tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109322662024-03-18T09:01:57.613-04:00The Collective MindContinually adding your intellectual and philosophical distinctiveness about cardboard to our own.<br>
<b>Designation:</b> GCA <b>Coordinates:</b> Maryland, USAGCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.comBlogger747125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-82438408848700430142024-03-17T19:04:00.003-04:002024-03-17T19:04:29.418-04:00My House Is Almost Full<p>I did it again.</p><p>I let a month go by without posting a thing. I've had a few ideas, and still haven't written my definitive grading rant, but never sat down to put anything on screen. Granted, I've been sick off and on and had my third (although painless) kidney stone migration all in the last month. </p><p>But that's not what I meant...</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqhF6GK3zlbFny4w27xXed5UuH_Q8NPNucriBxP7s50t1LNMpIsNnzFZiewj_XOlej575l8et7tXrJ8c_L0zVSDCNtw1OUN4HH81fy1Ww9jgVOdE65mfxgJAw-durz9RpqIRNW84LkiXLsYSNlfcpqokAJL81jdFI-1Bw0nSsFbAy-RZRKA/s1218/20240211_130438.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1218" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqhF6GK3zlbFny4w27xXed5UuH_Q8NPNucriBxP7s50t1LNMpIsNnzFZiewj_XOlej575l8et7tXrJ8c_L0zVSDCNtw1OUN4HH81fy1Ww9jgVOdE65mfxgJAw-durz9RpqIRNW84LkiXLsYSNlfcpqokAJL81jdFI-1Bw0nSsFbAy-RZRKA/w400-h266/20240211_130438.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The CDs were already there</i></td></tr></tbody></table>I brought in another cardboard hoard. Filled another floor of my townhouse with cards. Now two out of three floors are stacked to the gills. I'll be on Hoarders soon. OK, maybe not - I can still walk around them. They were unloaded on the ground floor about a month ago, and I carried them all up two flights last weekend.<br /><p></p><p>This collection was from a friend of a friend who pulled it out of a storage unit after a prolonged stay. So they were a bit damp and musty. I actually ended up wiping down all the boxes and much of the contents to keep my sinuses happy. My mission is to sell off as much as possible. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrf8Yo_g0-Fo_ngNn7WuW96L86lQ0DJtSDempHlZq8fE-Hpnpkzxv0WwB9FBuHSOyMOyG2gxXVWNG3JHBm3bfRSC229GKKob20AMcQNnogHJCAPrE9xB7NJNpv5sFcXxEvU3wbpC1cLS8U1FlF7v7FFKYHNM7L2iM1rtAxVi7DwTd0Li7Eg/s1320/20240317_154649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrf8Yo_g0-Fo_ngNn7WuW96L86lQ0DJtSDempHlZq8fE-Hpnpkzxv0WwB9FBuHSOyMOyG2gxXVWNG3JHBm3bfRSC229GKKob20AMcQNnogHJCAPrE9xB7NJNpv5sFcXxEvU3wbpC1cLS8U1FlF7v7FFKYHNM7L2iM1rtAxVi7DwTd0Li7Eg/w299-h400/20240317_154649.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br />Most of what is here is basketball and football from roughly the mid to late 90's, with a small percentage just outside that range. Brands include Hoops and Skybox basketball, Pacific, Playoff, and Collector's Edge for football, and Fleer, Topps, Ultra, Upper Deck, and Collector's Choice for both. As you can see from the photos, there is a mix of white bulk boxes, wax boxes and miscellaneous accessories. More on that in a minute. There is a small amount of baseball - mostly junk wax, and a little hockey. There was also some non-sport, including a big batch of GI Joe cards, but I gave that back to the owner to take to a comic shop.<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4msWOctD5SpHydu849wF0pREQLUdz71pXxre8ZGre4mDKZdaEhl4sldI7TkrS3f0yhz-mttY0YmS7w2pukoJBu80L2Bh9JlvEnMg4MjItihrqvv1u-PJPtGlWX-LSOZ8ukpHNNALALszqRpl_dyTlWs7VxWiCc0WAkzFF0HJ7QI3oHX36w/s1320/20240317_154314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4msWOctD5SpHydu849wF0pREQLUdz71pXxre8ZGre4mDKZdaEhl4sldI7TkrS3f0yhz-mttY0YmS7w2pukoJBu80L2Bh9JlvEnMg4MjItihrqvv1u-PJPtGlWX-LSOZ8ukpHNNALALszqRpl_dyTlWs7VxWiCc0WAkzFF0HJ7QI3oHX36w/w299-h400/20240317_154314.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br />I'm sure there are many readers who get and flip collections all the time, but this is really my first time with such volume and diversity. <a href="https://thecollectivemind.blogspot.com/2019/08/at-what-point-is-it-gluttony.html" target="_blank">The first hoard</a> was all monster boxes, so the sorting was pretty much one step and then consolidating with my other extras.<p></p><p>This time, I've taken a multi-phase approach. </p><p>1. Sort out all the mixed bulk by sport. I've cleaned out several long white boxes already into monster boxes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPc-TWnOxJIehA_Ju4Ah6ak7WpGHiW-CQ_5HQhNx52iafdpI7hKK-mB35sKYMvA1ltED8BLZ41ajlydLKZ76j13SdgDaWmMo8yOwjFxqWpLdl5PBjYAjbTKsIeqcVZQUYM1SBB3lh_58N0p-3iFebGTkBAHzx3rv_zQi4Dym1gBPGjVmlmw/s1320/20240317_160520.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPc-TWnOxJIehA_Ju4Ah6ak7WpGHiW-CQ_5HQhNx52iafdpI7hKK-mB35sKYMvA1ltED8BLZ41ajlydLKZ76j13SdgDaWmMo8yOwjFxqWpLdl5PBjYAjbTKsIeqcVZQUYM1SBB3lh_58N0p-3iFebGTkBAHzx3rv_zQi4Dym1gBPGjVmlmw/s320/20240317_160520.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>2. Among those, sort into "chunks" of the same set. There are some sizable quantities of several products, and there is a lot of just extra singles. I would grab big stacks and put those together and then after I've seen groups of other sets, I'd go back through and put those together. For some, I could pull them out and start complete sets. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdG3bgzC4E23ciWsfMwTzDJOD8AWG1s19coNc-H60-HnZb3FWkTm268L2jENAv1kVpe94Z0YYrJU54iqF2AMYlxTGmWUtOBNxONQjmsqRzny9GY8_ELi4D7rKONu1HMsbKejRg4vVkueiPyI2EDwwXef_SVYysy6413MemaMAt3BQRWi0BzQ/s1040/20240317_154021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="956" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdG3bgzC4E23ciWsfMwTzDJOD8AWG1s19coNc-H60-HnZb3FWkTm268L2jENAv1kVpe94Z0YYrJU54iqF2AMYlxTGmWUtOBNxONQjmsqRzny9GY8_ELi4D7rKONu1HMsbKejRg4vVkueiPyI2EDwwXef_SVYysy6413MemaMAt3BQRWi0BzQ/w368-h400/20240317_154021.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><p>3. Then I tried to find wax boxes of some of the sets that I already found stacks for. There is one unusual thing about 90% of the wax boxes in this lot, though...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKpfOHABph0GRxJqqLOzX1PdRTpbmdbOLA8s0J4PQ_rhHPYb89RXAoaTevCydMKJJT87_IP1VVHgFh78rx3xi2ndeWd_OFabYvjDEJt3DoIgU5Hatg-XddoCEuM4CbT_X3gnwMQO3yedF5vwbYan9hEV7jxTCOW-o6xld7bSCtRqFoFY95A/s1320/20240317_154103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKpfOHABph0GRxJqqLOzX1PdRTpbmdbOLA8s0J4PQ_rhHPYb89RXAoaTevCydMKJJT87_IP1VVHgFh78rx3xi2ndeWd_OFabYvjDEJt3DoIgU5Hatg-XddoCEuM4CbT_X3gnwMQO3yedF5vwbYan9hEV7jxTCOW-o6xld7bSCtRqFoFY95A/w299-h400/20240317_154103.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>The wrappers are usually all there, but...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4Oc4-qexhghCiz09vKJZEPwlXuwJuuglertILiTqV_Re-NSV2mMSYfTtZ6diNFkjSmYPRztsjoY3MbirkvwNxJguZrYpMD6DBjNI0NPNM5ZA_TC9nogHkiAlJYWAv_MKXFSZyQuKxFgS0OhEhQKUz7Jn88TMIDtRE2rcVy1f3l85uiK2jA/s1320/20240317_154138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4Oc4-qexhghCiz09vKJZEPwlXuwJuuglertILiTqV_Re-NSV2mMSYfTtZ6diNFkjSmYPRztsjoY3MbirkvwNxJguZrYpMD6DBjNI0NPNM5ZA_TC9nogHkiAlJYWAv_MKXFSZyQuKxFgS0OhEhQKUz7Jn88TMIDtRE2rcVy1f3l85uiK2jA/w299-h400/20240317_154138.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>The packs have already been opened! Typically, the inserts have been removed (sometimes in a stack inside the box). So there was no fun ripping packs. And there were only a few unopened items.</p><p>That's where I'm at right now. I sold two factory sets and a group of unopened boxes on eBay. I'm now trying to gather as many hand-collated sets (or series) for the next round of auctions. I should be able to trade for any missing singles in most of these sets.<br /></p><p>Step 4 is to go through a couple hundred top-loadered cards that had been set aside as more valuable. A few of those will go back into their sets, and the rest will either go on COMC or get sold to my local shop if he'll take them. Depends on how many are for sale online. <br /></p><p>As I mentioned, these have been in storage for a long time, so you know what the danger is...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTOnKpho0KJg_i8WbFFwK956YREGFMLKlF7sBQuwIcuEpQSP0b45gY1YimneJFpbsIAsYXtfqBAppxpNn9tWXfAjo9tnGTc8RmRfcJlpVszGLZHSfVV9-BNlH8hiqDvy78ovD39DiMEFu5TQ5JpgkmvO0WBBmmuBZ6DCbCmRY8BLI1JF6xA/s1320/20240317_160343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1320" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTOnKpho0KJg_i8WbFFwK956YREGFMLKlF7sBQuwIcuEpQSP0b45gY1YimneJFpbsIAsYXtfqBAppxpNn9tWXfAjo9tnGTc8RmRfcJlpVszGLZHSfVV9-BNlH8hiqDvy78ovD39DiMEFu5TQ5JpgkmvO0WBBmmuBZ6DCbCmRY8BLI1JF6xA/w400-h299/20240317_160343.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Bricking!</p><p>Amazingly, the vast majority of these cards have popped apart with almost no visible damage. I've got a 400 count box of snowy or bent cards bound for recycling, but that's it so far.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxTcm-6ZzFIlWeOAEl5pRV2ayXLj0-jLhPsBrdmATd4xfgoQ44Xj764CiFjOB1jyAlXYL0l8ZSXFddMrJQMVyH2aod7QMO4Ddj9g6PAhL5E44CJeweMyJ3LZ-tzzLoDlMhp9DZhp33w-gbzXN0Z-4CCQw4eGboypRzcdsr1uFWEJinSjF5Q/s1320/20240317_154358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxTcm-6ZzFIlWeOAEl5pRV2ayXLj0-jLhPsBrdmATd4xfgoQ44Xj764CiFjOB1jyAlXYL0l8ZSXFddMrJQMVyH2aod7QMO4Ddj9g6PAhL5E44CJeweMyJ3LZ-tzzLoDlMhp9DZhp33w-gbzXN0Z-4CCQw4eGboypRzcdsr1uFWEJinSjF5Q/w400-h300/20240317_154358.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>There are a few binders with some sets and inserts in various stages of completion. That makes it a little nicer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKQjhGKrA9qgf1GQW7gOxgofcDRbc9rNVkzTvbDl-mEwHx_M-juOQ_2rv2VoBDi648pG9R2GjrGrYk_gqXB4U43DFlfoqWyJ6IsmYTJcdbU3Eb8g8FtFVtbIp-OILWN5yvxErLapH_kX42eWH89zTwceRF8aDE8RFViL0mXpZ2iOqsXU7CA/s1320/20240317_160529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKQjhGKrA9qgf1GQW7gOxgofcDRbc9rNVkzTvbDl-mEwHx_M-juOQ_2rv2VoBDi648pG9R2GjrGrYk_gqXB4U43DFlfoqWyJ6IsmYTJcdbU3Eb8g8FtFVtbIp-OILWN5yvxErLapH_kX42eWH89zTwceRF8aDE8RFViL0mXpZ2iOqsXU7CA/w299-h400/20240317_160529.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>There's gonna be a lot of bulk extras at the end. If you're looking for any basketball or football from the 90's, get your lists together. I'll be offering up a lot of this for trade later - I don't do basketball, though I'm tempted to build a couple sets that I've been working on.<br /></p><p>I will also give my readers a chance to snag some of the hand collated sets/series very soon. A lot of them go for $15-20 on eBay, so it's easier and more fun to move them from here.<br /></p><p>Ultimately, I will have a ton of bulk commons etc. to add to my TCDB For Sale/Trades as well. I haven't even finished entering the extra stuff that I had before, so that may take a while.</p><p>Stay tuned!<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-46402770212109589302024-02-15T22:31:00.001-05:002024-02-15T22:31:40.464-05:00A Relatively Minor Purchase<p>A couple weeks ago, while I was browsing <a href="https://www.tcdb.com/Forums.cfm" target="_blank">the forums on the TCDB</a>, I stumbled upon a thread that asked where some collectors get their minor league cards from. As a player collector of about 60 different guys, I have a significant list of minor league issues - mostly managers for the guys I'm looking for. I see them on COMC and a few other places, but a lot of them are prohibitively expensive. Sometimes you have to buy a whole team set to get one card, but I'm not doing that.</p><p>One respondent listed a couple sites that he had found. It included <a href="http://GoSportsCards.com" target="_blank">GoSportsCards.com</a>. I checked it out immediately.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2yHHDDh0KEKP4eVZnL_HZzI3bXLhwcFtkFkAw3scZf5VLvL3ADxiFbzf9VkeZADJfpP4pa1H6J2q-cxM9lHB-YUJGzSIx-jxav8pwofQn64sfJIbHE1ypejgvwHjrm1wjJD5c2K7GjxogmJUEDo3cCLUGZEZ8yB1yrKO4vT2SRT5Ul4vmQ/s600/Site%20logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="600" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2yHHDDh0KEKP4eVZnL_HZzI3bXLhwcFtkFkAw3scZf5VLvL3ADxiFbzf9VkeZADJfpP4pa1H6J2q-cxM9lHB-YUJGzSIx-jxav8pwofQn64sfJIbHE1ypejgvwHjrm1wjJD5c2K7GjxogmJUEDo3cCLUGZEZ8yB1yrKO4vT2SRT5Ul4vmQ/s320/Site%20logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The site is searchable and soon I had plugged in most of my player collection list. I came up with 14 items from five different players. GSC's inventory is pretty good, but seems limited to the 2000's for the most part. Which is understandable, since most collectors want current players and the latest things. And it would probably be unmanageable to keep team sets back to the 80's unless you had a vast warehouse.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjtqGj8Xe5q23nwJVYl12zKpDHv4aGzuBP-gcelzVQGai21Mzk8FQLrMhhJnby9ZVDyhzs9y8Qd0vbeBgNc52914jfDK0G34UJx8kPHHEo10gLf7Kop2zu0-OvcxYY_ciH1k52A3xkqRGvwLoJ5SvZOePYmNkmkOHGROlModVnso4YzqK1Q/s1560/Site%20about%20page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1560" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjtqGj8Xe5q23nwJVYl12zKpDHv4aGzuBP-gcelzVQGai21Mzk8FQLrMhhJnby9ZVDyhzs9y8Qd0vbeBgNc52914jfDK0G34UJx8kPHHEo10gLf7Kop2zu0-OvcxYY_ciH1k52A3xkqRGvwLoJ5SvZOePYmNkmkOHGROlModVnso4YzqK1Q/w483-h163/Site%20about%20page.jpg" width="483" /></a></div><p>I got my order quickly and it was packaged very well. Even included a little sticker with the website logo.