The Relics (Burnell's Bombshell Bounty - Part Three)

2002 Topps Coaches Collection Relics #CC-LB

2002 Topps Traded Tools of the Trade Relics #TTRR-PP

2003 Topps Chrome Red Backs Relics #RBCR-PB

2003 Topps Traded Transactions Dual Relics #DTT-KM

I've truly enjoyed going through the package of baseball cards I received a few weeks ago from fellow Phillies collector Burnell.  Along with the complete run of Topps Stickers Phillies team sets from 1985 to 1990 and a 1978 Hostess Bob Boone card that I haven't been able to find for almost forty years, there were also several random Topps Phillies flagship and insert cards included from the late 1990s through 2005 from my want lists.

I'm going to wrap up my four part Burnell's Bombshell Bounty series with a look at some of the relic and cards that I've now added to my collection.  (Part four will feature the Phillies certified autograph cards sent by Burnell.)  I am under no illusions that I'll ever track down all of the random Phillies relic and game-used memorabilia cards that have been issued in the past twenty years.  But I certainly love adding these cards to my collection.

2005 Topps Derby Digs Relics #DDR-JT

2005 Topps On-Deck Circle Relics #ODR-JT

2005 Topps Update All-Star Stitches #ASR-BA

2005 Topps Update Derby Digs Relics #DDR-BA

Of the bunch, my favorites are the Larry Bowa card (which I had never seen before), the Jim Thome card featuring a chunk of an on-deck circle and the Bobby Abreu card (numbered to 100) commemorating his home run derby win.  I've included a small gallery of the Phillies relics cards I received, and the full listing is below.

2002 Topps Coaches Collection Relics #CC-LB Larry Bowa
2002 Topps Traded Tools of the Trade Relics #TTRR-PP Placido Polanco
2003 Topps Chrome Red Backs Relics #RBCR-PB Pat Burrell
2003 Topps Traded Transactions Dual Relics #DTT-KM Kevin Millwood
2003 Topps Traded Transactions Dual Relics #DTT-JT Jim Thome
2003 Topps Traded Transactions Relics #TT-JT Jim Thome
2005 Topps All-Star Stitches Relics #ASR-BA Bobby Abreu
2005 Topps All-Star Stitches Relics #ASR-JT Jim Thome
2005 Topps Derby Digs Relics #DDR-JT Jim Thome
2005 Topps On-Deck Circle Relics #ODR-JT Jim Thome
2005 Topps Update All-Star Stitches #ASR-BA Bobby Abreu
2005 Topps Update All-Star Stitches #ASR-BW Billy Wagner
2005 Topps Update Derby Digs Relics #DDR-BA Bobby Abreu