Top 5 pickups Of the Year!
 

As the year comes to an end, let’s show off our top 5 pickups of the year

Keep it to baseball only, I will make a basketball thread as well

Merry Christmas!




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Only picked up three baseball cards outside of my 54 set.

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Apologies for not sticking to the rules.

Top 5 Ohtanis:
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Top 5 other things:
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[QUOTE=KhalDrogo;20123255]Only picked up three baseball cards outside of my 54 set.
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It looks like you’re collecting the complete 54 topps set? Is that right? I started collecting the 54 set in the last year or two.

Hard to keep it to 5! :) You know it is a good year when a 1966 Topps Venezuelan Roberto Clemente doesn't make it.

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here's my share - Merry Christmas to everyone!

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[QUOTE=hammertime;20123308]Apologies for not sticking to the rules.

Top 5 Ohtanis:
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Love the Shimmer!

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I don't usually mess with Museum Collection, but this dual auto is sick.

Well, damn!

[QUOTE=Ewing33;20123181]As the year comes to an end, let’s show off our top 5 pickups of the year

Keep it to baseball only, I will make a basketball thread as well

Merry Christmas!




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Sweet freaking cards!

For my top 5, I'm just going with commons turned into rarities with signatures:
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The two Joey Belle signed Star minor league issues were the first copies I've seen in my years of looking. For those that don't know, Belle was checked into a rehabilitation program in the summer of 1990 and he officially went by Albert after that.

For Paige, any signed standard-sized card is awesome in my book. It's more common to find signed postcards or index cards from him.

I completed the UD Youthful Tribe card through a Thome signing and rare Belle signing earlier this year. I lucked out with the timing being able to get both done back to back through the mail.

Lastly, I've been on the hunt for a Manny signed '92 Bowman w/a Cleveland-era signature for a long time now. I love the gold ink with one of his later 90's sigs.

Incredible Satch auto!

this is a great idea!

i will have to think about it

Some serious heat in this thread. Here is my top 5. Literally just bought the Griffey today. Should be done buying for the year :)!

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[QUOTE=JoeAdam;20124060]Some serious heat in this thread. Here is my top 5. Literally just bought the Griffey today. Should be done buying for the year :)!

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That Lawrence Butler was my favorite cards of 2024!

[QUOTE=Sluggerrr;20123323]It looks like you’re collecting the complete 54 topps set? Is that right? I started collecting the 54 set in the last year or two.[/QUOTE]
Correct. 8+ and high eye appeal. It’s tough. So many of the older slabs are horribly over graded. This will probably take me a decade. I started this year and am at 10%.

The ultimate flex thread. Love seeing amazing cards like these.

Best modern baseball pickups in 2025 - top 5:

Anime 1/1, bonds/mays dual auto, mays gold auto, longevity 1/1 jeter, arod /3 auto?

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I hope you suffered dearly for this.

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Like others it’s hard to pick 5- I am also picking 5 that have actually been bought and stayed in my PC- have plenty of other cards that went through my hands - but these are still with me and will stay with me!


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Some rad cards posted so far.

Here's mine in no order...

Judge /10

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Ohtani Japan Gold /25

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Judge Mini /25 to keep my Brooklyn back Judge run going

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3 All Star Red Variations of Ohtani all /10 (counting all 3 as one)
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Ohtani Camo /25 to keep the camo run alive...

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Top 5 Ohtani Pickups

I was able to knock out some key Ohtani cards I've been wanting for a while

[B][U]#5 Topps Chrome Update Refractor /250[/U][/B]

A solid lowish number refractor that was still semi-reasonably priced

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[B][U]#4 2024 Topps Now Dual Patch/Cleat Ohtani/Judge Orange /5[/U][/B]
These two seemed destined to be forever linked to each other and I thought this was a really cool card. I love game used cards and love that the Judge is a game used cleat, adding to the uniqueness of the card

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[B][U]#3 2018 Topps Stadium Club Chrome Gold Minted RC[/U][/B]

I've been wanting one of these for a long time, and finally was able to pick one up this year. I think it's a great looking card and has some rarity to it

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[B][U]#2 2018 Topps Now Players Weekend Game Used Jersey /49[/U][/B]

Another one that I wanted forever and kick myself for being the underbidder on a patch version a few years ago. I feel like these don't come up for auction much, and although it's a Topps Now card, I think it's a really cool piece of history as it has a swatch of a game used Ohtani rookie year jersey and he actually hit a home run wearing this jersey.

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[B][U]#1 Topps Ohtani 50/50 Game Used Pants /99[/U][/B]

The second I heard they were making cards featuring a swatch of game used pants from the 50/50 game I knew one day, I'd have to get one. Now the auto'd version is way out of my price range, but I was able to swing the non auto'd version card and I love it. To have a small piece of history from that historic game is really cool to me. My favorite pickup in all sports

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Threads like these are always fun, great pickups top to bottom!

My Ginter autograph collection has exploded the last few years, finally added the Judge rookie/autograph.

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1959 is my favorite Topps set of all time, had to grab the batting version:

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Just a Jeter autograph that I wanted at release was always hesitant to pull the trigger for some reason...

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One of a couple big Ohtani pickups this year:

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I took my son to his first Nats game this summer. Wood threw him a ball during warmups so I made sure to snag a fitting card...

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