Monday, June 27, 2011

A Card to Make Herman Melville Proud

I finally killed one of the white whales I've been chasing for months.  I won the card for under $20 (with free shipping), which was perfect for my budget.

I ended up with the blue variety, which are numbered to /25.  And, of course, the base version of the "E" card popped up on eBay the same day I won this card.  However, it was short printed (?) to /75 cards while the rest of the set had a 200+ card run per letter, which might explain why I had such a tough time tracking the base card down.
I like that it sticks out from the rest of the nameplate.

Now I need to find a new "white whale" to hunt down.  Maybe it's time to add some vintage cards to my collection in the form of some 1910 Murad Collegiate cards.

6 comments:

SpastikMooss said...

Haha that's what I was gonna do! I'm sticking to the lacrosse (cuz I played it) and IU (because I go there) ones for now though.

Greg Zakwin said...

Looks awesome, congrats on finally landing it!

The Lost Collector said...

Looks awesome. Nice touch with changing your background too!

hiflew said...

Congrats Eric on fulfilling a quest. Now stay away from my Rockies. heehee

Jeff Laws said...

Very cool, I always liked those kinds of cards. But when you put them all together like that, they are really cool. Congrats!!

Napkin Doon said...

You misspelled it. Ha, made you look! Nice work man!