2012 Panini Playoff Prime Cuts

Got this card for a great price considering it is a triple relic and short printed to 25. Like I have said previously, the gold or yellow colored relics seem to be much more rare and I really think they are great. On top of that, all of the relics on this card are different. On top of that some more, the gold relic has some awesome stitching which is even more rare. The image and design is pretty blah, so it does make the relics stand out more.

Group relics with Clemente

The following are relic cards I haven't shown previously.

2005 Fleer Classic Clippings / Cut of History #CH- HA/RC/TW 

An awesome card with three solid hall of famers. The blue uniform of Hank Aaron goes well with the design of the card. 

2007 Spotkings Quad Memorabilia (SK Vault) #QM07 6 of 6

Great card with icons of four different sports. I really like the yellow relic for Clemente. It is also really thick and causing the card to bulge in that area of the card. 

2007 Sportkings Cityscapes (SK Vault) #CS07 4 of 6

Two icons from Pittsburgh. Nuff said.

2005 Fleer Classic Clippings  / Bat Rack #BR-RC/BM/BM/WS

Three hall of famers that played in the same lineup and Bill Madlock who was a great hitter in his own right. I think I would have rather seen Al Oliver instead of Madlock though. Great card and unique design.

2008 Sportkings Triple Memorabilia (SK Vault) #TM-03 5 of 6

Who can't like Ernie Banks? Solid player. Pete Rose will make the hall of fame soon. Three of the hardest playing ballplayers to ever put on a uniform. Let's play two and Charlie Hustle and even Arriba. Happy to have this card.

2015 Panini Immaculate Collection #1 44 of 49

One of my more recent acquisitions. It is a unique combination and I can't complain.

2015 Topps Heritage Clubhouse Collection #CCR-CM 40 of 66

I think McCutchen has a good shot of making the hall of fame. He has one MVP under his belt, plays with a contender the last couple of years, potential 3000 hit club. Let's hope he stays with the Pirates for several more years. Tough to do in this day and age.

2007 Sportkings Triple Memorabilia (SK Vault) #TM-11 5 of 5

Another great assemblage of hall of famers and the second relic of Williams and Rose. 

50 more relics

I have this display case where I tried to put as many of my Clemente relics as possible. I could probably use a couple more of these. I don't really have that much available wall space. At least not wall space I would like to use of that I would be allowed to use.

I took a couple photos at different angles. There really isn't any logic to which cards are placed in this case, except that they fit and I can maximize how many get in here. I guess I like the rookie card reprint relic and the group card shared with Kiner and Mazeroski the most. What's your favorite?

Ripped Card

2014 Topps Allen & Ginter Rip-78

So, believe it or not, Beckett actually has some of these cards in their price guide, and they aren't overly cheap, even ripped. I don't think they have many cards priced under quantities of 25 usually, but I got a great deal on this one. I couldn't justify paying too much for a ripped card. It's only a quantity of 5 and seems to be fairly cleanly ripped, if that is even really possible. I'm not sure if PSA could even grade these higher than a 2. The front is great though. I don't blame the original owner of ripping it though. I don't think I could have resisted the temptation either. I couldn't ever see myself keeping unopened packs or cellos either. 

Panini Precious Stones

A new fad seems to be embedding precious stones into a baseball card. I'm not really a fan of this practice, but I guess it could help the cards maintain a certain value. I think the prices are a little inflated at this point, but I am always a sucker for a unique card of Clemente with a low print run.

2014 Panini Cooperstown #49 Emerald

2014 Panini Cooperstown #74 Sapphire

I believe there are at least three different card numbers in this set with Clemente alone. Each features a unique photo. I also believe there are at least three different precious stones available for each number, sapphire (numbered to 15), emerald (numbered to 10) and diamond (5?), and also possibly a ruby. They are apparently guaranteed. I don't think small stones will sell for much anyway. I think it would have been nicer to have the stones visible from both front and back, which would show the color much better. 

2015 Panini Etched in Cooperstown #15 Sapphire

2015 Panini Etched in Cooperstown #59 (no stone)

Panini continued the idea into 2015. It is very similar to 2014 except they went with an "etched" design which is interesting but makes the images difficult to see. I'm hoping to eventually get a stone card for Roberto's solo card, but it's never a bad thing to share a card with the Flying Dutchman. Even the base cards of this issue are priced high right now. I'm hoping it goes down after a while.