Friday, August 25, 2023
One Down, Three To Go
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
April 18th, 1948: Roy Campanella "Debuts" -- PSA 2 Stub!
Here's an item I never even considered owning as I never considered its existence being a thing. I somehow stumbled upon it up on eBay and quickly threw a bid on without giving it much thought, as it was already PSA graded and I knew it was rare and not something I would come across many more times, if at all. A reasonable sum of money later and this beauty was mine and instantly becomes one of the more unique pieces in my Roy Campanella PC.
Before he laced up the cleats in an official MLB game a few days after this stub was put into use, Campy appeared in a New York-centric Exhibition game between the Dodgers and the Yankees held at Yankee Stadium. I have not been able to locate a box score for the game but knowing it's a Roy Debut of sorts and is about as rookie as rookie gets is a great feeling.
PSA has graded a grand total of three of these stubs, with my 2 being the only 2 and the highest graded of them all. Oh, and I did locate a great photo of another participant in the exhibition, and said photo is attributed to that very day. One Jack Roosevelt Robinson was just beginning his second campaign alongside the rookie backstop of my Dodger dreams.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
A Crap-ton More Archer Sketch Cards!
Friday, August 4, 2023
America. Captain America.
Another day, another random addition to my very small collection of Marvel cardboard. You can't go wrong with Captain America if you're a Marvel/MCU fan, so getting at least one of his 1970s stickers slabbed was a necessity.
This is one of the blurbs I truly adore; it just hits the mark for any era and generation, in my opinion. A strong 7 from the folks at PSA is a nice cherry on top of the vintage non-sport sundae.