2018 Panini National Treasures Collegiate Silhouettes #SIL-HW

   

This is Herschel's entry in the 2018 Panini National Treasures Collegiate Silhouettes set.  The cards feature a patch of game used material and in Walker's case, are serial numbered to 34, his jersey number. This particular card is # 6.

There is also a Silhouettes Signature autographed version(described in a prior post) and  a Prime Signatures edition, which is serial numbered to just 5.

1993 Topps Black Gold Redemption Cards

        Topps had an special set among their 1993 football cards, which was known as Topps Black Gold.  The set featured some of the popular players of the time, and was broken down into groups, A, B,C D, then AB, CD, and ABCD.

          There were two versions.  One featured multiple players from each set as a collectible card, and the other also featured multiple images, but had a space on the back for your name and address, where you could send in into Topps and receive all the single players from that particular Black Gold set.

        Herschel Walker was in the D, CD, and ABCD groups.  Shown below is the CD non redeemable version:   

   

You'll see that Herschel is the last player shown on the front of the card, and is last to be named on the back.

Interestingly, the AB card is an UER, or uncorrected error card.  That is because Walker is not shown on that card, yet his name is on the back, under #17.  The player that should have been named is Ricky Watters, who also played for the Philadelphia Eagles at that time.

Here is that card:

I'm glad to add these cards to the Herschel Hoard, and someday hope to add the D and ABCD card as well.

1997 Destiny Telecom Pro Football Elite Series Men of Destiny # 28

   

This phone card series from 1997 is a set I was unfamiliar with.  Someone put up an empty space for it on Herschel's page at the Trading Card Data Base, so I began hunting for it.  One popped up on EBay, and I nabbed it.

It was a prepaid phone card set of 100 NFL players, and was licensed by the NFL Players association.  This set has a run of 4000 and there is also a gold set, which has a run of 1,000.

The front image of Walker in a Giants uniform, albeit with a blacked out helmet, is the same one as shown in the 1996 Sportscall phone card.  That card is already in the Hoard and I'm pleased to have this one join it.

2018 Panini Immaculate Collegiate Blue #19

   

I was able to obtain another parallel in the 2018 Panini Immaculate Collegiate set.  This is the blue example, which is serial numbered to just 10.  This card is #1.

Merry Christmas From The Herschel Hoard 2005 Topps All American #A-HW

   

I received a nice present for Christmas.  This is the 2005 regular autographed version of the Topps All American card of Herschel Walker.  Not long ago, I received the Chrome Refractor version.

Things have been a little slow at the Hoard, so I was happy to get this.  Happy Holidays Everyone.

2018 Panini Flawless Collegiate #40

   

The 2018 Panini Flawless Collegiate set features cards of various college legends.  The cards are encased, as a graded card would be.  I have several slabbed Herschel cards in the Hoard, whether graded or not, but I'm not really a big fan.

They're much harder to store, for one thing; and I always like having the actual card in hand, as long as you're careful.

Anyhow, as Panini is wont to do, this set has several color variations based on the serial number.  This particular example is #19 of 20.

2005 Topps All American Chrome Refractors Autographs #A-HW

   

I've been trying to acquire one of the autographed versions of Herschel's 2005 Topps All American card for a long time.  There are a couple different types, the regular, which is the same as the base card, except signed; and the refractor version.

I tried to snag the regular autographed version twice, but was outbid both times.  Then this chrome refractor version became available and I jumped on it.

This series is numbered to 55, with this being #49.