I got a very nice surprise in my mailbox last week when I went through my mail and came up with an unexpected PWE from Chris, a.k.a. "The Collector" (though I'll probably always associate him with his original name, "The Pedestrian Collector"). I've swapped cards with him a number of times and always enjoy doing so, plus it doesn't hurt that I love that something I sent his way made it into his blog banner! (that Mo Vaughn Starting Lineup up front.)
Chris even bucked tradition by sending me an all-Michigan trade package for the first time. I previously received a nice group of Wolverines football and hockey stuff from him as part of a larger bunch of cards way back in February of 2017, but this time it's 100% alma mater matters, baby!
Here's what he sent along this time:
1988 Big Ten Player of the Year Gary Grant kicks things off with a '93-'94 Topps Gold parallel. His four years in Ann Arbor led to a nice 13-year pro career.
Next up is a great pair from the basketball version of probably my favorite Fleer product, the '97-'98 flagship set. Fab-Fiver Juwan Howard is surely well known by anyone reading this, and Terry "Sugar" Mills was a fun guy to watch during his six seasons with the Pistons (way back when I paid attention to basketball).
Last up is Howard's old teammate Jalen Rose on a college photo card from Classic's 1994 Four Sport product. His Michigan uniform presages good things ahead.
Namely the five such cards in this football bunch, meaning 6/11 cards in this envelope fell into that category. Extra credit to Chris!
Up top we have a trio of football alumni from last year's typically solid Score product, including RCs of draftees DL Taco Charlton and WR Jehu Chesson, plus a base of WR Devin Funchess, who I bet would be fun to watch if he had a consistently good QB throwing to him.
Joining those is a trio of cards from college-focused sets. Chris sent over the base and Gold parallels of DL Mo Hurst from this year's Leaf Draft, and that's fantastic since Hurst is the only Wolverine in the product and I didn't feel like chasing the set this year. They look great alongside a '95 Classic Five Sport of all-time great CB Ty Law. These look so good to a college collector like me that I chased a number of similar products in my latest Sportlots haul.
Closing things out today is one more recent guy in PC guy Denard Robinson. Card #91 in his collection is an interesting insert from 2013 Prestige called NFL Passport. I'm actually familiar with the set because I have the autographed version of this card, though oddly enough that one is oriented in vertical fashion:
Thanks again for the surprise PWE, Chris! I'm happy to be able to send something back your way soon, possibly in time for Christmas. For now I suppose you can continue to bask in the glow of yet another World Series victory!
Dang it, I'm sorry I missed this post! I didn't have TMM on my blogroll, since you always link to it through TMV. Of course, I didn't send any baseball in this PWE..so you would have no reason to do so here. I've now corrected this and added TMM to my blogroll.
ReplyDeleteAnyway..I'm thrilled to contribute to your Michigan PC. Was worried that you might have (or wouldn't want) some of these. It is rather strange that Panini made the base Robinson horizontal and the auto version vertical.
Oh, right, I usually have a two part-trade post or something else going on on TMV that points over here! Thanks for adding this blog too! There's pretty much no such thing as a Michigan card I don't want, plus I have a few people that always appreciate my dupes, so thanks for any Wolverines you send my way, and especially for putting in the effort to identify who fits those collections since it's not as easy as looking for a pro team.
DeleteHave a great Christmas and enjoy your cards from me!