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Friday, March 17, 2017

Scoop

2016 Panini Pantheon Al Oliver Auto /25

It feels like Panini dumped a lot of similar looking high end sets near the end of 2016 into early 2017. Off the top of my head I can remember National Treasures, National Treasures Collegiate, Immaculate, Black Gold and Prime Cuts. I wasn't aware of Panini Pantheon until I found this Al Oliver card.

I'm a sucker for certified autos of Pirates from the late 70's. The excitement of seeing a new Oliver autograph supersedes any other deficiencies the set may have. If this would have been a current Pirate I would have probably passed on buying anything from Pantheon. The whole thing just seems a little dull. At least with National Treasures you get on card autos.

When looking through my Oliver autos I have in my collection I believe this is the first set he has signed for as Pirate since the 2007 Sweet Spot set. Way too long! Maybe Panini will listen to my request for more Phil Garner autos too.

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Friday, May 30, 2014

Some New Old Archives and $30 a Week Habit

First, Roger from $30 a week habit found this gem and gave me a shout out.

This is the back of a Sam Jones 62 Topps. The Pirates have been walking the plank a bunch this year.

In honor of Archives being released this week here are a few older Fan Favorite Autos from 2012. I always enjoy adding the Pirate autos from the Archives set as they are always affordable and have some great pictures. I especially like the Madlock as he is one of my favorite older Pirates to collect.

Hopefully the Buccos can put together a good series against the Dodgers this weekend. Gerrit Cole got them off to a good start last night. Let's see if the rest of the rotation can follow his lead. I'm not holding my breath.

Have a good weekend.

Friday, May 16, 2014

1976 Crane Potato Chip Discs

I love finding oddball Pirate items. Recently I was able to purchase a bunch of 1976 Crane Potato Chip Discs. Most of them cost a buck or less and the seller combined shipping so it made for a pretty reasonable deal.