My favorite player of all time is Hall of Famer Willie McCovey. I
have amassed a collection of over 1100 different McCovey cards since I
started collecting him in the late 1980s. I will show off one of my
favorite cards every Monday. Stretch was one of the most feared hitters
of all time and I am excited to show off my collection.
When I saw the checklist for 2014 Topps Tribute I had some mixed feelings. I was really bummed out that Willie McCovey wasn't in the base set, I always like trying to track down the base and a couple parallels. When I saw the Auto and Relic checklist my first thought was dang, my guy isn't getting the respect he deserves. Next I thought, well my checklist and want list will be a lot shorter this year.
In the end Willie only got a card in one relic subset with a few parallels. I was able to pick one up on eBay at a pretty reasonable price. Check it out:
This is the version serial numbered to 99, the most plentiful version. Decent design, I like the fact it is a bat card. Can't say either of the two photos are new - in fact they are two of the more used ones out there but I am pretty happy to have this card in my collection. Next up will be tracking down one or two of the parallels if possible, they are /50, /35, /25, /15 and /10 in different colors. I am sure there is a 1/1 as well but those don't make it onto my checklist as the odds of scoring it are somewhere between slim and none.
Wait a minute, what is this???
Did I upload 2 copies of the same picture? Nope, check out the numbering, 2 different cards. I ended up with 2 copies. I had bid on one and gotten outbid. When I got the email showing I had been outbid, I found another and put a bid in. Several hours later I was advised there was a bid retraction and I was now the high bidder for the first. As luck would have it, I won them both.
I am not certain what I will do with this card, I have a few options. 1) I could trade it to one of you if you have a nice HOF relic you want to swap, 2) I could give it to one of my boys for their collection, 3) I could put one in the McCovey binder and the other in the 2014 Giants binder and I am sure there are couple other things. Time will have to tell, for now I think option 3 will be the choice.
I saw Stretch hit one out at Wrigley in the early 70's. I may have the scorecard somewhere. It is a nice card.
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