Trade with The Home Run Apple

Keith, of the blog The Home Run Apple, reached out to me about a month ago and offered up some cards for trade. I really wanted one of the cards, and you'll see why in a little bit, but I didn't have anything I felt I could offer in return, since Keith isn't the only Mets fan in the blogosphere and I'd already traded away most of my Mets hits. I told him I'd keep looking and see what I could find.

A little over a week ago I was cleaning up some cards in my den and found a couple of Mets cards that I had forgotten about. We arranged a trade and I got his package yesterday. Thanks Keith!

So without further adieu. Here's the card that I really wanted. It's a 2009 Topps T-206 mini printing plate of Brandon Webb! This is my first printing plate of Webb since I started collecting him later in his career. I came across a Brandon Webb Super Collector a while back, so if you're interested you can check out his site. He has 27 Webb 1 of 1's!

Keith added two Brandon McCarthy Panini Prizm autos, one from 2013 and one from 2014. McCarthy was terrible with the D-Backs, but since he was traded to the Yankees he has been doing a lot better. 

Here are the other cards that Keith threw in. Thanks again Keith!

Card Shop Purchase - Printing Plate, Auto. & Xfractor

I picked up 3 cards yesterday at my local card shop, AZ Sports Cards.

2006 Bowman Chrome Cyan Printing Plate of Arizona Diamondback Conor Jackson

2010 Topps Peak Performance Chris Young Autograph

2008 Bowman Chrome Brandon Webb Xfractor 090/250

My only 1 of 1

A few years ago I purchased a hobby box of 2007 Topps Chrome. I pulled a Mickey Mantle Story Magenta Printing Plate 1 of 1 card. Now I realize that some people don't consider printing plates 1 of 1's because there are really 4 cards (one of each color - black/cyan/magenta/yellow). The 2007 Mickey Mantle Story set consists of 40 different cards, so if you take those 40 cards and multiple that times 4 for each of printing plate color, you actually end up with 160 1 of 1's, that are pretty much the same. So my only 1 of 1 is not really as special as it first seemed that afternoon, several years ago when I pulled it. The time has come for me to part with it. I will be putting it up on ebay tomorrow, with the hope that it will bring in a significant portion of what it will take me to get a Mantle bat card to add to my 500 Home Run Club bat card collection. I just wanted to do a post about it before I no longer own it.