Fred McGriff is one of my favorite guys to collect. As a kid growing up in San Diego, I loved having him on the Padres for those 2+ seasons. These days I feel like my McGriff PC is “in a good place” or whatever, and don’t seek out additions much anymore though am happy to add a new card here and there. Supercollecting the Crime Dog is best left to professionals such as @ICollectMcGriff. (So happy for him when Fred finally got his call to the Hall.)
But I still have a legit PC in my own right, and I figured I’d show off some big ones in a post.
I scored the match print photo for Fred’s 1991 flagship card from the Topps Vault back in 2018 on sale. Paired up with a standard card here for reference.
They even threw in the file envelope, which is a cool bonus.
Here’s another match print photo from the Topps Vault, but for a more obscure card: 1990 Topps TV Glossy All-Star Set.
This was a situation where I had to grab the card off COMC to pair with the rare version of it. Same thing with this next item…
More “junk” paired with decidedly less junky versions. The Topps Kids is a blank back proof (not just a gimmick like the later Topps Vault blank backs, but rather actually used in production) and the 1992 Leaf (another repeat from my ’22 HOF post) is a buyback auto.
Let’s close out with this rainbow of 1987 Topps Traded, his “Topps rookie” (FTC). The center card is a homemade mod (“birchwood edition”) and the refractor (“retrofractor”) is a reprint from 2001.
That’ll do it for today. Wishing a Happy Birthday to @ICollectMcGriff! Thanks for stopping by.