My Blog Bat Around Entry. If I Had 50,000 To Spend In 15 Minutes...

So you want to give me $50,000 to spend on cards in 15 minutes on E-bay. A piece of cake, or so I thought. At first glance this topic looked like an easy one for me to participate in my first Blog Bat Around hosted by Gellman over at Sports Cards Uncensored, but when I got going I realized it would not be. Spending is easy, 15 minutes was not. I have to go back to when I was 10 or 12 years old and would see those kids who won the big shopping sprees. I would yell at the TV saying if I had that chance I would get so much more but in my little experience here I see it aint as easy as it looks. I had fun trying but fell a little short on the dollar amount. 34,071.90 was my final total. Now this doesn't include shipping and insurance but that wouldn't really add up to much more in the grand scheme of things, maybe a hundred or two more dollars. Here are the items I ended up with for my fantasy run through the "toy" store.

MIKE PIAZZA 2004 FLEER SWEETSIGS AUTO #5/50,METS



1993 UPPER DECK MIKE PIAZZA PSA/DNA ROOKIE # 2 AUTO


MIKE PIAZZA 2000 UPPER DECK SUPER SIGNATURES AUTO /100


Mike Piazza 2004 Prime Cuts Game Worn Jsy/Auto 1/1!!


MIKE PIAZZA 2004 SWEET SPOT SIGNATURES AUTOGRAPH AUTO


03 Leaf Limited Moniker Jsy Mike Piazza Mets AUTO 2/2!!


2009 TRIBUTE METS NOLAN RYAN/SEAVER+ 4 AUTO PATCH #1/1


1986 NY Mets Team Signed Jersey w/ 36 Autos - PSA DNA


2009 TOPPS ALLEN GINTER SP AUTO DAVID WRIGHT N Y METS


2009 TOPPS ALLEN GINTER SP AUTO JOSE REYES N Y METS


2005 DAVID WRIGHT ULTIMATE AUTO LOGO PATCH METS # 02/10


Topps Triple Jersey Auto Wright Beltran Santana/5 Mets
2009 Unique Triple Threats Autograph 1/5400 Pks #4/5


TOPPS M&M JOSE REYES TRUE 1/1 AUTO METS AUTOGRAPH


2002 Bowman Chrome David Wright Auto # 385 METS ROOKIE


1968 Topps Baseball Complete SET Mantle Seaver Ryan EX


2005 Absolute Darryl Strawberry Jumbo Patch Mets 1/1


2009 TOPPS STERLING Roberto Alomar METS JUMBO PATCH 1/1


DAVID WRIGHT 06 TOPPS STERLING SILVER 1/1 METS RARE


2009 TOPPS STERLING MICKEY MANTLE CUT AUTO 1/1 YANKEES


1 MICKEY MANTLE SWEET SPOT YANKEE GREATS CUTS AUTO 1/7


2008 TRIPLE THREADS JOSE REYES 6X LOGO 7 CLR PATCH METS


TRIPLE THREADS JOSE REYES JERSEY AUTO NEW YORK METS /18


2009 Topps Sterling NOLAN RYAN Mets 2 CLR 3X JERSEY /25


David Wright METS 09 Topps Sterling Quad GU Jersey#5/25
1968 Topps Baseball #177 Nolan Ryan Rookie Card PSA 9


1967 TOPPS TOM SEAVER ROOKIE, #581 PSA 8 NM-MT!!! WOW!


MICKEY MANTLE 08 TOPPS STERLING GAME BAT BARREL RELIC
A RARE OLDER BAT MODEL WITH UNIFORM RELICS 1/1


1971 O Pee Chee #160 TOM SEAVER Mets BVG 9 MINT


2008 Sterling Yogi Berra Jersey Patch Bat Barrel 1/1


1965 TOPPS YOGI BERRA PSA 9 MINT METS #470

Now I first I have to assume all these items are all legit and not fake as there wasn't any time to research. I also went with all "Buy It Now" for time reasons as well.
The most expensive item was the MICKEY MANTLE 08 TOPPS STERLING GAME BAT BARREL RELIC A RARE OLDER BAT MODEL WITH UNIFORM RELICS 1/1. This came in at $5995.oo.

Quite a nice 1/1 from the Mick. A little dissapointing that a Mets card wasn't the highest priced but when the Yankees cards are involved they usually are a pretty penny.

The lowest priced was 2009 Topps Sterling NOLAN RYAN Mets 2 CLR 3X JERSEY /25

A sweet Nolan Ryan Mets Triple Jersey

I included a 1968 Topps Baseball Complete SET Mantle, Seaver, Ryan, EX since they are from the year I was born.

As you can see, this dream shopping spree is Mets heavy and star driven. Why not, they are the most expensive and I will never be able to afford them. I went for so many Piazza autos cause I don't own many and as far as I have seen he doesn't have to many out there compared to the loads and loads of game used he has. I own over 103 of those. Over all I could only dream about adding a list of cards like this to my collection as they are some of my favorite players sweetest cards. Maybe some day when I hit the lottery, but til then I can only dream.

I appologize as each card listed was supposed to be a link but it didn't work out that way. I just don't have the time to go back and link them but they are the auction titles so if you search them on E-bay as is you can see all the cards listed.

Thanks for Reading!