I somehow managed to string together four baseball posts, so it's time to break the streak and post something else. This is a card I picked up from a seller on the Blowout Cards forums. He had discounts on his non-sports sales thread for the Memorial Day weekend, and I picked through it looking for something interesting.
He had a couple of sketch cards I was interested in, but they were still a little out of my price range and I eventually settled on this Gold Rainbow autograph of Bonnie Piesse as Beru Whitesun. This card doesn't scan all that well, but it looks pretty good in person. All those dots that look like scanner scuzz are actually stars on the nameplate. This card is numbered # 08 / 50.
Piesse has a few other film roles as well as some singing / songwriting credits. I went to her official website which was a mistake, as I discovered that she is a member of the anti-vaccination movement. I try not to get into political / social issues too much on the internet, but I feel like the science on vaccinations is pretty clear and overwhelmingly in favor of vaccinating nearly everyone. I have some family members who go the other way on the issue, but so far they haven't been able to link me to any sort of legitimate research supporting their viewpoint. Celebrity endorsements, fear-mongering, and websites that only cite themselves don't count as proof in my book. Anyway, I wish I hadn't looked at Piesse's website. Now I can't help thinking she looks awfully smug in that picture. I'll get off my soapbox for now. You came here to look at cards, not to be assaulted by my views on celebrities and their agendas.
Piesse has a few other film roles as well as some singing / songwriting credits. I went to her official website which was a mistake, as I discovered that she is a member of the anti-vaccination movement. I try not to get into political / social issues too much on the internet, but I feel like the science on vaccinations is pretty clear and overwhelmingly in favor of vaccinating nearly everyone. I have some family members who go the other way on the issue, but so far they haven't been able to link me to any sort of legitimate research supporting their viewpoint. Celebrity endorsements, fear-mongering, and websites that only cite themselves don't count as proof in my book. Anyway, I wish I hadn't looked at Piesse's website. Now I can't help thinking she looks awfully smug in that picture. I'll get off my soapbox for now. You came here to look at cards, not to be assaulted by my views on celebrities and their agendas.