</p><p>So here are the cards I got. I scanned front and back. (Which only took about 40 seconds with my scanner). None of these was more than $3 apiece on the site. I'm pleased.<br /></p><p>Included are some playing day images so you know who these guys are. This post is pretty lengthy will all the images. On a regular screen, vertical fronts & backs will be side by side. Not sure on a phone...sorry.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqZ-A9KkwbedGZSOOYLd_VQbihsuRhKpaW_dc0Bzn6oySWY1XjvVh4rIoMciP8sQ4cSmwGQOqlDgpHROB75TtWp5ZW3sO9NJ_EeTrlHJJpkFyb8L5P2y2ESa6TMN9eMSy0M3DefArsSjC_uEJqcQQ4B_abZT3VePWBrBxca-zIPk-ZNcmfg/s1471/JoeF%20Uni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="881" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqZ-A9KkwbedGZSOOYLd_VQbihsuRhKpaW_dc0Bzn6oySWY1XjvVh4rIoMciP8sQ4cSmwGQOqlDgpHROB75TtWp5ZW3sO9NJ_EeTrlHJJpkFyb8L5P2y2ESa6TMN9eMSy0M3DefArsSjC_uEJqcQQ4B_abZT3VePWBrBxca-zIPk-ZNcmfg/s320/JoeF%20Uni.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><p> Joe Ferguson played for the Dodgers and Astros. Those unis - most excellent.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUXDeGdQTHkqI76_-SEMPiY5LAmo0SbFoW09p82hUGazyTjfmnpe7CzacgDL4944l6bhzeN_qSasktDlIdwuQlhSz8Tl7zpQvzw97sWutwsDz3YCw1sYskwbqoHB9j8ijTUj241bqXf1XFGLTrsZuV7daPcKeFAOIdHqTsUMb9z0IIHim4A/s1041/GoSC09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="749" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUXDeGdQTHkqI76_-SEMPiY5LAmo0SbFoW09p82hUGazyTjfmnpe7CzacgDL4944l6bhzeN_qSasktDlIdwuQlhSz8Tl7zpQvzw97sWutwsDz3YCw1sYskwbqoHB9j8ijTUj241bqXf1XFGLTrsZuV7daPcKeFAOIdHqTsUMb9z0IIHim4A/s320/GoSC09.jpg" width="230" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1ErvskgtclmdqQnyZczW0GQckwBhxRzh9T60hMre7PMFTrkizFcYWIB261-_N8UkyNTZD7hfSXnTcZ1Y58wBeer8xPIFUMwVJvN7783qLBt7XOTnPgvpBJL2k5-Bbx7tpE9L8bFTKrtsedk6yvtN3h7QneccK_58AnqDXxCQphp6a8zwrw/s1050/GoSC10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I do have a few of his minor league issues before this one.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC13gupI5fC_sWb8ddshTSw_u_6beoBTvP19iiqUzHo2MHBevIqWd4e4qlIAlFEwXsOaYxdfafCHdJVwEKafLzmWAGXkl3rpSkqaV5nxKJkXQYiCItroAZBrj50JsoaQrEMCKfEHmmCO4Qv8PZ1yMnjHYNmMqPK72U7t-G-ucHf0ieEuyFqw/s1041/GoSC27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC13gupI5fC_sWb8ddshTSw_u_6beoBTvP19iiqUzHo2MHBevIqWd4e4qlIAlFEwXsOaYxdfafCHdJVwEKafLzmWAGXkl3rpSkqaV5nxKJkXQYiCItroAZBrj50JsoaQrEMCKfEHmmCO4Qv8PZ1yMnjHYNmMqPK72U7t-G-ucHf0ieEuyFqw/s320/GoSC27.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxn2SPPtIC8m68b_uRroQq7hlUTrHxRDUXuI3whbR7on57yyphaIu8VAZqM62BWk3C5_cJHMb50KP0EK4oDd3VMtl08yE45l7sol3d06Arhb2xRoj76ASonOxLUHq6ahv6GP-VkSd3WIE1neKPy-bLQvbtp-sgHe6RheR7AKSGGN6jznt8A/s1048/GoSC28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1048" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxn2SPPtIC8m68b_uRroQq7hlUTrHxRDUXuI3whbR7on57yyphaIu8VAZqM62BWk3C5_cJHMb50KP0EK4oDd3VMtl08yE45l7sol3d06Arhb2xRoj76ASonOxLUHq6ahv6GP-VkSd3WIE1neKPy-bLQvbtp-sgHe6RheR7AKSGGN6jznt8A/s320/GoSC28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I bet you won't see this many minor league cards on another blog this week.</p><p>Check out GoSportsCards.com if you're in the market for any minor league player since the Milennium or so.</p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-71387643530668363802024-02-07T08:00:00.001-05:002024-02-07T08:00:00.252-05:00View From The Club Level - Part 2<p>Continuing the previous post on my four "compact" boxes of 2023 Stadium Club.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHjb1bZi7RD6rdWJquA_9DS754fjwcKdzwOvEk8vytImtauAY7vKZA1ZZ_dRwNc5NfrIakfCidmtM5EVPYIcACTY5pdGgX1N40OpxsX_SNEKPG_UeeCuAi2HM0sexthebdm1BU0bXwVeyU5OoSL70HJTRBrMElgyOFW_paErZtuWklzl3kg/s1188/20240203_172626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="926" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHjb1bZi7RD6rdWJquA_9DS754fjwcKdzwOvEk8vytImtauAY7vKZA1ZZ_dRwNc5NfrIakfCidmtM5EVPYIcACTY5pdGgX1N40OpxsX_SNEKPG_UeeCuAi2HM0sexthebdm1BU0bXwVeyU5OoSL70HJTRBrMElgyOFW_paErZtuWklzl3kg/w311-h400/20240203_172626.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Box #3 begins with an exclusive purple foil parallel. Lee looks like this game is with the knuckleballer and he's not looking forward to it...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Qw-BykQWCaWwb9aGIwPYmKJmpIjoJ8h2YFqbmKtYaSyvuJ0u5UVBZdnKZX07EVSFhDA6b75qIN9az31lKO6IdDnWSpiNx3xZ9y6cykQvcSqB-sq06FeBkD4qtY2voybLgq9VNPDK5LzowNRuLp7dG7avmqJLJBCvyRb_5MIkLWZObWYjXg/s1124/20240203_183249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="884" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Qw-BykQWCaWwb9aGIwPYmKJmpIjoJ8h2YFqbmKtYaSyvuJ0u5UVBZdnKZX07EVSFhDA6b75qIN9az31lKO6IdDnWSpiNx3xZ9y6cykQvcSqB-sq06FeBkD4qtY2voybLgq9VNPDK5LzowNRuLp7dG7avmqJLJBCvyRb_5MIkLWZObWYjXg/w315-h400/20240203_183249.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br />Another Oriole parallel - though I'm not familiar with Mr. Hall. This looks like a chrome, but doesn't have the logo. It's a little different....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbI2YIZoHardt-gvOYYY-dnpWxVWKRDszAQ3pgHE7G4LVMTih0ZT5y_1le2JOz4vsMbGmsx69KRAoQgG3KxCxkbm1kY2lwXfKHGa6Cbl2LhIg9Eqigzo4NFMjfqqeEDxWEOmWHyCVBylkgcBDuXVCRl5iCdODa2ki7s2d6MoJpiGRQ3cCVg/s1320/20240203_183313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbI2YIZoHardt-gvOYYY-dnpWxVWKRDszAQ3pgHE7G4LVMTih0ZT5y_1le2JOz4vsMbGmsx69KRAoQgG3KxCxkbm1kY2lwXfKHGa6Cbl2LhIg9Eqigzo4NFMjfqqeEDxWEOmWHyCVBylkgcBDuXVCRl5iCdODa2ki7s2d6MoJpiGRQ3cCVg/w299-h400/20240203_183313.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>Ah, OK. Rainbow foilboard numbered out of 25. That explains it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjG0Bgw00MM_uwGUX-NHYUYR60udrHqfub0JrhGb5huA26jgBmcR8bQWtyY7MBA4Q_PiZgN5vuIqW7sVGxsZZ8VzgphTK88j9OV4TDrjCLhRj4G-aYD9ufXthSBmQlB5q8ftoRl-VM2k1VvmuXF1LL5ySMSgBIz0_t2FbhlqZiDvISZVx2w/s1160/20240203_173202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1160" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjG0Bgw00MM_uwGUX-NHYUYR60udrHqfub0JrhGb5huA26jgBmcR8bQWtyY7MBA4Q_PiZgN5vuIqW7sVGxsZZ8VzgphTK88j9OV4TDrjCLhRj4G-aYD9ufXthSBmQlB5q8ftoRl-VM2k1VvmuXF1LL5ySMSgBIz0_t2FbhlqZiDvISZVx2w/w400-h297/20240203_173202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Cool signed shot of Michael Grove for the Dodgers. I think much of the appeal of Stadium Club photography is the wide angles. It focuses on the atmosphere and not just the player himself. Shades of 1973 Topps vs. the previous years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwa1d3PFaYdCPICaCk4LjUFy8eRMw13Xeu-vMp8TWtd0_-KgpL2UKi3HoN_KXSKKjNLb8rOD254hviHN8HQNz8iFam3VIINFlmyEYVrFpQMF7vzj5VFw_pAKxB2nkCHwPPsjDisevdqP6SI4En2IJybb3nmdiNXvyoFwURoyfAYl1GlTrirQ/s1304/20240203_173343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1304" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwa1d3PFaYdCPICaCk4LjUFy8eRMw13Xeu-vMp8TWtd0_-KgpL2UKi3HoN_KXSKKjNLb8rOD254hviHN8HQNz8iFam3VIINFlmyEYVrFpQMF7vzj5VFw_pAKxB2nkCHwPPsjDisevdqP6SI4En2IJybb3nmdiNXvyoFwURoyfAYl1GlTrirQ/w509-h304/20240203_173343.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><p>The remainder of Box #3. My only player collection hit was Keith Hernandez. Still need pairs of Bo Jackson, Carlton Fisk, and Jim Palmer, plus all the parallels. Got Bench and Brandon Crawford in red, as well as the Ohtani CPF insert, which was the first card that is already spoken for as I figured. Black Burnes, Verlander CFP (regular), and Harper VV fill out the rest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARn4rRULl8g2tFRte1FIHz4x2Z3b_OFPc1JBwDa8VKaJp438tOTkQnbF7Ib72Ji-y-14jfITiVdDaz2wOevM5H0iPK68Zg1o2ITIK2Iy2FBzWWkd-1va7cDfvMxj6MJVf5if-76vULKY8gNq2qg9kKHpaw6sycNr814Fa6TrZuh7BVoWIww/s1320/20240203_174338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARn4rRULl8g2tFRte1FIHz4x2Z3b_OFPc1JBwDa8VKaJp438tOTkQnbF7Ib72Ji-y-14jfITiVdDaz2wOevM5H0iPK68Zg1o2ITIK2Iy2FBzWWkd-1va7cDfvMxj6MJVf5if-76vULKY8gNq2qg9kKHpaw6sycNr814Fa6TrZuh7BVoWIww/w299-h400/20240203_174338.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>Last box. There's that Burnes guy again. This time it's the orange chrome refractor...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vu_KcL_YPPcI9nWniOauRi5kXJ9uNERdJOcF8npdeJHEbSxT14sAdfOqJoKWc3o1J1gcAU6fAyadJW-gArH7p-Z6gMDe0O-Zb4bdfF2GQrNyujvT-9JY7wrPMP55ypOPrzULljUyhuX6zYhkp3skAuNFAVP6b1ed-A5kxADF4inNYn_qUQ/s1320/20240203_174317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vu_KcL_YPPcI9nWniOauRi5kXJ9uNERdJOcF8npdeJHEbSxT14sAdfOqJoKWc3o1J1gcAU6fAyadJW-gArH7p-Z6gMDe0O-Zb4bdfF2GQrNyujvT-9JY7wrPMP55ypOPrzULljUyhuX6zYhkp3skAuNFAVP6b1ed-A5kxADF4inNYn_qUQ/w299-h400/20240203_174317.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>...out of 99. This was the highest serial number of anything I pulled.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16kxV82O0FEVHUFPFoBMDgKDY5QJW5Xx2y7vxJSmOacB461Ra5b4oi6HxDhA9eDYYUz4kVBC3GFzHxZaEH2ww5K_WlC7xZUOU7OapcNM82K8BoJLxTE2_ffEUMWfjtFuU9uTVilEr_-kfccEHv_f_HErjAGH1dRzM_K8fT1OhGA5OIYIL-g/s1320/20240203_174406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16kxV82O0FEVHUFPFoBMDgKDY5QJW5Xx2y7vxJSmOacB461Ra5b4oi6HxDhA9eDYYUz4kVBC3GFzHxZaEH2ww5K_WlC7xZUOU7OapcNM82K8BoJLxTE2_ffEUMWfjtFuU9uTVilEr_-kfccEHv_f_HErjAGH1dRzM_K8fT1OhGA5OIYIL-g/w299-h400/20240203_174406.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>Another Orioles highlight (and keeper), a Beam Team Gunnar Henderson. This may be my only representation of his rookie cards besides A&G. And I won't bother trying to complete the Beam Teams either. I've still got a few sets going from previous years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7dOTnK6q_FAvYB1Vx2huEoLN2B-z1ho4_LNmCNZoQviWseNKFFhidtc1Tpkmw6HqubHNI40sHiYwFI4Ts3_vhwkI-jGwZY3gqgDFcInO-Gkphjke7o0Q-MF2UqIQ25Sfg5zipKnhFHuxo8WIegIRHZnKghSPJyravxah4gduuqUOsjAYFg/s1288/20240203_174238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1288" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7dOTnK6q_FAvYB1Vx2huEoLN2B-z1ho4_LNmCNZoQviWseNKFFhidtc1Tpkmw6HqubHNI40sHiYwFI4Ts3_vhwkI-jGwZY3gqgDFcInO-Gkphjke7o0Q-MF2UqIQ25Sfg5zipKnhFHuxo8WIegIRHZnKghSPJyravxah4gduuqUOsjAYFg/w494-h285/20240203_174238.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><p>And here is the rest of Box #4. Wait, where's the autograph you say? Well, I guess they're not necessarily guaranteed. No last pack mojo in this one. The next box probably has my Ripken auto in it. </p><p>Betts CFP and O'Neill Cruz VV were the inserts. And this one had red Bregman, Mitchell, and Jose Ramirez. Jose also showed up in black. And you saw Mitchell in a previous box in black as well. Josh Smith was the second purple foil. And I didn't realize it from the first one, but...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMh67w9g7SDAFp6ZkD6pn0oZRUP87lWof7zc1pNaNiCNeC7dTyfFdjgQaaKjLBAB4l_3LTb_7D54Y-03J7GwHLLy9aAypDvHwWWhELkMIM6oYxdXS4izO3R5I1dJtZLgahbM0uUHtmQFD0TrXYFB14TxPkV0Y63DxTOQcW7Mzj2pm-Ey2IqQ/s1320/20240203_183445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMh67w9g7SDAFp6ZkD6pn0oZRUP87lWof7zc1pNaNiCNeC7dTyfFdjgQaaKjLBAB4l_3LTb_7D54Y-03J7GwHLLy9aAypDvHwWWhELkMIM6oYxdXS4izO3R5I1dJtZLgahbM0uUHtmQFD0TrXYFB14TxPkV0Y63DxTOQcW7Mzj2pm-Ey2IqQ/s320/20240203_183445.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>...They are numbered too!</p><p>Overall, I'd say these are a fun rip. I can't speak to the value you get. Don't know if I should really be disappointed about not getting a fourth auto. And I wasn't too worried about getting enough of the inserts to be able to finish them either. So I'm happy with what there is. The only other factor will be collation. Let's sort 'em out and see....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIYeKaKUvatP2CZWteN7bNk2tLv8XU3p2Uhro_okgSiWMe8yo89YKO5c1aSO62BnntNqPz4EIOa5PKS6cRUlLdma3sUJt_vLxSFyCE9W1cTOQv0DleZuLE8zHQ4rrK4gwQuKSYfmXxY_i5Lx2ScEkxiCkGSyxdBd21t7C1rlvMCGuFpO9MQ/s1318/20240203_175434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1318" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIYeKaKUvatP2CZWteN7bNk2tLv8XU3p2Uhro_okgSiWMe8yo89YKO5c1aSO62BnntNqPz4EIOa5PKS6cRUlLdma3sUJt_vLxSFyCE9W1cTOQv0DleZuLE8zHQ4rrK4gwQuKSYfmXxY_i5Lx2ScEkxiCkGSyxdBd21t7C1rlvMCGuFpO9MQ/w501-h213/20240203_175434.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><p>I didn't notice a lot of duplication until I got to the third box. And even then it didn't seem like a lot. I knew there were three of a few players. Once I sorted them by numbers, it looked like there would be a significant number of dupes in the first 100. And the 100's looked the weakest as far as set completion.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sdsna2liMr0WcxI3CulCZBlcwbc639SoxYrEoQ771Ww70Yf3vI58H0D1h7vajc5Sb6OInsKTSTbgf3ccd5cEoAtZtP_J60RmtTf-ZUFWHT6xniOpPkgnY5MtaQ5GuA1M_Qg_HQTXSN-d2e74Z08nFSBbvS_YGFXBiwZINUsT661CWhtwIw/s1092/20240203_182731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="984" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sdsna2liMr0WcxI3CulCZBlcwbc639SoxYrEoQ771Ww70Yf3vI58H0D1h7vajc5Sb6OInsKTSTbgf3ccd5cEoAtZtP_J60RmtTf-ZUFWHT6xniOpPkgnY5MtaQ5GuA1M_Qg_HQTXSN-d2e74Z08nFSBbvS_YGFXBiwZINUsT661CWhtwIw/w360-h400/20240203_182731.