Single Card Mail Day:2025 Optic Signature Series Mario Manningham

When I get an eBay gift card like I did for my birthday, I am immediately looking for steals and deals from my Gmen.

When I can land a deal on a Giants Super Bowl "legend" for under $5, I take it.

 

Which is why it's now in hand. 

Mario Manningham isn't a household name for most collectors, but as a Giants fan and collector he is. The toe tapping catch he made in Super Bowl 46 will forever live in my mind. I mean the Eli throw was also incredible and accurate, but the catch and awareness by Manningham to make sure both feet were in, was something you have to see if you haven't yet.

I will happily add Mario autographs for under $5 any day.

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!

Monday Morning Shines

I have been putting myself out there more for trading since the pandemic. It's an adjustment from the change of the overall hobby landscape for myself. Without trading, I won't be seeing many cards make their way to my mailbox.

The results of putting myself out there more has been very beneficial for my collection as I have added some cool cards I didn't have before.

One of my recent trades was made with @stevenweeks1217. Not only did it haul me in some NEW Kerry Collins, some set needs and some fun 90's inserts, but he also had a few Giants I needed for my collection. You can see the rest of my goodies on Twitter I hauled in this trade. 

I plan on bringing back the Kerry Collins Cardboard segment back at some point and it will be on here breaking down my newest finds. I will do Giants uniform only though to stay TRUE BLUE on here.

Anyways, let's move onto my small haul of Giants from this trade.

I don't remember having this Skybox Premium Ron Dayne as I don't have a lot of Dayne. I was on hobby hiatus in 2000. What a terrible time to have taken off to with Brady in the mix!

The next card is this 2008 Topps Chrome rookie refractor of Mario Manningham. I still to this day am amazed by Eli's throw and Manningham's catch in Super Bowl 46. If you haven't seen that one, do yourself a favor and head to YouTube.

 

The final card is stunning, there is nothing like these 1994 Finest refractors. Today's refractors don't come close. I had the base Meggett but not the refractor until now. 

And in the package was this surprise tattoo,

 

I will use this on my binder cover, but unpeeled.

Thanks again to Steven for the trade, I hope we can do this again.

Thoughts on my mail day welcomed in comments!