Card Show Pickups: Orioles Personal Collections

I didn't neglect my other Orioles needs at the show either.  I'm going to show off a bunch that I pulled from dime boxes.  Once again each card posted here was a dime!

I nice Koji rookie card from Bowman Sterling.  FOR A DIME!  I really miss this guy pitching for us though the return we got in trade for him has definitely been worth it.

I left the penny sleeve on this one to show you how much this card sold for in 1998.  Now it's just a dime box card that will live in my Roberto Alomar PC

This card scanned like crap.  It's numbered out of the absurd # of 3500.

I've seen the Donruss version of this card a ton of times before but never the Leaf.  Eddie's stare on this card basically said "Take me home with you or else".  I did out of fear of the repercussions.   BTW, the Leaf logo looks more like a feather to me.

Last but not least a Brady Anderson I hadn't gotten before.  It's an all-time favorite from the Topps Archives in the 1999 Topps design.  I like 1999 Topps because of the minimalist design they used.  If they would have used team logos instead of just the name, I think it would have had a little more mass appeal.

Orioles FanFest 2011 pt. 2

As I said in my last post I went to the Orioles FanFest this past weekend. I showed off some bobbleheads and a magazine that I got there. Now, let me show you some of cards and postcards I got signed.

This Robert Andino card is the first actual card I got signed all day. I like this play at the plate card for an autograph. It's probably Robert's best card since he doesn't have that many. I even made the remark to him that I bet he's tired of seeing this card. He just smiled and let out an affirming groan. I think he was in a better mood at this year's FanFest because he got to sign beside Brian Roberts and not Squinty McBigTooth (Garrett Atkins)!

I got this Jason Berken and Jeremy Accardo for helping out Kirk of Eutaw Street Cardboard with his extra Jim Palmer autograph ticket. Berken had a huge pile of them pre-signed and you could grab as many as you want. He's a player that "gets it" apparently. Accardo was also pleasant even though I didn't have anything to say but thank you.

A little later in the day, I was walking back up to the memorabilia sale and found this Brandon Snyder Autograph laying on the steps! I looked around to see if anybody was coming back for it but I guess it wasn't that important to them. Finders Keepers!
This is the final card that I had signed on Saturday. A 1983 Fleer card of Orioles Hall of Famer Tippy Martinez. I like this card because it looks like Tippy is playing catch with a teammate sharing a laugh. If you can stretch your imagination a little bit you could say that he's waving.

Next Up: the 8 x 10's I had signed (AKA: The good stuff!).