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>Sorting them down to tens filtered out the dupes. I did have a handful of triples. That's kinda weird when you consider I would be completely missing so many but get <i>three</i> of a few. But the overall ratio of redundant cards is very low. I'm pretty sure my dealer pulls them out of the case in a manner to reduce getting the same box twice, so that may contribute. Either way, the collation is pretty good. Only about 20-25% duplication. And the inserts were pretty much all different, which is nice.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm going to put up my wants to my original trading group first, since I've neglected them after jumping in deep on the TCDB. Then I will open up trading to bloggers and readers and Database members. I'm really only after the base set and hope to get lucky with a few of my PC guys' parallels along the way. And if it gets really intense, maybe finagle an auto of someone I know or a few more Oriole inserts.</p><p>Thanks for checking out my break!<br /></p><p></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-23907334703151859992024-02-04T13:15:00.000-05:002024-02-04T13:15:32.727-05:00Went To The Club, But Didn't Know Many People There<p>Made a rather spontaneous purchase this past week. As you know if you've read me more than twice, I gave up most new products a couple years ago. On top of that, my baseball game viewing dropped to practically zero as well. I couldn't justify the rising costs of building sets of players that I no longer recognize. Especially when the price of a box calculates to more than a dollar a card when divided evenly.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlKP7kNfJHE-00OnwIbtQfM-M_JtU6_xHZb1I86KOWVT4sfOgJFvGDyohapI7pTBta-xr9a7c30h8NPaz86HXlYdd_zEpCYDljvnl42KDpb5f9xf9OV6P3U5bk7n6ItvzF2mUhy9UyAF5kyjKzNB3UyLGDFgkvrHwGiBGTn6ZqHPWAG8ibg/s1206/20240203_172644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="926" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlKP7kNfJHE-00OnwIbtQfM-M_JtU6_xHZb1I86KOWVT4sfOgJFvGDyohapI7pTBta-xr9a7c30h8NPaz86HXlYdd_zEpCYDljvnl42KDpb5f9xf9OV6P3U5bk7n6ItvzF2mUhy9UyAF5kyjKzNB3UyLGDFgkvrHwGiBGTn6ZqHPWAG8ibg/w308-h400/20240203_172644.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><p></p><p>Well, I threw a lot of that out the window when I came across the listing for 2023 Stadium Club on my favorite dealer's website. There were Hobby boxes for $149 with two autos and the usual number of parallels and tough-to-complete inserts. </p><p>Now to me, I figure I'm pulling two rookie autos that I've never heard of. So, a basic auto is worth $5 in my mind. Take double that off the price of the box and you're left with $129. There are 128 total cards in the box (16 x 8), so it's about a buck a shot. Granted, it's possible to get lucky and pull a great auto, but I'm never that optimistic. </p><p>The other choice was the "Compact" box which is basically half a Hobby box. One auto and most of the parallels & inserts that I don't care that much about. Price was $69 at this dealer, which was about ten bucks less than the big name sites. Two of these was less than a single hobby box. Still right around a buck a base card, but they're nice looking this year....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzSi97ZZYIddbNK38Quk7Pze6f07GuGGzH8mLV8eqOjE8dEoAwwjBwCtPgC9-RvlPBqlIqGNYGGgyJzPECJCAvFWMFIrLwlu_r99EJ1zNw-QziZhJKr0JffOfSi5ItKdfSCvOc18Gom0nMEuLTpoFFkml8QrnmGVuNGSRiZMsu1_F8W_SdQ/s986/20240203_165825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="986" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzSi97ZZYIddbNK38Quk7Pze6f07GuGGzH8mLV8eqOjE8dEoAwwjBwCtPgC9-RvlPBqlIqGNYGGgyJzPECJCAvFWMFIrLwlu_r99EJ1zNw-QziZhJKr0JffOfSi5ItKdfSCvOc18Gom0nMEuLTpoFFkml8QrnmGVuNGSRiZMsu1_F8W_SdQ/w400-h378/20240203_165825.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>SOLD!</p><p>I kept thinking that was Bryce Harper on the 'cover', but it's Acuña...</p><p>When I got them in hand, I learned why they called them compact. They're practically blaster boxes, since they're 8 packs of 8 cards, but of course, they aren't charging $20 for them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcZpeqSsa5Yr3AsJBANyMwoH6Ez0jQpLiJx7kL3lk322oajL1192nBXhnk3tYHJkiLmGhJX4x0CQLrFpDvO70k27LS40dWaiHwxRsvYHU3tQWwyMEbbt06S7kgVr7qTOx5KwdzyIruf4ljBrqkAOxshNKJ1lZ9w10YHWqzdVNnVhSDaykWw/s1320/20240203_170037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcZpeqSsa5Yr3AsJBANyMwoH6Ez0jQpLiJx7kL3lk322oajL1192nBXhnk3tYHJkiLmGhJX4x0CQLrFpDvO70k27LS40dWaiHwxRsvYHU3tQWwyMEbbt06S7kgVr7qTOx5KwdzyIruf4ljBrqkAOxshNKJ1lZ9w10YHWqzdVNnVhSDaykWw/s320/20240203_170037.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>Cut the cellophane and pull the lid back, and you might think they're empty...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-aYzaGV49Gjq8iqoEnj-0Wv2QGgMcnmGMNWO3DbXrAqKmVlZvpeOp3tegh1lg_GflhQ_E_9QOqpl0fbcPdYrHUudY8xojOP4P-fnE_fugTYWmvZEDE_fvyAXXb6Jx10s7zaZkVHjcUsvhDCc5TbRiLnqLC2JtgSbHem92apBdWMJ2pgo7g/s1320/20240203_170048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-aYzaGV49Gjq8iqoEnj-0Wv2QGgMcnmGMNWO3DbXrAqKmVlZvpeOp3tegh1lg_GflhQ_E_9QOqpl0fbcPdYrHUudY8xojOP4P-fnE_fugTYWmvZEDE_fvyAXXb6Jx10s7zaZkVHjcUsvhDCc5TbRiLnqLC2JtgSbHem92apBdWMJ2pgo7g/s320/20240203_170048.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>But the inner flap reveals the packs in the bottom.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmduGgEcehLPwo36m9bb-ghyphenhyphen4NxKO-By9xnusMzE5nwuaeJcUuinU2LelmvHv2o9b6AxDVFOPe_6NmA0fDlaCX8KhoHqH-LVYOqepjDyiBDDe2VTVyj-4d9_FUWpq2aV7UhmpmDBiOUyFqsM6JLnhbOAGU7GNtPHk4IiX2fAv7QuOBkM0Mg/s1320/20240203_170115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmduGgEcehLPwo36m9bb-ghyphenhyphen4NxKO-By9xnusMzE5nwuaeJcUuinU2LelmvHv2o9b6AxDVFOPe_6NmA0fDlaCX8KhoHqH-LVYOqepjDyiBDDe2VTVyj-4d9_FUWpq2aV7UhmpmDBiOUyFqsM6JLnhbOAGU7GNtPHk4IiX2fAv7QuOBkM0Mg/w400-h300/20240203_170115.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>There really are eight, even though my photo looks like seven. Let's dive in!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FsahCKOXlaeV3a8NZBYXHkRjKzJEEOodM-Nm7bNUrcOTAzwnK7ZeH3TNiXcQ8aiSbrPVghtGbkLr6RlhGpZOQYSueU7d4wWBiGI-IZVrfh6MkcuFYdsUmwc-5yvLUU0bgEPCjs3cE8gyNtANir-zvk-R1reU65FIPRMvwYN-vuwAaRuL6A/s1170/20240203_170416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="908" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FsahCKOXlaeV3a8NZBYXHkRjKzJEEOodM-Nm7bNUrcOTAzwnK7ZeH3TNiXcQ8aiSbrPVghtGbkLr6RlhGpZOQYSueU7d4wWBiGI-IZVrfh6MkcuFYdsUmwc-5yvLUU0bgEPCjs3cE8gyNtANir-zvk-R1reU65FIPRMvwYN-vuwAaRuL6A/w268-h346/20240203_170416.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><p>First card - Nolan Jones from Colorado. If he didn't have a glove, I'd have said he was a cyclist or something.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMr9oRCXtAmVlLfNqnnfGzSajjDXohhJceyDa5JxAQGOnG2eJBGVZJ5wfueJ8yd0_zY6pI0h0AEAS7OOkRgZiYRfg7AqfZnrt2aeJ1DmH6QusRZHRxhZw8nJtEX1sZOBSnJhhyeQiMcY9-rlFurwvTWI-b3LsscgqUsFntTIUH9b8tvvWRA/s1270/20240203_170553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMr9oRCXtAmVlLfNqnnfGzSajjDXohhJceyDa5JxAQGOnG2eJBGVZJ5wfueJ8yd0_zY6pI0h0AEAS7OOkRgZiYRfg7AqfZnrt2aeJ1DmH6QusRZHRxhZw8nJtEX1sZOBSnJhhyeQiMcY9-rlFurwvTWI-b3LsscgqUsFntTIUH9b8tvvWRA/w485-h320/20240203_170553.jpg" width="485" /></a></div><p>First pack mojo! Pulled a Jeter Chrome and a red Canseco. It's always a win whenever I pull Jeets from a pack. And in the last year or so, it's actually happening. Used to be he was the last card I needed for base sets and inserts every time. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMothMs325NoWdhqg8k3geUDg89bIQGLqCVA0nke9ZtElE7hjdnSqDiHQWNgeXGRiePAZDmdSfayz7bVG85jCw-8H5d0Eg6vfFFWN9xAa5e-aLfxhiUfOGaHD0dBGSWQBqVxsZLCBfQp-dWf4YaaIXyltst87isITnJPZ76E3wHt20whFaQ/s1316/20240203_170529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1316" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMothMs325NoWdhqg8k3geUDg89bIQGLqCVA0nke9ZtElE7hjdnSqDiHQWNgeXGRiePAZDmdSfayz7bVG85jCw-8H5d0Eg6vfFFWN9xAa5e-aLfxhiUfOGaHD0dBGSWQBqVxsZLCBfQp-dWf4YaaIXyltst87isITnJPZ76E3wHt20whFaQ/w400-h238/20240203_170529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The rest of the pack just for fun. Nice pack - Johnny Bench is great, and Mullins is my favorite Oriole when I'm paying attention. I've heard people say that Gorman is a decent rookie too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwG45lEo_SQeiyXXUKRwldNYDwrOz4CKYvKKdlgoYk8yAaGegy-YVlj90KZgZ1SE0T11X3slNDtrC6c4H4OhmOwRsRrrtHdJLn9p4HGHv1UhUvoa-GPN5T43QNO6NFeG8Goz7_59JrOPD4h7UxUkxnaQ8uw7OjojBUTDKoepXwDpRDgdW1IA/s1320/20240203_170715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwG45lEo_SQeiyXXUKRwldNYDwrOz4CKYvKKdlgoYk8yAaGegy-YVlj90KZgZ1SE0T11X3slNDtrC6c4H4OhmOwRsRrrtHdJLn9p4HGHv1UhUvoa-GPN5T43QNO6NFeG8Goz7_59JrOPD4h7UxUkxnaQ8uw7OjojBUTDKoepXwDpRDgdW1IA/w400-h300/20240203_170715.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Later packs revealed some other interesting ones, like this black & white Joe Ryan. Not knocking Joe, but would have been even better if it was that other Ryan guy who pitched for Texas....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-GiIRgE7y846R-lK3MHo3U2pgGSmPQgFfx5PB_Q9Di91H3Iun_yw6ppPinZ3c7XUw4gewuygfUZlSbQzcrs3Zk0TNoNVXWetBRFw_7Z0lyhrEmyPeZfsjhAPqF1wiLjWywol3YHGv6w629ah7JNIWI5GIR53Kug0wOJwvVDMF6zpeEWTZA/s1320/20240203_170942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-GiIRgE7y846R-lK3MHo3U2pgGSmPQgFfx5PB_Q9Di91H3Iun_yw6ppPinZ3c7XUw4gewuygfUZlSbQzcrs3Zk0TNoNVXWetBRFw_7Z0lyhrEmyPeZfsjhAPqF1wiLjWywol3YHGv6w629ah7JNIWI5GIR53Kug0wOJwvVDMF6zpeEWTZA/w299-h400/20240203_170942.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>This was a nice one too. If you don't know, these Triumvirates are sets of three interlocking inserts. Usually team-themed, but not always. I saw a YouTube break where they pulled this one.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYzn0rUTj_sDZevrj7VV15SYYKdXHSjC2jHuq8J4AF1nVIxG10Sw-uQj6_gY5NsuNVu4UvzNdhV5KaEcemVmBbELJkdw3Dr5fHj7kh9Fwwnwey7z5OU5-y2Em3MPAE2ZfbgIgPBmae7rFK5Q6KwSPWrN35oIFh3R1HzjeqfFU8WcdgUBbJA/s1320/20240203_171230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYzn0rUTj_sDZevrj7VV15SYYKdXHSjC2jHuq8J4AF1nVIxG10Sw-uQj6_gY5NsuNVu4UvzNdhV5KaEcemVmBbELJkdw3Dr5fHj7kh9Fwwnwey7z5OU5-y2Em3MPAE2ZfbgIgPBmae7rFK5Q6KwSPWrN35oIFh3R1HzjeqfFU8WcdgUBbJA/w299-h400/20240203_171230.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>And the "hit(?)" of the box, Cal Stevenson auto. Maybe Fuji knows who this guy is.... Like I said, I wasn't expecting much out of the autos. All my autos were in the last pack, except in the last box. Stay tuned for more on that.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCRNgzb1qJUll-dgHWDgEyZaftdKixHiCE10B-YRk4hhVTYXelIBhyl0SAyvT_Qp1KKK9OOGJUY1GxAbLgLm9I2A8_bgZbM1Co1JdKQa7JZqpEyt-TMF5G5SPkDdaSd98pa3aoWFZxd_Fh31R91j75BcblBKjM3dptrOYQzFb-ez8LHNE_A/s1316/20240203_171412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1316" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCRNgzb1qJUll-dgHWDgEyZaftdKixHiCE10B-YRk4hhVTYXelIBhyl0SAyvT_Qp1KKK9OOGJUY1GxAbLgLm9I2A8_bgZbM1Co1JdKQa7JZqpEyt-TMF5G5SPkDdaSd98pa3aoWFZxd_Fh31R91j75BcblBKjM3dptrOYQzFb-ez8LHNE_A/w492-h285/20240203_171412.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><p>Here's Box #1's featured contents. Black Mauer, VV Riley and Cole CFP round it out.</p><p>This post is gonna be long, so I'll split it for Box #3 and 4....On to #2!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVeyYLV4wQx005xBTDkvtQ_oJiM6jCS1-La-F16TTxJnKnc3tdGZKKGytdjMOsTqZ6imppdt-4YsyRNiF2BKg_F6lBTxIceH9kjVVm0fyV3iUJurSXEyHkqfP1pyGtJmmNwM/s1022/20240203_171925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVeyYLV4wQx005xBTDkvtQ_oJiM6jCS1-La-F16TTxJnKnc3tdGZKKGytdjMOsTqZ6imppdt-4YsyRNiF2BKg_F6lBTxIceH9kjVVm0fyV3iUJurSXEyHkqfP1pyGtJmmNwM/w286-h400/20240203_171925.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><p>Hey! that sorta looks familiar! Wait a second....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSA6wqcOWfqRlVkKyqcdxQamcnnTiymYac7j8pyd37AULikrggnXTZSKE-3eq0J5LYGEeaSOOhBKFPPQ0JT42bcG3R_xAyrfWMDiN5nY-as237D3jVvXOfa2vaIQh2hsM-k8_-MxCzhvvGqm0aKnTkTk7pWv71z0eGEkyOeOVIUcYTKC_VrQ/s1166/20240203_171940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1166" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSA6wqcOWfqRlVkKyqcdxQamcnnTiymYac7j8pyd37AULikrggnXTZSKE-3eq0J5LYGEeaSOOhBKFPPQ0JT42bcG3R_xAyrfWMDiN5nY-as237D3jVvXOfa2vaIQh2hsM-k8_-MxCzhvvGqm0aKnTkTk7pWv71z0eGEkyOeOVIUcYTKC_VrQ/w486-h378/20240203_171940.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><p>Ha HA! Nice! Ok, who's the third Mariner? Julio Rodriguez....Hmm, not who I would have thought. Oh well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEq0OWKpe9EGmSAVOV9kbhdsXsWLnXGi_qQgO5St4S3ecz_ndoC928TPSWOjNB0jwMyFBY5IISGx1tgPh2OVN2QOTA8Qi_ZeAx-PL2z6mW0NQmIpvDuDg-fOlfyqn7G0yjT-gaUqeGNaXurkv3Y5ybi6P4hcRlx1nQnCaYNOp20S-MNfpLIw/s1128/20240203_172231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="854" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEq0OWKpe9EGmSAVOV9kbhdsXsWLnXGi_qQgO5St4S3ecz_ndoC928TPSWOjNB0jwMyFBY5IISGx1tgPh2OVN2QOTA8Qi_ZeAx-PL2z6mW0NQmIpvDuDg-fOlfyqn7G0yjT-gaUqeGNaXurkv3Y5ybi6P4hcRlx1nQnCaYNOp20S-MNfpLIw/w303-h400/20240203_172231.