The Past Seven Months in Collecting

At the start of 2023, I popped up with a few posts and this once dead blog was coming alive again.  But as soon as I made a few posts and trades, I wandered back off into the abyss, with work and gaming taking up most of my days yet again.

Seven months later, I've finally gotten around to photographing some of my more "recent" pickups.  Let's check a few out!

One of the coolest pieces I've picked up in recent months isn't a card, but rather a signed mini helmet by none other than Seneca Wallace.  I got it for my birthday, and it's pretty darn cool!

I used to collect mini helmets as a kid and had the entire league featured on a shelf in my childhood bedroom.  Most of those are long gone now, but I still have a few featured among my memorabilia in my card room, and this Seneca one makes a nice little centerpiece.

The one card I did get for my birthday is an absolute doozy - it's one of Mike James' 2013 Crown Royale 1/1's!

It's weird a parallel set like this has two 1/1's - the other one is blue - but considering how rare any 1/1 is, it's awesome to finally land one in this Crown set since it's one of my more active sets I'm chasing at the moment.  I count 13 cards in the 2013 Crown series, and I'm now just missing 4, including the aforementioned /1, two /5s, and one /10.

"Most active" is a relative term, as my days of scouring every card site for hidden deals are far over at the moment.  But I will occasionally peruse a site for a few of my collections, and one of those other collections that recently bore fruit is my Wonderful Monds collection.  I needed five cards for this set in February, and I now only need three.  One card was a decent minor league card, and the other is this fairly rare (Only 200 made) Platinum Medallion card that I finally repurchased:

I lovvvvvve how that name plate looks.  I say repurchased because I owned one of these back in the day and sold it on COMC when I ended this collection.  It looks like I might be able to get all the Monds back someday, which is cool/fortunate.  I feel much less lucky about my God Shammgod collection - a /299 parallel I used to own and sold for probably $8 is now selling for like $200.  Live and learn as they say.

As I browsed different sites, I realized this one "graded" Woody Dantzler card had what seemed like 1,000 copies on Ebay.  So I took advantage of that excess in supply and grabbed one for myself!

All these insert autos of Dantzler's are so goofy, especially since he writes so big that the autograph typically doesn't fit.  That being said, this is about as close as I've seen it come to actually fitting on a card, and I love the look of this card in general. 

I made a similar purchase for the last card of this post, a Jose Lopez auto from 2002.

Like Dantzler, there were a ton of these listed, so I grabbed the cheapest one.  My brother bought me a signed Jose Lopez baseball many moons ago, and it's neat to match that autograph up with this one!

So brings an end to my post about my "recent" pickups.  Will I post again next week or not until 2024?  Time will tell!  I will say that I have a roller coaster set I'm hoping to someday post, although I sort of want to get a binder for it first to display it "properly." I also might post some more of my Seneca Wallace memorabilia.  It's not a ton more, but I have a few fun things some people might like to check out.  Until next time, toodles!

Completed Collections: 2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Quads

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Quads (50 Cards) - Completed 2/13/23!

This one took a little under a decade to complete, as I originally posted the haves/wants page for it back in December of 2013 with a "reasons I collect" follow up the following February.  It was an easy set to start but a tricky set to complete with a few cards that just showed up less including the #18 Dolphins card, #28 Steelers card, and the ultra tough to find #20 Patriots/Tom Brady card.  But I've got a complete set now and I have to say it's the coolest looking set in a binder I have to date.  Something about seeing a binder page with 18 jersey pieces of all colors is very aesthetically pleasing.  Plus you've got a wonderful mix of stars and scrubs and a few 2-3 color swatches.  As a side note, I may eventually upgrade some of the plainer jerseys if I find some cheap, more impressive patches down the line.

But for now the collection is done.  I've called it Game Worn Jersey Quads for the entirety of my search for these cards, but was reminded in posting this that two of the cards are actually Pants and not Jerseys, so I amended that in the title of this post.  Typically I've mentioned my favorite card in a set in previous completion recaps, and if forced to choose here would probably pick #47, the all FB card, as I think it's pretty emblematic of the random representation of this set while also tying into my often mentioned love of Madden 2004.  But there's so many good ones and I'm happy to finally be able to share the completed set once and for all.

