2019 Topps Series 1 & On Demand 1984 All-Star Reprint One of Ones

I've lusted after a Platinum parallel for many years.  One of those things that always seemed out of reach, a far away vision like a Lamborghini or a long vacation on a South Pacific beach.  One of the unfortunate consequences of The Fisk Obsession is that, if you're truly a dedicated obsessive, eventually your devotion begins to be rewarded. Unfortunate because reaching new plateau does nothing to quench the thirst, only deepens it. The totally unobtainable begins to seem just out of reach, if only you continue.  Thusly, a 22-year quest results in two Platinum pickups from the same set. Deep satisfying sigh.  Sips coffee.....

2014 Topps Dynasty On Card White Ink Auto and 3-Color Prime Patch # /10

The scan once again doesn't do this card justice.  One of the more expensive pickups I've made lately, I just had to have this card and wasn't willing to wait anymore. One of the best Topps designs of the last decade in my humble opinion.  Just beautiful. Topps should go back and look at this design with the gradient shading and dark sepia with the offsetting light-colored auto.  Really different and it really pops. 

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.

2019 Topps Archives Magazine Autographs Blue Parallel On Card Auto #14/25

This is a really cool concept from Topps to use the actual covers from the old Topps Magazine.  I love the color combinations in the blue parallel so I waited to get the blue one for the right price.

2006 Upper Deck Epic Materials partial Rainbow

I've been putting these together for as long as I've had this collection.  Just last week I finally got my first Grey Parallel # /40.  My new scanner looks absolutely terrible and doesn't do the great colors of this release justice. This card has a Gold # /25 I'm still lacking.  This has been, and still is, a great chase and I still have 4 more cards to get to have the full rainbow of both cards (EM-CF and EM-CF2).  From the upper RIGHT: Orange /185, Red /145, Dark Orange /155.  Second row from right: Dark Purple /145, Blue /99, Teal /99.  Bottom row from right: Green /75, Dark Green /50 and Grey /40.

2005 Donruss Diamond Kings Hall of Fame Heroes Red Sox Black & White Dual Game Used Bat Relic and Sticker Auto Platinum Parallel #1/1

Have drooled over the Platinum Juan de Juan of this baby for many, many years.  Locked up at home for COVID, I finally pulled the trigger.  Sa-weet!

2005 Upper Deck Hall of Fame Seasons 1972 Silver Parallel Sticker Auto # /15

2007 Topps Triple Threads Autographed Relics 6x GU Jersey Relic spells ROY HOF #06/18

Just won this on eBay tonight and am pretty excited.  I've had a Triple Threads obsession going for a while now and it seems that 2007 is the least listed year on eBay.  Tough to find.  Can't say that these older cards look amazing in comparison to modern stuff, but it's cool for what it was.  Back in 2007 this was probably a $200 card.  I'm glad to have it.

2019 Topps Triple Threads Relic Legends Gold Parallel 6X GU Jersey Relic Card spells "LEGEND" #1/9

2019 Topps Update 150 Years of Baseball Insert Standing Mask on Head Red Parallel #01/10

I love getting these low numbered parallels!

2013 Topps Triple Threads Relic Combos Triple 15x JerseyBat Relic w Bench & Posey spells BACKSTOP LEADERS #06/27

2020 Topps Series 1 1985 Topps Style Reprint 35th Anniversary Autographs Gold Parallel On Card Auto #15/50

Sat on this one for several weeks.  They were sky high on release and have steadily come down to traditional Fisk auto levels.  This one is a little dinged up, but a really great looking card.

2016 Panini Immaculate Collection Dual Diamond Inscriptions Dual on-card auto with Jim Rice # /49

Dreamed about owning this card since its release in 2016.  Finally snagged one for a decent price.  Sweet card of two Boston Hall of Famers!