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><p>But wait, there's more! Bright orange Willie Mays. Flip it over...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRH7GHiYvoKSYZYYt-l-dmee-1tKtC_Z5edUapYl4Vwm0JucysdwVaRHLd3BP6BpkSKUjsyCRp9UNbeJlgp9xjT7XZpeGFFrUQQKVi6bT8DBCf7IC0LnJY40ay2ASbmrENOrAsy4mmNT-Uh7KA76ut1EEzY-NPL5up5fXasXzPjccV9XKZWw/s1320/20240203_172303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRH7GHiYvoKSYZYYt-l-dmee-1tKtC_Z5edUapYl4Vwm0JucysdwVaRHLd3BP6BpkSKUjsyCRp9UNbeJlgp9xjT7XZpeGFFrUQQKVi6bT8DBCf7IC0LnJY40ay2ASbmrENOrAsy4mmNT-Uh7KA76ut1EEzY-NPL5up5fXasXzPjccV9XKZWw/w239-h320/20240203_172303.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>Usually I would say parallel inserts are a pain. But a Willie Mays isn't a bad thing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0d9fuUIzIacx-Qd6kv_u-f39TNS5EzoIXvf_yUPPRr8-_6C5C4-ugCyeKEHF2-xmi5GUP4Bt5vtWz7OF4i0hfjcwF79Y9CuvI0Rfy1a7IrhgWKe1_uV8HIrudunBvESLPlb0f9Lpn_ABTx_nx2wTYR-wVZb54QRLs1cwBIcX55UwtRQnpA/s1320/20240203_172253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0d9fuUIzIacx-Qd6kv_u-f39TNS5EzoIXvf_yUPPRr8-_6C5C4-ugCyeKEHF2-xmi5GUP4Bt5vtWz7OF4i0hfjcwF79Y9CuvI0Rfy1a7IrhgWKe1_uV8HIrudunBvESLPlb0f9Lpn_ABTx_nx2wTYR-wVZb54QRLs1cwBIcX55UwtRQnpA/w400-h300/20240203_172253.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Once again in the last pack, Mr. Woods-Richardson. (shrug).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYW_eVeghcNjoyNXpXWsqfkzqSydRGZEAtwRsp9nAtLE21w2Ck9_JZc-w3XhMmcB5c130TqcUE349Sz-ATIVxQluA20kxoawMydNnlgo_DP751wa8-5Ly8fuIX0D_mnYkuFqS4bz_pdCHnSkpwpopHhAjrDEZ1m5gd7Uh6gswBrVXzTMGyfQ/s1316/20240203_172416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1316" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYW_eVeghcNjoyNXpXWsqfkzqSydRGZEAtwRsp9nAtLE21w2Ck9_JZc-w3XhMmcB5c130TqcUE349Sz-ATIVxQluA20kxoawMydNnlgo_DP751wa8-5Ly8fuIX0D_mnYkuFqS4bz_pdCHnSkpwpopHhAjrDEZ1m5gd7Uh6gswBrVXzTMGyfQ/w500-h311/20240203_172416.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><p>And the rest of Box #2. Red Wright, Gorman and Mullins (my parallels seemed to repeat player a lot throughout these boxes.) Black Mitchell, Chromey Ripken is a keeper, and the Liberatore is a Refractor flavor. Alvarez CFP and Tatis VV are the inserts.</p><p>Let's take a break right here and jump into Box #3 next time....<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-46851991148011119402024-01-30T09:20:00.000-05:002024-01-30T09:20:10.401-05:00Aspirations<div><p>A co-worker gave me a factory set of <a href="https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/8456/1991-Classic-Best" target="_blank">1991 Classic Best</a> minor league cards a while ago. It's a 450 card set that comes in a custom box with each block of 100 cards wrapped in cellophane. This set had sort of a defect in that two of the blocks were of the 200 numbers, so I was missing the 100's. I put them on the Trading Card database and they've come rolling in.</p><p>There are many players who went on to have significant major league careers. Like these two:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjyaY-wJO5rGVhgRmrcoE20iyAuz-UNfVL-vvmc532HwVsqVEPZLxj0EYR44dlX41CN0GdadEKt8X_ZFwl835R9MvU-If9RKgLaVhn3BKBgXyGJ3IbRfWOYRaYUzd968sT7rrmAt8Mhl91gRCTN4dbJO9s9mBn3f6jjpixV9mEtfZR1gN4A/s350/PudgeRod.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjyaY-wJO5rGVhgRmrcoE20iyAuz-UNfVL-vvmc532HwVsqVEPZLxj0EYR44dlX41CN0GdadEKt8X_ZFwl835R9MvU-If9RKgLaVhn3BKBgXyGJ3IbRfWOYRaYUzd968sT7rrmAt8Mhl91gRCTN4dbJO9s9mBn3f6jjpixV9mEtfZR1gN4A/s320/PudgeRod.jpg" width="227" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfjLcRPF3mdD4i85pOooi8zgVq2TCGbUhD4fQ6Ti_YH86SE4xMWmnAE5lqsgl_nwYgBcbPHNGQX-P3D_Sq2KhqbyRZFl4kO1ARrvw1PAfzvE_7H9-c9GTg0ndwL_lJQm1DCG7esM7htkfaB4S46Ooyd3tipEJevrg9CE8EfJM8XvIBnqf2g/s350/Thome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="253" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfjLcRPF3mdD4i85pOooi8zgVq2TCGbUhD4fQ6Ti_YH86SE4xMWmnAE5lqsgl_nwYgBcbPHNGQX-P3D_Sq2KhqbyRZFl4kO1ARrvw1PAfzvE_7H9-c9GTg0ndwL_lJQm1DCG7esM7htkfaB4S46Ooyd3tipEJevrg9CE8EfJM8XvIBnqf2g/s320/Thome.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br />But some of the others who didn't quite make it have similar names to those that did. Though not all of the successful people made it in Major League Baseball. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFma0M-SiuhG4ezXgffzkQyHy3iksho0ltY7lIb5kKrik_NeC9lA9k8EZe6OQaH_5pCZIGdpzGw6hUiwrcj5Uc3RdeLHWPuij6iTR3kfRo_RvmSCZgJnZHyKc9IfBQ6BWzhnaPvK0uZlnUefc2H9uqRn7SZh7zDzO7b0oQryMGfrUU6xFmw/s1000/colon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="713" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFma0M-SiuhG4ezXgffzkQyHy3iksho0ltY7lIb5kKrik_NeC9lA9k8EZe6OQaH_5pCZIGdpzGw6hUiwrcj5Uc3RdeLHWPuij6iTR3kfRo_RvmSCZgJnZHyKc9IfBQ6BWzhnaPvK0uZlnUefc2H9uqRn7SZh7zDzO7b0oQryMGfrUU6xFmw/s320/colon.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Cristobal Colon only played 14 games for the Texas Rangers.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0rb1N6klFp8hOWT_XA4sPrOlENZuiU1AWp9kEGqEcz5Mz9mIjPozTj24JGuRtpv61CeMJuve5oPZ4F_vidCE13oMB8uvHUXhgAjjxY12YHfwh-mG56CbD2phJVxaJw14HLjcBfMRH865XTKBkOxD6IimYukCyWSEudLJ7ZqhIuRPh5gKRg/s640/BartoloC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="640" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0rb1N6klFp8hOWT_XA4sPrOlENZuiU1AWp9kEGqEcz5Mz9mIjPozTj24JGuRtpv61CeMJuve5oPZ4F_vidCE13oMB8uvHUXhgAjjxY12YHfwh-mG56CbD2phJVxaJw14HLjcBfMRH865XTKBkOxD6IimYukCyWSEudLJ7ZqhIuRPh5gKRg/w400-h251/BartoloC.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He could have been Bartolo Colon!<br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjii-98Jx8O8mEImEOEpgPgDMWeuTEvD8RF3WPw8FzqYJeJ3xIa7h2ER5iTEgt1kV3OaDOn_-7hKqboEsQS3Y1aU7bTW9otlx389NKx0yWz8AZTToAmWwzMGlSI8AZ_t31JuARwbxwAVnQdXV02O6nD6qfsuTGYawV4pTBwEKpYzVseg5ck6A/s350/Rolen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjii-98Jx8O8mEImEOEpgPgDMWeuTEvD8RF3WPw8FzqYJeJ3xIa7h2ER5iTEgt1kV3OaDOn_-7hKqboEsQS3Y1aU7bTW9otlx389NKx0yWz8AZTToAmWwzMGlSI8AZ_t31JuARwbxwAVnQdXV02O6nD6qfsuTGYawV4pTBwEKpYzVseg5ck6A/s320/Rolen.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Steve Rolen never made it beyond A+ ball. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBe7Wo85R90HQlcQTLjXwhTmhx6HNJark5A7xBtiHucm4mtf9-Q0MuHygM4NMtvlh6X3VslagcBWN5OlKdeoSHqmELmGoR1INKlO8IOR5u3lwYYe7YzFmpBaMLZFCv8fOH5lrTW9WCwyobJY2DANgiZWgo0tP6j1I8iweZe2cMMRfBQva8Sg/s1052/SRolen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBe7Wo85R90HQlcQTLjXwhTmhx6HNJark5A7xBtiHucm4mtf9-Q0MuHygM4NMtvlh6X3VslagcBWN5OlKdeoSHqmELmGoR1INKlO8IOR5u3lwYYe7YzFmpBaMLZFCv8fOH5lrTW9WCwyobJY2DANgiZWgo0tP6j1I8iweZe2cMMRfBQva8Sg/s320/SRolen.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Scott Rolen has been on the HOF ballot.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7S16Zr27yxUaL548hUHWR4zlbr1DSUxkRSG5Ooklwh1Emo8wEGqQ5Ty-eqJmRl6CnmlJ4rj-XgLs3oQN5e7Ehmxq0M1F2LS-leffpC-8VAHlhVzUt60rQtJ9y0cywOc_Ue5rm8HW5eCXHovOD5NsharwUGwPODHq_ImmEfwRfyVZR-ZvbQ/s350/Russel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7S16Zr27yxUaL548hUHWR4zlbr1DSUxkRSG5Ooklwh1Emo8wEGqQ5Ty-eqJmRl6CnmlJ4rj-XgLs3oQN5e7Ehmxq0M1F2LS-leffpC-8VAHlhVzUt60rQtJ9y0cywOc_Ue5rm8HW5eCXHovOD5NsharwUGwPODHq_ImmEfwRfyVZR-ZvbQ/s320/Russel.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Fred Russell was "straight outta Compton" but only had a few years at A level.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kvfjY7hec2lQ9kDr9dTYwhS1sXAeNB7aFsUThzwpTpYCcE4TvtzEUPTf1mVgfB7ahZlQOso7Z450-1uST5eZvY3AfwsmUGcmwL_sZ_Mf73api3pWQkzNg8Fh2Fjs82eNi7UdCgfqHREgnbcQ_TO1pIhufHypHcv4PQ6vUT5epnp68WAfwA/s1000/Bill%20Russell%2077.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="717" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kvfjY7hec2lQ9kDr9dTYwhS1sXAeNB7aFsUThzwpTpYCcE4TvtzEUPTf1mVgfB7ahZlQOso7Z450-1uST5eZvY3AfwsmUGcmwL_sZ_Mf73api3pWQkzNg8Fh2Fjs82eNi7UdCgfqHREgnbcQ_TO1pIhufHypHcv4PQ6vUT5epnp68WAfwA/s320/Bill%20Russell%2077.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Bill Russell was a staple for the 70's and 80's Dodgers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="216" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0vu3KnYWqExMy0a5N32MSUbDm1S6eNwRqUEncek45IdrQ1iBBOz5bS2a4ga8YH_qo6NNRWiZFuktAkaTmhIUjDx83BXq4303-B0OkmGmafl7hFL_JQeQIgsoWGm5iWJDGPjVbqLlr58gFmuybsKea06wzXVxiWbBe7snxGVX_Yik5WlV4w/w294-h320/MunozA.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">If he was Anthony Munoz, he would be a Hall of Fame lineman.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihIW2nToS4k_zwisQY6A7FyauGcYN3iOMNNXzwVSt_Nkb2AQRrPvigyYvr0DLls_fbaPbqyEG9cMpSoN68PYERSv29lcgpLzptvxgCYXjRzyA2wirIp23Wf5ikWGHPTKTJ8RmvBx3vLCM9rsfoVJSoSQM69vTuWB55Y6Qg6c3Amr_ELMxgA/s350/jackson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihIW2nToS4k_zwisQY6A7FyauGcYN3iOMNNXzwVSt_Nkb2AQRrPvigyYvr0DLls_fbaPbqyEG9cMpSoN68PYERSv29lcgpLzptvxgCYXjRzyA2wirIp23Wf5ikWGHPTKTJ8RmvBx3vLCM9rsfoVJSoSQM69vTuWB55Y6Qg6c3Amr_ELMxgA/s320/jackson.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Jeff Jackson played from 1989 to 1998, but didn't go higher than AA.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidx8G7cZNJ7RydJWMTyQf52Gf0dM2JS9p1HqC9SUAlqHfnY2rkXCRWHuSgk6CnMT808-kLAt79zSOefaFEFfpOkiyQhmVKJRCkxMRQc8L-ecjHjkEwi2NA9DOsfDib3MwBlDuvfzgEbZdA-cwqJfLgirhpCoWghal12Bbt3b3VHtlrMqWg0g/s600/JacksonBo_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidx8G7cZNJ7RydJWMTyQf52Gf0dM2JS9p1HqC9SUAlqHfnY2rkXCRWHuSgk6CnMT808-kLAt79zSOefaFEFfpOkiyQhmVKJRCkxMRQc8L-ecjHjkEwi2NA9DOsfDib3MwBlDuvfzgEbZdA-cwqJfLgirhpCoWghal12Bbt3b3VHtlrMqWg0g/w365-h243/JacksonBo_0.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Everyone knows what Bo did in two sports.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3e5LTeBygDTbfX5yc94Ffov7Uoa2ltCxMFVUW9k4QG-gyygKBslkEzW_6VFcXJgh9fjWGQtmnFKxiEA1pyjtIOQoC3LRtQ9Mi1OHzx9F-kQgBsLBVKZzssNAcFwmv79CxoY-keMGMZbIo5Kd6DqPoirS6P4jT6ETLHScI7LnSrOxa85xVg/s1000/Carey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="713" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3e5LTeBygDTbfX5yc94Ffov7Uoa2ltCxMFVUW9k4QG-gyygKBslkEzW_6VFcXJgh9fjWGQtmnFKxiEA1pyjtIOQoC3LRtQ9Mi1OHzx9F-kQgBsLBVKZzssNAcFwmv79CxoY-keMGMZbIo5Kd6DqPoirS6P4jT6ETLHScI7LnSrOxa85xVg/s320/Carey.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Some guys just weren't meant to be athletes. Paul here actually appeared in 18 games for the Orioles in '93, with a .213 batting average.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXu-rwQbp9zDaVljfIeCuQs0WP2eFb_VJn9ofiOcjfqPcTyN0KE3ZvaxVyyus9qwrxqWtr1TteN75VlLWDUrD-vFTbZuRSAwmQ5caMqRMKxlCcF1rZHjh98v1KYHr0_u4kLNwfdf1msgowHNrexag0K3lIucuKcEawpc9xQ9Ji0oMmW6_vg/s298/Harry_Caray_1988.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="220" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXu-rwQbp9zDaVljfIeCuQs0WP2eFb_VJn9ofiOcjfqPcTyN0KE3ZvaxVyyus9qwrxqWtr1TteN75VlLWDUrD-vFTbZuRSAwmQ5caMqRMKxlCcF1rZHjh98v1KYHr0_u4kLNwfdf1msgowHNrexag0K3lIucuKcEawpc9xQ9Ji0oMmW6_vg/w282-h382/Harry_Caray_1988.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">As Harry Caray, he would have had a long career in the broadcast booth. <i>(Not to mention tributes by Will Ferrell.)</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1l7MscyafwmHCIDbUcXyTFVsegv-VnGp7kLnmDgcmjmPIcfuZD8Urs5tww4kwxYm-fSTPtJ870-MVWzD_dmCSTuantK9DAx4xm-kRgjpJ9A4xMrPOmdvKPTS59V_zEK04prDTlE6mHG3GuywqVIkekpecO6hlRrqBTouYZSkht2yWsulpw/s350/DavisJr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="249" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1l7MscyafwmHCIDbUcXyTFVsegv-VnGp7kLnmDgcmjmPIcfuZD8Urs5tww4kwxYm-fSTPtJ870-MVWzD_dmCSTuantK9DAx4xm-kRgjpJ9A4xMrPOmdvKPTS59V_zEK04prDTlE6mHG3GuywqVIkekpecO6hlRrqBTouYZSkht2yWsulpw/s320/DavisJr.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Freddie Davis, Jr. went five seasons in various levels up to AA with a total record of 12-11.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHCpqnWBOvxQjNXDOcpa5JkBX83LAuFGWpMOFjh00xhZYlgqPFupZXStkaNnKsJrucm3kBlTKksg8QDTbxNB1YR2W2B3szwzPhsfYftUUOrhV3zL0Es7NmhXu4cALxaMvb5E-l7iywbq9IyHm-E5qCmyf_PqR-grKvXIEtQaxjYnW2D1Olg/s579/sammy-davis-jr.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="462" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHCpqnWBOvxQjNXDOcpa5JkBX83LAuFGWpMOFjh00xhZYlgqPFupZXStkaNnKsJrucm3kBlTKksg8QDTbxNB1YR2W2B3szwzPhsfYftUUOrhV3zL0Es7NmhXu4cALxaMvb5E-l7iywbq9IyHm-E5qCmyf_PqR-grKvXIEtQaxjYnW2D1Olg/s320/sammy-davis-jr.jpeg" width="255" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Sammie Davis, Jr. has been called the greatest entertainer in the world. He started in Vaudeville at age three, was part of the Rat Pack with Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, and was in show business until his passing at age 64.