My detour into slabbed junk wax continues 🐶

For better or worse I am delving back into 1980s slabs. (Being told by my wallet it's worse.)

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Latest addition to the Votto autograph collection

Cincinnati used book finds

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I dabbled in the vintage nonsports auction for the first time and won a card that I've wanted for a really long time. Despite the low grade, it looks pretty pristine for a 140 year old card (some moisture damage on the back).

I dabbled in the vintage nonsports auction for the first time and won a card that I've wanted for a really long time. Despite the low grade, it looks pretty pristine for a 140 year old card (some moisture damage on the back).

Big hit out of 2025 Topps Update!

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

I will sometimes display this card back facing out because its original owner using it as a career tracker brings me joy.

I got a modern day cabinet card

i saw this man tie a damsel to the train tracks while wearing a top hat

An iconic 2024 Met + city connect + Grimace colored parallel!

Just upgraded one of my E102s because I thought it would be cool to have a card from the Frank Nagy collection:

I have many Heinie Groh cards but have never owned an autograph...until today!

I just made a rather exciting addition to the Heinie Groh collection. Watch this space.

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social we don't know each other but I love your books! Heading to Edinburgh in one week and would love to hear any recs you might have for fun / historical / macabre places to see 🙏

I got something very exciting in the mail today. A tin Butter Krust bread box, produced in 1910, a year before the D304 set. It will now be used to store graded prewar cards.

I keep seeing gorgeous binder pages of T206 and now I want to break all my T206 out of slabs...

I got something very exciting in the mail today. A tin Butter Krust bread box, produced in 1910, a year before the D304 set. It will now be used to store graded prewar cards.

Results from my @gummyarts.bsky.social pack! Down to trade if anyone else got any and likes any of these.

Dusting and switching out some display cards

On to card 4 in the top 25 Votto cards countdown to Christmas. 2022 Topps Chrome Platinum black toile refractor /10. I have the red /5 as part of the toile rainbow but this one just pops more. #cardsky #thehobby

And we're into the top 5! Card 5 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown is this @gummyarts original sketch card. As 1/1 as it gets!

This is card 6 of my top 25 Votto cards countdown to Christmas. 2019 Topps clear /10. Some Topps designs work better than others with the clears, but I think 2019 really works. #cardsky #thehobby

On to card number 7 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown to Christmas! 2020 Diamond Icons auto patch /10. This set is typically way out of my range but I felt like I had to have this card. #cardsky #thehobby

Card 8 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown is this 2020 Topps Museum Collection silver ink / silver frame auto. 2020 was when I really started ramping up my Votto collection. #cardsky #thehobby

Card 9 in the top 25 Votto cards countdown: 2024 Topps Golden Mirror image variation. I tried to get excited about 2024 Votto Blue Jays cards but could not. This is my favorite 2024 Votto card. #cardsky #thehobby

Entering the top 10 of my top 25 Votto cards countdown to Christmas! No. 10 is this 2022 Allen and Ginter stained glass mini /25.

And here's no. 11 -- 2008 Topps Chrome xfractor rookie card. I decided that I needed a cool refractor version of his chrome rc and this was what I landed on.

Up to number 12 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown to Christmas. 2019 Stadium Club Chrome orange refractor /99. Such a great photo.

Here's entry 13 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown. 2018 Topps Black and White player color auto /10. One of my fav sets every year, just ordered a 2024 box that I hope arrives soon.

Getting close to halfway through my top 25 Votto cards! No. 14 is this 2019 Triple Threads ASG triple patch /9. I saw him play in this ASG in DC and I may have gone a little crazy collecting his uniform relics from that game 😬

Coming in at 15 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown is this 2016 Topps Strata patch /50. Strata was such a weird set. I really like the inverted Mr Red hat as the patch. It was a big design element in the 2015 ASG weekend iirc

On to number 16! It took me quite a while to track down one of these -- Allen and Ginter metal mini. Only 3 exist. No matter how hard I tried I could not decipher the set year on the back of the card 🫠👨‍🦳

Entry 17 in my top 25 Joey Votto cards is this Topps Throwback Thursday 1985 football design. This to me is one of the best card designs Topps has ever produced, across all sports.

Top 25 Votto card countdown to Christmas: here's no. 18 on the list. 2013 Topps Tribute World Baseball Classic Team Canada patch /118.

Posting card 19 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown from a bourbon bar. 2009 UD Ultimate Collection jumbo patch /35. One of the many cards that make me miss Upper Deck baseball.

Posting card 19 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown from a bourbon bar. 2009 UD Ultimate Collection jumbo patch /35. One of the many cards that make me miss Upper Deck baseball.

And here's no. 20 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown. 2020 Topps 1985 jersey black parallel /199. Underrated 1980s design.

And here's no. 20 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown. 2020 Topps 1985 jersey black parallel /199. Underrated 1980s design.

Haven't bought a higher end Keith Hernandez card in quite a while. Latest addition:

This just arrived in the mail a few hours ago and it's slotting in at 21 in my top 25 Votto cards countdown. 2018 Topps Update ASG jersey red parallel /25. Was at this ASG weekend with my dad and daughter and had a blast.

And here's card 22 of my top 25 Votto collection countdown: a 2011 Topps Lineage jersey relic boxloader /64. I think this is the only oversized Votto card I have.

And here's card 22 of my top 25 Votto collection countdown: a 2011 Topps Lineage jersey relic boxloader /64. I think this is the only oversized Votto card I have.

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Card 23 of my top 25 Joey Votto cards is this 2023 Heavy Lumber wood card. Wood cards used to be nearly impossible to pull out of a pack, but this insert set has made them a little more attainable.