it!

Thanks for reading!