COMC Black Friday Purchases

I apologize in advance for all the photos, but I wanted to show all of my COMC Black Friday purchases. I had made a ton of sales on COMC and I had a bunch of funds to spend, so I went wild. I think I got a lot of cool stuff and I even grabbed a shield card! On with the show... First card I picked up was a non-sports card of comedian Matt Besser. Besser is on a lot of podcasts and made appearances in shows I like and am hoping to get this one signed some day: 

2014 Topps Allen & Ginter Matt Besser

Next up is a whole bunch of SPx rookies...I love me some SPx!

2005/06 SPx Thomas Vanek Jersey Auto RC /1499

2005/06 SPx George Parros Jersey Spectrum RC /25

2013/14 SPx Mikael Granlund Dual Jersey Auto RC /499

2000/01 SPx Pavel Brendl Jersey Spectrum RC /50

Then I grabbed more hockey cards. I finally got a Matt Murray rookie. It's not the SP Authentic rookie that I would have liked, but I got it pretty cheap. Also, I was pretty pumped to finally get a Vinny Lecavalier Zenith rookie in my PC and the Etem was SUPER cheap, so I was excited to grab that one:

2013/14 SP Authentic Future Watch Dougie Hamilton Auto RC /999

2007/08 SP Authentic Future Watch Erik Johnson Auto RC /999

2006/07 UD The Cup Clarke MacArthur Patch Auto RC /249

2015/16 UD Ice Premieres Matt Murray RC /999

2005/06 UD Ice Premieres Ryan Whitney RC /1999

2009/10 UD Ice Frozen Fabrics Glenn Anderson Jersey

1997/98 Pinnacle Zenith Vincent Lecavalier RC

2015/16 Upper Deck Michael McCarron Young Guns RC

2013/14 Panini Titanium Emerson Etem Jersey Number Parallel RC /65

Now for something I have never seen on COMC before. I was looking for some 80's rookies and I stumbled across a Ray Sheppard that COMC reported to be in Fair condition. When I looked at the photo, it was autographed by Sheppard. I looked at other Sheppard autographs online and it looks pretty legit, so I bought it and it cost me less than 50 cents. Here is my haul of 80's rookies (all O-Pee-Chee):

1981/82 OPC Dino Ciccarelli RC
1985/86 OPC Kirk Muller RC

1986/87 OPC John MacLean RC
1988/89 OPC Ray Sheppard RC (In Person Auto)

Finally, the last of my hockey pickups that have some officially licensed ink. I grabbed a few parallels and rookies. Rickard Rakell is one of my favorite players and I was pretty surprised to see that I didn't have his SP Authentic Future Watch. I ended up getting it for $1.25! The Chychrun looks like a terrific purchase right now because he is playing lights out in Arizona:

2013/14 SP Authentic Future Watch Rickard Rakell RC /1299

2016/17 SP Authentic Future Watch Jacob Chychrun RC Auto /999

2018/19 SP Authentic Future Watch Juuso Valimaki RC Auto /999

2018/19 SPx Henrik Borgstrom Spectrum RC /95

2018/19 Upper Deck Troy Terry Young Guns RC

2006/07 Upper Deck Patrick O'Sullivan Young Guns UD Exclusives RC /100

Can you believe that even after these purchases that I still had a lot of money left over? Selling over 165 parallels and autos in the past 5 and a half months really gave me a nice cushion to spend on this site, so like I said, I went wild. On to basketball grabs...I didn't pick up that much since I have a limited amount of basketball cards in my collection already, but was still excited for all of these:

1998/99 SP Authentic Michael Olowokandi RC /3500

2002/03 SP Authentic Drew Gooden RC Auto /1500

2009/10 SP Game Used Brandon Wright/Spencer Hawes Gold Dual Patch /99

2009/10 Panini Certified Jonny Flynn Mirror Gold Auto Patch RC /25

2006/07 SPx Hilton Armstrong Spectrum Dual Jersey Auto RC /25

2012/13 Panini Select Derrick Williams Jersey Auto RC /199

2006/07 UD Trilogy Paul Davis Patch /50

2002/03 UD Ovation Karl Malone/Andrei Kirilenko Dual Jersey (warm ups)

1994/95 Topps Finest Bill Curley Refractor

I decided to grab a little bit of all 4 sports, but still trying to grab stuff I have wanted for my PC. Here is my first haul of baseball cards. Some are for my PC, but others are being dedicated strictly for TTM autos:

