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Making the Grade (May): Clerks, Moana, old Marvel comics, Judge, Ohtani, Star Wars, wrestling stars, Roger Maris & more
Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.
SCENE FROM A CLASSIC
The Card: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson & Lisa Spoonauer (aka Dante Hicks, Randal Graves and Caitlin Bree) 2017 Skybox Clerks Triple Scene Autographs
The Reason Graded: Back when this one arrived, I picked off a lot of the autos over time -- at least while they were affordable -- with my sights set on some of the obscure names here and not the pricey Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith) ink that any serious collector of the View Askew realm likely already had on something before this card set arrived. The character that I wanted to find was Caitlin Bree as that character's moments were hilariously twisted and this card's scene was the culminating moment in her story. Getting this on cardboard was hilarious to me. What's unfortunate here is real life -- Spoonauer died of a medication overdose at age 44 while fighting cancer just 10 days after this product arrived. Read director Kevin Smith's tribute to her here. Over time, I picked off all but one of her autographs -- one that had been pricey that's even moreso now still eludes me as it also includes Smith -- but I recently decided to slab a couple of the best ones form my stash when I revisited them and saw how clean they looked.
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine)

Grade 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 P10 Total
Population 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Reality Check: Perfect grade works for me. Her auto just barely touches the border of the card but that's about its only potential issue and it's really not incomplete, so it still got a top mark. (Though auto grades are pretty meaningless to me.) This is a strong start and I should really slab more -- and find that last one I need.
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This entry was posted in Baseball, Comics, Football, Movies, Non-sports, Pro Wrestling, Making the Grade, TV and tagged Aaron Judge, Chasing Amy, Clerks, Kyle Schwarber, Paige, Sasha Banks, Star Wars, Wolverine, WWE, 1969 Topps, 2016 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Prime Time Trashy TV, Bo Bichette, Garbage Pail Kids, Harley Quinn, Jose Canseco, Keira Knightley, Kim Kardashian, Mandy Rose, Margot Robbie, Randall Cunningham, Roger Maris, The Amazing Spider-Man, 2014 Bowman Draft, Shohei Ohtani, 1974 Topps, 2018 Topps Heritage High Number, 2018 Topps Heritage Minor League, Jeff Anderson, Lisa Spoonauer, Brian O'Halloran, Caitlin Bree, 2018 Bowman Draft, AEW, Toni Storm, 2019 Cryptozoic CZX Super Heroes and Super Villains, Mac Jones, Joey Lauren Adams, Thunder Rosa, 2021 Donruss Optic, Koska Reeves, Mercedes Varnado, Spencer Strider, Tiffany Stratton, Michael Harris II, Mercedes Mone, 2023 Topps Heritage, 2023 Topps Garbage Pail Kids x View Askew, Dante Hicks, Maui, Oba Femi, 2024 Panini PhotoGenic WWE, Mina Shirakawa, Sabé, Alyssa Jones, Randal Graves, 2017 Skybox Clerks, 2023 Disney Lorcana, 2008 Topps Sterling, 2012 Topps Star Wars Galactic Files, 2023 UD AEW Match Dated Moments, 1999 Donruss Preferred, 2022 Topps x Naturel on May 1, 2025 by BlowoutBuzz.

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