So, Memorial Day weekend was fun. We had some time to relax, play in the pool, and visit with friends, including the Dimwit who came into town for a party. He hand delivered the Brentz auto I had mentioned before and also gave me some new Topps Archives he had pulled out of a blaster that morning. I’m kinda torn on Archives. I like the ’71 and ’80 base cards and the ’56 relics and those B&W deckle edged ones, everything else isn’t really my tastes. The card stock is also thin, like a regular Series 1/2 base card would be, but the price per pack is high, like Heritage. For $3 a pack, I’d rather buy GQ or A&G. I guess I don’t understand the need for another retro themed product, but I also can’t find any information on if Topps is doing a 2012 run of Lineage. My guess is that Archives replaced Lineage in the same way Tier 1 replaced Marquee (or did Museum Collection replace both?). That said, I’m very appreciative of the cards Sam gave me. It was just enough to get me to find the team set, but not much more. In case you’re wondering, here are the four he gave me…
The only thing I don’t really get, are the facsimile-autos on those. For example, that’s not Buchholz autograph, at least not one he “officially” signs cards with. For comparison, here’s the patch auto I got a couple months ago…
Notice the difference? Why Topps? Why fake a FAKE signature? That’s just silly. Maybe Clay (and others) signed contracts with Topps using a “personal” signature (as they would if they wrote a check), and they used those (with permission?) and then they all have different “fan autos” that they use to sign cards, boobs and whathaveyou. That’s confusing as hell. And weird. Weirdly confusing. Weirdfusing!
*sigh*
Oh, and here’s the Brentz, which is awesome. Very excited to have my 2nd Brentz auto in the collection, and to have completed the 3 autos from Sterling last year. This one makes me happy. Thank you again Sam!!!
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