Sunday, February 16, 2025

2022 Panini Sensational Signatures-Prizm Blue Ice # SS-HW

           


          



          I added another in the 2022 Panini Sensational Signatures line. This is the Blue Ice parallel, which is serial numbered to 35. That can be seen on the card back, at the bottom of Walker's image. There are four other parallels out there in this series, including a one of one. The base version and the Green Scope are in the Hoard already.

Sunday, February 9, 2025

1995 Pacific Gridiron Platinum #88 (Another Top Ten Most Wanted Card is Found)

                



               



          It's always fun when I find one of my Top Ten Most Wanted, Herschel Walker cards, to add to the Hoard. That was the case here, as I finally tracked down this 1995 Pacific Gridiron Platinum #88 card, on Ebay. I now have the Blue, Copper, Red and Platinum and lack only the Gold version, for a complete run. This is another example of a variation that you really have to have in hand to see a noticeable difference between the Copper and the Platinum. It is definitely there, though. I was unable to find the print runs for the various parallels but for me, the Blue (base) was the easiest to locate, followed by the Red. Finding the Copper took several years, and so, obviously, did the Platinum.

         I've slotted in a new card for the Top Ten list. Actually, more of a category than a single card. I chose the 1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Promos # 43. There are three variations, Red, Gold and Blue. What distinguishes the Promo cards from the regular run is the serial number on the back. For example, the Red cards are numbered to 4999. The Red card shown in the TCDB is # 4488. On the Promotional cards, instead of a number, there are just four X's.