Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Landing a Gwynn white whale

The legendary Tony Gwynn passed away on June 16, 2014. One year later, baseball still really misses the guy, especially Padres fans such as myself.

Just a quick post today to pay my respect and show off the latest addition to my biggest player-collection, the Gwynn PC.

2004 Topps Retired Signature Edition Tony Gwynn autograph
Big score for my 2004 Retired project! Right in the Venn diagram sweet spot of favorite player and favorite set. Been after it for over a couple years now. Very happy to finally land it.


While this was a white whale for me in its own right, I still need to track down the /25 refractor version someday hopefully. I suppose that's an even whiter whale! lol

Love you, Tony!


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10 comments:

  1. NickJune 16, 2015 at 5:59 PM

    Congrats, Gavin! That's a beautiful card. RIP, Mr. Gwynn.

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  2. CorkyJune 17, 2015 at 1:42 AM

    That is a great card, Topps did a wonderful job with the set.

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  3. MattJune 17, 2015 at 3:51 AM

    Congrats on your pickup! I wished Topps did more products like this and not those artsy ones they seem to spew out.

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  4. P-town TomJune 17, 2015 at 5:43 AM

    What a gorgeous card. Looking at those stats on the back . . . I wish '94 wouldn't have been a strike shortened season. 0.394 is pretty amazing, but chasing 0.400 in September would have been fantastic to follow!

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  5. The Lost CollectorJune 17, 2015 at 6:04 AM

    That is an awesome card. I've always loved his signature. Congrats!

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  6. FujiJune 17, 2015 at 6:48 AM

    Beautiful card. Very envious of your awesome project. His Topps rookie card fits into my personal Venn diagram.

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  7. UnknownJune 17, 2015 at 7:40 AM

    Nice Card. Love the autograph.

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  8. Play at the PlateJune 17, 2015 at 8:20 AM

    Nice...very, very nice.

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  9. Mark HoyleJune 17, 2015 at 9:32 AM

    Great pick up

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  10. CommishbobJune 17, 2015 at 7:20 PM

    Great card...congrats on scoring it!

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