Big Fun Game Steal and Re-Pick

The 1955 Topps cards are now frozen as dawgbones steals them from the Lost Collector.  He really "lost" that prize! Get it? Get it?  His name is Lost Collector and I said he "lost" the prize.   Ohhhhhh man, what fun.

Lost Collector takes another stab and picks prize #2:

Sweet Spot Classic Manu-Patch Enos Slaughter #d to 300

arpsmith is next and can steal anything but the 1955 Topps cards, or can pick from the remaining unknown prizes:

1) Gypsy Queen Green Border lot- Ryan
2) misc relic cards- Eric L
3) Eric Hosmer Chrome- Potch
4) Jose Reyes Sterling- Hackenbush
5) Sweet Spot Patch Card- Lost Collector, stolen from Hackenbush
6) 1955 Topps Graded- dawgbones- stolen from Lost Collector and Hackenbush- (Now Frozen)
7) arpsmith:  ?

 Remaining prize numbers:  3,4,6,9

Big Fun Game Wrap Up..

Thanks to all the participants for my 3rd Big Fun Game!  First, just so everyone knows this was on the up and up, here is a screen shot of the prize randomizer:

Here is the final prize list:

1. Dawgbones- T206 Lot
2. Matt - Gypsy Queen Green Lot
3. cardanathema (frzn) - Clemente from Matt, lost collector
4. Dimwit - Clemens
5. cubsfan731 (frzn) - Relic Lot from cardanathema, Dimwit
6. josh - Strasburg from Matt
7. lost collector - Longoria from dawgbones
8. eric - Mauer Patch from cardanathema
9. trey j - Joe Morgan from lost collector
10. diamond king - Bowman Harper Card

It was interesting to see the biggest reaction to any of these was from dawgbones' T206 lot!  I thought for sure it would get traded, but I'm thrilled that it was a great fit for him!

Here were the two prizes that went unclaimed:

2003 Sweet Spot Classics Patch- Fred Lynn

Topps Finest Uncirculated Johnny Damon #d to 199

Thanks again to everyone who played.  If you have not already done so, please send me your address.  I would like to get all prizes out tomorrow.

2004 Sweet Spot Classic Patch

At the recent auction at Cleve’s, I mentioned one of my best wins was a box of screw down/magnet card holders.  I always need these in general, but I had a specific purpose in mind for buying these.  I have a handful of very lovely Sweet Spot Patch cards from 2004 that are too thick for pages. 

I understand manufactured patches aren’t universally loved.  I know one exception.  Make it two, because I really, really like these cards.  There are about 90 in the set, but I have no business trying to build it.  But I do periodically look for one to slip through cheaply on eBay, and there are a few players that I definitely still want to get.   Here is what I have now:

Here are two of my favorites, front and back.  The scratch on the Robinson is the case, not the card.