Mail Day #1 - Friday, July 15th, 2011

This marks the first mail day posting for my new blog!


Although I'm posting these today (Saturday, July 16th, 2011), these cards came in the mail yesterday and I've decided that I'd use these cards as the first official mail day post!


In the mail today I had a total of six cards waiting for me, here's the breakdown and details for each of the cards...

CARD #1

Player: Dennis Dixon
Set: 2008 SP Rookie Threads Signing Day Autograph
Brand: SP Rookie Threads
Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Card Number: SD-DD
Serial Number: 109/128
Attributes: Auto, RC, #'ed
Manufacturer: Upper Deck
Acquired Via: eBay.com




My Thoughts: This was an awesome card to add to my growing, but fairly small Dennis Dixon collection. I've never really pursued Dixon's cards to much out of college but have recently decided to try to obtain more of his rookie year autographs, memorabilia, and serial #'ed cards. Anyway, it was a very nice looking card for a decent middle range product in SP Rookie Threads that I couldn't turn down for a few bucks!


CARD #2

Player: Ed Dickson
Set: 2010 Absolute Memorabilia Blue Spectrum Holofoil
Brand: Absolute Memorabilia
Team: Baltimore Ravens
Card Number: 134
Serial Number: 1/5
Attributes: RC, #'ed
Manufacturer: Panini
Acquired Via: eBay.com



 My Thoughts: For some reason I really enjoy getting the low #'ed parallel's from products like Absolute Memorabilia even if its just a change in the border color. This particular pickup is neat because I now own 3 out of the 5 blue spectrum parallel cards produced for Ed Dickson! For a grand total of $7.58 shipped, I could not pass it up. The quest for the remaining two blue spectrum parallels begins...

CARD #3

Player: Scott McGough & Tyler Anderson
Set: 2010 Bowman Platinum USA Collegiate National Team Dual Autograph
Brand: Bowman Platinum
Team: USA Collegiate National Team
Card Number: BPDA-MA
Serial Number: 41/99
Attributes: Auto, pre-RC, #'ed
Manufacturer: Topps
Acquired Via: eBay.com

 My Thoughts: This is the beginning of my Oregon Ducks Baseball collection as Tyler Anderson and Scott McGough both played on the 2010 USA Collegiate National Team, thus the reason why they already have cards produced. Both Anderson and McGough were standouts at Oregon and got drafted in the 1st and 5th rounds respectively. Hopefully they manage to produce in the minors and eventually appear in the Majors. The card itself features a shiny foil front with the autographs both on sticker. Both players are also featured in their Team USA jerseys.

CARD #4

Player: Ben Crane
Set: 2003 SP Game Used Edition
Brand: SP Game Used
Team: None
Card Number: 70
Serial Number: 1389/1500
Attributes: Auto, #'ed
Manufacturer: Upper Deck
Acquired Via: eBay.com

My Thoughts: I've just recently discovered former University of Oregon golfer Ben Crane through his new YouTube video with his boy band 'Golf Boys' which also features pro golfers Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan, and Rickie Fowler. This is my first autograph of Ben and I'm thinking about picking up more because his autographs run fairly cheap and do not appear to attract a lot of bids... he also appears to be quite the comedian.




CARD #5

Player: Ben Crane
Set: 2005 SP Signature Golf Authentic Fabrics
Brand: SP Signature
Team: None
Card Number: AF-BC
Serial Number: N/A
Attributes: Shirt Memorabilia
Manufacturer: Upper Deck
Acquired Via: eBay.com





My Thoughts: Here's another Ben Crane card I decided to pick up for a great price on the bay. The back states that the fabric on the card is a tournament-worn shirt worn by Ben Crane in an official tournament.




CARD #6

Player: Ervin Santana
Set: 2011 Topps Baseball Series 2 Yellow Printing Plate
Brand: Topps
Team: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Card Number: 439
Serial Number: 1/1
Attributes: Printing Plate
Manufacturer: Topps
Acquired Via: eBay.com

My Thoughts: It's always nice to add printing plates or any 1/1's to your collection whenever you can  especially at a very fair price. This particular Ervin Santana printing plate from 2011 Topps Series 2 was $10.50 shipped.





Mail Day Grade: A-

In the mail today I received my first Ben Crane Autograph and Jersey Memorabilia cards which made this one of the more interesting mail days I've had in a while. Golf cards are new to me and these are the first two I own. Adding another Ed Dickson Absolute Spectrum Blue card was also another highlight of the mail day, hopefully I can eventually find the last two to complete the print run! And to end it off with an Ervin Santana printing plate 1/1 completes a fairly strong mail day in my opinion. 

Feel free to share your grade for today's mail along with any other comments or questions.

- Tom