1974 Topps Deckle Edge

I've been waiting to post this one for a while.  Wish I could write a novella about the chase for this card. For the early part of my collecting career I simply couldn't afford this card.  Once I could afford it, one in good condition was nearly impossible to find.  I scoured online auctions of all types, cold called owners in the PSA Set Registry, setup all manner of online automated searches, etc.  Finally got this nice example on eBay last year.  Still debating about submitting to PSA for encapsulation just to keep the card safe.

2010 Topps Triple Threads "The Wave"

Added two cards to this partial rainbow and now need to get the low numbered parallels.  Love Triple Threads so much should almost be its own separate blog.

2009 Upper Deck Immortal Letterman Autographs #3/3

Honestly never thought I would get one of these being that there's only 3 of each letter.  This is my first, picked up on eBay last month.  I'll hold out a distant hope that some day I could complete the autographed rainbow.

2008 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Legendary Memorabilia Partial Rainbow

Been working on this rainbow for many years now.  The rare ones are very hard to get so will keep chasing it.

2006 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Ultimate Legendary Materials 2x Gamed Used Jersey Relic spells "CF" #09/55

The scan looks good and it looks even better in-hand.  For a very simple patch card, I just absolutely love this design.  The blended sepia background is really great and makes all the colors on top of it really pop.

2006 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Memorable Moments

Simple book great looking design, both the jersey card numbered to 125 and the sticker auto that I just procured numbered to 25.

2005 Donruss Diamond Kings Autographs

Just a show-off of all my 2005 Donruss Diamond Kings autographs.  2005 DK is a *huge* set of cards with dozens of parallels of each and Fisk has four different cards in the set.  By my count, including all of the *many* Platinum 1 of 1 cards, each Fisk card has 50 total parallels including the base cards.  That is a total of 200 2005 DKs.  So the chase has been fun, and I'm sure will continue to be.

Top Left to Right: Signature-only Bronze /100, Dual Game Used Platinum 1/1, Signature-only Bronze /5
Bottom row Left to Right: Dual Game Used Bronze /10, Black Frame /10, Blue Frame /25

Green Frame //10

2019 Panini Triple Legends Booklet with Johnny Bench & Pudge Rodriguez #9/25

Sick booklet

2001 Fleer Red Sox 100th Anniversary Red Sox Threads Game Used Jersey Relic Stated Print Run /100

These 2001 Fleer cards are incredibly difficult to find.  After 22 years of collecting Fisk I just got this one in 2019.  Very happy to have it, beautiful old card.

2011 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Mini Black Foil Magician Back Parallel Hand Numbered #3/9

Sweet little hard to find parallel.

2007 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Ultimate Star Materials Autographs # /15 and # /5

Would love to know who within Upper Deck was responsible for the designs of the "Ultimate" line.  These Ultimate Star jersey autos are relatively plain but they still pop.

2009 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Legendary Signatures #2/9

I continue to love the designs of the Ultimate Collection cards from Upper Deck.  The sweeping lines on this card are just beautiful, original and fresh.

2004 Donruss Timeless Treasures HOF Materials Chrome Sticker Auto + Game Used Jersey Relic #08/10

Another in the 2004 Sunday theme today.  This is a very rare numbered to 10 auto.  I don't believe I've ever seen another one in 22 years of daily eBay searches.  It's not immediately strikingly gorgeous with its brown and black 2-color theme, but it has its own elegance in the simplicity and the sense of a rare antique from another time.  Glad to have it in the collection.

2004 Leaf Certified Cuts Hall of Fame Souvenirs Chrome Sticker Auto #09/27

Another 2004 Leaf Certified Cuts post today.  I'm generally not impressed with any of the older Leaf graphical designs.  But this Hall of Fame Souvenirs set looks pretty cool.  Key elements are the vertical "wood" slats background offset by the vertical black bar.  The auto isn't the best ever done, but overall the card has good eye appeal and I'm glad to add it to the collection.

2004 Topps Tribute Hall of Fame Green Monster Wall Relic Base and Gold Parallel #01/25

Another 2004 post.  I need to do more of these comparison scans as they look super cool posted next to each other. The green monster relics are quite unique and I really love the look and feel.  I'm also pretty obsessed with older Topps Tribute cards, especially 2001 thru 2004.  Super classic look.  Love these cards.

2004 Leaf Certified Cuts Check Signatures Materials Green #CC-14 Jersey + Cut Auto #3/10

After 22 years working on the Fisk Obsession, this is the first signed check I've ever picked up.  Grabbed it for 26 bucks which seemed like a pretty good deal at the time.  Happy with this pickup, but it seems to me they could have left off some of the check numbers at the bottom and not cut off the top of the auto.