Card of the Day - 2017 Gypsy Queen : Corey Seager Base Autograph Missing Blackplate Variant

There is supposedly a purple version of Seager's autograph in this year's GQ set but till I see one this version completes all the autos I can acquire of him so far.

I snagged the black and white parallel and then the "missing nameplate" version and finally this one to complete the trifecta. Although this is not numbered it is a limited card and I was happy to land it on a deal considering it books for over $100 and I acquired for more than 50% less than that. Conditioning as always comes into play with Gypsy and this one is no different as a corner gives me a little concern but I hope it won't hinder it too much when I submit it to BGS in the near future. Other than that this is a fine addition to my budding Corey autograph collection.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Topps Update : Corey Seager Base Home Run Derby Black Parallel (37/65) PSA Graded Gem Mint 10

Look what Beckett and BGS made me do! Went out and acquired one of their competitors graded cards because they low balled me on a different copy of this black parallel that I sent into them for grading. Of course now I will have to get this raw graded to see if it qualifies as a gem mint 9.5 in Beckett's eyes.

I had no intention of doing this project per as when I submitted the 3 black parallels of Seager from this set I thought only 1 would gem. Well when they came back 2 of the 3 gemmed with this HRD version the only 1 not to earn a 9.5. And the story of that is that the sub grades were 9.5, 9.5, 9.5 and a 3.5 for surface. WTH? Well now that I had 2 in gold banners I obviously wanted the other so it would be a complete 3 card set. Of course with only 65 copies of each black parallel they don't come up for sale very often.

I was going to try the raw route again and hope for the best with Beckett but one hadn't shown up in awhile and then this bad boy popped up. At the time it was the only one graded as a gem mint 10 by PSA and since I had the other card I knew I could sell that to help "pay" for this one. Tons of bids on this card and I barely won as someone tried to snipe me at the end of the auction but my bid held on by the narrowest of margins. Now to get this in a BGS case and then I will have all 4 (1 from series 1) possible black parallels of Corey Seager from his rookie year. Nice...

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-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Allen Ginter X (Online Exclusive) : Corey Seager Black and Silver Mini Frame Autograph

For a long time I was jealous of a fellow collector as he had this in his possession and picked it up for a steal when I wasn't collecting and then when I finally was ready to go after my own copy my own impatience cost me some extra funds that shouldn't have been spent. Hopefully this will gem which will help take the sting off this card's acquisition.

My buddy Greg snagged his own copy and before that I knew I wanted this card but could never find one to my liking (price wise). There were and still are a few copies that are on eBay on BIN's and I finally decided to get mine when eBay ran an extra eBucks promotion. They finally did and I went to this card's auction as this was the one I decided I thought was in the best condition. As I clicked the button to acquire I didn't realize aka didn't read, that I would be charged sales tax as I reside in California. Sh*t. I could have backed out of transaction but I hate when people do that to me so I sucked it up and paid the amount. Now that it is in hand it looks like it should be a 9.5 when I submit it to BGS but we all know how that can pan out. Here's hoping I see a gold banner in it's future and to everyone else make sure you read the fine print.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Topps Gold Label : Corey Seager Base Framed Autograph Black Parallel (12/50) BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

During my run of results from my most recent BGS batch I alluded to the fact that I cracked and resold a few cards that were not up to par for my collection and used those funds to acquire some that were. This is the 1st of 2 that I acquired.

The Gold Label brand is not the prettiest of cards but I do love me metal framed autographs and this Corey one in its black parallel looks great in hand. There is no book to go by for price reference but using the facts that it is numbered out of 50, a rookie card and is an on card autograph in a BGS 9.5 case I came up with an amount I was comfortable with and when this card's auction ended the actual cost was way lower than I expected it would go for.

This card is a strong gem mint with its quad 9.5's and knowing that his autograph prices are going up in the high end brands I believe this was a steal for me. Plus with the funds coming from cards I had no interest in it makes it just a bit more sweeter.

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Another perfect 10

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-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Topps Update : Corey Seager Fire Autograph (10/25)

It's so nice when you expect something promptly and then the player and Topps cooperates with your mentality and delivers a redemption in less than 2 weeks after submitting for it.

I knew this 2016 autograph of Corey was already "live" and didn't expect to have to wait that long for the real thing and that became a fact when this showed up on my doorstep just 2 weeks after I scored a deal for the redemption card online. I am happy people can be impatient as that allows me to lock in on some great deals and this might have just gotten better as under the loop I do not see any major problems that should stop this from earning a 9.5 from Beckett. Another great on card autograph of Mr. Seager for the collection.

