Card of the Day - 2014 Stadium Club : Clayton Kershaw Base Rainbow Autograph (27/50) BGS Graded Mint 9

This should have been the second post on a Kershaw autograph from the 2014 Stadium Club release but due to my neurotic tendency of wanting cards in BGS cases and Kershaw autographs in general to be at least mint this is the 1st time the blog has showcased this card.

I originally acquired a copy of this card when the set was released last year but when I received it I didn't feel it would grade out to a mint 9. I for one didn't want to waste time/money with BGS and have it earn a NM 8.5 so I sold the card for the same price I "bought" it for. No harm no foul. A few months passed as I had moved on to other cards and projects so I forgot that I liked this card until I saw this pop up on one of my eBay searches. A quick Beckett inquiry showed that this is the only 2014 copy to have been graded as of this write up and it earned a strong 9. Well guess who was back in the market for a Stadium Club Kershaw autograph? This guy.

With Kershaw "only" having a good season and not dominating (yet) his secondary market prices have come down a tad and even though this card books from $90 to $150 the demand for it was a little softer than it normally would have been. A traditional 7 day auction for this card and with a hour left the high bid was only at half of the low end of Beckett. When the auction ended I was declared the winner for well under the low ($90) Beckett guide price. Another right time, right place and a little luck acquisition and another Kershaw autograph for the collection.

.5 from gem mint. Might send it in for a bump

27 of 50

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Lucky Trade Number 7 with Alex of Chavez Ravining

Another month and another trade completed with Alex of Chavez Ravining

Second to last post of the year and with it my final trade of the year as well. Alex and I have stepped it up this year with multiple trades and this is the seventh overall between us. May it not be the last.

Awhile back Alex posted about some of his 2014 Stadium Club hits and had an autograph of Joe Kelly from it available for trade.

I don't go out of my way to purchase autographs of non Dodgers or non stars but if I can get my hands on one without any money out of pocket I'll do it as autographs are the main focus of my collection.

The trade was going to be a simple one with a couple cards for Joe's autograph but then we ended up expanding it to include a Kemp autograph that Alex had his eyes on. In return I ended up with some more autograph cards for the collection.

2014 Bowman Inception of Eddie Butler

2014 Triple Threads of Mike Olt 

Love the fact that both of these are on card autographs as I loathe sticker ones which I am sure everyone knows by now.

To top it off Alex also included a Dodger to the batch.

2013 Topps Tribute of Andre Ethier

Though I have many Ethier autographs why not add another?

As with all past trades with Alex this one also went about without a hitch. To see what I sent him you can take a gander HERE .

Thank you again to Alex for the great cards and I look forward to more trades with you in the new year.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day

- Penguin