My first Babe AUTO!!!!

2013 Historic Autographs offered a rather unique product to the public.  Each PSA/DNA contained a cut auto of a historic player and either an original tobacco card OR an original artwork of a tobacco card of the player from 1909-1912.  These retailed for $270 a box.  Each box contained 1 autograph.

I saw the sell sheet of the players available and there were some very big names like Ty Cobb, Nap Lajoie, and Walter Johnson.  There was also a cut auto of the Pittsburgh Pirates all-time Wins leader, Babe Adams which I snagged for $125.

2013 Historic Autographs Babe Adams Cut Auto 10/18

Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams spent 18 years with the Pittsburgh Pirates posting a 194-139 record with a 2.74 ERA and 1.09 WHIP.  He received above 10% voting for the Hall of Fame only once in 1947.  The two time World Series Champ (1909 and 1925) would go on to serve as a reporter for World War II.

The most remarkable thing I read about Babe was that he once pitched all 21 innings of a game against the NY Giants without allowing a walk.  In nearly 3,000 innings pitched, Babe allowed only 430 walks (1.3BB/9).

McCutchen Monday: Museum Canvas ORIGINAL ARTWORK!!!

My current favorite player in baseball today is Andrew McCutchen.  Quite honestly, he might be my favorite player I've ever gotten a chance to see play. I currently own almost 300 unique cards of Cutch and hope to get that number closer to 400 by the end of the year.  Amongst my cardboard collection of Cutch are many autographs, over a dozen 1/1s, and almost enough jersey material to put his jersey back together.  Back in 2011, I created Morton Mondays, but with the lack of Charlie Morton cards available, I changed it to McCutchen Mondays so each Monday I will show off one new card from my Cutch collection.

To see all my Andrew McCutchen relics, autos, printing plates, manupatches, etc ... check out this link.

Growing up, I loved to read comic books.  My favorites were the X titles (X-Men, X-Force, X-Factor, Generation X, etc).  As I got older, my appreciation for the comics remained the same, but my tastes changed.  I began to follow different artists rather than specific titles.  At one point I had a huge collection of original artwork from all different genres of comics.  My love for original art is still inside and when I can combine that with a limited print baseball card of my favorite player, well.....just pinch me.

2013 Topps Museum Canvas Collection 8/10

I grabbed this low numbered (#8/10) original art canvas collection of Cutch off ebay with a best offer of $60.  The Harpers are selling in the $150-$250 range with many other players commanding at least a $100.  I'm really happy I was able to add this unique card of Cutch to my collection.

Here's the back in case anyone wants to see it.

I don't mean to brag, but I have an awesome Andrew McCutchen collection.  I'm happy to add another low numbered unique item to my Cutch collection.