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-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2017 Gypsy Queen : Corey Seager Base Autograph Missing Nameplate Variant (11/35)

Well since I picked up the black and white parallel from this year's GQ set I might as well try to get all the versions of Seager autographs in the set right? Well here is number 2 in that pursuit and its limited to just 35 copies.

I still feel that the GQ brand is a little risky due to condition issues and this one is no different but I still think it should squeak into the 9.5 gold when I submit it. I acquired this while playing the eBay of waiting to see how another auction plays out before picking this up. This copy was on a BIN OBO auction and the seller sent me a reasonable offer after rejecting mine. Well there was another copy on a traditional auction and I wanted to see how that finished before getting this one. A dangerous game when there are only 35 copies but I wasn't going to not get the best deal. Watching the auction card as its price kept going up and with 10 minutes left in its auction the price went above what the seller said I could have for this one. Promptly clicked the accept button and added another Seager auto to the collection.

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-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2017 Gypsy Queen : Corey Seager Base Autograph Black and White Parallel (40/99)

I took quite a gamble considering this is a Gypsy Queen card and I acquired it basically sight unseen so I put lots of faith in the seller's feedback. Looks like I did alright.

GQ is a paper product and with that there always seems to be conditioning issues when I hunt a copy of a particular card down. I love black and white parallels and when I heard that Corey would have an on card autograph on said parallel I had hoped to land one at some point. Well this seller on eBay (perfect feedback) had 1 for sale which I originally passed on. 2 days later the same seller adjusted his auction to state he now had 2 copies and lowered the price by $15. It was now far and away the best deal on the auction site. Problem was that with 2 copies being available I had no idea which 1 I would receive so I crossed my fingers and hit the button to complete the transaction. Week later I had this in hand and other than a slight fraying corner on the back side there does not seem to be any issue. Not a bad transaction for me and hopefully I can turn it into BGS Gold.

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Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Bowman Chrome : Corey Seager Base Autograph (Batting) Green Refractor Parallel (82/99) BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

1st day of the 2016 baseball off season, 0 Blue, 0 Green and 0 Golds. Second to last day of the 2016 baseball off season 2 Blues, Both Golds and now for the perfect finish the other Green is now in hand.

I usually have 1 big project I want to do each off season and have a plan in place at the time of year, This past one though was a tad different. My project was to add to my Kershaw autograph collection which I want to have 1 for each win he earns. While I did add quite a few this Corey rainbow project came about because of a ridiculous low priced Gold back in December. I ended up acquiring this Green at the end of March so the span of 3 months I went from zero colored parallels of this card to 6. Not too shabby if I do say so myself.

There are 2 other colors our there (Orange and Red) but with the prints runs of 25 and 5 respectively I highly doubt I will ever get the true rainbow of this project considering there are 2 photo variations to go after. Might snag an Orange at some point but a Red would be crazy priced I am sure. So for the time being I need to hunt down the base refractors of these cards and with a print run of 499 I am confident I will get them at a decent price.

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-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Topps Update : Corey Seager Fire Autograph (#/25)

After weeks of trying to acquire the actual card of this redemption from a seller on eBay I went ahead and went this route as he was not budging an inch on his price.

Knowing that this card exists already made the decision easier to acquire this redemption as I know it will be in hand shortly. There have been a few on eBay and a seller had his on a BIN with a best offer option but his counter literally was $3 lower than his asking price. Ass... I understand it's your card but don't offer to negotiate if you really aren't going to.

This card wasn't overly important to have but when this redemption popped up for sale at over $50 less than what that other seller was trying to get I crossed my fingers I could get this on the cheap considering people are impatient and might not want to wait an extra 2 weeks for their card. The plan worked as I won this with the 1 and only bid on the auction. Now I wait for the physical card which should be coming to me shortly.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Bowman Chrome : Corey Seager Base Autograph (Fielding) Gold Refractor Parallel (21/50) BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

What an off season for me when it came to Bowman Chrome autographs of Corey Seager. What is even more surprisingly was that going into this was not a project I was planning to do at the time but I am glad I did it and with a little luck on my side I had a great haul. This post won't go live till May or June but I acquired the card in the waning days of March.

When I picked up the other Gold (batting) back in the end of December I knew I would want to pare it up with this fielding version at some point but as well know Gold is king in the hobby and with only 50 copies I had no idea when I would be able to snag one. Also knowing as the years go by this card could get out of my price range no matter how many comics I sell to cover the cost so I made it a priority to pick up sooner rather than later.

