I got a surprise package of cards from the legendary
Night Owl in the mail yesterday. He hit some of my wantlists and also threw in a bunch of cool random stuff. I may be the only person who gets more excited by the unexpected random parts of a package than the wantlist hits. Here are some highlights.
The wantlist hits were from 2011 Topps and 1989 Bowman. I think my favorite of these was this goofy picture of Dennis Eckersley. It was nice when cards had candid shots that gave you a sense of the players' personality.
Today's goofy shots just seem more forceed, but this one is still pretty cool.
Here is another unique modern shot, with the biggest autograph close-up I have ever seen. He appears to hold his pen in an odd way; maybe some collector could look at all the autograph shots and see the different ways players hold their pens.
I think this one was my favorite of all. I have so many of the cards from the time period I collected as a kid (1987-1993) that to get a new card from that era of a Yankee star really takes me back. I had never seen this Rickey card and it looks really nice.
Still feel like my collection is lacking in the "random" department as '90s cards are my collection's big black hole, but glad I found something for you.
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