2006 UD SP Legendary Cuts - Place In History Signatures

Year: 2006
Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: SP Legendary Cuts

Card Number: PH-RY

Card Type: Insert Autograph

Insert Set: Place in History Signatures

Card Attributes: Autographed, Serial numbered

Serial Number: 54/99

Very rarely do I walk into my LCS and walk out with a new autographed card that goes right into my Yount PC.  But last week it happened.  

I wouldn't say my wife is supportive of my hobby, but she is very tolerant and to be fair that's good enough for me.  In return I've tried to curb my spending and follow our budget.  But I have made it a goal to try and acquire at least one new Yount auto a year.  Last year I unfortunately did not get to add one to the collection.  It's not that Robin doesn't have a ton of autographed cards to choose from and that there's not thousands up on ebay, but I had had my sights on the card that currently part of my blog header.  Robin's 2021 Topps Archives Fan Favorite.  But the card has been well out of my price range for the few that have come up for sale.  But luckily last week I stopped by Don's Sportcards here in Anchorage, Alaska.  Don has a corner in the store that he calls the Drop Zone.  He puts cards up with a price near, but below book value and then every week he takes a few bucks off the card until it can ultimately drop to $1.  I tend to peruse the boards looking for cheap trade bait to add to my trade box, but this beauty caught my eye -  Robin's 2006 UD SP Legendary Cuts Place in History Signatures autograph card numbered to 99.  Sure it's a sticker auto, but I can count the number of times on one hand I've found low numbered higher end Yount cards locally.  The best part is it cost me over half of what a Yount auto typically goes for.  But I'm going to count this as last year's autograph card I didn't get to pick up and hopefully I'll find the card I want this year.

 

2006 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts - Baseball Chronology Platinum

Year: 2006

Manufacture: Upper Deck

Set: SP Legendary Cuts

Card Number: BC-RY

Card Type: Insert Parallel

Insert Set: Baseball Chronology

Parallel: Platinum

Card Attrbutes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 49/99

Still working on my Black Friday COMC haul.  Next up is one of the few low numbered parallels I picked up in the haul.  Legendary Cuts was a great HOF and retired themed product.  And it's been a few years since we had a nice HOF dedicated set.  They were all the rage for awhile.  Robin is featured in the base set a couple of the inserts.  The Baseball Chronology set has a few serial numbered parallels and a relic parallel as well.  Robin's card here is part of the Platinum parallel numbered to 99.  The team logo, where the relic would go in the relic parallel, and serial numbering is that shimmery holo silver foil and looks very nice in hand.   

2006 Upper Deck Epic - Epic Materials Light Orange EM-RY2

Year: 2006

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: Epic

Card Number: EM-RY2

Card Type: Insert Parallel

Insert Set: Epic Material Relic

Parallel: Light Orange 

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Relic, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 005/155

I'll be slowly working through all the new Younts I just picked up from my most recent COMC order.  While a lot of the cards had been sitting in my portfolio there for a long time this is one of the cards I was able to snag for a really good price during the Black Friday sale.  I have one other Epic relic and it's the purple version of this card.  Robin has two cards in the series, hence the RY2 in the card designation and there are a gazillion color parallels to chase.  

While I picked up a lot of really low numbered cards in my last shipment this was the only Yount relic I pulled the trigger on.  You gotta love when you find a seller who actually wants to sell some cards on COMC.  Plus it's always nice to get a swatch with a little color.

2006 Fleer Greats of the Game Decade Greats Bat Card

Card Manufacturer: Fleer

Card Set: Greats of the Game

Year: 2006

Card Number: DEC-RY

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Decade Greats

Relic Type: Bat

Fleer's 2006 Greats of the Game was a great set featuring tons of HOFers and other popular players.  This would be the fifth and final time Fleer would put out this brand, but overall it was a pretty great set with lots of great autos and relics to be had

Robin has a base card in the set, as well as, a couple of inserts.

That includes this great relic card from the Decade Greats insert set.  There is also a base version of this card and also an autograph and relic autograph version.

The overall look of the card is pretty good. I love the use of Brewer's colors, the old school logo, and great action shot of Robin.  But the placement of the relic seems wrong with it cutting off Robin's hand.