Took my son to his first ever AAA Game Stripers vs Bulls and we scored some autos but the highlight was Carlos Rodriguez gave us his broke back from the game!

Yes, this is a “napkin-patch” jersey swatch. But it’s from a high-end brand, is game-used, from a perennial all-star player and, most importantly, it’s game-dated - to a specific Bucks game. I think as we move forward, relics that can be shown to be from not only specific games, but meaningful games and moments, will have significant increased flexibility in the collector space.

I don't collect much vintage, but I do love vintage relics in modern cards, so here's my Upper Deck SP Authentic Splendid Swatches Ted Williams/Nomar Garciaparra dual relic /406 😀

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Last year, I picked up a mystery game-used baseball at a Minnesota Twins game for just $40. It was thrown by Twins pitcher Kody Funderburk, and I’ve been trying to get it autographed ever since. After coming up short a few times, I finally reached out to him on social media, and he was kind enough to let me send him the ball to sign! He returned it with a perfect autograph! This signed game-used ball is now a centerpiece in my baseball memorabilia collection, and it looks incredible on display!

I love these game-usedsneaker cards, however, I need to move it to make space for something bigger and better. I used to love, immaculate, but I hate how small the patch, in this case, the sneaker window is. I prefer larger patch windows, which I think look better in medium to high-end cards. I also found out I don’t love the red or Ruby foiling with the Celtics green. It reminds me too much of Christmas! Or maybe these are the things I need to tell myself in order to give it up in a trade…