2017 Chronicles - Swatches

Year: 2017

Manufacturer: Panini

Set: Chronicles

Card Type: Insert, Relic

Insert Set: Swatches

Card Number: CS-RF

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered, Relic

Relic Type: Jersey

Serial Number: 040/299

To say it's been slow at the Rollie Fingers Collector world headquarters is an understatement.  At least when it comes to picking up new cards for the collection.  But as luck would have it I just got a trade package in the mail from Julie who writes A Cracked Bat.  She also happens to be a Tigers collector amongst other things and I sent her a slug of Tigers a while back.  In the trade package were a great selection of Brewers cards about 85% of them I didn't already have, which is a boon considering the massive sorting and cataloging of my Brewers collection I've been undertaking, closing in on 9000 unique cards for the team!  To help add to that total and to my Rollie collection Julie also sent this gem.

I've seen this card pop up on my ebay searches, but I've been really limiting my online purchases lately and mainly to just new Yount cards.  So adding a new Rollie, a new Rollie serial numbered relic, and he's featured as a Brewer, or as close as Panini can get is great.  The card commemorates Rollies 300th save.    

Thanks Julie! 

2015 Panini Cooperstown auto

My last pick new pick up was another one of Rollies Cooperstown cards.  This time it's his base autograph from the Cooperstown HOF Signatures set.  With all the low numbered parallels with the set it was driving me crazy so I settled on just picking up a cheap auto no matter if it was the unnumbered base auto or one of the other parallels.  And I'm happy with what I got.  I was able to pick this autograph up for under $10 delivered as well so not too shabby and I love that all the autos are on card and I like that it lists Rollie as a Brewer.

2015 Panini Cooperstown Induction auto

Year: 2015

Card Manufacturer: Panini

Card Set: Cooperstown

Card Number: 43

Card Type: Insert Autograph parallel

Insert Set: Induction

Card Attributes: Autographed

Notes: On card Autograph, not serial numbered

I recent years Rollie has been totally neglected by Topps.  Luckily Panini still includes him in their Cooperstown offering and he has quite a few cards in the set.  

I ended up picking up a few all for great prices.  I was able to pick up this Induction insert autograph for under $10 delivered so I'm a happy camper.  I get to add a new Rollie card and an autograph to the collection and still have money left over for a cheeseburger.

I have to say I really like this card. A great picture of Rollie giving his induction speech. The autograph is on card and Rollie still has one of the best autos in the biz.  I love that he has such a consistent and beautiful signature. It shows he takes his time.

Please excuse the scratches they aren't on the card they are on the top loader, which I need to replace.

2015 Panini Cooperstown Baseball Rollie Fingers Checklist and Gallery

Wow we've really had a Rollie dry spell in the card market, but have no fear Panini's new Cooperstown collection has plenty of Rollies to go around with autos and gems!!!

I'll add images as I find them.

Base #85
Base Blue #85 #/25
Base Gold #85 #/5
Base Green #85 #/10
Base Holo Silver #85 #/1
Base Printing Plates Black #85  #/1
Base Printing Plates Cyan #85  #/1
Base Printing Plates Magenta 85  #/1
Base Printing Plates Yellow 85  #/1
Base Red 85  #/35
HOF Chronicles #85
HOF Chronicles Blue #85  #/25
HOF Chronicles Gold #85  #/5
HOF Chronicles Green #85  #/10
HOF Chronicles Holo Silver #85  #/1
HOF Chronicles Printing Plates Black #85  #/1
HOF Chronicles Printing Plates Cyan #85  #/1
HOF Chronicles Printing Plates Magenta #85  #/1
HOF Chronicles Printing Plates Yellow #85  #/1
HOF Chronicles Red #85  #/35
HOF Crown Royale #85
HOF Crown Royale Black #85  #/1
HOF Crown Royale Blue #85  #/25
HOF Crown Royale Gold #85  #/10
HOF Crown Royale Green #85 #/ 5
HOF Crown Royale Purple #85  #/50
HOF Crown Royale Silver #85  #/75
HOF Golf Outing Images #7
HOF Golf Outing Images w/ Ozzie Smith #39
HOF Golf Outing Images Black #7 #/ 1
HOF Golf Outing Images Black #39 #/ 1
HOF Golf Outing Images Gold #7 #/ 25
HOF Golf Outing Images Gold #39 #/25
HOF Induction #85
HOF Induction Blue #85 #/ 25
HOF Induction Gold #85 #/ 5
HOF Induction Green #85 #/ 10
HOF Induction Holo Silver #85 #/ 1
HOF Induction Printing Plates Black #85 #/ 1
HOF Induction Printing Plates Cyan #85 #/ 1
HOF Induction Printing Plates Magenta# 85 #/ 1
HOF Induction Printing Plates Yellow # 85 #/ 1
HOF Induction Red #85 #/ 35
HOF Induction Signatures #43
HOF Induction Signatures Black Parallel #43 #/ 1
HOF Induction Signatures Blue Parallel #43#/ 25
HOF Induction Signatures Gold Parallel #43 #/ 5
HOF Induction Signatures Green Parallel #43 #/ 10
HOF Induction Signatures Red Parallel #43 #/ 48
HOF Signatures #41
HOF Signatures Black Parallel #41 #/ 1
HOF Signatures Blue Parallel #41 #/ 25
HOF Signatures Gold Parallel #41 #/ 5
HOF Signatures Green Parallel #41 #/ 10
HOF Signatures Red Parallel #41 #/ 49

