Amazing collection Graig!! You have to be thrilled with the cards in your Top 50 Countdown!! It was great that you got to add your Big 3 cards to your collection this year!! Thank you for making this card hobby community special!!
Hey Graig! Great collection of cards! The eye appeal of each one of them is simply amazing. Don’t ever apologize for curating such an impressive collection.
The collections of cards says so much about you. The strategy and means by which you acquired them says even more. And the stories that include memories of the people who came along for the ride is the icing on top. Just simply outstanding, dude.
Great collection! My favorite that you showed was the Jackie Robinson. That would be a Top 5 for me. I love that 1955 set. The colors are incredible and just the layout of the card is unbelievable! Congrats and Merry Christmas! I enjoy your channel!
Hey Graig! Just an amazing collection you have! I have never seen a collection so eye appealing and well centered! Your patience has paid off in spades, well done!! Thanks so much for sharing, I appreciate you! Kevin
Really fun video Graig! Love seeing them together! Man we collect different, but I still love seeing what you love! What amazing gifts you’ve received over the years, so happy for you!
Awesome countdown. So many great cards in here. I totally agree with you on the rough cuts. I have a few nice rough cuts in my PC as well. I absolutely love those. Thanks for sharing!!
Wow!! Those are amazing. You don’t need to apologize for those cards at all. Your eye for centered cards has me rethinking my collection. Thank you for sharing. I loved every single one of those.
Sweet countdown Graig!!! Your cards have such great eye appeal. Really enjoy the multiple sports, plus non sports cards. Love the Brown RC!!!! You had a great 2024!! Thanks for sharing!
Great production value with those scrolling scans graig. Awesome 50! My personal faves: Cracker Jack Marsans (ridic!); '33 Seppala; T206 Keeler; T206 Matty Dark Cap; and your green-tinted Ernie gem.
DUUUUUUDE! You had me at the 1951 Ben Hogan Berk Ross! You have an amazing collection, Graig. Card after card, such great choices! The centering and eye appeal on your cards, especially your T206 cards, is phenominal. Congratulations on procuring such a beautiful collection. Loved seeing this, thanks for sharing it with the community.
You should also do, like a non-sports top 50. You did show like 2. But awesome collection. Yes, it should not be all about values when it comes to our favorite (or really even ''best'' cards in our collection.) The '55 Topps Jackie Robinson one, of my favorites, too, and of course the Brooks Robinson '57. What a gorgeous card.
Great cards Graig, I really like the Baugh, it was fun to watch you make the deal on that one at Strongsville. Sorry I wasn’t with you at the National to watch the deal go down on the Banks Rookie. Just a thought, it might be cool to see you do a count down with your father on his collection. Kind of a father and son thing. Create memories and document them while you can. Time is fleeting my friend. I’m sure the community would like to see and support.
Nice collection. Just got my 54 Topps Banks back from SCG this week. It graded half of yours, but I love it. It got a half a point bump to 2.5 for the centering I suspect. I bought it when I was about 15 back in the early 80s
When you started showing your cards starting with #50 I said to myself "Holy Cripes", you have 49 cards better this? what an awesome collection.. your eye for centering is amazing.... move over DD
Graig, I wish I could remember what video I will reference, but it was a recent one when you mentioned Walter Johnson, Roger Peckinpaugh, and a few of those era players. It made me smile that you were so passionate and knowledgeable of them, I love the 1924-25 Senators. I grew up a Pirates fan, and had been reading about the '25 WS Champion team when a thought struck me. I wanted to get my son (Ben-9) more interested in reading, so I wrote a fictional short story about this team. We love baseball and card collecting, so I based it on a boy named Ben who is a star little leaguer who finds himself involved in a group of time travelers who are tasked with saving the future by preserving the past. Ultimately he finds himself traveling 100 years back in time, and through fate being heavily involved in the '25 World Series. As I wrote this, I didn't like the storyline with Ben involved with the Pirates, so I changed it up a bit. He became involved with the Senators team and I used historical data, down to the actual balls and strikes of the gameplay, to include little known actually player quotes and game circumstances to develop the story. The short story developed into a novel. I am wondering if you would be interested in reading it, and giving me an honest opinion of it. Based on your knowledge of these players, and era of baseball, I think (hope) you may find it interesting. There are a lot of baseball scenarios based on actual gameplay, with some obvious fictional events corresponding to these events. I appreciate that you are busy, and may not have time for something like this, but you are one of the few baseball enthusiasts that I am aware of with the knowledge of the game that I think would appreciate baseball detail of the story. There is a good bit of reference regarding his playing strat-o-matic baseball with his father and a family friend and how this knowledge trained him, unknowingly, to be a baseball historian. There is a good bit of baseball card reference as well, of which I think you may be interested in how this all ties in. If you are interested, please let me know, I would love to send you a copy and get your opinion. I hope you may enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks Dave
I only have 1 of your top 50. You surprised me by not including Clemens. You have a great collection which is easy to admire. Thanks for sharing your cards with us!!!!
