Cleve's Christmas Auction Part 7: Other Stuff

Welp, tomorrow is the big day.  And it looks like I may not be able to make it to the auction.  Fret not friends- I was able to put in several write in bids, and have my fingers crossed extra tight.  If I get blanked, I get blanked and the world will go on spinning.

To wrap up my auction previews, here are some of the other primo items up for sale tomorrow night:

 Here is the original art used for the 2003 Topps Gallery John McGraw card. 

 Traitor Josh...

 Some cool game used cards- the two pictures above are actually the same card.  The relics are on the front and back.

 This is a 1/1 of former Razorback Joe Adams.  I guess this is the NFL shield from one of his "event worn" jerseys.

Finally, a cool Cal Ripken Patch card. 

For those of you interested in these, or any of the other cards from the Christmas auction (or any auction for that matter) Cleve does take write in bids.  You can reach him at:   479-927-0067 

Trade at the Plate

I’ve been a fan of the blog Play at the Plate for a while now.  Brian, who runs the blog, has an entertaining blog, and is a fellow Rangers fan to boot!  We never had traded before, but I recently was fortunate enough to get (2) Michael Young autos from a fun UD Ovation case break from the Daily Dimwit.    That was the seed of our trade.  I sent the Young auto and another low numbered Michael Young card to Brian.  He was going to send back several Gypsy Queen inserts that I needed.  I received his shipment today, and found the Gypsy Queens, plus a whole lot more:

I like the Gypsy Queen set okay, but I LOVE the inserts.  This nice group really put a dent in my Gypsy Queen checklist.

The Sticky Fingers set is my favorite from GQ, so I was happy to get this card.  Brian also sent some cards of my favorite players.  The Hunter Chrome card is #d to 599.

Finally, he included some very nice Barry Bonds cards.  The 02 Diamond King is really sweet, with the paper border.

Thank you so much Brian, I owe you!