Adding a White Whale to the Collection

I've always been a huge fan of 2015 Topps Strata. For the past decade I've been slowly acquiring the Shadowbox Signature set from this release. I still have seven more cards to track down for that set build. There was also another card in this release that I had hoped to acquire at some point, but with the print run being at only 25 copies I knew that it wouldn't be easily. Last month one finally showed up on eBay and I was able to land it for a decent price. Numbered 18/25, this 2015 Topps Strata Signature Patch of Joey Votto is now part of my collection and one of the best cards I own of Votto.

The Great and Powerful Oz!

It's been over a year since I've been able to track down a card for my 2015 Topps Strata Shadowbox project mainly due to the fact that these don't come up for sale very often. Luckily I found this card listed this past Saturday night for a reasonable price on eBay and decided to grab it. This is the 16th Shadowbox Signature card I've acquired for this set build which leaves me with tracking down 8 more cards. I'm very happy that I've crossed the two thirds threshold for this set but I know that acquiring those remaining eight cards is going to be a challenge especially considering two of those cards are Bo Jackson and Ichiro Suzuki.

Lurking in the Shadows

As luck would have it, a few days after I acquired the Piazza and Thomas shadowbox cards this Freddie Freeman card appeared on eBay with a Buy it Now/Best Offer. I submitted a reasonable offer to the seller and he accepted. This is my 15th shadowbox signature card from 2015 Topps Strata and I'm now down to needing only 9 cards to complete the set.

It Pays to be Patient

 A year ago I saw a listing on eBay for a 2015 Topps Strata Frank Thomas Shadowbox Signature card for $250. At the time, I was tempted to purchase the card to add to my set Shadowbox set build but I decided to hold off until I took care of some of my other collecting goals first. Needless to say, I waited too long and the card ended up selling a few months later. I guess that was a good thing because last week another 2015 Topps Strata Shadowbox Frank Thomas popped up as well as a 2015 Topps Strata Shadowbox Mike Piazza COMBINED for less than that first Frank Thomas card I saw listed a year ago. Check them out!

With these two additions I'm down to just 10 more cards from this set build. The Ichiro is going to be the tough one to chase. Regardless, it's nice to add two Hall of Fame autographs to my collection