Amazing collection Graig!! You have to be thrilled with the cards in your Top 50 Countdown!! It was great that you got to add your Big 3 cards to your collection this year!! Thank you for making this card hobby community special!!
Hey Graig! Great collection of cards! The eye appeal of each one of them is simply amazing. Don’t ever apologize for curating such an impressive collection.
Great collection Graig. Proof you don’t need $25k psa 10 cards to get immense joy from collecting. Thx for sharing!
The collections of cards says so much about you. The strategy and means by which you acquired them says even more. And the stories that include memories of the people who came along for the ride is the icing on top. Just simply outstanding, dude.
Great collection! My favorite that you showed was the Jackie Robinson. That would be a Top 5 for me. I love that 1955 set. The colors are incredible and just the layout of the card is unbelievable! Congrats and Merry Christmas! I enjoy your channel!
Awesome collection! Happy I at least have one card you have in the top 50 lol.
Hey Graig! Just an amazing collection you have! I have never seen a collection so eye appealing and well centered! Your patience has paid off in spades, well done!! Thanks so much for sharing, I appreciate you!
Kevin
Thought I'd see the 84 Fleer Update Clemens in there somewhere
Really fun video Graig! Love seeing them together! Man we collect different, but I still love seeing what you love! What amazing gifts you’ve received over the years, so happy for you!
Hi Graig, you have an amazing collection. Thank you for taking the time to show us your top 50.
What a cool and diverse collection. A great top 50! And congrats on the recent pickup. It’s a nice one!
Awesome card collection and love all the different sports! Love the golf cards especially Bobby Jones!!
Amazing cards, and your camera work does not get enough credit, outstanding!
You can say that again, the lighting and clarity is by far the best.
Great collection Graig thanks for sharing it. Your golf cards are super cool I don’t see too many of those out I the wild.
Thanks for putting this video together, Graig! I have very similar collecting taste to you. Love your collection. Merry Christmas!
You definitely should be proud of your top 50 cards. Very nicely curated collection.
Awesome countdown. So many great cards in here. I totally agree with you on the rough cuts. I have a few nice rough cuts in my PC as well. I absolutely love those. Thanks for sharing!!
Really love the SK golf cards as well. Ironically, I have the Jones - but not the others. They look great!
That Yogi SGC 5 is a stunning card as well. Just incredible.
I know it’s not unique, but really enjoyed your countdown! So much vintage goodness
Thanks Josh. I’ve enjoyed your countdowns with the guys. Your collection is insane. Hope all is well!!
Awesome stuff, Graig! I love that Sport Kings set, I only have one but am looking forward to acquiring more
Wow!! Super awesome cards. Thanks for sharing, Graig.
Very nice cards regardless of the grade. Have you considered building a vintage baseball or football set ?
Hi Graig. That was a great top 50 list. Thanks for sharing my friend, talk soon pal.
Wow!! Those are amazing. You don’t need to apologize for those cards at all. Your eye for centered cards has me rethinking my collection. Thank you for sharing. I loved every single one of those.
Love your collection. Have me some ideas for future buys Your happiness comes through as you discuss your memories
Beautiful collection! Love all the red backgrounds
Great collection, Craig! Long overdue. Such a great variety in your collection! Greg from Ohio
Great cards, Graig. That Spahn RC is great and the Banks and Johnson are great examples.
Sensational collection, Graig! There wasn’t a card that I didn’t like. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the weekend!
Very nicely done. Great video and very, very nice cards.
Fabulous collection Graig! Really enjoyed your video - great work!
Sweet countdown Graig!!! Your cards have such great eye appeal. Really enjoy the multiple sports, plus non sports cards. Love the Brown RC!!!! You had a great 2024!! Thanks for sharing!
