(Zack) Wheat Wednesday: 1914 B18 Felt Blankets SGC Auth -- BLUE INFIELD

I have plenty of pickups from the last few years to still get through, so we will start in on that with some oddball and oversized vintage from pre-WW1. The 1914 B18 Felt Blankets set is a fun and weird issue with a slew of big Hall of Famers in it. Thankfully, Zack Wheat is one of those HOFers.

The vibrant colors, the baseball equipment surrounding the player, and the simple full-body image makes this a winning set in my mind. It looks fantastic in the SGC tuxedo and the Blue Infield on this variation is a nice team color match touch.

Here's the back. Now to just store this monster....

3 Archer Characters For The Price of One

Here is another of the brand spanking new Archer sketch cards I acquired from old friend and old nemesis eBay. I saw this pop up late one night as a BIN with a Best Offer option and immediately shot the seller a 50% offer, assuming they would counter me if not outright decline. I was prepared within reason to take this one down but to my shock and delight....my original offer was accepted without incident!

Steve Lydic is the artist, and this is actually an Artist Proof sketch (which was not mentioned in the AI-generated product description the seller threw up). Steve chose Episode 2 of Season 3 as his inspiration -- "Heart of Archness: Part II."

Here is the still from the Archer episode this beauty comes from.

Happy 38th Birthday, Clayton Kershaw!

Today is the 38th birthday of the one and only Clayton Edward Kershaw. Ending your MLB career with back to back World Series titles, a strong final regular season, and one of the most clutch outs in World Series history has to be a tremendous feeling! Clayton will forever be one of the three guys that helped transfer my love of baseball into a love of card collecting (with Matt Kemp and Russell Martin). While I don't collect much modern any longer, I could not resist snagging the below that pairs Kid K with Corey Seager.

Out of 2017 Definitive Baseball, this dual John Hancock Green Parallel is limited to just 10 copies. I may one day slab it up just for protective purposes. I had always wanted a dual of these guys and eBay finally presented a reasonably affordable option almost 3 years ago.

I have a dual of Kersh and Kemp. If they ever come out with a triple with those two and Russ, or add Seager to the group on a generations type of card, I will be there in a heartbeat.

Babe Ruth Pickup: 1927 Spalding Guide

Playing-era Babe Ruth stuff is not cheap but when it is I am like a fly to honey or vinegar or whatever flies like. The more oddball, the better. Spalding Guide pages have quickly become a favorite of mine over the last couple of years, so this 1927 double-sided offering was easy to tuck away into my Ruth PC.

Two images of Ruth from the 1920s and an advertisement for an essential baseball piece? Count me in. I like advertisement pieces so that added bonus to just having Babe's picture was a welcome sight.

This is the exact type of piece I'd like to frame up for cheap and put on the wall, but then the awesomeness of it being double-sided sort of prevents that from occurring.

A Ron Swanson Parks and Recreation Inscription Autograph: MAPLE. (!)

My collecting has really changed over the last couple of years as I have started to sell off about 90% or so of everything I own. For various reasons I came to the conclusion that condensing my collection into what I really love and want would be the best idea. Frankly, it's long overdue. While I am selling a lot and plucking more every day to list, one thing will always remain a collecting staple: Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson autographs!

The 2013 Press Pass Parks and Recreation set remains an absolute collection centerpiece and love for me, always and forever. Parks is one of my all-time favorite shows and outside of the set not including signatures from Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, and Rashida Jones....it's perfection in cardboard form.

When this Offerman inscription auto popped, I had to make a play for it. Nick only inscribed 29 cards, and with Ron Swanson being so damn popular, they have always commanded a ton of attention. It took me a decade to land one and I will basically snag any going forward within monetary reason. That is, until I get a sugar momma and can buy them all!

I sent it off to SGC as it was cheaper to go with them than keep the consistency of using PSA as I did the first time around. I don't remember a specific reference to maple on the show (I'm old, my brain only works so well) but I assume it's related to Ron's love of woodworking and his belief that maple is a superior type of wood.