2014 Panini Hall of Fame 75th Anniversary Autograph #91

Here is the other Rollie auto I picked up recently.  The companion to the previously featured card #57.  While neither card mentions any team, this card is attributed to the Brewers and his card #57 was attributed to the Athletics.  I'm not sure why Rollie got two autographed cards in the set and didn't get a base card, but that's ok with me.  This card also has 5 serial numbered and colored parallels.  

2014 Panini Hall of Fame 75th Anniversary Baseball Autograph #57

It only took most of the year, but Rollie is finally getting a few new cards issued.  

Rollie has not one, but two different Autographs in Panini's Hall of Fame 75th Anniversary set.  And all the numbered parallels for both cards too.  Being patient pays off again as I was able to pick this auto up for a little over $7 plus shipping, which put the card right at about ten bucks which is sadly what Rollie Finger's autographs tend to go for.  But I'll take any new Rollie card for the collection especially if it's an autograph issue. 

2014 Panini Immaculate Heroes Relic

Let me introduce you to the first new Rollie Fingers card of 2014.  It's not the only new one now. This card has a prime parallel and Rollie also has some autographed cards in the new Panini Hall of Fame set, but this card marks the first new card of the year to make it into the collection.  

I'm a big believer in timing when bidding on cards. Most of the time it's patience and waiting that lets me get great cards at really good prices, but this card is the exact opposite.  I ended up nearly stealing this card because no one knew it was out there.  Either way a great addition and I'm glad to see Rollie showing up on new cardboard.

2013 Panini Cooperstown Autograph #d to 700

I have a lot of Rollie Fingers autographed cards. It's one of the things I love about collecting him. His autos are cheap and so are the really cool relic cards.  On average a Rollie auto goes for around $10.  And that's a great price.   I had been trying to pick this card up for a while. I had already picked up his other auto in the set numbered to 199 and I got that card for a steal.  Well patience pays off again. I finally found a seller not asking for the moon with a decent starting price and ended up snagging this guy for $6 and even with shipping got it to me for under ten bucks!  It's been a really slow couple years for new Rollie cards and I'm glad I finally was able to pick up  the last card from last years Cooperstown set.

The Golden Age

So if you haven't heard Topps extended their exclusive deal till the next decade, but the MLBPA gave Upper Deck a new license and I'm sure Panini will hold onto there's as well.  Last year and part of this year Panini put out three Hall of Fame sets more or less.  There first one was Cooperstown and there second was Golden Age.

Both sets and National Treasures have no logos and Panini got away from having that old food issue look by  cropping out logos and using black and white photos and not airbrushing out stuff.   In Golden Age they also put out Tobacco size minis most of which I still need to pick up for Rollie here.

Rollie has a base card which I featured, but he also has a nice auto in the set.

So here we have Rollie Fingers' Panini Golden Age Historic Signatures card.  The best part about this card other than I got it for a steal is that it's signed on card.  

I also like that Panini went retro with the backs.