Continuing on from the last post, I have some more Browns cards for my collection from the Detroit card show.
I'm not going to complain about finding a modern Jim Brown insert from the 2017 Score set.
Also from the 2017 Score set are two insert cards of David Njoku, the third first round pick the Browns had in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Here are a couple of Baker Mayfield cards that I added to my collection.
To the left is a 2019 Panini Chronicles card. I don't remember seeing any of these cards before, and managed to pick up a couple of Raiders from the set for a friend at the same time. I like the card, perhaps because it seems different, and is easily identifiable.
To the right is a 2020 Panini Phoenix base card. I laugh at the Browns handwarmer that he is wearing around his waist. I actually bought one a few years ago, and have never used/worn it.
The Myles Garrett card below is from the 2021 Panini XR set.
The cards of Mayfield, Odell Beckham Jr., and Nick Chubb are red parallels from the 2021 Panini Absolute set.
I can be a bit hypocritical in regards to parallel sets. I complain that there are too many of them, and hate how I can't identify what they are most of the time. Yet, I love getting them for my team, especially when they are easily identifiable like these ones.
Here are a few 2022 Donruss cards. The top one is an Action All-Pros insert card of Nick Chubb, while the bottom two cards are regular base cards.
Here are a couple of insert cards from the 2023 Score set.
Nick Chubb was the heart of the offense going into the 2023 season, and I understand how he fit in The Franchise insert set. Sadly, he was hurt by a really bad hit to the knee against the Steelers in Week 2, that tore his ACL, MCL, meniscus and medial capsule that caused him to miss over a year of play.
No surprise to see Myles Garrett in a Sack Attack insert set.
I like the Panini Illusions cards with the photo featured in the forefront of the card, with it also repeated with a ghostly image in the background.
This Dorian Thompson-Robinson card is an Emerald Trophy Collection parallel from the 2023 Panini Illusions set.
I think back to going to a card show in Syracuse, with Night Owl, at the start of the 2023 season. Thompson-Robinson had shown some nice flashes during training camp, and I was looking forward to finding a card or two of him. I saw a dealer with a couple of nice autographed cards of him, but he was looking for over $100 on each. I wasn't prepared to pay that for a late round pick that probably wouldn't develop into a star quarterback.
The Browns traded Thompson-Robinson to the Eagles for Kenny Pickett last off-season. I believe that he was waived by the Eagles at the end of training camp.
David Bell was drafted by the Browns in the third round, out of Purdue, in the 2022 NFL Draft. I thought that he had potential before an injury at the start of the 2024 season. He announced his retirement from football due to injury earlier this season.
I found this 2021 Pro Set Power - Power Prospects Autographs card for a couple of bucks, which I had no problem with.
For my collection, I will buy college or prospect cards of players that wind up being drafted by the Browns, so this card fits.
I'm not sure how I got the following Austin Hooper card for $3.00. I know it is a Browns card, but it is an autographed card numbered out of 10. I'm not complaining though.
It is from the 2020 Panini Illusions - Superlatives Red insert set.
As well as the loose cards above, I bought myself a box of the 2025 Score-a-Treat Hallowe'en set at the card show. I had already bought some of the cards from the set but pulled three Browns that I needed from my box.
I was really happy to get the Quinshon Judkins card. He's having a good rookie season so far, and seems to have a lot of potential.
The cards in these two posts were not all my purchases from the card show. I bought small stacks of Raiders and Packers cards for some friends here in Ottawa. Mostly from the dimeboxes but a few cheap hits as well.
The day after the card show, after spending time with my sister and some cousins, I managed to get to a card store in Windsor about an hour before it closed.
I went to F & C House of Cards and really enjoyed the store.
One thing that really makes me happy when I go to a store, or a table at a card show, is when I see monster boxes sorted by teams. It helps save me time when I can focus on small sections of cards. I was very happy with some of the cards that I found in their box.
I was very happy to see some early 2000s cards in the box. There are plenty that I still need, especially rookies and parallels. (Unfortunately, my memory wasn't as good as I thought it might be, and I did also buy a few cards that I already owned.)
