Mailbag: Shoebox Legends

Back to the ol' mailbag for a bit, and a package that showed up from Shane @ Shoebox Legends last week.

To open up, here's what is probably the first buyback in my 2/14 collection. I'm really surprised it took me this long to add one of these to the collection, but not surprised on the source of it.

Since I'm building the Heritage base set this season, any assistance in knocking off SPs is very appreciated. Here's two more that dropped off the list. With the assistance of COMC, and my jumping on any SPs that drop below the $2 mark, I'm already less than 30 SPs away from that.

Random Mets, Jays and Expos content!

And now, the main event!

2001 Parkhurst autographs! Mike Bossy leads the way here. The good thing about these being autographs of retired legends is that the penmanship is stellar, as expected.

Here's a new face in the collection. A tidbit that I didn't know about him but that showed on his wikipedia entry was that he was a member of Canadian parliament for 4 years, all while still playing for the Leafs. That is even though it has been mentioned on some of his cards from the overlapping period.

I'm thinking they were supposed to sign in the diamond-ish shaped spot at the bottom of the card. I guess Lanny missed that memo. But it still pops nicely on the light-coloured portion of the background.

And there you have it! Thanks for these goodies Shane, especially the Red Kelly auto. I hope my PWE has found its way to you by now.

One Card Only: CB4

I probably should return to the mailbag sooner rather than later. However, after averaging over 50 cards per post going through the football portion of the repack shipment, I need a less scan-heavy option today.

And here it is:

This has been waiting to be posted since my Black Friday shipment showed up. I'd been looking to add a Chris Bosh autograph to my Raptors collection for a bit, and finally took the opportunity during the sales. Even better that among the least expensive options was an on-card auto and it is combined with one of my favourite design-options, an image of the player's city.

And for under $10? Perfect!

2019 Adventures in Repacks - Part 11.5 - Straight from the Source

The last of the football cards that fall under the SftS umbrella is this:

This is a hits-only repack that they offer, containing 5 cards, 4 relics and an auto. What bonuses awaited?

The relics start this off, and it is always good to start with a player I've heard of.

I remember Byron Leftwich as the Jaguars QB of the 00's that wasn't born on 2/14. The first of the three that were numbered parallels, with this being an infinite parallel. Shouldn't an infinite parallel be anything but a numbered card?

Here's a pair of photo shoot relics, with the Hill being /149.

More photo shoot relics on the final card, but they are joined by an autograph! And it is a Buffalo Bills card as well. That's definitely the best bonus of all! While Easley didn't get too many cards from his time in Buffalo, he spent 6 years with the team. And while the auto is just a little beyond the initials only standard, the jersey # is a nice inclusion.

Bonus cards is bonus cards, and I really liked the Easley and Leftwich hits. And not a plain white swatch in the group.

There you have it! I'll dig into the hockey and basketball cubes as well over the next while.

2019 Adventures in Repacks - Part 11.4 - Straight from the Source

Time to wrap up the 250 cards!

1995 Choice Update - Dixon Edwards - And we're off!
1991 Pro Set - Jeff Bryant
1989 Pro Set - Dalton Hilliard
1990 Pro Set - Pete Holohan
2007 Icons - Todd Heap
1990 Pro Set - Ron Hallstrom

2008 Sterling - John David Booty - The second hit of the repack. Hehe. Booty.

2012 Score - Maurice Jones-Drew - A recent insert card.
2011 Score - Ndamukong Suh

1995 Action Packed - Stoney Case - The description on the back of the card clarifies that Stoney is his real name. That's scan worthy.

1992 Pro Set - Nate Odomes - The first Bills card in this final group.
1992 Fleer - Vinson Smith
1991 Platinum - Mike Munchak

1991 Portraits - David Treadwell - I like kicker cards. This photo is a wee bit questionable.

1991 Platinum - Chip Lohmiller - That's better.

1989 Score - Bruce Smith - Bills content! And it is Bruce!

1990 Pro Set - Raul Allegre - Kicker content!
1993 Playoff - Jeff Herrod
2007 Topps - Cedric Benson
1990 Topps - Richmond Webb
1991 Topps - Vaugnan Johnson
1995 SKybox - Trent Dilfer
1990 Score - Eugene Marve
2010 Rookies & Stars - Alex Smith

1990 Pro Set - Bruce Smith - A dupe from an earlier post, but I'll still scan a Bruce Smith card.

1987 Topps - Sean McNanie - Bills content that isn't a dupe.
1990 Pro Set - John Offerdahl
1988 Topps - Jets Team
1991 Platinum - Mike Munchak
1994 Pinnacle - Errict Rhett
2000 T3 - Champ Bailey
1990 Pro Set - Raul Allegre

1982 Topps - Dan Hampton - This was the oldest card in the package. And it is a HOFer. Bonus!
2007 Gridiron Gear - Chad Johnson
1994 Stad. Club - Scottie Graham

1990 Pro Set - Fredd Young - This is one of my favourite types of photos in football - the defensive player with the ball.
1989 Pro Set - Dalton Hilliard
2012 Score - Jonathan Vilma

