Counting Backwards 313 to 312

I have to admit I'm a little more excited than normal about a recent purchase I made. Thanks to Greg from Plaschke Thy Sweater is Argyle with the assist on this one.  First a little build up....

Vintage cards are not in my comfort zone.  Before starting my blog I had very little in the way of vintage Buccos.  Now that I've been around for a little while and have some great trade partners, my collection has turned pretty respectable.  The gradual additions via trade has led me to more and more purchases. Back in early 2016 I made one of my favorite purchases.

This is the 1936 National Chicle fine pen premiums R313 featuring the Waner brothers catching a piggy back ride from Big Jim Weaver.  It is just so cool and unique. I feel in love with it the first time I saw it.  It took a little time for me to find one in decent condition, but eventually I snagged one.

Fast forward to a couple weeks back and Greg sends me a Tweet with an eBay link.  When I first saw the link, I thought it was for the same card I already owned since I only took a glance at the description.

1936 National Chicle Premium Pastels R312

It turns out the link was for the pastel version of the card! I'm super pumped that I have both versions and that they are in relatively good condition.

Thanks for the assist Greg!

New/Big Poison and a Reminder

I got sidetracked and lost track of time with the Pens game followed by a late 9pm WVU start. Solid sports night!

A few weeks back I made a fairly significant purchase of National Treasures cards. The lot was around 20 cards, but only three were for me.  This one was by far my favorite of the keepers

2016 Paul Waner National Treasures /25

Panini has made a lot of nice sets centered around old timers. Everyone loved the Cooperstown set and I was big fan of Classics.  National Treasures is more of a hit based set, but once again the checklist featured a bunch of pre war stars.

When it comes to the Waner brothers it is much easier to find good deals with Lloyd.  With that being said if you are patient deals exist for Big Poison as well. Lately Panini has produced a good bit of relics of both Waners so prices are reasonable.

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Fine Pen Premiums and a Beer Whale

I was in Washington DC all weekend hanging out with friends. Lots of good stories were told, and beer consumed. The group I was with are full fledged beer geeks so we visited a lot of breweries and drank some fancy beer.

My favorite of all the breweries was called Ocelot. It was a cool setup and the prices were very affordable. Without knowing it turns out that two of the brewers are WVU grads and they even name some of their beer after places in Morgantown.

The only negative is that was located way out towards Dulles airport so it was an expensive Uber ride.

 Here is one of their flights. They really cater to the IPA and Sour beers.

For all the beer nerds out there this is for you. This is one hard as hell beer to find and considered by many as one of the best ipa's in the world. The brewery is Russian River which is in California.  One of the guys I was with this weekend is a military guy so he has an extensive network of friends from all over the US. He was given two bottles, one of which he shared with us.

It was a fun weekend, but I feel my body needs a nice week long cleanse.

Now for a card I've been really excited to show on the blog....

1936 National Chicle Fine Pen Premium Paul Waner/Lloyd Waner/Big Jim Weaver

I've been on a nice run adding the Waner brothers to the collection. This set is pretty unique as the first half featured normal baseball poses while the second half of the set featured pictures like this card. When I saw the card on eBay I fell in love with it. 

The card is in perfect condition so I wasn't too upset with the price of $34 shipped. Probably the biggest issue will be storage as these are tall cards. I like it so much I may just put it on a shelf for display.  

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Blockbuster Additions

I mentioned yesterday that I've been having a lot of contact from non bloggers looking to trade and sell.  Yesterday I featured some cards that I blind traded with a reader named Pete.  Today I'm featuring a major purchase from reader Nolan.

Nolan is a Pirates fan like myself, but was narrowing his collection to focus on Neil Walker and vintage needs.  It took us a while to come to a deal as we got held up because I left town for my brothers wedding.  As soon as I got back we hit the ground running and came to terms.  Check out the great cards.  As a side not Nolan's collection is top notch.  He sent some pictures of his vintage collection and it would make you drool.

2002 Topps Tribute Paul Waner Bat Relic

2008 SP Legendary Cuts Willie Stargell Cut Auto /15

2010 Topps Series 2 Steve Pearce Magenta Printing Plate 

2010 Topps Update Andrew McCutchen Manu Bat Barrel /99

2011 Topps Heritage Bill Mazeroski Stadium Memorabilia

2011 Topps Series 2 Willie Stargell Leather Nameplate

2011 Jose Tabata Topps Marquee Auto /570

2011 Topps Tribute Dual Jersey Willie Stargell /99

2010 Topps Chrome Aki Iwamura Yellow Printing Plate

2002 Fleer Willie Stargell Jersey

2012 Topps Heritage Willie Stargell Mint Coin Card

Nolan even threw in some freebies by giving me a handful of Bucco Vintage.  Also not pictured was an Al Oliver Topps Retired Auto. 

Thanks a ton Nolan for giving me the opportunity to add so many great cards.  I look forward to trading with you in the future.  You never know who might be checking out your blog on any given day.  

Thanks for reading!