2020 Panini Donruss Retro 1986 Materials Black Parallel #1/1

Well, well.  It's been a while.  The COVID virus finds me (and you) working from home with a few spare cycles to play, and the need to distract myself.  So back to the Fisk Obsession.  As a rule I've been trying to do a Topps-only Fisk collection for a while.  Not getting into the shabby looking Immaculate autographs as one example.  But when I saw these 1986 throwbacks it really got me in the old nostalgia spot, especially this Juan de Juan (#1/1).  It doesn't show in the photo, but this card is extra thick with a shadowbox-type presentation to showcase the 3-color patch. Pretty happy with this pickup and am enjoying the thoughts of collecting 1980's Donurss back when I was a kid.  Hope you all are staying safe out there.

2019 Topps Series 1 150 Years of Baseball Rainbow

Another set of chase cards from the current year.  From top left: Red /10, Green Target hangar pack exclusive, Base, Platinum Parallel #1/1, Gold 150 Foil stamp parallel.

2018 Topps Series 2 Instant Impact Insert Rainbow

Real simple Topps Flagship insert, but the chase of getting the oddballs and low-numbered parallels of a current Topps release makes this really fun.  Finally just piked up the Gold parallel to complete the rainbow started last year (minus the 1 of 1). Front top left: Black /299, Blue, Base, Red /10 and Gold /50.

2019 Series 1 150 Years of Baseball Platinum Parallel

Some day soon I'll post up the whole rainbow of all the parallels of this release.  For now, just putting up one of my big "gets" in my collection history, that of getting a Topps Platinum parallel #1/1.  I've seen and heard about Platinum parallels for many years and like a lot of those cards, they seemed like a white ghost, something that you'll not only NEVER pull from a pack in your lifetime, but you'll probably never even SEE one.  Had the opportunity to grab this one on eBay.  The fact that it's a Series 1 "flagship" card of Fisk from a current issue is just the icing on the cake.  Love this card!

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2008 Upper Deck Remnants Quad Jersey Relic #21/37

2008 UD Remnants Quad Jersey Relic #21/37

1992 Stadium Club Topps Vault 4 color mask negative

Yet another bad-ical 1 of 1 Topps Vault item.  This time a 4-color mask of 1992 Stadium Club.  Love it.

1986 Topps Super Topps Vault 4 Color Mask Negative

Well as cards go, this is about as boring as it could possibly get.  The 4-color mask of a dark color, probably black, means you don't get much here.  But it's an authentic Topps Vault piece of memorabilia.  So there.

1983 Topps Strip of 3 Uncut Cards from Topps Vault

Bit of catch up here at The Obsession, just toss off a few 1 of 1 rare treats on a Tuesday.  Grabbed this from the Topps Vault last year.  1983 was the peak of my childhood collecting so this is super cool to me.

2010 Topps Triple Threads Relics Emerald Parallel "The Wave" #11/18

The final post of The Great Triple Threads Spasm of 2018

2006 Topps Triple Threads

Now comes the big orgy of 2006 Triple Threads.  There were no base cards in 2006 and the hits don't come up very often.  In my view the most scarce Triple Threads year for Fisk for sure.  Here are a few pickups I made from one seller, including the #1/3 Platinum parallel down below.

2008 Topps Triple Threads Relic Combos with Johnny Bench and Pudge Rodriguez "Backstop" Gold Parallel #1/9

2010 Topps Triple Threads Autographed Relics #9/18

2018 Topps Triple Threads pickups

2018 Topps Triple Threads Gold Autographed Relics Gold Parallel #4/9

2018 Topps Triple Threads Autographed Relics Emerald Parallel # /18

2018 Topps Triple Threads Legend Relics Gold Parallel #8/9

2004 Donruss Playoff Absolute Memorabilia Absolutely Ink Material GU Jersey Relic Sticker Auto #4/5

This is Absolutely Ink and I absolutely love this card.  Out of all the stuff I've picked up lately, this one went on the bathroom shrine shelf so I can look at it every day.  Graphically, this is a very good design.  Even with the sticker auto, a beautiful card and numbered to 5!  Fifteen years ago this was a big pull and now I grabbed it for cheap!!