The Legend

The Legend

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Trade: HSCA Delivers Some Wow

This post was meant for yesterday, but the Pirates/Cubs extra inning game got the best of me. Oh Boy, Brian of HSCA fame sure outdid himself on this one. The bubble mailer had only 6 cards, but they packed a punch. Our blind trading has forgone quantity and went straight to the big guns.

A high end Cutch to start things off. I've done pretty well adding cards from NT the last year, but strike out when it comes to Cutch. Very thankful to receive his cards via trade.
I hear this Clemente guy was good. Here I am thinking that Cutch can't be topped and this card pops out. A 69 Topps Deckle is a nice trade piece for sure!
 Now the big guns are out. The photographer of this card probably had to shoe off thousands of women waiting to meet the legend. Little does he know the greatness that is in store for him.


One of my prized Cutch autos is the eTopps variation that are almost impossible to find. With that being said I did not own the base which is /999. These rarely pop up anymore and seem to be having a little resurgence on the secondary market. 

Old school sticker!


I smiled pretty big when I saw this card. This  is one of my white whales and has been one of the more illusive cards for me to secure. Over the years I've lost a handful of auctions for this card. Thanks to Brian I can retire this from the list. 

Thanks so much for the great cards Brian. I have a blast swapping back and forth with you. I'll continue my hunt for unique Twins! 

Thanks for reading. 


10 comments:

  1. Nice cards. I especially like the eTopps.

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    1. It seems that eTopps are trending right now. I'm guessing they are a little more scarce than what the actual serial number states.

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  2. I'm super jealous of that Clemente. And I seem to be liking eTopps a little more every time I see them.

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    1. I may have to break the Cutch out of his plastic prison....

      No such thing as a bad Clemente card.

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    2. The thing about eTopps that is interesting to me is that they were doing some cards in the design of prior releases, and other times (like this McCutcheon card) Topps went in a different route, doing a kind of homage to the 1966 set, but still doing a new design. I hadn't seen many of them in person, but a card shop I visited a while back had a box full of them.

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    3. They make nice trade bait. The blogosphere seem to really like them.

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  3. I was really happy to find that Candy Man autograph - it feels good to help people finish sets and to every once in a while harpoon those whales!

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    1. I love that Candelaria. Just a cool card in general! Thanks again for everything.

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    1. It was an illusive card. Brian really hooked me up.

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