Two of a Kind from EBAY

Some how I forgot I had a few dollars remaining on an EBAY gift certificate, so last week I went shopping.  I managed to find a couple variations of one of my favorite cards from 2024 Topps Archives.

The black and yellow foilboard cards are not tough to find, but it was nice to get both for less than $2 delivered apiece.  Usually I prefer action photos over poses, but there is something about the bat over the shoulder pose that I like.  After getting the red version a few weeks ago, I decided it would be fun to see how many of these I can track down.  Scott is my favorite current Cardinals player.  He reminds me a lot of Vince Coleman, my first player collection.  If he could somehow manage to hit .250 next year, 50 stolen bases should be very attainable.  This season he was 34 for 38 while hitting .216.  

2025 Lot

It is already December.  2025 has really flown by.  I guess when you get older time can get away from you a lot quicker.  Before the calendar turns to a new year, I hope to finish up some 2025 team sets.  A TCDB trade that arrived over the weekend helped me cross off a few cards.

This is the complete 2025 Topps Holiday team set.  Glad to get them all in one trade.

3 of the 5 Cardinals from Panini Crusade.  Some of the colored parallels look great this year.  

These 3 started my Prizm team set.  Only 9 more to go.

2025 Topps Chrome is almost done.  Only 1 more to go.  Seems like I have been working on this one for months.  Hope to get it done before Chrome Update comes out.

I was glad to see Topps used a different photo for Winn's 2025 All Star Game card.  Only 2 Cardinals in the 100 card set, Winn and Michael McGreevy.  The only insert in the package was this 2024 Archives yellow foilboard.

The final card was from 2021 Panini Chronicles.  There are too many brands to figure out how close I am to completing this set.

I was happy to add all these cards to my collection, but you may notice I did not name the member.  He waited until 3 days after he received his cards before mailing mine.  If he would have communicated with me, I would have been fine with a delay.  He also shipped all 16 cards in a single pwe.  If any of the cards arrived damaged, I would have left him negative feedback.  Instead I did not leave any, and added him to my no trade list.