This card is an Extra parallel for the 2000 Fleer Gamers set. I still need the regular version.
Here are two rookie cards of Sean Jones that I needed. I wasn't a big fan of the rookies always seeming to be numbered or short printed.
The card on the left is from the 2004 Playoff Prestige set, and is listed on the Trading Card Database as being a short print.
The card on the right is from the 2004 Upper Deck Foundations set, and is numbered out of 350.
The following two cards are also from 2004 Upper Deck Foundations.
The Joe Echemandu card on the left is numbered out of 350.
Echemandu only had football cards in 2004. The Trading Card Database has 78 listed. However, those cards have three different names on them, broken down by the sets they're in as follows:
Adimchinobe Echemandu: Bowman, Bowman's Best, Donruss Classics, Donruss Elite, Leaf Certified Materials, Leaf Rookies & Stars, Playoff Absolute Memorabilia, Playoff Contenders, Playoff Hogg Heaven, Playoff Honors, Playoff Prime Signatures, SkyBox LE, SP Authentic, Topps Chrome, Topps Total
Joe Echema: SPx, Upper Deck Legends, Upper Deck Ultimate Collection
Joe Echemandu: Upper Deck Foundations
Pro Football Reference has him in their database as Adimchinobe Echemandu. He was born in Nigeria, and played his college football at California. He was drafted by the Browns in the 7th round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
He played four games with the Browns in 2004, and then another 15 games with the Vikings, Raiders and Texans between 2005 and 2007.
The Luke McCown card to the right is a Rookie Foundations Patches insert card, numbered out of 25. When I bought it, I didn't notice the two dinged corners on the left side, but they don't bother me for the price that was paid for the card.
There were a couple of cards of 2005 rookie quarterback Charlie Frye, from the Upper Deck set.
The card on top is a regular base card, while the card on the bottom is a Rookie Futures Jerseys insert card.
The top card below is a Rookie Futures Dual insert card from the 2006 Upper Deck set. If you can't read the names from my photo, the two players are Derek Hagan of the Dolphins, and Travis Wilson of the Browns.
The bottom card of Carlton Mitchell is from the 2010 Topps Unrivaled set. It is the Silver parallel, numbered out of 299. I don't own the regular base card, but I do own an autographed version of it.
Mitchell played two seasons with the Browns. In his football travels after that, he played for my hometown Ottawa REDBLACKS in 2014. (And yes, their official team name is in all caps.)
I needed this Astral parallel from the 2018 Panini Unparalleled set.
For the picture below, the Baker Mayfield card is an Honor Roll insert card from the 2019 Panini Prestige set.
The Jarvis Landry card is a Season Stat Line insert card, numbered out of 500, from the 2019 Donruss set.
The next card was definitely my favorite card that I bought in the card store. I was always an Eric Metcalf fan, so when I saw this Mirror Signatures autographed card, numbered out of 65, from the 2019 Panini Certified set for CDN $5.00, I couldn't put it in my pile of cards to buy fast enough.
These two Odell Beckham Jr. cards are from the 2020 Donruss set. The card to the left is a Press Proof Blue parallel, while the card to the right is a Retro 1990 insert card.
Two more Anthony Schwartz cards added to my collection. The card on the left is a Gridiron King Bronze parallel from the 2021 Panini Chronicles set, while the card to the right is a Round Numbers Blue parallel from the Panini Contenders Optic set.
As can be extrapolated from the Optic card, he was drafted in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft, out of Auburn.
Here are a couple more insert cards from 2021 sets. The Nick Chubb card is a Montage insert card from the 2021 Panini Mosaic set.
The Baker Mayfield card is a Standing Ovation insert card from the 2021 Panini Rookies & Stars set.
I was happy to find this base card of Jamari Thrash from the 2024 Panini Prestige set because I had received the other Browns cards from the base set from Dennis in my visit to Detroit.
I was happy with my hour-long trip to F & C House of Cards, and will definitely try to go back there if/when I visit my cousins in Windsor again.
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