Now that I’m older and have disposable income, one of my collecting lanes is high-end parallel cards of players everyone was chasing when I was young. That’s why I grabbed this 1999 Upper Deck Encore F/X of Troy Glaus (#’d/125) and 1999 Bowman Chrome Refractor of Corey Patterson. These would’ve been monster pulls when I was 13…today, I grabbed them for less than a sawbuck combined.

Love this 1993 Upper Deck card where Jay Buhner is interrupting a Griffey interview.

When the sideline photographer nails the shot.

Being that I collected the entire 1995 Select Certified Mirror Gold football card set, I’ve occasionally seen Mirror Gold cards from other sports and I had to purchase this one. Love the gold against the teal jersey. Our dude is coming over the boards, already sizing up who he’s going to hit.

If someone were to sort through my football card collection, they’d have no way of knowing my favorite team or player. My collection is a mishmash of cards that are inexpensive and photogenic - like this 1991 Score auto of Henry Ellard. Great player, awesome card design, and amazing auto. I’ll break a $5 bill for this any day.