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbHYIa27bgaMt9s3PnG_87M3IXZGaZkkgTsyDzYy5GN05IB7NNQCHD0CYJDXu9_oGNPgiGN2VKusnye0og00Qz-OdmOJb7Cx9GRGTeYqFUvoSV6xwmlnSomZ7hq9nt6JKU68joPfa5MTYGn3ywWxz9yXxEHld2UjNbR6v0QoDaTxE27lQ0g/s350/Bolton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbHYIa27bgaMt9s3PnG_87M3IXZGaZkkgTsyDzYy5GN05IB7NNQCHD0CYJDXu9_oGNPgiGN2VKusnye0og00Qz-OdmOJb7Cx9GRGTeYqFUvoSV6xwmlnSomZ7hq9nt6JKU68joPfa5MTYGn3ywWxz9yXxEHld2UjNbR6v0QoDaTxE27lQ0g/s320/Bolton.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Rod Bolton was called up a couple times for the White Sox in '93 and '95, but only amassed a record of 2-8 in 156 innings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWc1zPKQLXCOdH9EJdhXPCNB4VDwQXxIxZASayR0FkhVGyKXWDCTHMJqzpdt7yigRDvUn07dhHn2zFQPeBKC1YniUqtJepR11xJhBuBv5vW3IwxEaRBMsLiG-2KIetzTOEEWLLGDviRx17F4i8hYdSNWyCGqXYzsPdNqFXkKMCM37wIdkoQ/s496/MBolton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWc1zPKQLXCOdH9EJdhXPCNB4VDwQXxIxZASayR0FkhVGyKXWDCTHMJqzpdt7yigRDvUn07dhHn2zFQPeBKC1YniUqtJepR11xJhBuBv5vW3IwxEaRBMsLiG-2KIetzTOEEWLLGDviRx17F4i8hYdSNWyCGqXYzsPdNqFXkKMCM37wIdkoQ/w226-h320/MBolton.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Michael Bolton started as a hard rock singer in 1975, but switched to adult contemporary in the 90's and had nine #1 hits among 24 albums.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85fwJLV6GHV8Hn25omI0XBS4l-OuUCzd0rTbmQCUSwVhU7nRYhpZrEpc2CvruH5eEEgYlwmOZYTYuEfw0cXFRpXpLfMiRzabKR6J-7mLCkGHy214BPFWI-gERWNttkYpGARellJc8r_HnSx8_W4PiPhrn0WAKI48UdQIAXoq5NmQf3GfTdg/s350/Lifgren.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="249" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85fwJLV6GHV8Hn25omI0XBS4l-OuUCzd0rTbmQCUSwVhU7nRYhpZrEpc2CvruH5eEEgYlwmOZYTYuEfw0cXFRpXpLfMiRzabKR6J-7mLCkGHy214BPFWI-gERWNttkYpGARellJc8r_HnSx8_W4PiPhrn0WAKI48UdQIAXoq5NmQf3GfTdg/s320/Lifgren.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Kelly Lifgren was 28-44 from 1988 to 1993 with a 5.13 ERA.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazy_IbUS83sd0idh1baWzXPiEJn5nrLToW9-KcB3_6toJFufUWaXktymsR7o06VICON5c4Pey9OwleIZJInHBkh-dz0ZE8UrxCsPxUXmMBla0hd8HtJrZnFzgOKLpZVVMqozw7LmEf28Ad_MUvq_pOJWOOSXhs7dJuBlMDtkfCnt2UzTX0Q/s480/Lofgren.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="480" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazy_IbUS83sd0idh1baWzXPiEJn5nrLToW9-KcB3_6toJFufUWaXktymsR7o06VICON5c4Pey9OwleIZJInHBkh-dz0ZE8UrxCsPxUXmMBla0hd8HtJrZnFzgOKLpZVVMqozw7LmEf28Ad_MUvq_pOJWOOSXhs7dJuBlMDtkfCnt2UzTX0Q/w418-h260/Lofgren.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Nils Lofgren (left) has been a musician since the late 60's and is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band as well as Neil Young & Crazy Horse. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwm_Ma_rj4zC8e-WCO435qYyqDrrr-Y3sIp5qBw7U0I7ZYqdK3Ow2T1xCVPhh6GGs8VCSUEiwYownrMds-Hnwq5MMbWX09N3Nk9QIEKE6y_sf-7rgx9AAG0zLz1_iMZyZUt4dbNioVT2gMHb5vK31JWUUYD-5-9A7ZM1-6sxDTKS2gsinOg/s1000/Osbourne.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="718" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwm_Ma_rj4zC8e-WCO435qYyqDrrr-Y3sIp5qBw7U0I7ZYqdK3Ow2T1xCVPhh6GGs8VCSUEiwYownrMds-Hnwq5MMbWX09N3Nk9QIEKE6y_sf-7rgx9AAG0zLz1_iMZyZUt4dbNioVT2gMHb5vK31JWUUYD-5-9A7ZM1-6sxDTKS2gsinOg/s320/Osbourne.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Donovan Osborne actually played nine years in the majors, but over a 13 year span. He did not play in 1994, 2000, 2001, and 2003. His career ERA is a respectable 4.03 with 558 strikeouts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLFYXScOJr_LIhI8RbqBc5DFuKD4CT9Zl5J-riftW4lNbzsgNAaXKHcvuR7bDAq7GvAvzaromXIs2qq18wN-waeKma2CuHuUZsgojERIuo-dEYGzAvBMtjhW5l4a9V_3OFDpya0jzp8lT7hftgkX3MsAFR3VoN03xH4auPCJSxollpcLqBQ/s960/ozzy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="960" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLFYXScOJr_LIhI8RbqBc5DFuKD4CT9Zl5J-riftW4lNbzsgNAaXKHcvuR7bDAq7GvAvzaromXIs2qq18wN-waeKma2CuHuUZsgojERIuo-dEYGzAvBMtjhW5l4a9V_3OFDpya0jzp8lT7hftgkX3MsAFR3VoN03xH4auPCJSxollpcLqBQ/s320/ozzy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">But he's not the Prince Of Darkness!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Oh, what could have been!<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-83677957226785542392024-01-14T21:20:00.003-05:002024-01-14T21:20:22.691-05:00What's The Story With This Guy?<p>I finally finished entering all my recent baseball extras <a href="https://www.tcdb.com/Profile.cfm/LoQtus" target="_blank">into the TCDB</a>. (<i>Ok, full disclosure, I still have a couple piles of recently processed dupes that I have to sort yet, but the majority is DONE!</i>)</p><p>Do you ever notice that the same guy keeps popping up either when you open packs or buy bulk lots or sort out your monster boxes of extra stuff? (<i>What? doesn't everyone have multiple monster boxes of trade bait?</i> 😀)</p><p>While entering my last box - 2017 thru 2021, this guy kept showing up. Not only on base cards, which wouldn't be anything special, (since a major percentage of my extras are Topps flagship base,) but in parallels, and even a relic.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHXMgpQ_uzpBOkbZz55eX3bXIDzDxr3NOMDGopdEXtG11bnJzSkVAfSdyewmtZ9GAvyjmhH9CWzdj_lhcfCm8yF0TsmhW6YZvxESdnRMCtJQqqYvNPk7I9bWA7_5nEjJKrzoRjgN3b3NIeodfA0XXVlw3lhRyPYBl35N5WF6u0_ZysrgLEw/s700/Story%20jsy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="499" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHXMgpQ_uzpBOkbZz55eX3bXIDzDxr3NOMDGopdEXtG11bnJzSkVAfSdyewmtZ9GAvyjmhH9CWzdj_lhcfCm8yF0TsmhW6YZvxESdnRMCtJQqqYvNPk7I9bWA7_5nEjJKrzoRjgN3b3NIeodfA0XXVlw3lhRyPYBl35N5WF6u0_ZysrgLEw/w285-h400/Story%20jsy.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><p>This is the Database image, but mine is identical.</p><p>I looked up the list of all the Story's I have entered, and here it is:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #f1c232;">2016 Topps Heritage - Black Borders (High Numbers) #THC-707 SP<br />2017 Topps #42 <br />2017 Topps Bunt #49 <br />2018 Stadium Club #299 <br />2018 Stadium Club - Black Foil #299 <br />2018 Topps #230 <br />2018 Topps Big League - Gold #46 <br />2018 Topps Holiday #HMW128 <br />2019 Topps Chrome #183 <br />2019 Topps Update - Gold #US44 AS, SN2019<br />2020 Topps Heritage - Clubhouse Collection Relics (High Number) CCR-TS<br />2021 Topps Big League - Souvenirs #13<br />2021 Topps Heritage #600<br />2023 Topps Big League #249 SP</span></i><br /></p><p>Two short prints, two black parallels, and an insert. And a diverse set list as well, but that's pretty easy to do for anyone with decent talent.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WiTA03Lupoc9a8X6UejI05yTr6KC2esw9RJvIpkjkDqVXXpWYJ8A7I28DBXBExwu_rMDvxW91tqZaYDG_RX-pq0V6EoHWrpP-45OjI4-nQki-_wlllC9eNVpQxr6S4ph5m3uzkcBsyoiLPYmPjYEqmJS-mBgyNsMIQny-IpqgM1PCeHoWQ/s350/16HerBlack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="249" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WiTA03Lupoc9a8X6UejI05yTr6KC2esw9RJvIpkjkDqVXXpWYJ8A7I28DBXBExwu_rMDvxW91tqZaYDG_RX-pq0V6EoHWrpP-45OjI4-nQki-_wlllC9eNVpQxr6S4ph5m3uzkcBsyoiLPYmPjYEqmJS-mBgyNsMIQny-IpqgM1PCeHoWQ/w285-h400/16HerBlack.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br />I wish Heritage would stick to colored borders instead of shiny. It makes so much more sense for a vintage tribute product.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnJZ2Uv8LOAOgiPleCU1-RmqXN4wjLl7QWxK_mHCk9QGJghWTYDDmS7xH1vZf3l-iLjGkrkWBs9q1SZMw337kDLNOn1Lb1n3SQ0CINcmq3Uw0G53UuVJczvxTHWqvdxpHbRSjoubH4zuDilWH-cizo9TpX8qRXajF9_W33XezpFdD8jzImA/s1000/Stadclub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="711" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnJZ2Uv8LOAOgiPleCU1-RmqXN4wjLl7QWxK_mHCk9QGJghWTYDDmS7xH1vZf3l-iLjGkrkWBs9q1SZMw337kDLNOn1Lb1n3SQ0CINcmq3Uw0G53UuVJczvxTHWqvdxpHbRSjoubH4zuDilWH-cizo9TpX8qRXajF9_W33XezpFdD8jzImA/s320/Stadclub.jpg" width="228" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R5VMWTCwRBZhvoSkFgYFVXkuGwIPuKI4RPpiMqV2sFd9lT8Yq-3uXwiqP3hIECG0EKUbiZ7PDQEQnZE_tRuX85lVLT_w1DAopSRp1C7CVorYjppCK_DVZxid64EkoSxgy0WDsceVrJnAWKfcYJsrTWvbyBw_2Nxuw1SAG3dPiVzxggY91g/s702/StadclubBlk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Which year did he get traded / move to the Sawx? I don't pay attention any more...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So anyway, if you're a Story or Rockies fan and need any of these, hit me up. Trades are active again <a href="https://www.tcdb.com/Profile.cfm/LoQtus" target="_blank">on TCDB</a>, or email at the link in the upper right. I've got a lot of other Rockies available as well.<br /></div><p></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-41277114079844736052024-01-09T08:00:00.001-05:002024-01-09T08:00:00.328-05:00Like Heinz Flavors, The Nice Classic Chevys, And The First Regulation Size Topps Set<p>Hopefully those hints were enough to tell you that I'm 57 today.</p><p>But you know, it's never really about me. It's about those who are much more attractive and also celebrating today...</p><p>Kate Middleton is 42.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPspTVsnAQirG-y2kHypMEk1Q_xMY47ZfxRtOM_ur-ysKOUoqgE0B7r_lDINx_CLAq0P9H_8fflpwb_Vl83USOl5DpRtXzR-BcChJWmt3IFpDI2ugC5_Z9TMaaoSOig2Q6UUfGw9654SwJCBQACYWUyprAKLFS5LZVSrTCIkvnHCVtIWcsJQ/s904/2023-09-27.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="904" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPspTVsnAQirG-y2kHypMEk1Q_xMY47ZfxRtOM_ur-ysKOUoqgE0B7r_lDINx_CLAq0P9H_8fflpwb_Vl83USOl5DpRtXzR-BcChJWmt3IFpDI2ugC5_Z9TMaaoSOig2Q6UUfGw9654SwJCBQACYWUyprAKLFS5LZVSrTCIkvnHCVtIWcsJQ/w400-h325/2023-09-27.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwYNTp7wxTxjrH3r5yv2bqsKgRDPESjyv0yb3vRZ5wWTilw9X2nxOTnfHrUuOBoJQ6meq-VKRUkU-jil8JPl0vH3iUd2N3cIjYsy-g49avZ8oxOf7E8FRLOrZ1ItiBPIuZFG5b5-c2coGt5B2n4XX5IfOmrqSzkIEzK88JyPMlQcV9MZS0Q/s1939/2023%20Nov%208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Because this is all I do now.</p><p>I'm pretty sure this was one day's mail, and it's TCDB traders, plus my best trader buddy Stuart's latest contributions.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJQo3EUJMC3RRmxZruaPP7eFfFDSr8c8Zf1jxO_pOKCea9x7-xdcavYL4No5R9vcAZpZh0WYYtF1LIaWYiG_jbt-99X0P_JYLe7eLaKcxC6ryr7vuD_hYPAsNNFASwpGRyZQdTJjFVIjy_-BKqy3J3pA62piq8GrAHqm-8MAZq6RGLbBh5w/s1100/20231217_114634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="1100" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJQo3EUJMC3RRmxZruaPP7eFfFDSr8c8Zf1jxO_pOKCea9x7-xdcavYL4No5R9vcAZpZh0WYYtF1LIaWYiG_jbt-99X0P_JYLe7eLaKcxC6ryr7vuD_hYPAsNNFASwpGRyZQdTJjFVIjy_-BKqy3J3pA62piq8GrAHqm-8MAZq6RGLbBh5w/w400-h313/20231217_114634.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br />Starting on the left, two bonus packs of this year's Topps Big League. All of which I put on my available list on the Database. A couple Carlton Fisks and some other 70's player collection oddballs that I'll show better in a moment. And a '75 mini upgrade for my completed set. All those came from Stuart. The Upper Deck Updates are a TCDB trade that I didn't mark as received until the next week. Oops.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6a6upAgvX2ruR_zoYYGVQAc4IKp4e9xUbQV8xr06uSKLHh33Or6CCpKkWL3eU_Iig8JauJTP-QaIkbKbzenx8qmlPpKQaIBSopoQzccZsZvPPqZDEmOGIPG4Ljj9zRIjrN4HCIWXRX5os33gpPRqn1HGqFzySV8kM5rLaO1cajeKpPbSyw/s1100/20231217_114628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1100" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6a6upAgvX2ruR_zoYYGVQAc4IKp4e9xUbQV8xr06uSKLHh33Or6CCpKkWL3eU_Iig8JauJTP-QaIkbKbzenx8qmlPpKQaIBSopoQzccZsZvPPqZDEmOGIPG4Ljj9zRIjrN4HCIWXRX5os33gpPRqn1HGqFzySV8kM5rLaO1cajeKpPbSyw/w499-h348/20231217_114628.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><p>Most of the rest is other Database trades, except for the UD XL & Fleer Team Action football from Stuart in the loose stack. The Fisk Archives and the Priest Holmes parallels are player collection hits. The rest is set hits except for Bruce Smith and Lavar Arrington, who go to my Washington football horde. Those GameDays are mostly inserts from '93. The Gus Johnson was apparently still on my wantlist from when I picked it out from another trader who really didn't have anything I could use. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWj0qk3Uyzr4mIb19MwmgrymVzvQk7ISk74rtmilIH5ckCzzJmTZQ055prvQWyR5VnRWKoH0Z33AQDAFcN6uLKmRD8KfA0_rFQHyLag6bfD_GSpDI7tGZKTtHSCTIyiIp47FHV_eIw05EctWk-zI0YLQXYUf9rkIxQ0aUeX-lv7341DJNYw/s1102/20231217_115250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1100" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWj0qk3Uyzr4mIb19MwmgrymVzvQk7ISk74rtmilIH5ckCzzJmTZQ055prvQWyR5VnRWKoH0Z33AQDAFcN6uLKmRD8KfA0_rFQHyLag6bfD_GSpDI7tGZKTtHSCTIyiIp47FHV_eIw05EctWk-zI0YLQXYUf9rkIxQ0aUeX-lv7341DJNYw/s320/20231217_115250.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><p>Here are all of the Burger Chef Discs. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj714TupNPKkQNSVGhChJcfMMHaUh-n_wznuK7GmVzJsCXCv4banoyozZhy49SAOuHZe_SlOIVo92fRJbSiV7LOHQ6GQQd5UFsauW9iusOl2lUoC-ic2LuLVrxbGuzw9k26_pvQmB90Sq6M2fX92EMNjGG4ERFi4mY9VLve57C6VXD0tGEw9w/s1124/20231217_115308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1100" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj714TupNPKkQNSVGhChJcfMMHaUh-n_wznuK7GmVzJsCXCv4banoyozZhy49SAOuHZe_SlOIVo92fRJbSiV7LOHQ6GQQd5UFsauW9iusOl2lUoC-ic2LuLVrxbGuzw9k26_pvQmB90Sq6M2fX92EMNjGG4ERFi4mY9VLve57C6VXD0tGEw9w/s320/20231217_115308.