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.

Kerry's Cardboard:2003 Fleer Mystique Awe Pairs Dual Game Jersey w/Jeremy Shockey

Kerry's Cardboard finds a new home again as the Giants only portion of my Kerry Collins collection makes it way on here.

Today, I am showcasing a game worn dual jersey card that I landed for less than $5.

Today's card features two of my favorite Giants of the 2000's. I think a lot of people forget about the impact that Kerry Collins had on the Giants passing game after signing with them. He also had an impact on Jeremy Shockey when he came into the league in 2002. They were an unstoppable force for a couple of years before the Giants released Collins in favor of Kurt Warner/Eli Manning in 2004.

So, there is a lot of cards that feature the two on them. This is the only copy I have seen of this card listed.

 

This is the back of the card. Only 199 of these were produced.

There are two other variations of this card which are in form of inserts. There is a base insert and a gold parallel which is extremely tough to find.

Thoughts on today's card welcomed in comments.

Single Card Mail Day:1997 Goudey Rookie Classic Ike Hilliard

My latest trades with @ShaneSalmonson helped me add some fun Giants cards to my collection.

One of the weaker points in my Giants collection, to my surprise by the way, is the late 90's. I don't believe I was collecting the Giants at that point in my life even though I was collecting football cards and have always been a fan. I just never put two and two together.

I also believe at that point in my life my collecting focus was Ken Griffey Jr. Outside of that, cards were just cards.

Much has changed since then and I have been trying to fill in the gaps in my collection from that era and try to keep up with new cards of today.

It's not easy, but when you have friends like Shane, it helps.

My newest add is this 1997 Fleer Goudey Rookie classic die cut insert of Ike Hilliard. The Giants top pick that year.

Not too bad of a design, the card is smaller than I made it look on here. The Goudey football set was a mini set to match the vintage one.

 

There were 20 cards in this set that fell 1:3 packs. Hilliard is the 11th card in the set.

Thanks to Shane for this latest addition. I have a couple more to show off from my trade with him coming up soon.

Thoughts on the Fleer Goudey set, Hilliard or this card welcomed in comments.