Showing posts with label Magic Johnson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magic Johnson. Show all posts

Monday, April 8, 2013

2010 Donruss Elite Franchise Futures Jordan Swagerty Autograph

I picked up my second version of a cool error card last week and helped out a trading partner a bit in the process.  The 2010 Donruss Elite Jordan Swagerty cards are apart of the companies draft set which features college and high school baseball players selected during the June amateur draft.  Jordan Swagerty was selected in the amateur draft by the Cardinals out of Arizona State and was included in the set.  His autograph card looked like this:


2010 Donruss Elite Franchise Futures Jordan Swagerty Autograph


The problem with this famous error card is that the autograph on the card actually belongs to basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson.  There are many rumors about how this error happened, but I just think this is simply a really cool card.  

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Does anybody want some Magic Johnson?

Taking my title from a great Chili Peppers song my trade mail today focuses on a card that I have been chasing for eight or nine months.  One of my highest priorities with my collection is to seek out and find as many cool and unique Cardinals cards as I possibly can.  Today I feel like I ran into a really cool one.  I acquired this card last weekend with a dealer in Michigan who was looking for some Tigers cards.  I put together a couple of cool Tigers cards and walked away with this gem:




The card is a 2010 Donruss Elite Jordan Swagerty autograph, but the card was actually signed by Magic Johnson.  I've heard all kinds of crazy theories of how this happened, but don't have a tin foil hat.  Just a really cool card.  


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106.

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