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><p>And the backs....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zv77rkVTRXbulh8iFR558vd3ohwUYaXGg4xhZwiVGIWB277scNv6ffL-z84CWocuYqh2WPgkVhORa0JgGRN2FfKYs_YjRbdGPtwSF8dEf0Kbc_umkgVk0ZOgkkcQkAPN8QtKXzW9vedOaKlyEErOGLsS4M5tGe4w4LMpoZB5C_zcDRqCGA/s1737/20231217_114716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1737" data-original-width="1100" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zv77rkVTRXbulh8iFR558vd3ohwUYaXGg4xhZwiVGIWB277scNv6ffL-z84CWocuYqh2WPgkVhORa0JgGRN2FfKYs_YjRbdGPtwSF8dEf0Kbc_umkgVk0ZOgkkcQkAPN8QtKXzW9vedOaKlyEErOGLsS4M5tGe4w4LMpoZB5C_zcDRqCGA/w307-h484/20231217_114716.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><p>Full view of the Golden Age Fisk box topper.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf_lPS2dFotyZGkXDmoImIsxjrWSSZ4a5jmGkQnzq1BEsBL00Xr7DYOLCUwohQFTaCRhb86C5Ebf_TRlXRg7Np2RSQQKZKXNvJVNf9NHBGt3AVkjt0F5vZUUPFRAQyltLq6aIpwKw1YtcWURfRtCvbr5Z8CWBLds_r5IJdIIJ_0VCWC6ddA/s1123/20231217_115456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf_lPS2dFotyZGkXDmoImIsxjrWSSZ4a5jmGkQnzq1BEsBL00Xr7DYOLCUwohQFTaCRhb86C5Ebf_TRlXRg7Np2RSQQKZKXNvJVNf9NHBGt3AVkjt0F5vZUUPFRAQyltLq6aIpwKw1YtcWURfRtCvbr5Z8CWBLds_r5IJdIIJ_0VCWC6ddA/w391-h400/20231217_115456.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><p>And the Fleer football. I just love these sets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpV0pT-ROrqCwfqRfB_FwwCcB0hxl0J10rFW62U_g0VruI_7GntrKOk4v7BzxGJpbDLRVSLenhEVXadio-Zok3i6QPdn1AxjDil4fgggw8r6mjc67GB6sOptAvHRUKwxVebMPM4Y7zrSDWwAhjDDm_RhCS4QzfOwSxLLe79av-3HepZPIkBQ/s1100/20231217_114644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="1100" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpV0pT-ROrqCwfqRfB_FwwCcB0hxl0J10rFW62U_g0VruI_7GntrKOk4v7BzxGJpbDLRVSLenhEVXadio-Zok3i6QPdn1AxjDil4fgggw8r6mjc67GB6sOptAvHRUKwxVebMPM4Y7zrSDWwAhjDDm_RhCS4QzfOwSxLLe79av-3HepZPIkBQ/s320/20231217_114644.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And that small silvery bundle in the first picture is actually holograms from the Brockum Rock Cards from 1991.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguf3axh4hxK8FFc8OHUPxejODPBMtoDzQiwWOqWgyit_sd2GDXCWKe7T5U-WV7s7Kpp_nlkcPSJVPbfMf5ynUVfaTJ_OmpenRy_0puG56MRL7wcvU6nI0XCJg44ZGqYgEgfOyIWCTawIWE6uUiPx-KyQ4vBA98w0R3YMYmBLg1AtAwkTrj6g/s1100/20231217_115052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1100" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguf3axh4hxK8FFc8OHUPxejODPBMtoDzQiwWOqWgyit_sd2GDXCWKe7T5U-WV7s7Kpp_nlkcPSJVPbfMf5ynUVfaTJ_OmpenRy_0puG56MRL7wcvU6nI0XCJg44ZGqYgEgfOyIWCTawIWE6uUiPx-KyQ4vBA98w0R3YMYmBLg1AtAwkTrj6g/w400-h376/20231217_115052.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Here's what they all look like. Completed my set. 🎸</p><p>Thanks again to Stuart (he always likes to be mentioned on here) and the TCDB traders.</p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-72352504563908476402023-12-13T21:41:00.000-05:002023-12-13T21:41:42.931-05:00More Mixed Mailings<p>Ugh, I'm slackin' again. It's just a lot right now...</p><p>Ideally, I'd be posting almost every Trading Card Database trade I make like a lot of other blogs, but there have been so many lately that by the time I get the incoming ones marked received, moved to the proper collections, then marked off my want list, and then pack up the half dozen new ones going out, it's close to bedtime.</p><p>And on top of that, this week I'm having another go-round with a kidney stone. I think today I might have passed it, so hopefully that's over. But Monday and Tuesday were kinda rough, although I packed up nine trades last night.</p><p>So anyway, I managed to take some pictures of a mailday from a couple weeks ago now. I didn't get any blockbuster cards, but it's always fascinating (at least to me) the eclectic mix of stuff that TCDB trades bring in.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjy5GDHSBY5lRDT_3uVxtKdUats2BTYCZdkxv13Oo4qEQvEpwObdeafuy860ef4tungoCjZnuNDERnt85zzuu6933dOKR46BvqKHI2twkFLLiYJUp0r7wPy7ubO489kHQSEv0A433NMJTM_jKzbM0WtPhSZbjfmGkE51V_4F5OnYTI9NAHfQ/s1106/20231204_172535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjy5GDHSBY5lRDT_3uVxtKdUats2BTYCZdkxv13Oo4qEQvEpwObdeafuy860ef4tungoCjZnuNDERnt85zzuu6933dOKR46BvqKHI2twkFLLiYJUp0r7wPy7ubO489kHQSEv0A433NMJTM_jKzbM0WtPhSZbjfmGkE51V_4F5OnYTI9NAHfQ/w370-h400/20231204_172535.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><p>So four envelopes showed up. Not sure if it was on a Monday or not - that's usually when I get the most at one time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgdp6NglaD03feqmDt2NsWG8D4ci-suGGCYwqrMfZj2wr39626H9dBWzgRWRO9SKuMKeTDTVcXj1wmP59ov6sArVyB_gSHsUmGbWoVKRwZyYeJQUGNEtf-5QTGRITPA_g6K7X9rvpECB3EiMKTAfI2U4XmO4iSJUluKywFVWfecFUi7kr7A/s1020/20231204_172837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1020" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgdp6NglaD03feqmDt2NsWG8D4ci-suGGCYwqrMfZj2wr39626H9dBWzgRWRO9SKuMKeTDTVcXj1wmP59ov6sArVyB_gSHsUmGbWoVKRwZyYeJQUGNEtf-5QTGRITPA_g6K7X9rvpECB3EiMKTAfI2U4XmO4iSJUluKywFVWfecFUi7kr7A/w400-h276/20231204_172837.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Open each to the first layer - two Christmas cards! They were really just used as containers, and weren't signed or anything, but it's kinda cool. </p><p>I'm thinking I'll have to turn trades off here soon, I haven't even scratched the surface of Christmas shopping etc. yet....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn6zMBrwFIgoE23AZ1u31wGN16cwodhQGWQOSuWHwpItrPQ8ZgBlqBtY_EKR81d88T1R6oUlWw96gBUhlesy0FpddQL6VAbJZvQZ4ovay1vRxaG2TQxw05LucGN-7xkfqkFRmYNpnPak-0nqBN9aXToz1zwvOT7IJ__Zy1GDzKTj1H4YV1Q/s262/06RDebutAuto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="201" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn6zMBrwFIgoE23AZ1u31wGN16cwodhQGWQOSuWHwpItrPQ8ZgBlqBtY_EKR81d88T1R6oUlWw96gBUhlesy0FpddQL6VAbJZvQZ4ovay1vRxaG2TQxw05LucGN-7xkfqkFRmYNpnPak-0nqBN9aXToz1zwvOT7IJ__Zy1GDzKTj1H4YV1Q/w307-h400/06RDebutAuto.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><p>The first card revealed is a 2006 UD Rookie Debut insert of DeShaun Foster. The trader - <span style="color: #f1c232;">tinyzinterfere </span>- listed his address as Israel. But this envelope showed up with a return address in NYC. I've seen that before. Not sure how that works. But hopefully he and his are not affected by the ugly stuff going on over there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OdV6P03KlAeAHo8Wmar2I02KqLqvgne4NY3gIMcQOBw4MxU9megykBrpQZ6e9irX8hp0RO-3xusbrfG88Oi3OPYEzPSF6StGrfmFxO8Dh57GkKru-R6U2TDLru5w5xCY60E2YH1tudk9dPAxkTIa7tW3-k2f2NzP2dAiyN4H_g_dCbJctA/s1024/20231204_172934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1024" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OdV6P03KlAeAHo8Wmar2I02KqLqvgne4NY3gIMcQOBw4MxU9megykBrpQZ6e9irX8hp0RO-3xusbrfG88Oi3OPYEzPSF6StGrfmFxO8Dh57GkKru-R6U2TDLru5w5xCY60E2YH1tudk9dPAxkTIa7tW3-k2f2NzP2dAiyN4H_g_dCbJctA/w400-h285/20231204_172934.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Opening the greeting cards and paper sleeve reveals the contents of the other packages. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9hd9HB-_EQ687RwyXKQERaGBaDqhJs_YzWPUvdEVG5mr-ILfen0ykiY5bRbjUg5TGb0mYgAlKVz9F7Nwnsa-Wu4G9sWHiQZ-umD3k4YSDHKjaUSBp01VTaaPOx51s92hZsG7LOr7pTe45F54c4ESHKELnaruMYAp-PlicbGYi6oePZnMwA/s603/bauman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="603" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9hd9HB-_EQ687RwyXKQERaGBaDqhJs_YzWPUvdEVG5mr-ILfen0ykiY5bRbjUg5TGb0mYgAlKVz9F7Nwnsa-Wu4G9sWHiQZ-umD3k4YSDHKjaUSBp01VTaaPOx51s92hZsG7LOr7pTe45F54c4ESHKELnaruMYAp-PlicbGYi6oePZnMwA/w400-h239/bauman.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This is what trader <span style="color: #f1c232;">AbeBauman </span>sent me. A Super Teams Kranepool, a "no hash marks" (the vertical lines in the lower blue band) 1990 Topps football LL card, and a Ginter mini insert. He also contributed on of the Louis Oliver cards that you'll see in a bit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh63-35TNEOhnwaxEBm2t5UDLZOZoiOy53uqBKMFiyQLcjSCjr-Lf5RZoQHZS0RKbuvFc9VW2l1_fVLUez9WJXyIKDvNQD_rOvVNSn9V49NIjHdjzF7H1RuTPEwe7Z8qb2AuVd5nvRYxGo94NLRsXPtqQBpfsHiqYemA3kGGUu9eMhfoO2h8g/s511/CMoore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="511" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh63-35TNEOhnwaxEBm2t5UDLZOZoiOy53uqBKMFiyQLcjSCjr-Lf5RZoQHZS0RKbuvFc9VW2l1_fVLUez9WJXyIKDvNQD_rOvVNSn9V49NIjHdjzF7H1RuTPEwe7Z8qb2AuVd5nvRYxGo94NLRsXPtqQBpfsHiqYemA3kGGUu9eMhfoO2h8g/w400-h274/CMoore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #f1c232;">CoachMoore </span>sent me a Topps Micro Piniella, completing all the Micros for my player collections, a Gold Medallion Ultra Terry Allen, and a SI for Kids Liut for my casual Capitals collection. He had a lot of those SI's but this was the only one I could use. Was glad to get it in such nice condition. Usually you see those crumpled in dime boxes since they're so flimsy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmm3ZpUHUXPEehEFWJl-wYEMAnfcEVkxqfvm9SKR_YiVcSfqKAncK6xwX7XqM_NVtd7qrGxMbeDfLoN8rGCYSBbULQnJjFbEtil7AHZTUwHTF5MiKePZltBe5O4KAZ0LsBbNryBAPARjLtgRpv7Yea6qjJ8panAaDSJuKe015zYjzs-AEpw/s740/NashinoWAS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="740" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmm3ZpUHUXPEehEFWJl-wYEMAnfcEVkxqfvm9SKR_YiVcSfqKAncK6xwX7XqM_NVtd7qrGxMbeDfLoN8rGCYSBbULQnJjFbEtil7AHZTUwHTF5MiKePZltBe5O4KAZ0LsBbNryBAPARjLtgRpv7Yea6qjJ8panAaDSJuKe015zYjzs-AEpw/w400-h378/NashinoWAS.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>A nice group of more Washington football in Pacific Paramount and Collector's Choice Player's Club from <span style="color: #f1c232;">Nashino</span>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vVEAoG-BXaUfh05bM5p5Mzmcyoc9gkVUrSc53Ketl_eGZqIFODCYbssbIPajFBeAM42UKhX3daKCJelp9ovRsqcFb86ZLXg5bV1IWowi8sxtej3s6SWlb4hRF1JXzDzMUbacgq0IUOjMJjwHOyuhg2Odywrpl-YP2GBc7-ihgYXJI5GBJQ/s1024/20231204_173253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="1024" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vVEAoG-BXaUfh05bM5p5Mzmcyoc9gkVUrSc53Ketl_eGZqIFODCYbssbIPajFBeAM42UKhX3daKCJelp9ovRsqcFb86ZLXg5bV1IWowi8sxtej3s6SWlb4hRF1JXzDzMUbacgq0IUOjMJjwHOyuhg2Odywrpl-YP2GBc7-ihgYXJI5GBJQ/w482-h229/20231204_173253.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>And finally, all three Louis Olivers for my co-worker's collection. Oliver played for the Dolphins most of his career. My co-worker said Oliver was his favorite Dolphin and off I went. Messiers <span style="color: #f1c232;">Bauman </span>and <span style="color: #f1c232;">Moore </span>sent these, including the '94 Select, which is the goofiest photo I think I've seen on a football card. Has to be pre-game workout. </p><p>So there's another sample mailday from TCDB trades. </p><p>Also shout out to <span style="color: #ffa400;">Nachos Grande</span> for a trade on there as well. Not sure I'll pull off posting about it though...<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-69635266615602517522023-11-25T18:38:00.000-05:002023-11-25T18:38:13.886-05:00Semi-Grey Saturday Blowout Deals<p>Could have made it really click-bait if I'd have written this yesterday - Black Friday - but this is how it works out.</p><p>Anyway, I do have some more basically free stuff to offer. It's a mixture of oddball items from the National that might have value to someone out there. The majority are marketing items from companies who cater to a different type of collector than me. Links are to the company sites.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgoqpgVXgdtwQLvkRufd60-ceASjoFqxuK3GMDll04ua6C6jpS7wF0jzMLqdEWbo8ufOeCUF7OSyGRs_dDGqkQh-BPOt687XUjmfKCUXh1g-kHX9DMqWG4754ILvUUwjUPZ9POKywrV-NUnX81vmBBoFjga8a4dYlnbCPyJxCKAPgsqmfZQ/s1191/20231104_193120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="671" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgoqpgVXgdtwQLvkRufd60-ceASjoFqxuK3GMDll04ua6C6jpS7wF0jzMLqdEWbo8ufOeCUF7OSyGRs_dDGqkQh-BPOt687XUjmfKCUXh1g-kHX9DMqWG4754ILvUUwjUPZ9POKywrV-NUnX81vmBBoFjga8a4dYlnbCPyJxCKAPgsqmfZQ/w360-h640/20231104_193120.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>I should never take tall, slim pictures for the blog. They don't fit well.</p><p>Anyway, these are the items up for grabs. I guess I'm taking the first comment to claim an item.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNg_dWgAofmhNsCZnq5bguLHhO9pVJnWe98CVWoLfYwkx_AWsWFMcw6TynQ0Ua0EzeC-Vzt0eyyv-qXtdoQ8Ntvy6V-XKSrff_fc-jwJP8gu11bz00uF_iJFbIrWvujQ-EJMx2BQWA3wIA8S_E_fC96RmcaaQbcle0RpeBGwzaczWG-XVKw/s950/20231104_193130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="950" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNg_dWgAofmhNsCZnq5bguLHhO9pVJnWe98CVWoLfYwkx_AWsWFMcw6TynQ0Ua0EzeC-Vzt0eyyv-qXtdoQ8Ntvy6V-XKSrff_fc-jwJP8gu11bz00uF_iJFbIrWvujQ-EJMx2BQWA3wIA8S_E_fC96RmcaaQbcle0RpeBGwzaczWG-XVKw/w400-h340/20231104_193130.