2006 Upper Deck Legends-Time Passages Autographs #TP-WA

                

                

          Next to any cards from Herschel's playing days, which I don't already have, these types of cards     are my favorites. This is a very tough to find, 2006 Upper Deck Legends- Time Passages card, featuring the autographs of Herschel Walker and Joseph Addai, both solid running backs. This space has been long empty at the TCDB, until now. It is only a 20-card set in total and each card is serial numbered to just 5. This is card four out of five. The number can be seen on the card front, between the two autographs. In addition, I am the first one to add any card from this set to the TCDB database. I'm very pleased to add this one to the Hoard.

2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks-Blue Finite #43

                 

                

          Yet another pickup in the 2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks line, with their never-ending color variations. This is the Blue Finite example, which is serial numbered to 89. The number is on the card back, in the black space at the bottom.

           When a bunch of different cards from this set are laid out, they are quite pretty, with the many subtle and not so subtle, color variations. Taken individually, they can be rather boring. That said, it's still a needed card for the Herschel Hoard. This is the 20th different Walker card I have obtained in this set.

2 Low Numbered Walker Cards for the Holidays

           I was able to add two, low numbered Herschel Walker cards to the Hoard over the Christmas Holiday.

               

               

          This is a 2006, Press Pass Legends Red #NE62 card of Walker, which is serial numbered to just 8. I am now just lacking the Platinum One of One and the four Press Plates, to complete the set.

           The next is one of the many parallels in the 2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks set. This is a Green Shimmer card featuring Herschel. It is limited to eight.

               

               

                   Pleased and thankful to be able to add these cards to the Herschel Hoard.

2023 Panini Legacy- Indigo #118

                 

                 

            I was able to pick up the next to last card needed for a full run of Herschel Walker cards in the 2023 Panini Legacy series. This is the Indigo version of this card, which is serial numbered to 25. This example is #15. That leaves just the Black, which is a one of one. Already in the Hoard is the base card with the white border; the Blue (sn 50), the Green (sn 100), the Orange (sn 199), the Red (sn 299), the Yellow (sn 150) and the Violet (sn 10).

1992 Wild Card Stat Smashers 5 Stripe #SS-50

                

               

               After a nearly three-month dry spell, with no new additions to the Hoard, I was fortunate enough to come across this 1992 Wild Card Stat Smashers 5 Stripe card of Herschel Walker.

               This card could easily have been a Top Ten Most Wanted card. In fact, I had selected a Field Force and Running Wild Stripe card for that honor, but the Wild Card Stat Smasher Stripes are no easier to find. Along with this 5 Stripe, I also have the 100 Stripe and the 1,000 Stripe of Herschel in the Stat Smashers subset. I'm lacking the 10, 20 and 50 Stripes. You would think the higher numbered versions would be tougher to locate, but that has not been my experience.

                It's frustrating that it takes so long to find a card such as this, but you know they're out there somewhere and when one does pop up, it's a feeling that drives me to keep up the chase. I really enjoy my niche of collecting, which is basically trying to find cards of a single player that most would deem worthless, but which for me, mean a great deal of satisfaction. Happy Collecting!

2013 Fleer Retro- '98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Magenta M-20

                

                

        There's a lot to discuss regarding this particular Herschel Walker card. First, it's far and away the most I've ever spent on any one card, and I don't really know why. It is a very attractive image, it is low numbered (serial # 1 of 5) and it features Herschel in his college uniform, which always go for more than his pro cards. Apparently, someone else really wanted this, because the bidding on it was fast and furious from the jump. Towards the end, I decided to make what I though was a crazy high bid. I ended up winning the auction, but at a much higher price than I thought it would go for. I'm not sorry I bid on it. I can afford it, but it just fascinates me how some cards go for pennies and others for dollars. Many, many dollars. At any rate, it is a nice addition to the Hoard.  The base of the 2013 Retro set as well as three parallel sets have 50 players in each. I have the base, teal and this magenta and only lack the gold, which is a one of one.

         The other thing that is strange about this set is that it's called 2013 Retro- '98 Metal Universe, yet Herschel Walker didn't appear in the 1998 Metal Universe set at all. Often times, manufacturers, Topps, in baseball, for example, will reissue a card with the same design as one made decades before. I'm not exactly sure what the tie in is here. 

2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks- Neon Pink Pulsar # 43

               

 

                 

          I picked up another parallel in the many parallelled series which is 2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks. This time, it's a Neon Pink Pulsar card of Herschel, which is serial numbered 13 out of 15. The serial number is very difficult to see on this card. It is located on the card back, in the black bar at the bottom, just above the copyright information.

         The Hoard is still short about a dozen cards in this series. Some are 1 of 1's or if not that, very low serial numbered, while others, such as the Red Finite version, have relatively high serial numbers (125), yet don't appear on the secondary market very often.