1999 Topps came out in the summer I turned 13 years old and I’m fairly certain I handed over 50% of the money I came across that year to my local card shop (the now-defunct Sportscard Connection in Lancaster, PA) to get packs of the gold-bordered cards. Power Brokers insert cards came 1:36 packs and pulling one felt like winning a mini-lottery. Imagine my thrill finding the entire 20-card set online for under $40. That’s the equivalent of $21 in 1999. Younger me would’ve gladly mowed a couple lawns to own this set.

I opened my player chase hats from the Lids x Topps Player Chase Series 1 pack from Fanatics Fest. Pretty happy with what I got. Here are the Mickey Mantle and Ken Griffey Jr. hat from the set.

Saw this on IG. Insane how many Griffey RCs have been graded, especially when compared to an entire category, like tickets.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C99vq67O7uH/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==

Not at the National. In all that traffic..but I did pick up a nice one!…

Shout out to @EnricoPallazzo for the care package today. Four bars of vintage chocolate branded with The Kid! The bars are 30+ years old so I’ll need a really compelling reason to try one… but they’ll be on display in my office as long as they don’t attract ants.

Might try and see if the collectible wrapper offer will still work…

(Added a Griffey rookie to the photo for art purposes only).