Today I'm back to showing off a scanner page worth of Rich Hills as I still have a bunch to scan and post. I came up with what I think is another fun theme today: every one of these cards is serial-numbered. And of course, the title is an homage to one of my favorite blogs, Serial Numbered Insanity. So here's what I have for you today:
Rich Hill 2007 Topps Gold (#0622/2007)
From way back when Topps numbered its cards with foil stamps. Nice design + gold parallel = a winner.
From way back when Topps numbered its cards with foil stamps. Nice design + gold parallel = a winner.
Rich Hill 2007 Upper Deck Premier (#95/99)
You know a set is premium when the BASE cards are #d to 99.
You know a set is premium when the BASE cards are #d to 99.
Rich Hill 2008 Topps Black (#14/57)
Rich Hill 2008 Topps Gold Border (#0739/2008)
Here we have the second of the day's three Topps Golds, plus the even rarer Black parallel, which I definitely still enjoy as well. I always thought the 2008 set was pretty cool, and these parallels make me like it even more.
Here we have the second of the day's three Topps Golds, plus the even rarer Black parallel, which I definitely still enjoy as well. I always thought the 2008 set was pretty cool, and these parallels make me like it even more.
Rich Hill 2008 Upper Deck Premier (#67/99)
Base cards that are thick as all get out and #d /99 are great and all, but I don't think you usually get your money's worth on insanely-priced products like these. Nice card, though.
Base cards that are thick as all get out and #d /99 are great and all, but I don't think you usually get your money's worth on insanely-priced products like these. Nice card, though.
Rich Hill 2008 Upper Deck Premier Blue (#10/15)
I can't really figure out why this is a "Blue" parallel when the difference between it and the base card (besides the much lower numbering) is the GOLD foil on the front, but then again, what do I know?
I can't really figure out why this is a "Blue" parallel when the difference between it and the base card (besides the much lower numbering) is the GOLD foil on the front, but then again, what do I know?
Rich Hill 2009 Topps Update Gold Border (#0357/2009)
Rich was in Baltimore for only the 2009 season, but he has a decent number of Orioles cards anyway, which is pretty cool. Oh yeah, and this one still features the foil stamp as well!
Rich was in Baltimore for only the 2009 season, but he has a decent number of Orioles cards anyway, which is pretty cool. Oh yeah, and this one still features the foil stamp as well!
Rich Hill 2010 Upper Deck Gold (#13/99)
Hill had moved on to Boston, his current team, by the time 2010 rolled around. This is actually a bit of a boring parallel as the only difference between it and the base card is a small amount of gold foil and serial numbering to 99.
Rich Hill 2007 Sweet Spot Signatures Glove Leather Black Ink auto (#21/75)
I figured I'd save the best for last today. Sweet Spot baseball has produced a number of very cool designs spun off from its original concept of autographs on an actual piece of the sweet spot of a baseball. I already had one other glove auto (black) and a pair of ball signatures (one and two), and I'm going to keep working on these until I have them all. There's 17 in all so that may take a while, but that's the thrill of the chase!
So after adding in these nine, Rich still leads all comers in hits with 62, and his new IHAS count is 127 non-1/1s and 134 overall. I'm almost to 40% of his 340 non-1/1s and can't wait to hit the 50% milestone before too much longer.
Tomorrow will be a brief hiatus from COMC as I show off a fun two-card eBay football purchase, so stay tuned and GO BLUE.
Just because of this post, I need to get posting on that site again. Thank you for the kudos!
ReplyDeleteNice pickups for the Hill collection as well!!
Awesome, get on it! And thanks!
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