1981 Topps Mike Scioscia/Fernando Valenzuela/Jack Perconte RC

1979 Topps Willie Wilson RC

1977 Topps Bruce Sutter RC (upper left corner is a  little jacked up)

1978 Topps Jack Morris RC

1975 Topps Steve Swisher

1972 Topps Toby Harrah 

1978 Topps Floyd Bannister

1978 Topps Bob Gorinksi

1972 Topps Gene Hiser RC

Here are some nice PC grabs for me. I have been wanting a Jim Kaat and Ted Simmons RC for a LONG time. Finally nailed those off the old wantlist and it was also nice to see that Simmons value soar after he was selected to the HOF:

1960 Topps Jim Kaat RC

1971 Topps Ted Simmons RC

1976 Topps Dennis Eckerlsey RC

1979 Topps Bob Welch RC

COMC messed up on one of my purchases. In the photo below smack dab in the middle is a Ramses Barden SPx Spectrum Patch Auto Rookie. It was listed as Hakeem Nicks, and I guess it was partly my fault in not looking at the photo. I really should have. COMC did make it right though. I contacted them and they actually got back to me and credited my account. It sucks though because I kinda did want the Nicks. If anyone can use the Barden and wants to make a trade, let me know. I am 100% certain we can probably work something out. Here is the first bunch of football cards (lots of parallels here). Most were cheap and some were under $1:

2004 E-X Reggie Williams Essential Credentials Now RC /50

2007 Playoff Contenders Jamarcus Russell Playoff Ticket RC /99

2005 Topps Chrome Troy Williamson Black Refractor RC /100

2009 Bowman Chrome Beanie Wells Orange Refractor RC /25

2009 SPx Ramses Barden Spectrum Patch Auto RC /25

2006 Fleer Ultra Marcel Shipp Platinum Medallion /99

2011 Panini Plates & Patches Alex Henery Gold RC /50

2002 Playoff Contenders William Green Rookie Ticket Auto RC /317

1996 Pinnacle Jeff George Artist's Proof

More football pickups. The Orlando Pace is a card that I had pulled back in 1997, but I traded it for a Paul Kariya card. It was a bad trade on my part, but I got this one at a great price, so I'm happy to have it back in my collection. The "Smokin" Jay Cutler card is serial #'ed to 32 and was only $2, so that was a decent buy. The Jamaal Charles has some color loss on the bottom right corner. The description didn't list any damage, so maybe I should have paid more attention to the photo. Anyways, here is the 2nd bunch of football cards:

1997 Donruss Preferred Orlando Pace Cut to the Chase Die Cut RC

2002 Bowman Chrome Javon Walker Gold Refractor RC /50

2008 Stadium Club Jamaal Charles Photographers Proof /50 (lower right corner damage)

2006 Score Jay Cutler Artist's Proof RC /32

2002 Score Brian Westbrook Final Score RC /100

2012 Panini Gridiron Morris Claiborne X's Silver RC /250

I promise this is almost over.. I finally grabbed my first Rex Grossman rookie and I got it for less than $3. The Trent Green was the last card I purchased and it was 58 cents (I only had 62 cents left), so I made the most of almost every penny I had:

2003 SP Authentic Rex Grossman RC Patch /850

2004 SPx Trent Green Spectrum /25

2008 SPx Felix Jones Triple Jersey Auto RC Green /199

2009 SPx Jeremy Maclin Jersey Auto RC /275

Hey, do you like rookie cards? Here are 4 more of those...

2002 SPx Jeremy Shockey Jersey RC /999

1999 Playoff Contenders SSD Cade McNown Speed Red Auto RC /100

1989 Score Deion Sanders RC

1989 Score Supplemental Neil Smith RC

I also grabbed some vintage rookies for my PC. A few were off-centered and I probably should have toned it down on the spending on the above stuff, but I didn't. Maybe eventually I will upgrade these, but for now, they are just fine. Also, I grabbed 2 vintage basketball rookies that I had been wanting:

1980 Topps Phil Simms RC

1984 Topps Howie Long RC

1984 Topps Dave Kreig RC

1985 Topps Henry Ellard RC

1986 Topps Al Toon RC

1986 Topps Andre Reed RC

1979/80 Topps Alex English RC

1978/79 Topps Dennis Johnson RC

And the largest purchase I have ever made on COMC is below. He was a WR that won me 2 fantasy championships when I had him in my keeper league. My brother bought me his jersey one year for my birthday. I know he's probably not a favorite of very many people, but he's up there for me. Once again, sorry for the long post. I just wanted to show everyone every single card that I purchased on Black Friday on COMC. Here is the meat and potatoes:

2007 SP Authentic Rookie Authentics Dwayne Bowe Shield Auto RC 1/1