2015 Gridiron Kings - Andre Johnson - They might not be Diamond Kings, but Gridiron Kings are still fun.
1991 Pro Set - John Offerdahl

2015 Gridiron Kings - T.Y. Hilton - A good repack for Gridiron Kings Colts base.
1997 Donruss - Leslie O'Neal
2014 R&S - Larry Fitzgerald
1991 Portraits - Richard Williamson
1989 Pro Set - Craig Heyward

1991 Platinum - Dave Krieg - Another photo type in football I like - dirt infields from multi-purpose stadiums. Soon to be a thing of the past on cards.
1988 Topps - Al Toon
1991 Score - Ray Crockett
1990 Pro Set - Lindy Infante
1989 Score - Darrell Green

2011 Certified - Frank Gore - Frank has signed with Buffalo during the off-season. Close enough for Bills content.
1987 Topps - Tony Nathan
1990 Pro Set - John Roper
1991 Platinum - Clay Matthews

1990 Score - Dave Krieg - And another favourite photo type, again represented by Krieg - the QB running with the ball.
1991 Platinum - Jim Lachey

2000 UD - Terrell Owens - More dirt! And combined nicely with a celebratory photo.
1994 Skybox - Michael Brooks
1991 Platinum - Deion Sanders

2006 Turkey Red - LaBrandon Toefield - Turkey Red repack appearances are always worthy of a scan, especially of a guy named Toefield.

2009 Topps - Torry Holt - And the final card.

That was a lot of fun! I could definitely do this again with another cube. I'm not sure if there were 250 cards in there, and I'm not about to count them to make sure, but it did seem pretty full.

But there's still more football to come from this...

2019 Adventures in Repacks - Part 11.3 - Straight from the Source

Another bunch of football cards!

1987 James Wilder - The third part starts with the oldest card in this group.
1989 Pro Set - John Roper

1989 Score - Shane Conlan - Bills content!
1991 Platinum - Broderick Thomas
1992 Portraits - Earnest Byner
1994 Skybox - Quentin Coryatt
2012 Score - Darren Sproles
1993 Stad. Club - Derek Brown

1990 Topps - Jeff Query - Now, with all the close cropping in photos, I kinda appreciate a card without that type of photo.

1995 Classic - Terrell Davis - A rookie card of a HOFer!
2011 Topps - Jay Cutler
1991 Platinum - Freddie Joe Nunn
1995 Classic - Al Smith
2011 Press Pass - Akeem Ayers
1989 Pro Set - Gerald Wilhite

1995 Classic - Damian Covington - Bills content!
1990 Score - Charles Mann
1989 Pro Set - Vaughan Johnson
1990 Pro Set - Chuck Knox
1991 Stad. Club - Melvin Bratton

1993 Stad. Club 1st Day Issue - Even with the Heyward auto, this might be the best card in the repack. A shorter printed RC of a HOFer.

1993 Pacific - Joe Montana - I can't complain about landing a Joe Montana, even if they could use a lesson in apostrophe usage.
1989 Topps - Anthony Miller
1991 Platinum - Ferrell Edmunds
1992 Pacific - Chris Zorich
2005 Topps - Kevin Curtis
1990 Pro Set - Steve Atwater
1990 Topps - Clarence Verdin

1999 Edge - Peyton Manning - Back-to-back scans of great QBs.
1991 UD - Reggie Cobb
1991 Fleer - Bruce Hill
2007 Certified - Brandon Jacobs
1990 Pro Set - Lindy Infante

1990 Pro Set - Tootie Robbins - Nickname or not, I'm scanning a card of a guy listed as Tootie.
1995 UD - James Stewart
1990 Pro Set - Jeff Lageman

1992 Pro Set - Darryl Talley - Bills content! And this one, rightly, shows a portion of the Spiderman sleeves.
1998 Ultra - Bert Emanuel
1995 Finest - Raymont Harris

2015 Donruss - Teddy Bridgewater - Perfect usage of team colours on a card design.
1990 Pro Set - Derrick Thomas
2012 Score - Kevin Smith
1990 Pro Set - Warren Moon
2000 UD - Al Wilson

2002 Gridiron Kings - Anthony Thomas - Sketch card!
2014 Absolute Retail - DeSean Jackson
1988 Topps - Bears Team
1994 Stad. Club - Darnay Scott
1990 Fleer - Mike Cofer
1990 Pro Set - Mike Pitts

1992 UD - Gerald Perry - Let's show off a random OL card from when OL guys used to get cards.

2014 Finest - Jay Cutler - A higher end base card.
1989 Topps - Bubby Brister
1991 Platinum - Andre Tippett
1989 Pro Set - Garry James
1993 Topps - Tim McDonald
1994 Stad. Club - Santana Dodson

1991 Pacific - Mike Stonebreaker - Another awesome name.
1990 Pro Set - Ron Hallstrom

1996 Finest - Curtis Conway - Duping up again with this one, although the first one had the sticker peeled off.
1989 Pro Set - Keith Millard
2001 Bowman's Best - Mike Anderson

1991 Topps - John Gesek - Ending this group on a card of an OL guy.

One more group of cards to go!