Darren, great gift. The '52 Topps Spahn. Looks like Graig, too. 🥲
Great production value with those scrolling scans graig. Awesome 50! My personal faves: Cracker Jack Marsans (ridic!); '33 Seppala; T206 Keeler; T206 Matty Dark Cap; and your green-tinted Ernie gem.
Beautiful collection!
DUUUUUUDE! You had me at the 1951 Ben Hogan Berk Ross! You have an amazing collection, Graig. Card after card, such great choices! The centering and eye appeal on your cards, especially your T206 cards, is phenominal. Congratulations on procuring such a beautiful collection. Loved seeing this, thanks for sharing it with the community.
Awesome countdown Graig. Your collection is great and has grown incredibly this year, congrats. Thanks for sharing
You should also do, like a non-sports top 50. You did show like 2. But awesome collection. Yes, it should not be all about values when it comes to our favorite (or really even ''best'' cards in our collection.) The '55 Topps Jackie Robinson one, of my favorites, too, and of course the Brooks Robinson '57. What a gorgeous card.
Great collection Graig. Id be honored to have any of those in my collection.
Thanks for the video!!
Great cards Graig, I really like the Baugh, it was fun to watch you make the deal on that one at Strongsville. Sorry I wasn’t with you at the National to watch the deal go down on the Banks Rookie.
Just a thought, it might be cool to see you do a count down with your father on his collection. Kind of a father and son thing. Create memories and document them while you can. Time is fleeting my friend. I’m sure the community would like to see and support.
Great 50 cards Graig!
Great collection! Your eye for eye-appeal T206 is second to none 🤛🏻
Nice collection. Just got my 54 Topps Banks back from SCG this week. It graded half of yours, but I love it. It got a half a point bump to 2.5 for the centering I suspect. I bought it when I was about 15 back in the early 80s
UA-cam tells me, it's all about eye appeal. Congrats on, owning a great card though.
When you started showing your cards starting with #50 I said to myself "Holy Cripes", you have 49 cards better this? what an awesome collection.. your eye for centering is amazing.... move over DD
Graig,
I wish I could remember what video I will reference, but it was a recent one when you mentioned Walter Johnson, Roger Peckinpaugh, and a few of those era players. It made me smile that you were so passionate and knowledgeable of them, I love the 1924-25 Senators.
I grew up a Pirates fan, and had been reading about the '25 WS Champion team when a thought struck me. I wanted to get my son (Ben-9) more interested in reading, so I wrote a fictional short story about this team. We love baseball and card collecting, so I based it on a boy named Ben who is a star little leaguer who finds himself involved in a group of time travelers who are tasked with saving the future by preserving the past.
Ultimately he finds himself traveling 100 years back in time, and through fate being heavily involved in the '25 World Series.
As I wrote this, I didn't like the storyline with Ben involved with the Pirates, so I changed it up a bit. He became involved with the Senators team and I used historical data, down to the actual balls and strikes of the gameplay, to include little known actually player quotes and game circumstances to develop the story. The short story developed into a novel.
I am wondering if you would be interested in reading it, and giving me an honest opinion of it. Based on your knowledge of these players, and era of baseball, I think (hope) you may find it interesting. There are a lot of baseball scenarios based on actual gameplay, with some obvious fictional events corresponding to these events.
I appreciate that you are busy, and may not have time for something like this, but you are one of the few baseball enthusiasts that I am aware of with the knowledge of the game that I think would appreciate baseball detail of the story.
There is a good bit of reference regarding his playing strat-o-matic baseball with his father and a family friend and how this knowledge trained him, unknowingly, to be a baseball historian. There is a good bit of baseball card reference as well, of which I think you may be interested in how this all ties in.
If you are interested, please let me know, I would love to send you a copy and get your opinion. I hope you may enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Thanks
Dave
Damn Graig! You have the Joe Kelley (Toronto Maple Leafs) T206 card I’ve been chasing for 18 months to complete my “Toronto T206” player run. Nice!
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Congrats are in order. For the first time ever that I know of you actually said that you ‘couldn’t care less’.
It’s interesting because I thought about it as I said it. Apparently I’m no longer a knuckle dragger.
Love this collection ! But you need a Derek Jeter!
Card #35
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Very impressive, love them and do you have a super eye for cards. You would burn some of mine or at least sell them quick..
Before this gets going, I am guessing I will have less than 5 of your top 50 cards. I let you know after I watch if I was correct.
I only have 1 of your top 50. You surprised me by not including Clemens. You have a great collection which is easy to admire.
Thanks for sharing your cards with us!!!!