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>First up, a (Gary) VeeFriends Super Sticker of Bullish Bull. Um...I got nothin'...</p><p>Also a stack of the annual Heritage Auctions cards - still sealed. </p><p>You can have either or both.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4fVXIuQ-yHbENKhs8dGcJmwCg8siv2DGcg0h8Q4MsWElHq1se6RSIVQB6THAn93sroZYKEivZ42KTtXZwsK0S4gcEjjoqGrqDG6O1PW9t5Fs72k6aSYwY9FqQNPJy84X-e39kRfjDHT6lsmuFK7_I8AzNbOY_p-U84D_ccht2yHa15b8fw/s1075/20231104_193139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="984" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4fVXIuQ-yHbENKhs8dGcJmwCg8siv2DGcg0h8Q4MsWElHq1se6RSIVQB6THAn93sroZYKEivZ42KTtXZwsK0S4gcEjjoqGrqDG6O1PW9t5Fs72k6aSYwY9FqQNPJy84X-e39kRfjDHT6lsmuFK7_I8AzNbOY_p-U84D_ccht2yHa15b8fw/s320/20231104_193139.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><p>A <a href="https://pieceofthegame.net/" target="_blank">Piece Of The Game</a> commemorative coin with red felt pouch. This version limited to 5000 copies. My fellow convention-goer Stuart got one of a smaller production number (gold version?). The back is just their contact info and a QR code. They're a memorabilia company.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdOxLa6jLiwGiVQ8CS1xgHqPvnUdvoM-VRl6lu9G2zkAM87emmTK6bQABAj78WaLg0lbZuUjT-t808fkTH02AasTVqy5RyrvCOe1aZlzEax5jVwWeYWIJlg5QJA0S9JaOBJCEaB1RewNNODTF-VRmwxeyO4JfuRZWEW1ptClPo7yxnOrACA/s1265/20231104_193153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="982" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdOxLa6jLiwGiVQ8CS1xgHqPvnUdvoM-VRl6lu9G2zkAM87emmTK6bQABAj78WaLg0lbZuUjT-t808fkTH02AasTVqy5RyrvCOe1aZlzEax5jVwWeYWIJlg5QJA0S9JaOBJCEaB1RewNNODTF-VRmwxeyO4JfuRZWEW1ptClPo7yxnOrACA/w310-h400/20231104_193153.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.bcwsupplies.com/interlocking-card-frame-black" target="_blank">BCW card frame</a> with the National 2023 label. Insert your favorite card from the show or scratch off the lettering(?) and enjoy a nice blue frame to show off your favorite cardboard. There are four big screws in the back to split the frame into front and back halves.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExi9XXhX67h0vk2zeXtgygXmurr_WWbkaHhdBk3FUduUFGHkIpvFWBfAmoWhmYTvIWw0Vl14Qu5K3Er4XkbUYUqZfIqF5zsJw3TD4y96nZ3AAzVVM5CUgqsImYI1Rj6iwr80NxZ6_CgF8VgBxZnWO9zKaCSbnF4oW7Mx6oMXtE_rscczxRg/s1320/20231104_193201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExi9XXhX67h0vk2zeXtgygXmurr_WWbkaHhdBk3FUduUFGHkIpvFWBfAmoWhmYTvIWw0Vl14Qu5K3Er4XkbUYUqZfIqF5zsJw3TD4y96nZ3AAzVVM5CUgqsImYI1Rj6iwr80NxZ6_CgF8VgBxZnWO9zKaCSbnF4oW7Mx6oMXtE_rscczxRg/w411-h550/20231104_193201.jpg" width="411" /></a></div><p>Voucher and sticker, plus information about the <a href="https://taggrading.com/" target="_blank">TAG grading company</a>. Voucher is contained in a black framed top loader. <span style="color: #f1c232;">Oh shoot, it says the offer for the free additional grading is only until the end of the show (July '23)</span>. Sorry about that. But if you're into them, you can have the sticker....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6x-lyKeUG18AHYKqq7ukQGEyIdfcksr5h6cELWOXsYXhHRcej1YdSm73fkcvhuOKaErN0UH_lfekywMm1ZMY5rGc-taXjbC0h6F-XlFZDsqMbCqt1TSZarGMkAQpOn4Ud2QHxaU8I8fEuGk-eRPFsZLel18vwkoSSko3e-TglPIavkbi_5A/s1219/20231104_193208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="962" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6x-lyKeUG18AHYKqq7ukQGEyIdfcksr5h6cELWOXsYXhHRcej1YdSm73fkcvhuOKaErN0UH_lfekywMm1ZMY5rGc-taXjbC0h6F-XlFZDsqMbCqt1TSZarGMkAQpOn4Ud2QHxaU8I8fEuGk-eRPFsZLel18vwkoSSko3e-TglPIavkbi_5A/w214-h271/20231104_193208.jpg" width="214" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcP2kuMYkxs5FUF4IXViJ98KsPOCsxe99xQl1QErmrmsQxLuD2vt9UMyt8tFa9ZrUdpv2VKmfPfVhEM4CVm6il0LFExrhgobHWYHC8nb2AG3Btbtl8sdKL1FFxc9yeqKCI9zm8vbuAshVCrGXZznxYkMAHVVWAtkWBoFB65nBnqi7zh0ziA/s877/20231104_193228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="687" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcP2kuMYkxs5FUF4IXViJ98KsPOCsxe99xQl1QErmrmsQxLuD2vt9UMyt8tFa9ZrUdpv2VKmfPfVhEM4CVm6il0LFExrhgobHWYHC8nb2AG3Btbtl8sdKL1FFxc9yeqKCI9zm8vbuAshVCrGXZznxYkMAHVVWAtkWBoFB65nBnqi7zh0ziA/w214-h273/20231104_193228.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.thefia.com/business-insurance/collectibles-insurance/" target="_blank">Finkelmeier Insurance</a> ad card disguised as a Michael Jordan Fleer rookie. <br />I could keep this next to my fake Wayne Gretzky rookie and bogus Jackie Robinson card, but if you're a Jordan hoops collector, this is more for you.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtBJMr19SIi2PZQhCZsB6Vtnu-sW6IZkjzVNuHPwFukJzdXELT6Ppki1qUMotsqmqo_n8-8AA37PzaDUtpIjuDLiRCsO7OSI6ds3nrQj5F3E-E-Yy_S3YTIGjXO8xBiRE-OZiyNShpH5Jq81qpP-mByBKq8GaN5qro4xOs_0Uy3uLc59B9A/s1320/20231104_193250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtBJMr19SIi2PZQhCZsB6Vtnu-sW6IZkjzVNuHPwFukJzdXELT6Ppki1qUMotsqmqo_n8-8AA37PzaDUtpIjuDLiRCsO7OSI6ds3nrQj5F3E-E-Yy_S3YTIGjXO8xBiRE-OZiyNShpH5Jq81qpP-mByBKq8GaN5qro4xOs_0Uy3uLc59B9A/w343-h459/20231104_193250.jpg" width="343" /></a></div><p>And finally...</p><p><span style="color: #f1c232;">Oh never mind.</span> This $10 discount coupon for the eBay Vault <span style="color: #f1c232;">expired </span>in October. My bad.</p><p>And I guess I didn't take a separate pic of the <span style="color: #f1c232;">Pristine Auctions can cozy</span>, but that's available too. <br /></p><p>If I get a few requests (or even comments at this point) for this stuff, I'll put up some other actual cards to give away before Christmas.</p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-83478229623056880112023-11-13T21:38:00.000-05:002023-11-13T21:38:10.948-05:00Monday Mega Mail Day<p>The post office tends to save up packages for Monday deliveries around here. Which works out for me because I don't tend to plan much for Monday evenings otherwise, (#old guy, #mondayssuck) so it's nice to come home and have some new cards to check off.</p><p>Last week on the 6th of November, I got the mother lode. My constant trade friend in Michigan sent me the latest batch, and it came with several TCDB friends.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinesw164RpHom2ZjhQSDZn0WNTHAH9KQSb-KB812yJlVNvstrR0z731qJDXSnK5GUcYDuiCmHxLXtWfbn3BU4djsaKYz2swTwZ7gO9j6cfYD28y7f3p3Wdyb95sFE2G6E-yJNEN1LkFeC8rSc5oxTGieL7PCaYIhnJNjpkuKa6Y5GsLUEd-g/s944/Attach13890_20231106_175537%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="944" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinesw164RpHom2ZjhQSDZn0WNTHAH9KQSb-KB812yJlVNvstrR0z731qJDXSnK5GUcYDuiCmHxLXtWfbn3BU4djsaKYz2swTwZ7gO9j6cfYD28y7f3p3Wdyb95sFE2G6E-yJNEN1LkFeC8rSc5oxTGieL7PCaYIhnJNjpkuKa6Y5GsLUEd-g/w400-h225/Attach13890_20231106_175537%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-_25qYeoPiYj5FSSNL-GVL-UwT09RO1aanInqEAMqcoL3LNVcaRqmJ6eGDeAU1QdcB4Z_ZI3ygTxNpdvjJJsL1IY2q7HrfyZ4X-o8fMWfjqMUNSW-p1NYxDpkWQber1vtq_URfnX4yveCG6Z3L5IujffxA3ZBOImuchIZNEPCnPY8N2few/s944/Attach13892_20231106_175608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="944" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-_25qYeoPiYj5FSSNL-GVL-UwT09RO1aanInqEAMqcoL3LNVcaRqmJ6eGDeAU1QdcB4Z_ZI3ygTxNpdvjJJsL1IY2q7HrfyZ4X-o8fMWfjqMUNSW-p1NYxDpkWQber1vtq_URfnX4yveCG6Z3L5IujffxA3ZBOImuchIZNEPCnPY8N2few/w400-h274/Attach13892_20231106_175608.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Addresses blurred for internet protection.</p><p>First up, Stuart's offerings....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxnxuKW-3fyG6ECd8COa8TN7ZmuiybeMSvlN1NZzrvjCPFAJyhmHVVJhBT6GLK41WhPm5F7HCGLXs28HGnuvFQrJLGXqG2IqrQeMOh1-M1gliMGrMJ8keQCU0udRQoOEAHeaDRmCOcBqkB9trYM5RRtfkPj0j3LECXa9TnxjN2dd7QkS80g/s1024/Stuart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="829" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxnxuKW-3fyG6ECd8COa8TN7ZmuiybeMSvlN1NZzrvjCPFAJyhmHVVJhBT6GLK41WhPm5F7HCGLXs28HGnuvFQrJLGXqG2IqrQeMOh1-M1gliMGrMJ8keQCU0udRQoOEAHeaDRmCOcBqkB9trYM5RRtfkPj0j3LECXa9TnxjN2dd7QkS80g/w489-h604/Stuart.jpg" width="489" /></a></div><p>About half player collection and half set needs, starting with the Heritage box topper of Vida Blue. The '72 is a regular Topps for Manny Sanguillen. I have trouble keeping track of those extra cameo appearances, so I end up searching for extra copies of '70s subset cards years after completing the set and filling in my PC guys' regular issue. The '75s are all O-Pee-Chee for PCs, but I had most of them already. The Hernandez is such a cool shot, and I've been able to snag the regular, red foil, and now shiny version of that Heritage card. The rest are set hits - 2013 Cooperstown, 2006 Heritage, 2005 UD All-Star Classics, 2003 XL Football, and a complete set of the round-corner glossies from 1977-78 Topps hockey.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36x8VHGpNW2HR7T3sJf0eZpHDJEPxU2DhJUn-yoryoW4OFDPgj5jnnNon-ewHw1bew5EpayoLU0uwCbvjK04GULFIdLowqVYUyftl7z-aeOIpUepC8gdIF1T-BKrfnNu-UDg2bYf38J362Q9Cw4RjKbN4oHhYOgIRtB73impTC3pwdL2SVg/s1024/GoldenEagles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1024" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36x8VHGpNW2HR7T3sJf0eZpHDJEPxU2DhJUn-yoryoW4OFDPgj5jnnNon-ewHw1bew5EpayoLU0uwCbvjK04GULFIdLowqVYUyftl7z-aeOIpUepC8gdIF1T-BKrfnNu-UDg2bYf38J362Q9Cw4RjKbN4oHhYOgIRtB73impTC3pwdL2SVg/w448-h368/GoldenEagles.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><p>And now, in no particular order, are the Database trades. First up, from <span style="color: #f1c232;">GoldenEagles555</span>, a few non-uniformed Redskin players, and a couple '97 Stadium Club hits. That SClub set is one of several that have been pounded by TCDB traders. I'm so happy to move extra stuff to build sets like that, even though they would be cheap to buy, sending (in as many cases as possible) <i><b>more</b></i> cards than I'm getting is just awesome.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyE_eHqZJK-I6_84GpKffcGyh1ZyLe2HJLAYsoJBpnN1JHG48h66ky1WPfhO5p1gK__ROFjBX2_G59dfz6uWTfq17tBif1hjrCCzSDxDz2cVu_liv19jf2V-hv5rjzZyg079S0G9P_3pUZHQqEN5AHLNvz30bbnftutphc28s1-OCY5n2wQ/s1370/HDZLV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="1024" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyE_eHqZJK-I6_84GpKffcGyh1ZyLe2HJLAYsoJBpnN1JHG48h66ky1WPfhO5p1gK__ROFjBX2_G59dfz6uWTfq17tBif1hjrCCzSDxDz2cVu_liv19jf2V-hv5rjzZyg079S0G9P_3pUZHQqEN5AHLNvz30bbnftutphc28s1-OCY5n2wQ/w343-h459/HDZLV.jpg" width="343" /></a></div><p>And the diversity of some of these trades (and traders) is great too. Check out that red foil Spider-Man! And continuing the theme of strong guys in red outfits, Tony Gonzalez Upper Deck rookie, and three Ultras of more Washington players. Thanks to Hector, aka <span style="color: #f1c232;">HDZLV</span>.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dKvBP6yH-ZldGkCHYBtw2AAPM8uCX0BxDLxe1Je5X1ZIKO_Zmv_nytYphA8ZnqIKYKSn-a7EoHo1h6C4NvFcwM5_m2sfsJtEh8AYbfxSSFRLSTqmcbIO0FPXM9w77L8CgX5zLWEnAxDQXIE-7ATJ5zfuYnKKOj83hZ_2WBmxm0QC53jcxA/s1024/BCMeeker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1024" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dKvBP6yH-ZldGkCHYBtw2AAPM8uCX0BxDLxe1Je5X1ZIKO_Zmv_nytYphA8ZnqIKYKSn-a7EoHo1h6C4NvFcwM5_m2sfsJtEh8AYbfxSSFRLSTqmcbIO0FPXM9w77L8CgX5zLWEnAxDQXIE-7ATJ5zfuYnKKOj83hZ_2WBmxm0QC53jcxA/w476-h432/BCMeeker.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><p>Another nice mix from <span style="color: #f1c232;">BCMeeker</span>. I'm down to about a half dozen on this 1990-91 Skybox basketball set. Stuart started me off with a lot of about 1000 cards that I dug my set out of and then entered the extras for trade, and then I put my remaining wants on the database and two out of every three trades have had some of them in it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcauEpe3UEPEwtaODWLd-ovc7VsCPaq7KJMjHA9pGik9I9qwcBTWZ3owTvRewGayruXy_XKkgKJCZwttnSfdEn1UftJRYuj6cgprV_JYdSOqcm5HB7y0ZxprVz5P2ZDn84g4LFLT6J_TqRcx9uif34_MUuJexttAMapZ7JeIZhNJyFNb7IrA/s1024/BCM%20&%20HDLZV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="565" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcauEpe3UEPEwtaODWLd-ovc7VsCPaq7KJMjHA9pGik9I9qwcBTWZ3owTvRewGayruXy_XKkgKJCZwttnSfdEn1UftJRYuj6cgprV_JYdSOqcm5HB7y0ZxprVz5P2ZDn84g4LFLT6J_TqRcx9uif34_MUuJexttAMapZ7JeIZhNJyFNb7IrA/w221-h400/BCM%20&%20HDLZV.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p>And these two might look familiar. This happens sometimes when two trades hit at the same time. But I've killed off so many Washington needs that they've probably surpassed set hits in my trades on the site. Which is just incredible, because digging out two to ten singles from each product in shops and at shows would take forever, and I know there are tons of collectors who have them and don't need them. It's a win-win.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5l2LuBtqOkjDUiS9j_RcUhsfWKocDxYfBlt2oCo4qxFBv_DO00ioKdWUvOZSaQh9ondmyeAB1SmaTNa6vm46VCWk15moEw3YSDNA2NpuvNVSM-lBhd99ua08OnOm3TDLqAWVNjSqLOQhNOXTPeU2WlySuG3OjXBN0YZa-pZ_ykWNddijeKQ/s1024/CraigB56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1024" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5l2LuBtqOkjDUiS9j_RcUhsfWKocDxYfBlt2oCo4qxFBv_DO00ioKdWUvOZSaQh9ondmyeAB1SmaTNa6vm46VCWk15moEw3YSDNA2NpuvNVSM-lBhd99ua08OnOm3TDLqAWVNjSqLOQhNOXTPeU2WlySuG3OjXBN0YZa-pZ_ykWNddijeKQ/w444-h344/CraigB56.