This card was on a BIN auction for a long time but one day the seller decided to go the ole traditional auction route and made it a 1 day special. Let the fun begin. This I only had a 24 hour "notice" for this card I had no funds to acquire it but I had enough cards and comics I could sell to cover it so I gave myself a cap. A long day of auction watching and after 23 bids I came out on top. Hot damn. I now have the 2 blues, 1 green and both golds. Now I just need to get that last green and I complete one hell of a project.

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Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

March 2017 BGS Submission Result Number FORTY-TWO of FORTY-TWO - 2016 Topps Corey Seager Base Clear/Acetate Parallel (6/10) Now BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

The final entry of my most recent batch sent to Beckett for grading and the new non autograph crown jewel of my Corey Seager rookie card collection.

I snagged this during the 2016 off season when no one was really looking for baseball cards so it was a steal in my opinion as the price kept going down as there was no interest in it. Being numbered out of just 10 copies this trumps the framed one (16 copies) that I had at one point that also gemmed and I sold for twice as much as I "paid" for it. To this day I have never seen another framed parallel as I have wanted to pick one up once again again. Well with this one I no longer need that one as this is more rare. I knew the grade going in and when I submitted it to BGS for a raw review I half way expected this to receive a 10 but it did not so I was a little disappointed. Now with this in hand I know the sub grades and it "barely" gemmed as there was a 9 (surfaces) but it also did earn 2 10's so I guess this is a strong 9.5 in some way.

I have no intention of parting with this but I am curious of its value now and if Corey continues to have a good season I might throw it up on eBay at a obscene buy it now price but see what I get offered.

42 cards and almost no complaints. Already working on the next batch which is up to 18 cards.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

March 2017 BGS Submission Result Number FORTY-ONE of FORTY-TWO - 2016 Topps Chrome Corey Seager Base Orange Refractor Parallel (16/25) Now BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

Second to last card of the batch and even though I knew both card's grades going in it's still a great feeling when you get them back in their BGS cases as it was for this limited (/25) orange parallel from the 2016 Topps Chrome set.

I am trying to complete a rainbow of Seager cards from the 2016 set in general but on top of that I want them to be in gem mint condition. With only 25 copies there are only so many chances of that happening and if this didn't gem on the raw review I would have flipped it for another orange and tried my chances again. Well not only did this gem it did so with 3 9.5 sub grades to go along with 1 10. Not too shabby for a card I graded on a deal. I have to look at all the Chromes I have so far of Corey but with this I think I am done except for the red parallel with its near impossible 5 print run and the super which I know is a pipe dream. Still, even without those two this is an impressive feat if I do so saw myself.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2017 Topps Tribute : Corey Seager Base Autograph (148/199)

Guess some people either just don't care how much a card of their's sells for as long as it sells. That is the feeling I felt when I acquired this card just a hour after it was listed. Not complaining mind you but some things just boggle my mind.

This card went live a few hours after it was released and a seller on eBay had it listed for a nice round number of $100. Of course there was no book value for it but that said there was no way I was interested in it at triple digits. He did have a best offer option and I sent him one for almost 60% off his asking price. Not 10 minutes later I received an email that I won the card with not counter from the seller. Go figure.

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-Penguin

March 2017 BGS Submission Result Number THIRTY-FOUR of FORTY-TWO - 2016 Allen Ginter Corey Seager Mini Frame Autograph Black Parallel (11/25) Now BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

I love autographs.
I love black parallels.
I love Allen Ginter.
And then to top all of that off BGS graders were kind enough to slap a quad 9.5 gem mint label on this limited Corey Seager autograph.

Looking back at all my submission A/G probably has the best track record for me on returns as I think there has only been 1 Ginter to ever NOT receive a 9.5 when it comes to these mini frames. Even though it has a plastic coating since the mini card has to be encased surface has not been an issue so far (knock on wood). I expected a gold banner and received it. Another beautiful card that looks even better in its new home.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

March 2017 BGS Submission Result Number THIRTY-TWO of FORTY-TWO - 2017 Topps Corey Seager 1987 Styled Autograph Now BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

Didn't even need to worry about this card as at the end of the day it earned quad 9.5's on its categories.

When I first saw this card I knew I wanted a copy for my collection. When I received this card I was afraid that it would not earn a gem mint grade as 2 of the corners were a little too fuzzy in opinion. Well low and behold the grader who looked at this didn't see it that way and now I have another gold banner for my Seager collection.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Bowman Chrome : Corey Seager Base Autograph (Fielding) Green Refractor Parallel (1/99) BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

I guess I'm doing this. What you might ask? Why just another autograph rainbow of the Dodgers young superstar Corey Seager that's what.

