Find Me A Vending Machine...Stat!

Oddball vintage always puts a smile on my face even though I don't chase it as often as I once did. Combine it with one of my main PCs and it's even cooler. The below pair of Roy Campanella goodies have been with me for a decade plus but were not on the list of collectibles that PSA/SGC would encapsulate. I sent them to MBA and lo and behold they had no issue slabbing awesome oddities.

While there are more colors to chase two will suffice unless I stumble upon a great deal. I think these charms look great and while they are cheaply made they are period-appropriate Campy pieces. Thus, they are necessities for my collection.

I had posted about snagging the yellow way back when here. If vending machines had anything like this nowadays I would run out of quarters very, very quickly.

Jackie Robinson or Jim Gilliam?

Hey, two posts in a week....it's a miracle! It's also my second MBA slab of the week and there will be more as I submitted a few orders to them at multiple Front Row Card Shows in Vegas over the course of this year.

I snagged this 1955 Golden Stamps offering of Jackie Robinson from eBay a while back. The poor condition was very appealing as I didn't want to break the bank on picking one up. Items from 1955 of course have added appeal and this is also a set I've long liked aside from its year of origin.

The kid who decided to add Jim Gilliam's name to the front gets bonus points.

The back is low-grade but it doesn't matter. It resides with me and I am happy for it.

Roy Campanella PM10 Stadium Pin

I really should be more consistent posting new pickups. I used to be, way back when, but that fell off around 2019. I have so much stuff backlogged that I won't get to it all...but trying is half the battle. Let's try to be consistent and post -- yet again -- with today's newest addition to one of my longest-standing PCs.

The PM10 Stadium Pin set released between 1947-66 is a funky and fun set, but not an easy one to have grading companies recognize. I've had this Campy pin for years, maybe even over a decade. I know PSA would not slab it but thankfully MBA Grading was willing to do the research and allow their grading team to review it.

The fact it received a 6 was purely icing on the cardboard cake. Having it slabbed in any grade/status is all I cared about and I do like the simplicity of the holder (I would change the way the label reads if it was a decision that was mine to make).

I am thrilled to have this reside in my Campanella Collection!

Owning 15% of A Print Run: Archer!

I recently found an incredible PC piece up for auction on eBay. I knew from the moment I laid eyes on it that unless it soared to an astronomical price I would be taking it home. I was willing to pay at least double what my winning bid ended up being, but thankfully I saved some cash in securing this beauty.

Not shockingly, it is yet another Archer sketch card. Shockingly, it's from a rare artist and one who only did 14 sketches max for the set. Adam Toews served as a Background Designer, Illustrator, Lead Illustrator, Associate Art Director, and Art Director on the show.

The seller did not include Adam's name in the listing which I believe would have certainly added more dollars to his pocket. His oversight is my gain, and while I paid more for this sketch of Adam's than I did when I picked up one of his other 13 six years back, both were still steals of the highest order.

Here is this bad boy in front of a framed print of Pam Poovey doing her best Kim Kardashian impersonation. The print is directly from one of the Archer artists I have become friendly with, Stephen Slesinski. I bought it and a handful of other prints from him that were originally cast and crew exclusives (so you know I was interested when told they were up for grabs!).

Triple Trouble

Another day, another Archer sketch card. I somehow scanned this in six weeks ago but totally whiffed on writing it up and posting it. I guess it feels like a new purchase because of that mental lapse and when I buy new sketches, I feel good. So hey, an artificial good feeling! In times like these, I will take it.

Chad Cicconi is the artist, and it's only the second piece of his from the set I've managed to track down. The biggest draw here was not just his awesome artwork and another sketch to call my own. It's that with the huge rise in cost of these sketches I was able to get three characters basically for the price of what single character cards are going for.

Archer, Barry, and Katya don't appear together on screen until Season 2's finale, "Double Trouble." Katya debuts one episode earlier but only meets Sterling.