2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Red

Year: 2005

Manufacturer: Donruss/Playoff

Set: Playoff Absolute Memorabilia

Card Number: TT-173

Card Type: Insert Parallel

Insert Set: Tools of the Trade

Parallel Set: Red

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 029/250

2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia is one of those mid-2000's sets that really pushed the envelope in how many insert parallels you could put in a set.  It is a Donruss product after all and like so many of their products it's mind numbing to try and keep track of just how many parallels there are.  But that's what the Trading Card Database and Beckett are for.   Anyway, presented here is Robin's Red Parallel.  Actually this might be considered the base for Tools of the Trade, I'm not sure. There are at least two other base color parallels, blue and black, and they have lower serial numbering.  

Like so many of these base parallels from the mid-2000's it was designed with the relic and autograph parallels in mind.  So we get a small photos of Robin off to the left side.

2014 Panini Hall of Fame - Crusades Red

Year:2014

Manufacturer: Panini

Set: Hall of Fame 75th Anniversary.

Card Number: 83

Card Type: Insert parallel

Insert Set: Crusade

Parallel: Red

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 49/75

Still working through all my Black Friday COMC Yount acquisitions.  I ended up snagging 4 Crusade cards from the 2014 Hall of Fame set.  Next up is the Red Parallel.  I really like how these pop with the chromium and the bright colors and the black and white photo really works for me with those bright colors.  Plus it's got lions! 

2015 Panini Cooperstown - Red parallel

Year: 2015

Manufacturer: Panini

Set: Cooperstown

Card Number: 82

Card Type: Parallel

Parallel Set: Red

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 08/35

Even without a license Panini has done a pretty decent job with it's Hall of Fame sets using induction photographs and nice close ups like this one.  Plus while the photos are in black and white, negating having to photoshop the colors, they are incredibly clear and detailed.  The set has 5 base parallels, not counting the 4 printing plates.  And at just 35 copies each the Red parallel is the most numerous.  Like all the recent cards I've been featuring I was able to pick this up sometime last year and had it delivered as part of Black Friday shipment from COMC.