There Was Too Much To Love

 

When I get my annual Christmas mail day from Wes, former blogger, I hope he pictures this Martin Mull card with him loving this football so much. Because when his mail day arrives, this is me holding the box.

The one thing with a Wes mail day, you just never know what you are going to find, but you know you will love every minute of it.

It's the reason why I waited so long to post it. Valentines Day seemed like the perfect opportunity to show how much I love it.

There is so much to show and so much to love.

To kick it off with a Martin Mull card that is actually the signed version, we are starting off strong. I enjoyed watching Mull on Rosanne then later on Sabrina The Teenage Witch and then on The Cool Kids. He had a unique kind of humor to the characters he played. Sadly, he passed away last year at age 80.

Next, Wes hit up some weak parts in my Giants autograph collection.

This is my first Micah McFadden auto. He continues to prove he belongs on the field more and more every year.

As far as I know, this is the ONLY Daniel Bellinger autograph on the market which is by Wild Card. He has a nice clean signature and his rookie year he looked like a nice clean draftee. Things have slowed down for him since.

My first Kennard auto. May be my first Giants autograph with a number signed as well.

There were hefty expectations for Wheaton when the Giants drafted him, but injuries kept setting him back so he didn't see the field a lot other than special teams.

 

My man Osi! He was one of many beasts the Giants have had on their Dline over the years.

How I didn't have a Morris auto by now I don't know. I also love UD Legends product and it's on-card autographs.

 

Always wanted a Gifford auto, this one is a little off, but I will take it and I love it. Can't believe he has almost been gone for 10 years now. I still want to hunt down a Kathy Lee Gifford auto as well to pair with this one and my Regis auto.

 Sam Huff! My first auto of this Giants legend as well.

Jason was the first NFL jersey I owned and his interception against the Eagles when he was on the ground still plays in my memories as one of the greatest Pick 6's ever. 

The next two aren't technically Giants, but are two I wanted and they are fans of the Giants.

Linda Cohn.

 

Jackie Mason.

And it wouldn't be a Wes Christmas mail day if some rare Rodney Hampton's weren't involved.

Wow! Two 1/1's!!! Love it!

Say what you want about some of these lesser name companies, but they are the ones putting out the on card autographs. A nice, new Eli Manning right here!

Grew up watching Willy Wonka like I did? Then these two you should recognize immediately. OH, it's also a 1/1.

Spider-Man! He's not my favorite Spider-Man of the group, but he still played my second favorite hero, so this was an exciting find.

Christina Slater. What movie wasn't he in?

Wes must have been watching my wants list....as Mikaela Shiffrin was right at the top of most wanted autographs! Local celebrity of such and the MJ of her sport, this was a want! LOVE IT!

As I have told the story before on here, my very first concert was Britney Spears and it was a memorable one for me. So, when I saw that her younger sister had an autograph, I wanted it. Jamie Lynn is mainly known for her role on the Nickelodeon show Zoey 101.

Now I just need to add a Britney auto.

  

If you have heard of Wilson Phillips, you know who Carnie Wilson is. Well besides being the daughter of a famous Beach Boy. And I will admit it right here that I love some Wilson Phillips songs. You're In Love, Release Me, and Impulsive to name a few.

Wes then found out that I loved NCIS. He not only sent along some DVD's, but he has also found some cards for me.

 

These are super cool!! Hope I can continue to add more NCIS cards later on to my collection. The original show I have watched since the beginning with my wife.

If you know me, read this blog or follow me on social media, you will know how much I love Christmas Vacation and memorabilia around the movie. This is the first year that Beverly D'Angelo signed for Leaf and I sooooooooooo needed her autograph for this PC. Well, now I have it!

And finally, one of the toughest relics to chase in Parks and Rec Press Pass. Aubrey Plaza's autograph I added earlier last year and now having this relic finishes up a need there and puts me a step closer to the single relic set. And who doesn't just love her in general?

Wow there is so much to love here. And this wasn't even all that I got and there was so much to love there as well. Just lots of love on a day of love. Love it all Wes and thank you as always!

I hope all of you find some love in your collection today.

I love that you stopped by to read this.

Have a great Friday and Valentines Day. The final basketball practice for me tonight and two games tomorrow.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Don't forget you can start to nominate cards for the 2025 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!! Cards don't have to be autographs, patch cards, super star cards. It can be whatever you think is Hall Worthy! Find details and current nominations HERE.

NCIS

Sits down with coffee, laptop, cards and two warm heat bean bags.

I am sore today from the stent, but that's not going to stop me from putting up a new post. Especially since I am sitting here anyways.

*takes a sip*

With having to rest a lot, my wife and I have been taking advantage of the more "free" time by catching up on some of our favorite TV shows. One of those shows we have watched for the past 20-years.

That show is CBS hit drama, NCIS.

*takes another sip, re-adjusts the bean bags for more heat, gets ready to type more*

We basically had an entire season waiting on DVR to catch up on, because we have been busy, and we were able to binge it all before the new season kicked off after the Super Bowl.

Over the 20-years we have watched the show, we have seen some major cast changes along with some seriously good writing that left us with our jaws dropped at points. 

One thing I have always wanted was to do was add some cards from the show to my collection since it falls under the category for nostalgia. And as we all know, nostalgia is the driving point for my collecting.

The problem was that there isn't a lot of options out there for the cards. The only cards the show offers is from Rittenhouse back in 2012 which is surprising due to it's popularity.

I wanted to find the base set first, but couldn't locate one, so I had to find another avenue to add some cards from the product. 

I noticed that there were also promo cards from the set and found one dirt cheap on eBay that I added to kick off my NCIS collection,

 

The card showcases the original team from the first few seasons. It also features Ducky, David McCallum, who recently passed away. The show did an amazing tribute to him in this week's episode.

Back of the card features product information. I would have loved to had opened a box of it.

The promo card gave me the information that there are autographs and relic cards to be found as well. So, I began some research and found there are 18 autographs and 22 relics in all to chase. Most of the autograph checklist was watered down from the big stars as many of them didn't sign.

However, one of the main cast I was able to land an autographed card of making it my second NCIS card I own. My best one.

 

Rocky Carroll is Director Leon Vance of the NCIS. 

There are a few other autographs I do want from the product, well I mean I would take any and all, but there are four others that I really want. Those are Bob Newhart as Doctor Walter Magnus, Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer, Lauren Holly as Jenny Shepard, and Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto.

I would also like to find a base set at some point too and it appears they do character cards as well. Not sure why a base set is so hard to find and why only a couple of the character cards pop up when looking. Rarity at its best?

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

I will need to warm up these bean bags soon so while I am at it, might as well pour myself another cup and maybe prep together a couple more posts to cover the weekend. Hope you guys won't mind that!

And while I have your attention, my latest Beckett article was published I would love for you guys to check out and leave a comment on Beckett for. It sounds like to me my writing days for Beckett will soon be done as the articles didn't quite fair well. I guess disappointing news for 2024 is where I am at. This year has stunk.

Beckett does though have four more to publish in the meantime, so enjoy the latest one which tackles 1995 Ultra Gold Medallion football. Read it HERE.

Hope everyone has a great Friday and weekend!

I also wanted to remind you of the Coffee Card Hall Of Fame voting and that it needs you guys to nominate cards in. So far ONLY 2 cards have been nominated!! 

Details on the Coffee Card Hall Of Fame can be found HERE. I may add this to every post from here on out for a reminder as I will forget about this too! Haha!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*