It seems to be pretty popular here in the blogosphere to do Black Friday COMC shopping and show off the spoils. I've done COMC show and tell in the past, and so I'll throw my hat in the ring and show some of my favorites from this batch. I usually only ship cards that I buy on COMC once a year so this shipment of 266 cards was even larger than normal. I rarely ever load money into my account and just spend what I am able to sell on my own. This year I actually put sixty extra dollars into my account for the Black Friday sales. In total, I spent $368.13 and got 266 cards. I spent $1.38 per card. I'm a value shopper to the extreme.
Here's a shot of my invoice. I was targeted to ship in early January but I actually got it right before Christmas. I'm just late posting....
These three fill some sets. The Gorman Thomas was the last Diamond King I needed from 1983, Harper was the last of the 15 Chase it Down I needed to complete that insert set. The Pro-Vision Sheffield is from 1993 and the price was right. 1993 Pro-Visions are actually much rarer than other years.
I added the Post cereal box cards from the early 60's to my Orioles team set lists and binders. These three are in pretty good shape and exceptionally cool
Trey Mancini has been a favorite of mine since he carried the O's through a dark period. I read he's trying to make a comeback this coming season, so I wish him well. Since he left Baltimore, his stats have declined severely so we'll see if a team gives him a shot to see if he has something left in the tank. More Mancini hits. His cards are really cheap right now. I'm happy to take them off of the hands of the sellers.
Austin Hays is another former Oriole (although more recent) that I have a PC of. His cards are also cheap and I'm more than happy to grab a few nice hits at a low price.
Jordan Westburg is a player I've really taken a liking to. He reminds me a lot of JJ Hardy and Cal Ripken with their steady play, are all business between the lines but have easygoing, soft-spoken demeanor off the field. It also doesn't hurt that I ended up talking to his parents the whole game when he was in the minors. When he was with Double-A Bowie, they were in town to play the Flying Squirrels, I ended up striking up a conversation with a couple during the game. I didn't know it until after the game was over that I had been talking to Jordan's parents the whole game!
Of course, I had to indulge in Cal Ripken cards. This Cal to Greatness is #11 of the 15 card set and finishes off the insert set for me. Cards 11 thru 15 of the Cal to Greatness set are actually much tougher to find than cards 1 through 10.Its not often I'm able to find numbered Cal cards for less than ten dollars. I was ecstatic to get this Big Boppers from 1998 Upper Deck Retro for a great price!
Diamond Producers was quite rare (case hits) back in 1997. It took me a while to find a Ripken at a price I could stomach. It was a near instant buy when I saw it pop up.
I bought this card the night Corbin Burnes was traded to the Orioles. He was great for the Orioles this year. I'll miss him every 5th day but I understand why he wanted to play for the Diamonbacks. Good for him and good for D-backs fans.
It's not often you run into Albert Belle relic cards. ESPECIALLY ones where he is pictured as an Oriole. Old school Pacific is just the best.
I'm not going to bore you with all the team set fillers and such that I got in this shipment. This was just the highlights that I wanted to show off. Hopefully, you've all enjoyed the cards as much as I have.
