A few days ago, one of my saved eBay search alerts went off with information about a needed 2010 Topps Allen & Ginter Framed Relic card. A couple of clicks later, and I am now the proud owner of this Avery Jenkins relic:
Avery is a disc golfer, and this card has a bit of one of his discs embedded in it. It's funny, back in 2010 when I started collecting the relic set, I didn't even really know what disc golf was. Now, I keep my disc golf bag in my car at all times throughout the spring, summer, and fall!
With Jenkins now in hand, I'm down to needing only two more framed relics from this set:
- LB. Lance Berkman
- RH. Ryan Howard (bat relic only)
Over the past three years, I've added exactly one needed framed relic to my collection each summer (in 2024 it was Neftali Feliz, last year it was Dan Haren, and now this year it was Avery Jenkins). I can only hope that by this time in 2028, I'll be celebrating the end of my framed relic search!
I don't have any real information about whether or not the Berkman and/or Howard relics are short-printed OR if they are simply too boring for most people to bother listing on sites like eBay anymore. Either way, I have my work cut out for me if I'm ever going to finish the set off, but I've seen just enough success each year lately to keep me on the hunt!
The good ol' days of A&G!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Love the uniqueness of this relic. I used to love playing disc golf, but it's been a few decades since I've played.
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