I already picked up the 2 blues and have 1 gold in hand and know that I will be landing the other gold shortly so other than the insane to acquire orange and red parallels the only other color to hunt down are the 2 greens. Well here is the first (fielding) with the second (batting) hopefully to be acquired at some point in the near future.

Why Topps (Bowman) decided to make 2 different variations other than to drive collectors like myself crazy I don't understand. Money I'm sure though is the main reason. The green parallels are only numbered out of 99 but they do not get as much as love as the blues for some reason which are numbered out of 150. The blues tend to sell for more than the greens or at least from what I have seen and this time was no different. Even with this being numbered number 1 (which some people put a premium on, I am not one of those btw) the traffic for this while a lot was pedestrian in the cost as it was nickeled and dimed up and not driven up in big numbers. Wasn't sure I was going to a player in it till the last 10 minutes of the auction had the price still under my cap and surprisingly I snagged it for well under my hard line amount.

So now to find the batting version of this and I will have quite a collection of these Bowman Chromes considering I had zero of them going into the 2016 off season.

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-Penguin

March 2017 BGS Submission Result Number TWENTY-NINE of FORTY-TWO - 2016 Topps Update Corey Seager Base Rookie Debut Black Parallel (53/65) Now BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

... and now for the 3rd and final black parallel of Corey from the 2016 Topps Update set and just like the last post I was right about the corners.

The two black parallels (of the 3) I submitted that received a gem mint 9.5 grade had the exact same sub grades and that is what I expected. Every category earned a 9.5 except for corners coming in with a 9 which I believed would considering under the magnifier I could see fuzziness.

Now that I have 2 of the 3 in gem mint form I need to find a replacement for the one that earned a 4.5 so I can have a complete set of the 3. Nice little acquisitions got a little better with their spiffy new gold banner.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

March 2017 BGS Submission Result Number TWENTY-EIGHT of FORTY-TWO - 2016 Topps Update Corey Seager Base All Star Black Parallel (64/65) Now BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5

The second of 3 black parallels of Corey Seager from the 2016 Topps Update set and the 1st that garnered a gold label.

I was hesitant to include all 3 of the cards in the batch as I had an "odd" feeling about what they would earn considering 2 of them had corner issues in my opinion. Well the 1st black really crapped the bed with a 4.5 return and this All Star one had corner issues in my eyes. Well the grader at Beckett also saw it that way but thankfully still gave them a 9 to go along with 3 9.5's and now I have yet another limited black parallel of Corey from his rookie year. Now if he can have the career that Trout has then this card would be crazy nice.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Topps High Tek : Corey Seager Base Autograph Gold Parallel (9/50)

I have to do a count one of these days but with this card's acquisition I know I am closer to having an autograph of Seager for each home run he has hit compared to an autograph of Kershaw for each win he has received. Currently Corey sits at 30 home runs and I know I have at least 20 if not 25 autographs of the young man.

It really seems to me after the 1st week or so after release the High Tek brand is regulated to an afterthought in most collectors eyes as the prices bottom out on eBay. Bad for investing but good for collectors who are looking for deals and I was lucky enough to swoop in and snag this at real steal of a deal. Knowing that the High Tek brand grades well helps in knowing that I usually will get a good quality card when it comes in. Other than 1 corner that looks a little soft I see no issue with this Gold beauty. Only thing that gives me pause is the autograph itself as it looks to streak a tad. Hoping BGS doesn't kill me on that.

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Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2017 Topps : Corey Seager Base 1987 Card Design Autograph Maple Wood Parallel (21/25)

I got wood!

I picked up the base 1987 designed autograph of Seager awhile back and thought I was done as even though I knew there were 2 parallels (Ash Wood #/10 being the other) I wasn't planning on picking up that one or this one but that changes when sales of your own far exceed what you expected them to go for so after expenses were paid I had leftover coin for a nice card. This is that card.

This had been on a BIN for quite sometime and had no best offer option but I kept it on my watch list as it was a candidate for my quarterly eBucks purchase but one day in February eBay was running an eBucks promotion and said auctions of mine had just concluded and I was flush with extra money. I sent over an email to the seller to see if he would meet me at a price that was more to my liking but still fair to him. Not 10 minutes later he sent me a private offer and I became the proud owner of this faux wood card. I didn't expect it to be in perfect condition and it's not. The front it almost perfect to me but the back has some fraying on the corners so I think this will earn a 9 from BGS and I will put that to the test when they come back in town in Sept/Oct for their next raw card review event. Now...do I try for that Maple? Hmmm.....

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Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin