DATA: 2007 Bowman Chrome Refractor (BDPP98)

ACQUIRED: bayTRON

PING: 2007 Bowman keeps on truckin’. I’ve got six different variations of Joey’s card from this set. I think about done with them. Maybe I’ll track down the blue border and xfractor versions and call it quits.

DATA: 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights Autograph (HA-JV)

ACQUIRED: bayTRON

PING: Epic. This is a fantastic card. Great design. Though it’s a sticker autograph, it’s well placed, and the card design works with it nicely. You can’t tell from the scan, but the silver at the top and bottom of the card compliment the sticker very well. It’s a nice change of pace from the 2008 Topps design, one that makes it just a little bit more special. It’s not serial numbered, so I wonder how many of these were produced.

DATA: 2002 Topps 206 (429)

ACQUIRED: bayTRON

PING: Sweet little mini cards. I have two versions of the card – a Sweet Caporal (red) back and a Polar Bear back. I’m not exactly sure how many different backs there are and if every player has a card with each of the different backs. Just a quick search yielded this list of backs: Tolstoi, Piedmont (black), Piedmont (red), Sweet Caporal (blue), Sweet Caporal (red) and Polar Bear.

I do love all the heritage stuff and the tobacco cards are especially sweet. Very glad to add these to the collection.