2010 Topps Triple Threads MLB Die Cut Relics Emerald Parallel #13/18

Here's the fourth and last Triple Threads post of the day.  Pretty basic relic card but I dig the digital design in the background and the green parallel.  Cool card and at least the scan came out good.

2008 Topps Triple Threads Relics Sepia Parallel #27/27

This scan is so terrible.  It's a Sepia parallel so the card is dark, but this is bad.  But gonna post up all the Triple Threads today, so here it is :(

2007 Topps Triple Threads Autographed Relics Gold Parallel #2/9

It's crazy that I got the card in the previous post and this card in the same two week period.  Both Triple Threads autos Gold parallel numbered to /9.  So I'll go ahead and put the blog posts back-to-back.  I like this one just as much as the 2010.  Being three years older, it looks and feels a bit more old school.  I think Topps was still figuring it out a bit as this is only the second year of Triple Threads.  The "376 HRS" looks fantastic, especially with that pinstripe down the middle.  My only criticism is the sticker which from a design point of view, looks like it's just floating in the corner.  Was great when somebody figured out they could put a simple frame around them and really jazz it up.  That said, I absolutely love this card and am stoked to have it in my collection.

2010 Topps Triple Threads Autographed Relics Gold Parallel #4/9

Seems like it's been a Triple Threads time of year here at the Obsession.  Over the past six months a bunch of really nice older Threads cards have come up for sale and I've been lucky enough to snag more than a few of them.  More posts coming soon.  This 2010 Auto Gold Parallel is among the more exciting ones to me.  There's something about that huge, all-wood "pudge" that gets me.  It's just a sticker auto, but something numbered in the single digits?  Makes me feel like a kid again.  Even ten years ago I woudn't have been able to afford this card, so I feel very fortunate to be in a position to own gems like this.  #gratitude and #killercards

2001 Topps Tribute Franchise Figures Game Used Bat Relics with Luis Aparicio and Nellie Fox

I can't tell you how stoked I am to finally be able to afford this card.  They aren't numbered and I don't have a sense of the print run, but they very rarely come up for sale.  Fortunately for me, one sold for a huge amount of money (for a non-auto, un-numbered card) about two weeks before this one came up.  That always brings the price way down for the second auction and I was able to grab it.  I really love Topps Tribute and this was the first year it was issued, not long after Fisk was elected to the Hall of Fame, which started a flood of high-end cards.  With bat pieces of three Chicago Hall of Famers, this one is a centerpiece of my collection.

2015 Panini Cooperstown Etched in Cooperstown Sapphire Gem Parallel #07/10

Ima keep the 2015 Cooperstown theme going by posting this sweet card I recently picked up.  Once again, always easier to be patient and wait for folks to lose interest and sell of the cards they were hot to bid on three years ago.  This one has an actual sapphire gem inserted, and I have the ruby gem of this card to go with it.  Never have been able to grab the Dual Etched due to the other dude in the "dual" being Frank Thomas which sends prices through the roof.  This blue is a "sparkle" treatment that really pops in-hand.  Great card.

2015 Panini Cooperstown HOF Induction Signatures

This is the ultimate bad scan.  Actually a decent card in-hand, but the material is a silver foil and just won't scan well.  For the first time ever on this site, I actually applied a filter to the photo so the pic actually looks a bit more sepia than the actual but got the overall point across better.  I really love the overly-huge, complicated sets that force a collector to really dig in - probably the same thing that most collectors hate.  The 2015 Cooperstown set is one of the more confusing, large, repetitive sets out there and I've enjoyed chasing it over the years.  This is the first time I can recall seeing an auto up for sale however.  I think the price reflected the community's hatred of Cooperstown 'cause the price was cheap.  Nice pickup for me.

2015 Topps Update Rookie Sensations Insert Sticker Auto #18/25

Back when these came out I really enjoyed this card.  The base cards were in Chrome Update, then the 5" x 7" parallels came out on the Topps website.  Thought that was it, so big surprise when Fisk gets a rare look in the Update series.  Kinda tossing off some extra stickers to beef up the product probably, but still.  For a player that doesn't get that many lower-end cards these days, it's fun.  I like the super retro photo from the early '70s combined with the really slick stock and glossy finish of a modern card.

2017 Panini Flawless Legendary Signatures Base Auto #18/20

Another scan that looks like poo.  This card stock is glossy and really pops in-hand.  Looks like the scanner calibrated to the blue sharpie which looks amazing.  I just picked up the Ruby /15 parallel of this over the weekend to boot.

2008 Donruss Playoff Prime Cuts Timeline Quad Relic #10/10

Was a big weekend for card updates at the Obsession house with three days off for the Veteran's Day weekend.  Time for some much needed maintenance to the collection.  Am not certain that this card rises to the standard for a blog post, but evidently when I made the scans this weekend - I did.  In keeping with the prime directive of this site, I do this hobby because it gives me pleasure so here goes.  I thought it was rare (and therefore cool) to find a quad jersey piece numbered to /10 up for grabs on an auction site for less than an arm and a leg.  Usually these are listed as Buy It Now for (pinky to lips) One Million Dollars.  So a nice low-numbered quad jersey that's 10 years old for cheap.  Cool card.