october 13th, 2016

Well, it's been a long hiatus since I have updated this, so I apologize! Been a crazy busy year with getting married, building a house and moving, got a couple puppies and am expecting a kid! Phew! But, I will be updating the site quite often like last year.

So, I have a lot of cards to showoff since then, I'll slowly start to show them in separate posts. But, I feel like this is the perfect card to start off with; a signed 1933 Goudey Eddie Collins. I know there are a handful of these around, but I did NOT expect to ever grab hold of one. I know I said that the Ruth was a card I never expected to get because of the value (there are plenty of signed Ruth Goudey's around) but this is far more scarce so I didn't know for sure if I would be able to snag one.

Luckily, Huggins had a collector consign a monstrous signed 33 Goudey collection with a ton of rare HoF'ers including Ruth, Foxx, Frisch, Vaughan, Hornsby, Vance, Simmons, Cochrane, Bottomley etc. As well as common toughies like Earl Clark, Joe Judge, Bill Walker, Ed Brandt, Bill Cissell and many many others.

I think with this large offering, it really helped drop down the prices on many other auctions. The Ruth, Foxx and Clark were targeted the heaviest so I figured I may get a chance at a few of these lots. The card is very clean and has sharp colors. It is signed in pencil that grades about 7-8. I am very happy with the Collins and can't wait to show some others that I won from this great Huggins offering!