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My latest trade with my buddy Shane from Cheap Wax Wednesday left me with some new Giants cards to enjoy.

Like this new Kerry Collins relic.

Or this super sweet Quad relic featuring Ike, Brown, Montgomery and the newly acquired Collins at the time. Jerseys said they are authentic..but from who and what?

I love oddball relics, this is an authentic 6 cent stamp....oh and there is a jersey swatch there to, I guess.

For some reason or another, I don't seek out Tiki Barber cards. It's not that I wasn't a fan, but guess I wasn't a big enough of a fan to chase his stuff. However, when he chases me I don't turn them down like this patch card.

Speaking of patch cards, game worn one right here of Ike. We never see this anymore.

And finally, a dual relic of Ron Dayne from his college jersey and pro jersey. I forgot to look before I posted this if these were actually game worn or not.

Thanks goes out to my buddy Shane for the trade again. Looking forward to our next!

The Latest Hyatts

With so much QB uncertainty in New York in the 2023 season, the rookie Wide Receiver the Giants were high up on didn't quite have a chance to show all of his talents as he finished with 23 catches for 373 yards and 0 touchdowns. 

It was disappointing, but that doesn't mean he won't next year.

In the meantime, I will soak up all of his rookies in anticipation that next year will be a bigger year.

At Christmas time I was gifted this one from my buddy Rick on Twitter. I am not sure what parallel this is, but it's numbered to 24.

Up next, a two-card mail day from another Twitter friend, @ErichWalter

 

Donruss Optic Silver

 

And a stinkin' autograph!!!! My first Hyatt autograph in a Giants uniform.

Then came a few cheap pickups that I used up my eBay gift card from Christmas on. If you are ever looking to get me a gift, nothing says gift to me than an eBay gift card.

Blue Scope. Team color match and it's sharp!

Metal Hyatt autograph. Card looks nice despite lack of logos.

And finally, another Hyatt auto. This one is from Super Glow.

Not a bad start to my very small Jalin Hyatt PC. I am trying hard not to load up too much as I learned a lesson from Kadarius Toney about doing things like that.

Here's to a better 2024 for Hyatt and for the Giants.

Rodney's Cardboard:1995 Fleer FAKE Printing Plate

Yes, you read the title of this post correct.

FAKE PLATE. 

There was a guy on eBay who flooded it with tons of what looked to be real cheap Printing Plates when they were not that.

Once you got the plate in hand, you can tell.

 

First off, the color is off as you can see. You can also see the back is shiny, not something a printing plate should look like if it had been used. You can just tell it is fake.

However, I don't have a problem with the card. It's still a cool piece to have added to my Rodney Hampton collection either way.  It's like adding a custom card to your collection, I have no problem with it other than the seller selling it as a real one.

There will be another one of these I will post about as well along with some real ones :)

Hope everyone has a great Sunday and enjoy some football.

Bryan Sends Some Bangers!

It's not easy trying to run two blogs, but I try to make time for both when I do. I like the elements that both bring so I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.

However, that means catching up on trade mail days over time will take time to do so on both blogs.

Today's mail day came from my friend Bryan, @90sNicheFBcard around Christmas time. As I said, it may take a while to post.

Daniel Jones /25. I had a lot of faith in Jones, but after this year I am slightly losing it.

Two new Kayvons for that rookie cards collection. And they are shiny as well so that's always a bonus.

I am not a huge fan of Prizm inserts as they are pretty bland, but when you add the shiny element to it, they look great.

Donruss is one of the very few products left where the inserts throughout the product look like the good ole days. It's also one of the most fun products to open because of that.

Up next, Bryan picked up this card for me awhile ago when I was chasing the rainbow. This one is /10 and I have all of them except the 1/1. I do still want to finish this rainbow up, despite the player, just to say I did it and the fact that I think this is a pretty solid insert look.

Now we start to dig into meatier cards from the trade,

Darius Slayton relic. I think this guy could easily be a 1,000 yard receiver if the right quarterback arrives. Slayton is very underrated.

James Butler autograph.

Azeez autograph /20. I really wished he could have been the big deal he was made out to be. Imagine having him opposite of Kayvon and how much of a pass rush this could have.

Evan Engram has turned into a solid Tight End since he left the Giants. It was expected that the talent was always there and that he just needed a home to showcase it.

Will Tiki make the Hall Of Fame? I think a lot of people forget about his numbers because he struggled early in his career. Look at the later numbers and he ranks up there with the greats.

Mathias was another one of the big pass rushers that helped lead the Giants to two Super Bowl wins.

 

Mark was a legendary tight end for the Giants. It's just too bad I wasn't into football to have watched more of his play. I have seen highlights though and it appears I missed a lot. Glad to have his autograph apart of my collection now though.

And that does it for this great mail day.

Thanks to Bryan for the new PC cards and I look forward to trading with you again!

The Rest Of It!

 Here is finally the rest of my trade with fellow Twitter friend, @TyRecino.

Along with a bonus surprise.

Danny Dimes numbered parallel. I think Absolute is really underrated with their parallels. This is really cool in person.

Not a Giant anymore and maybe not even apart of a team soon, but a new Kadarius Toney for my collection.

Landon Collins will always have a place in my collection. After his pick 6 last year that helped the Giants clinch a playoff spot, I won't forget about him anytime soon.

Ever since JPP left the Giants, he hasn't really found himself a permanent team. But, I will never forget his time with the Gmen. He was a firecracker off the end. Sorry, that was probably a badly placed joke.

 

I didn't know that Illusions had such spectacular looking parallels. I may have to look into others, especially of my boy Saquon. I just hope the Giants and him can meet in the middle and make him a Giant for life.

Now onto the bonus surprise....

Nice Select Gold Eli Manning /100. Before we get all excited and call this Eli number 1000, this is actually one of the Eli's that got misplaced in my countdown. So we will call this Eli 990.

Thanks again to Ty for this trade and looking forward to our next!

Eli Countdown To 1K: 991,992,993,994,995,996,997,998,999

Well, last I posted my Eli chase on here I ended at card 973. 

For some reason, all of the cards I had from 974-990 disappeared from drafts so I guess we will have to fast forward some. Nothing wrong with that right?

So, let's get this party started as I creep ever so closely to 1,000 Eli Manning cards.

991 was a Twitter RAK. It's a 2023 Chronicles Draft Clearly.

992 was another RAK this time it's a numbered card from Topps Triple Threads. I believe an emerald parallel.

993 and the rest are all from a trade I did with @90sNicheFBcards on Twitter. Just before he mailed my package, he pulled this 2023 Prestige purple /99 from a pack and tossed it along.

994 is a Rookies and Starts /99

995 is a Heritage Chrome /1950

996 is from 2022 Prestige. This is a simple insert I probably would have pulled if I bought any cards last two years. But, I got it anyways thanks to a trade.

997 is a 2022 Prizm Pandora parallel

998 is one of the most unique/coolest parallels of 2023. Alien! Have you seen anything cooler??! These were super SSP's, probably case hit level.

 

And Card 999 is one I have been wanting for a while, a nice big swatch Pro Bowl jersey.

Thanks again to Bryan for helping me add these and build me closer to 1K.

Well, we are almost there. Will one of my next few posts on here be the magic number? We will see....

Single Card Mail Day:2023 Donruss Legends Series Autograph Ottis Anderson

 

I sometimes will look up the terms on eBay, NY Giants autograph to see what pops up and to see if anything catches my eye. Well one did and it was a heck of a deal!

For $6 of my Christmas eBay gift card, I was able to add this beautiful Ottis Anderson auto! Don't tell me this isn't stunning even if you're not a NY fan.

It amazes me still that Anderson cards are so affordable for someone who won two Super Bowls, was a Super Bowl MVP (Super Bowl XXV) and played in the league for 14 seasons.

Rodney's Cardboard: 2023 Certified Green Autograph /5

As I post these Rodney's from 2023 Certified, it got me to thinking that maybe I should break them up some.

So, next week I will begin posting some other Rodney's on and off to mix in with these as I have picked up and added so many new Rodney's recently. And Supposedly I see he may be in 2023 Absolute  football. I will have to confirm this and figure out how he is incorporated into it.

For now, let's check out another new 2023 Certified autograph.

This one is the green parallel /5 and is the lowest numbered one I own. Still waiting on that 1/1 to pop up.

  

Card back looks the same as the rest.

Here is an overall look at the chase in 2023 Certified for Rodney,
Base /199, Bronze /99, Pink /75, Orange /50, Red /35, Blue /30, Teal /25, Gold /15, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

If you happen to see the 1/1 and I don't, please let me know! Send an email even to sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com or comment below!

Here are the cards I have posted so far from this run,

 

Oren Sends Giants!

It's NFC Divisional weekend and I am just going to enjoy the games.

It's tough though without having an actual team to cheer on, but maybe someday the Giants will be relevant again.

That may take a few more years, but if they can get back to winning football again, I will be patient.

In the meantime, I will reminisce and enjoy looking at my collection of cards that continues to grow thanks to readers and friends.

One of my mail days around Christmas time from Oren helped with that.

Nice patch /25 of my favorite Giants Tight End of all time. Sorry Bavaro, for me, it's Shockey.

Next card was another Shockey relic. I didn't have either one and this one is pretty nice with the die-cut and shine.

Breaking outside of the typical relic is football swatches. We don't get enough "other" relics today.

Mario Manningham who doesn't get enough love in Giants history, but I will never forget his catch in Super Bowl 46.

And we end the mail day with a new Ottis Anderson autograph. Even though I wasn't watching football when Anderson played, I have gone back and watched some older games where he played. I really liked his game and feel he is a very underrated player.

Thanks to Oren for the new additions!

I hope all of you have a great day of football!