So Close

Yesterday the Auston Matthews Canvas Young Guns that I submitted to BGS came back.  While I'm thrilled it came back a 10, I can't help feeling just a little disappointed.

It came back three 10 subgrades and the fourth is a 9.5.  Just one small, minor point away from the black label.  Ah well.  Now I just need to find a buyer.

If you shop online and haven't signed up and used ebates yet, you're missing out.  I also use it on eBay to get money back from purchases there.  Between referrals and cash back, I've gotten over $100 in about seven months.  FREE CARDS!  If you're on Twitter, please give me a follow.  Happy collecting!

Show & Tell: 2017 Gypsy Queen Hanger Pack + a Bonus

I was able to find some Gypsy Queen at Target on Sunday.  I picked up two of the three pack hanger packs.  They also came with a pack containing three green bordered parallels.  I'm a big fan of the companies working in a retail exclusive parallel.  I feel it's good for the hobby.

On both of those packs was a coupon for an free pack of Topps Opening Day.  I won't turn down free cards!

After opening the cards, I think I'm going to casually work on the GQ set.  If you have some you're not wanting to keep, I might be your man.  I have a long way to go to get baseball into my SCF inventory, but the 2017 cards are in there.  Feel free to take a look and see if there's anything you're looking for.

Anyway, on to the little show and tell of what I got.  Nothing outstanding like BWTP's blaster, but I'm going to do the set so I'm good with base.

2017 Gypsy Queen #227 Jeff Samardzija

2017 Gypsy Queen #260 Trey Mancini

2017 Gypsy Queen #194 Joey Votto

2017 Gypsy Queen Missing Blackplate #14 Matt Olson

2017 Gypsy Queen #23 Blake Snell 

2017 Gypsy Queen #130 Chris Tillman

2017 Gypsy Queen #201 Ben Zobrist

2017 Gypsy Queen #139 Curtis Granderson

2017 Gypsy Queen #275 Dellin Betances

2017 Gypsy Queen #43 Manny Margot

2017 Gypsy Queen #279 Ryan Braun

2017 Gypsy Queen #213 Elvis Andrus

2017 Gypsy Queen #94 Ryan Schimpf

2017 Gypsy Queen #136 Kyle Seager

2017 Gypsy Queen #234 Andrelton Simmons

2017 Gypsy Queen Fortune Teller Mini #FTABE Adrian Beltre

2017 Gypsy Queen #252 Nolan Arenado

2017 Gypsy Queen #217 Josh Harrison

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #183 George Springer

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #81 Starling Marte

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #204 Carlos Gonzalez

2017 Gypsy Queen #250 Yoan Moncada

2017 Gypsy Queen #31 Brandon Phillips

2017 Gypsy Queen #235 Jake Arrieta

2017 Gypsy Queen #121 Jacob DeGrom

2017 Gypsy Queen Missing Blackplate #273 Ian Kinsler

2017 Gypsy Queen #91 Dansby Swanson

2017 Gypsy Queen #169 Stephen Vogt

2017 Gypsy Queen #240 Alex Bregman

Insert Daniel Murphy (not scanned) here.

2017 Gypsy Queen #146 Ricky Nolasco

Insert David Robertson (not scanned) here.

2017 Gypsy Queen #212 Masahiro Tanaka 

2017 Gypsy Queen #27 Roberto Osuna

2017 Gypsy Queen #48 Hunter Renfroe

2017 Gypsy Queen #237 Jon Lester

2017 Gypsy Queen Hand-Drawn Art Reproduction #GQARBH1 Bryce Harper

2017 Gypsy Queen #185 Francisco Rodriguez 

2017 Gypsy Queen #197 Luis Perdomo

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #10 Miguel Cabrera 

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #184 Austin Hedges

2017 Gypsy Queen #11 Jordan Zimmermann

2017 Topps Opening Day #22 Lucas Giolito

2017 Topps Opening Day #142 Elvis Andrus

2017 Topps Opening Day #124 Cole Hamels

2017 Topps Opening Day Mascot #M18 Raymond

2017 Topps Opening Day #19 Alex Bregman

2017 Topps Opening Day #45 Jake Lamb

2017 Topps Opening Day #12 Marcell Ozuna

2017 Topps Opening Day #150 Kyle Schwarber

2017 Topps Opening Day #11 

2017 Topps Opening Day #64 Zach Britton

2017 Topps Opening Day Opening Day Teams #ODB11 Los Angeles Angels

2017 Topps Opening Day #105 Danny Duffy

2017 Topps Opening Day #47 Sean Doolittle

2017 Topps Opening Day #72 Yoenis Cespedes

Happy collecting!