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Quads

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #1 David Boston/Thomas Jones/Jake Plummer/Frank Sanders

   

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #2 Martay Jenkins/Bill Gramatica/Joel Makovicka/Tywan Mitchell

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #3 Todd Heap/Obafemi Ayanbadejo/Chris Redman/Travis Taylor

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #4 Reggie Germany/Shawn Bryson/Sammy Morris/Jay Riemersma

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #5 Mushin Muhammad/Issac Byrd/Wesley Walls/Chris Weinke

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #6 Jim Miller/Marty Booker/David Terrell/Brian Urlacher

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #7 Chad Johnson/Corey Dillon/Darnay Scott/Peter Warrick

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #8 Scott Mitchell/Curtis Keaton/Brad St. Louis/Nick Williams

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #9 Jajuan Dawson/Tim Couch/Kevin Johnson/Jamel White

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #10 Joey Galloway/Ken-Yon Rambo/Raghib Ismail/Emmitt Smith

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #11 Michael Wiley/Troy Hambrick/Darren Woodson/Anthony Wright

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #12 Olandis Gary/Mike Anderson/Brian Griese/Rod Smith

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #13 Antonio Freeman/Brett Favre/Ahman Green/David Martin

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #14 Robert Ferguson/Tyrone Davis/Bubba Franks/William Henderson

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #15 Edgerrin James/Marvin Harrison/Peyton Manning/Marcus Pollard

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #16 Keenan McCardell/Mark Brunell/Jimmy Smith/Fred Taylor

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #17 Trent Green/Tony Gonzalez/Sylvester Morris/Tony Richardson

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #18 Oronde Gadsden/Jay Fiedler/Travis Minor/Zach Thomas

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #19 Cris Carter/Michael Bennett/Daunte Culpepper/Randy Moss

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #20 Tom Brady/Drew Bledsoe/Troy Brow/Patrick Pass

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #21 Joe Horn/Aaron Brooks/Deuce McCallister/Robert Wilson

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #22 Kerry Collins/Tiki Barber/Ron Dayne/Amani Toomer

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #23 Ron Dixon/Jonathan Carter/Ike Hilliard/Jason Sehorn

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #24 Laveranues Coles/Anthony Becht/Curtis Martin/Chad Pennington

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #25 Zack Crockett/Tim Brown/Jerry Rice/Charles Woodson

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #26 James Jett/David Dunn/Randy Jordan/Jerry Porter

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #27 Donovan McNabb/Chad Lewis/Brian Mitchell/Todd Pinkston

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #28 Plaxico Burress/Jerome Bettis/Kordell Stewart/Hines Ward

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #29 Marshall Faulk/Issac Bruce/Torry Holt/Kurt Warner

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #30 Doug Flutie/Drew Brees/Junior Seau/LaDainian Tomlinson

     

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #31 Trevor Gaylor/Terrell Fletcher/Ronney Jenkins/Fred McCrary

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #32 Terrell Owens/Jeff Garcia/Tim Rattay/J.J. Stokes

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #33 Greg Clark/Fred Beasley/Paul Smith/Cedrick Wilson

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #34 Shaun Alexander/Alex Bannister/Matt Hasselbeck/Darrell Jackson

  

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #35 Itula Mili/Brock Huard/Mack Strong/James Williams

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #36 Brad Johnson/Joe Hamilton/Rob Johnson/Shaun King

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #37 Keyshawn Johnson/Mike Alstott/Warren Sapp/Aaron Stecker

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #38 Eddie George/Kevin Dyson/Derrick Mason/Steve McNair

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Pants Quads #39 Jake Plummer/David Boston/Corey Dillon/Peter Warrick

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Pants Quads #40 Marshall Faulk/Issac Bruce/Torry Holt/Kurt Warner

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #41 Bryan Gilmore/Chris Greisen/Terry Hardy/Dennis McKinley 

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #42 Marcel Shipp/Jamal Anderson/LaMont Jordan/Skip Hicks

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #43 Rob Moore/Quentin McCord/Avion Black/Patrick Johnson

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #44 Elvis Grbac/Kevin Thompson/Tee Martin/Todd Husak

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #45 Aaron Shea/David Sloan/Pete Mitchell/Mark Bruener

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #46 Chris Hetherington/Stanley Pritchett/Frank Moreau/Jim Kleinsasser

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #47 Tony Simmons/Na Brown/Charles Johnson/Bobby Shaw

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #48 Michael Vick/Steve McNair/Daunte Culpepper/Mark Brunell

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #49 Emmitt Smith/Ahman Green/Ricky Williams/Curtis Martin

2002 Pacific Heads Up Game Worn Jersey Quads #50 Tim Couch/Brett Favre/Donovan McNabb/Drew Brees

2013 Custom Heads Up Jersey Quads - 2/2
2013 Metsfan1121/sumrtop 2002 Pacific Heads Up Quads Career (Custom, Two collegiate game used Seneca jerseys, two other game used jerseys)

    

2013 GSNHOF (That's me!) 2002 Pacific Heads Up Quads Michael Stone/Lamont Brightful/Kywin Supernaw/Will Demps (Custom, Uses two pieces of an Otis Anderson dual jersey, part of a Caron Butler jersey, part of a Selvin Young manupatch and part of a Tyrone Calico jersey card)