a davey lopes pentafecta?

i might need a ruling on this.  here's the relic - a 2002 topps stadium club bat card of the dodger second baseman.

it's from a regular season game, but that's as specific as topps gets.  i have a few lopes autos, but here's probably the most unusual.  it's a 2001 upper deck sweet spot auto 

from davey's time as the brewers' manager.  i don't think there are any certified autos that show him as a cub, athletic, or astro, aside from his topps originals buybacks.  

and, completing the trifecta, we have his rookie card from 1973 topps.

now we get into what separates the penta- from the tri-...  here are a couple of 1/1's that i have from 1981 topps.  they're two of the color separation proofs, straight from the topps vault.

i wish topps would have used less pink.  but, they are not noted as 1 of 1 anywhere, so i'll show this card, too.  it comes from the 2004 upper deck legends timeless teams set (yes, i will get back to my timeless teams blog eventually, although it might have to wait for my o-pee-chee blog to finish up in early october).

yes, that's a 1 of 1 auto from the set.  interesting that the only thing that makes it so is the '1 of 1' stamp below the name, which upper deck applied after the card had been signed.  i know this because i have another 1 of 1 from the set (two, actually), and the stamp on one of them is over part of the signature.  for all the other numbered cards, the stamp is on the back.

that's four-fifths of the pentafecta.  just need the patch to be complete.  how about this 2005 upper deck classics card?

i supersized it so you can see the 'classic materials'.  when i bought it, i thought it was a patch, but now that i have it in hand i am inclined to think that it is just a part of a lopes' cubs jersey, although it seems a bit thicker than the regular swatches we see.  it's knitted and not smooth, though, like the other dodger patches i have in my collection.

so maybe it's just a quadrofecta.  at least i'm trying!  let me know if you have a lead on any lopes patches!

the steve garvey pentafecta

someday i will have all of my steve garvey cards scanned.  until then, it's mostly the new stuff that makes it on to the blog as it is much easier to scan cards on the way in than to go grab the garvey binders and extract a card to be scanned.  anyway, i do have enough scans to finish my first post of any of the trifectas or quadfectas or pentafectas that i own.

so, the pentafecta includes a 1/1, a patch, an auto, a relic, and a rookie card of the same player.  here's one of the garvey 1/1 cards i own - a 2008 topps sterling card

look at how small the photo is up there!  now, this is a 1/1 only because of the patch, i believe.  there are other garvey 1/1 cards from this set (i've seen a lot of padres versions) that are pretty ridiculous with the patch layout.  still, it says 1/1 and therefore meets the criteria.

i've shown another patch card of the garv before, and i'll show it again because it is my favorite - his 2001 leaf certified materials fabric of the game card, numbered 6/6

love the red wool patch.

for the autograph, i will show this card - a 1999 upper deck retro card

that was the first card i ever purchased on ebay.  maybe the second, but i do recall it being the first card that arrived after my initial ebay buying spree.

here's a plain ol' jersey card that i own - a 2011 topps marquee titanic threads card

with another tiny photo

finally, garvey's rookie card - his 1971 topps

i'm not sure who else i have reached the pentafecta level with - bill russell maybe.  i'll have to look and see.  i'll have to get around to pulling cards from binders, though, and that might take a while.