There's nothing wrong with the occasional impulse purchase, right?
Right?
I sure hope not, because when it comes to cards I'm a sucker. I can resist eating out for weeks at a time. Squeeze that last drop out of the toothpaste tube. Make a meal from those random food items that always get pushed to the back of the pantry like I'm a contestant on Chopped.
But all that self restraint and thriftiness goes out the window when I see a shiny baseball card.
I'm a sucker for the 1998 Donruss Signature set. It is, in my eyes, the greatest looking autographed set ever made. And the crown jewel is the Century parallel /100. The dark royal blue just makes the cards pop in a way I love. Except that they're an autographed 90's insert /100.
The opposite of thriftiness. I have a couple Pirates, and a couple more unnumbered replacement cards that came onto the market in the Donruss bankruptcy sale. But when a few true, numbered, copies were listed last week I knew I had to at least take a crack.
Most I ended up handily outbid on. But I was able to snag one. For the tune of about $2. Wilson even has a vague Pirates connection, spending some unmemorable time with the Bucs, which was a far fall from the Indians powerhouse teams he had been on previously.
Did I mention I landed an autographed rare 90's insert for $2? Yep, no complaints over my impulse buys here.
Right?
I sure hope not, because when it comes to cards I'm a sucker. I can resist eating out for weeks at a time. Squeeze that last drop out of the toothpaste tube. Make a meal from those random food items that always get pushed to the back of the pantry like I'm a contestant on Chopped.
But all that self restraint and thriftiness goes out the window when I see a shiny baseball card.
I'm a sucker for the 1998 Donruss Signature set. It is, in my eyes, the greatest looking autographed set ever made. And the crown jewel is the Century parallel /100. The dark royal blue just makes the cards pop in a way I love. Except that they're an autographed 90's insert /100.
The opposite of thriftiness. I have a couple Pirates, and a couple more unnumbered replacement cards that came onto the market in the Donruss bankruptcy sale. But when a few true, numbered, copies were listed last week I knew I had to at least take a crack.
Most I ended up handily outbid on. But I was able to snag one. For the tune of about $2. Wilson even has a vague Pirates connection, spending some unmemorable time with the Bucs, which was a far fall from the Indians powerhouse teams he had been on previously.
Did I mention I landed an autographed rare 90's insert for $2? Yep, no complaints over my impulse buys here.
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