Friday, March 21, 2014

2014 eBay purchases #4-6: Clayton Richard Hill x100

Hey look--I'm posting about March eBay purchases...and it's still March!  I've got three cards to show off to you that I picked up in the last couple weeks, and as you might have guessed by the Wheel of Fortune "Before & After"-style headline, Clayton Richard and Rich Hill are involved:
Clayton Richard 2013 Topps Sapphire (#11/25)
Yes, it's one of Topps' MANY parallels from the 2010s, but the good news is that I kind of like the Sapphires, like this one that set me back a bit more than $4 delivered.  The low-but-not-insanely-low numbering makes them challenging but interesting to collect, and while a standard blue is my favorite parallel color, the sapphire effect is nice.  In the flagship/Mini rainbow I still have a ways to go, but I now own 10/17 (not counting Padres Topps or the Stickers set), so I'm making good progress.

By the way, milestone #1 for today is that this card gives me exactly 100 in Clayton's PC, including the four plates I own.  Of the guys in my player collections, he's the fourth to hit the century mark (Hill, Larkin, Putz).  I'm also just shy of having acquired 2/3 of his issues to-date, which is exciting as well!

Rich Hill 2008 Topps Chrome Red Refractor (#11/25)
New Rich Hill #1 of 2 today is this beautiful '08 Chrome Red Refractor, which is a very close second to blue when it comes to these wonderful parallels.  Like the Richard, it's limited to 25 copies, and in a fun coincidence, it's actually numbered exactly the same.  This also happens to finish my second 2008 rainbow--flagship/Chrome--as I completed the Bowman/Chrome project last year.  At some point I may finally get around to showing both of those off!  Having gotten into Ice Cold Gold recently, this red Rich might just give me a case of ruby fever at a relatively minuscule cost of $5 delivered.

Rich Hill 2007 Upper Deck Premier Emerging Stars Autographs Triple auto (with Hamels and Liriano) (#18/50)
Hey, that's actually a pretty good triple autograph card!  I'd been after one of these for a while, but with prices upwards of $40, I said no freakin' way, at least until someone was nice enough to kick off an auction with a $0.99 starting price.  I thought I might have more competition, but instead I locked it down for a little over $11 shipped.  Not only am I satisfied to get another Hill autograph, I also can now claim to own signatures of Hamels and Liriano in my collection.  While I don't think I would have chased them individually, it's cool to have them on a card along with Rich, who moves up to 217 non-1/1s today.

Speaking of Mr. Hill, today's second milestone is also century mark-themed:  this autograph finally gives me my first 100-hit player in any of my PCs!  The player who represents nearly 40% of my Michigan Baseball PC is light years ahead of the next best, football's Jake Long and his 67.  By my counts, his hits collection comprises 63 autographs and 12 1/1s, and is larger than the next five such players in the baseball collection, which goes to show just how much I value my #1 PC.  Definitely a fun achievement to celebrate, and I ended up with something worthy of the honor.

Stay tuned as I continue my JustCommons pickups series, and I'll also let you know that you can look forward to some 2014 COMC scores as well, just around the corner!

2 comments:

  1. Love those sapphire cards, so shiny. The autos are a pretty impressive pick-up at $11. Very nice!

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    1. Shiny is right! Yeah, I can't complain about the price for the triple auto, which is good since there's a bunch more like it for me to chase.

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