Skenes and a puppy

 Another pick 'em for my loyal readers.  If you want one, claim in the comments!  One per commenter, PWE delivery....

Row 1 card 1 - available, card 2 taken, card 3 taken
Row 2 card 1 - taken, card 2 taken, card 3 available
Row 3 card 1 - taken

Last show of the year

 Happy New Year!  I'm a bit late, but that's not unusual for me.

The last card show of the year brought me mostly new stuff, meaning almost all stuff from the last couple of years.  Shiny stuff and die cut stuff, both of which I love, but not much outside the 2020s.  Here's a sampling...

2024 Topps Pristine Bo Bichette #/75.  This Pristine design isn't great.

2017 Chrome Freddie Freeman refractor.  I love refractors of stars that are a little older.

2023 Pristine 'Gold Pristine Pulsar Refractor' Lou Gehrig #/50.  Both this card and the Pristine Judge appear to me to have been liberated from those 'uncirculated' slabs.  Fine by me!

2024 Finest Blue Checkerboard refractor Vlad Jr.
2023 Pristine 'Pristine Pulsar Refractor' Aaron Judge.  Nice card.

1999 Topps Power Brokers Mike Piazza.  The oldest of the bunch, love old die-cuts.

2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome Launched into Orbit Julio Rodriguez.  Shiny!

2024 Pristine 'Oh Snap' Juan Soto.  Weird card.  I guess I love newer die-cuts too!

2024 Pristine 'Squeaky Clean' Bobby Witt Jr.  Another kind of strange concept.  Go Pristine!

I also lucked into a huge Puka Nacua thing.  I guess it is a box topper or something.  The graded Kemp was a gift from a buddy at the show, and shows just how huge the Nacua is.

Perhaps the most interesting card I picked up was this 'case hit' from 2018 Donruss.  I guess they are pretty rare.

I'm not a huge Bellinger fan, so I guess I'd be up for trading this if anyone is interested.