My first venture into the Non-Sport card realm were "Lord of the Rings" cards, and in fact if you go back and read my first blog entry you'll see that a Michael Duron "Gandalf" sketch was my first sketch card purchased on Ebay. Unfortunately the last Topps "Lord of the Rings" set (Masterpieces II) came out in 2008, so there's basically no new product coming into the marketplace. Still, I have an Ebay search saved so whenever an auction is listed with the words "Duron sketch" in the title, I get an email and a link. And I'm constantly looking for more of Mike's Lord of the Rings sketches. That's where I picked up the Gimli sketch pictured to the right. Classic Mike with the big nose and little dots for eyes, but also I like the crosshatching in both the beard and the background. Cool sketch. As for the Sam sketch, well I lucked out and pulled it at the Philly show back in May! Technically my nephew pulled the sketch, but from a box that I bought- so I'll give him credit for the pull.. but it's mine ALL MINE! My precious...
That's all for now, so thanks for reading...
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