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><p>More stuff from the sports spectrum from <span style="color: #f1c232;">CraigB56</span>. Late 90's hockey, and one of those Donruss game cards that are pretty easy to come by on TCDB. The Dotson Score is for the Washington collection, but the Addison is my latest player collection. The Vikings WR went through the school system that I work for. I've got a co-worker that coached him in middle school.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUUv57ecSUoBBJ7Dg-qS_HfnXDF-oSjgBrgYsvfDn3oC59Zj2cJHO0_9jO5kN34J5XMxLMtGuDpmPiuxzEcmvKyDNQW0FS6C80-r6frtYbcPHvx93FiIXS-azg-GXiOK9LXouqMFnkQPZOD3pNsn1_3cIdUMJR2eCNIBhHkbDgTqnrsgVbg/s1024/JFCard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="766" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUUv57ecSUoBBJ7Dg-qS_HfnXDF-oSjgBrgYsvfDn3oC59Zj2cJHO0_9jO5kN34J5XMxLMtGuDpmPiuxzEcmvKyDNQW0FS6C80-r6frtYbcPHvx93FiIXS-azg-GXiOK9LXouqMFnkQPZOD3pNsn1_3cIdUMJR2eCNIBhHkbDgTqnrsgVbg/w384-h514/JFCard.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><p>The other bubble mailer was from <span style="color: #f1c232;">JFCard</span>. I didn't spread these out too far. There's the Jordan from the Skybox set, along with an '84 Fleer Update Darling for that set, and a SportFlics Keith Hernandez for his PC. The stack is mostly 1997-98 Score hockey, a few other newer set hits, pretty much all of the first year Capital O-Pee-Chees for that team binder, and some other odd PC needs.</p><p>I got one more package the next day from <span style="color: #f1c232;">sfurukawa</span>, which was bigger than any of these. I just didn't take a picture of it. It was a 300 count box full of mostly Washington football, but also a complete set of 1988 Sportflics Gamewinners, and a handful of baseball PC cards. That was an unusual trade where I actually got more volume than I sent - but his end was all 1975 Topps baseball minis.<br /></p><p>I combined that shipment into the stacks of all the above inventory and sorted by sport.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpKnkKnd6w-agOKVyCT8xacaDZ-GZVXc5I-FQUC-ED3wa3cUqZCcckQRK2btGLDVdPEIZmqU5kEfBSVMJtCuYW2VYDiUnIdRSMGd3-30J5k6E_ZBExWNX4LNb9DelUDsrDwYER95WM0jSodgiXMBpHmAg3QLRWMqWEZJU6l_g88aAjemOdg/s1024/20231107_162838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1024" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpKnkKnd6w-agOKVyCT8xacaDZ-GZVXc5I-FQUC-ED3wa3cUqZCcckQRK2btGLDVdPEIZmqU5kEfBSVMJtCuYW2VYDiUnIdRSMGd3-30J5k6E_ZBExWNX4LNb9DelUDsrDwYER95WM0jSodgiXMBpHmAg3QLRWMqWEZJU6l_g88aAjemOdg/w442-h379/20231107_162838.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><p>Here's a lower angle so you can see the quantities. Not bad for a week of trading...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOg0ymFjtIRGE71xiRRzVcip_vsSiBJPtugN98ajFG0K_6qPjnzFzlTjeGpHfKaiNZpJAoB_UsA00-sOxzTWa9CcOKNeXodEAT78udVj-q455wOE_kR5OjNhNpaln3oXj3-Ev85FXCAYei8rR0Y2EW4RJq-xMiK27tSNt8YNxdFGupL7Vcg/s1196/20231107_162636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1024" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOg0ymFjtIRGE71xiRRzVcip_vsSiBJPtugN98ajFG0K_6qPjnzFzlTjeGpHfKaiNZpJAoB_UsA00-sOxzTWa9CcOKNeXodEAT78udVj-q455wOE_kR5OjNhNpaln3oXj3-Ev85FXCAYei8rR0Y2EW4RJq-xMiK27tSNt8YNxdFGupL7Vcg/w442-h517/20231107_162636.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><p>I've completed 11 trades and have that many still in progress (in transit) for the month of November so far. And we're not even halfway through!<br /></p><p>I also did 11 last month - starting with one on the 11th and the others on the 18th and beyond - after turning them off for August and September to try to recover from the National and Michigan hauls. (Which I really haven't.)</p><p>In October, those trades added 185 baseball, 20 hoops, 73 football, and 5 hockey. <span style="color: #f1c232;">283 </span>total.<br /></p><p>And this month has brought 50 baseball, 54 hoops, 416(!) football, and 121 hockey. <span style="color: #f1c232;">641 </span>total.<br /></p><p>I bet I've moved a lot more than that to good homes too. Gotta love Database trading!<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-67985975445582500662023-11-05T18:10:00.002-05:002023-11-05T18:10:54.048-05:00Blog Bat Around: No Words.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJmjQKXEzg6g8RsMoMvfQbcudATXuZKfaLwhWbzyoRr2OqbkqsM2EojGaVZdtUL3gjr3u4GQ5y9FObSN4DwgcZVlL2yQf_6vKSJy3tYWABzRONvaHbSHvNbL25MQL4HXhhW1V2rUXr87PEB0NXS3ap0MuijV5vz74dVxzQB6UVE7Aiefd4w/s996/before.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="996" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJmjQKXEzg6g8RsMoMvfQbcudATXuZKfaLwhWbzyoRr2OqbkqsM2EojGaVZdtUL3gjr3u4GQ5y9FObSN4DwgcZVlL2yQf_6vKSJy3tYWABzRONvaHbSHvNbL25MQL4HXhhW1V2rUXr87PEB0NXS3ap0MuijV5vz74dVxzQB6UVE7Aiefd4w/w548-h296/before.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdeSP1zXuYHt_pIxEW3wRh7bRITKzUuheXxbU8-N0GiBsLrFT6NdoS_LHMEukW6mARqEY8ms9iNyBIyZmdL1Nh2uUleichugbO15IGc_G5w_EOQL_Lr7JoYTGtZ3XlI6x9yz-7pMcmIK0IyZrBOYtRNnzlA4lhOg5N0Xgu2EtPmyF8BBEew/s1617/Incoming%20Nov%202023%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1617" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdeSP1zXuYHt_pIxEW3wRh7bRITKzUuheXxbU8-N0GiBsLrFT6NdoS_LHMEukW6mARqEY8ms9iNyBIyZmdL1Nh2uUleichugbO15IGc_G5w_EOQL_Lr7JoYTGtZ3XlI6x9yz-7pMcmIK0IyZrBOYtRNnzlA4lhOg5N0Xgu2EtPmyF8BBEew/w545-h337/Incoming%20Nov%202023%203.jpg" width="545" /></a></div><p><br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-28440474919371889262023-11-02T23:00:00.000-04:002023-11-02T23:00:07.202-04:00Yes, 'Em Are Nice Cards<p>In what should be a much larger effort to purge stuff from Hivemind Headquarters, here's a stack of stuff that might be useful for someone. I get these at the National Convention, but since I'm not into grading or the high end of the market, these are slated for the Recycle Bin unless someone wants them. Trade me a few cards or some equivalent for the postage if possible. I'll probably send them even if you don't.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5X0nYSkE5ENKa-K33NYtzBsttjIe63VhkPUo0TSIu46zV9Jm7b1u2G-9QZqSOJPXKIbTObJ5Pl_E1y6nDWrOiPzhtuEPcxQ9CqRfMWmhcFVuyc4DoY3IhitnEFluAxajjPuAIHaBAmIz_PESMIQB00SPs6k4L2aKJ0ntjCJnOw_Nq7LSEg/s3348/20231102_221244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3348" data-original-width="2992" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5X0nYSkE5ENKa-K33NYtzBsttjIe63VhkPUo0TSIu46zV9Jm7b1u2G-9QZqSOJPXKIbTObJ5Pl_E1y6nDWrOiPzhtuEPcxQ9CqRfMWmhcFVuyc4DoY3IhitnEFluAxajjPuAIHaBAmIz_PESMIQB00SPs6k4L2aKJ0ntjCJnOw_Nq7LSEg/w358-h400/20231102_221244.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><p>I'll start with the oldest. The orange book is Heritage Auctions' catalog, but is also a convention program. Interspersed with the staff biographies and upcoming auction news and items, there is a map of the National floor and lists of the autograph signers and vendors present for the show.</p><p>The SMR (hence the title of this post) is the Sports Market Report. I suppose this might be the precursor to the YouTube influencer videos that report the going rates of various graded star cards. It's like a Beckett guide for slabs. Like I said, I have no interest in this information, but a trendier collector might.<br /></p><p>This pair is from the oldest show I went to - 2010.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BbQ25u8ugde8TPMXl-SBs_aHhH0mGsN1ZAwJiQWx7vCBz_phNqp6BjEQDYGhfUqppsgYJNXD4N3rDcGk3at1q6Sik3J-XJi1bzMrHUR3RWdI4CoiEAv4HKATr4b7w3-dbaua8yb22fbiuCAlgRYJAY7MW0KvP_9ssvYvhgJ-XpaNDRTxhg/s3852/20231102_221229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3852" data-original-width="2992" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BbQ25u8ugde8TPMXl-SBs_aHhH0mGsN1ZAwJiQWx7vCBz_phNqp6BjEQDYGhfUqppsgYJNXD4N3rDcGk3at1q6Sik3J-XJi1bzMrHUR3RWdI4CoiEAv4HKATr4b7w3-dbaua8yb22fbiuCAlgRYJAY7MW0KvP_9ssvYvhgJ-XpaNDRTxhg/w311-h400/20231102_221229.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><p>The next year's SMR guide with Ernie Banks. These generally feature stars from the cities that hosted the show. A lot of them are Chicago as a result.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibygnPaTVPH4anSwWjpMzjyDAfeglWzKjatLcFwlY0KxDYo0C8b2POYtmPdMDCL3Df54W1rZSPteq8hDxgryny0j6nGU1SD4f3Hfp2TpHmMYWXsfPvjl2YnXGSKgHIa4UszabMLsFufV4BYGJ5CuLesLqUFUQGZD2FojFklia_xmMtmbCOeQ/s3588/20231102_221219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3588" data-original-width="2992" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibygnPaTVPH4anSwWjpMzjyDAfeglWzKjatLcFwlY0KxDYo0C8b2POYtmPdMDCL3Df54W1rZSPteq8hDxgryny0j6nGU1SD4f3Hfp2TpHmMYWXsfPvjl2YnXGSKgHIa4UszabMLsFufV4BYGJ5CuLesLqUFUQGZD2FojFklia_xmMtmbCOeQ/w334-h400/20231102_221219.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><p>2012 brings Barry Larkin (Nachos....?) and two Heritage catalogs. I'll ship out any combination of the two types of books. You're not limited to the corresponding pairs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm8YAUNwXQusa7no2HUz2mjvpcGAYLHqoDrJdjveNGMAMH2fkKCyu_zbDIJC0ZQpBfde5SZWpDxez_Q2SYmpYnQJpLNxaI1h_vqLZSe-93DiJQs7u8SU3lTwtUxMcOj5q_BmghNj8RP1r_N9lI9PubWsu3dmTOzkjk6OkKKUPFOM9tzv-iA/s3853/20231102_221201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3853" data-original-width="2914" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm8YAUNwXQusa7no2HUz2mjvpcGAYLHqoDrJdjveNGMAMH2fkKCyu_zbDIJC0ZQpBfde5SZWpDxez_Q2SYmpYnQJpLNxaI1h_vqLZSe-93DiJQs7u8SU3lTwtUxMcOj5q_BmghNj8RP1r_N9lI9PubWsu3dmTOzkjk6OkKKUPFOM9tzv-iA/w303-h400/20231102_221201.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><p>2013 was the year they brought all those Cracker Jacks from that big find. No, that's not a real slabbed card - it's just a photo on the cover. Though they did pass out replica slabs of those things...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3s5F0oOon8q6wZjLv6OfoRECUGccTf8XO1mnzdZvFXoCnxvSoaJaZdK_uDshV2__fkvrRgWOjkVPfd2s2HTMDUvYQ6-Ra-u2BS3jFpU03Mmww8E5Km5zRT6vJkBgLb9_TThk_2M5aNXVtKPMdMnBrGEDTQUZRSVIAWo-Pkgd1HkHNsfl7g/s3805/20231102_221151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3805" data-original-width="2992" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3s5F0oOon8q6wZjLv6OfoRECUGccTf8XO1mnzdZvFXoCnxvSoaJaZdK_uDshV2__fkvrRgWOjkVPfd2s2HTMDUvYQ6-Ra-u2BS3jFpU03Mmww8E5Km5zRT6vJkBgLb9_TThk_2M5aNXVtKPMdMnBrGEDTQUZRSVIAWo-Pkgd1HkHNsfl7g/w315-h400/20231102_221151.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><p>2014 was in Cleveland, so Bob Feller is the cover model. The Heritage book is still about the same size, but they get a bit larger as we go.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaqusts50cQjPVWfyix8MYtnEvwU9vVSgPHCIya5dQptRReRawXTAavU49TIesXxjm6SgGgEDu-ZSiABOuVyNLDrs4lkWMlPTEnMj8hcvcgqkgpa5Z6te8GV3j6QDgIKQOnhaO4GlvD3kjCB17QcakeK5OCyA7E1IyYXm8itfH2rMkXuP5A/s3539/20231102_221133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3539" data-original-width="2848" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaqusts50cQjPVWfyix8MYtnEvwU9vVSgPHCIya5dQptRReRawXTAavU49TIesXxjm6SgGgEDu-ZSiABOuVyNLDrs4lkWMlPTEnMj8hcvcgqkgpa5Z6te8GV3j6QDgIKQOnhaO4GlvD3kjCB17QcakeK5OCyA7E1IyYXm8itfH2rMkXuP5A/w323-h400/20231102_221133.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><p>Skipped a year, so here's 2016...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYs7RQP-C6AvAmD7oAd7L8HRyrzFgmEJ3RT7WJpmfLx4Z7DEzTzg6RDliCyByMzp71twgDx7Hy-CPMv4ggcl15hHx5o4hj4p4GIMvhIzAT-lO7qvnUTZ1lq65fhW-kUXS9fwmSbWgoDO3DRih5tj6BsAE7mQ5cgA8jgpB3O0x_WehPqxA2w/s3021/20231102_221109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3021" data-original-width="2992" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYs7RQP-C6AvAmD7oAd7L8HRyrzFgmEJ3RT7WJpmfLx4Z7DEzTzg6RDliCyByMzp71twgDx7Hy-CPMv4ggcl15hHx5o4hj4p4GIMvhIzAT-lO7qvnUTZ1lq65fhW-kUXS9fwmSbWgoDO3DRih5tj6BsAE7mQ5cgA8jgpB3O0x_WehPqxA2w/w396-h400/20231102_221109.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><p>Jump to 2019, and Baker Mayfield, plus two Heritage programs. Chicago again.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmH1QL7TgPi1FFIGibmunXIU27BTDnQv71cMN3_q299-RLfSq20TELwe_8pRyU8b9-V3YTwmWUNqFHLUWSE782DfCLZ4xEsndcfXE9Rv59l3iUqMd9Rj-Q9OnJ3oGxO7fQbtbw3fI4VmphJc1QUiMIr8TS9nB5HMCC1DSETRKHORIm9d4xvA/s3677/20231102_221018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3677" data-original-width="2849" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmH1QL7TgPi1FFIGibmunXIU27BTDnQv71cMN3_q299-RLfSq20TELwe_8pRyU8b9-V3YTwmWUNqFHLUWSE782DfCLZ4xEsndcfXE9Rv59l3iUqMd9Rj-Q9OnJ3oGxO7fQbtbw3fI4VmphJc1QUiMIr8TS9nB5HMCC1DSETRKHORIm9d4xvA/w310-h400/20231102_221018.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6h-x5BYtbH_VUo7MWohG3r2V75LFTd2gPWJjbL5IIEuDFu6zZSZvIy4Y-FwhNk5SPaRyxFREZ4-3n3Lgz7CogWerr3n_R95NjyXFYnkeJ9sbFQNBLISfODCVtP-gIkOuqcp_Wr2-OFyrqpWBMgUKtt3x2AGif49WLtERPHnUxN5YHMQT8PQ/s3677/20231102_221033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3677" data-original-width="2849" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6h-x5BYtbH_VUo7MWohG3r2V75LFTd2gPWJjbL5IIEuDFu6zZSZvIy4Y-FwhNk5SPaRyxFREZ4-3n3Lgz7CogWerr3n_R95NjyXFYnkeJ9sbFQNBLISfODCVtP-gIkOuqcp_Wr2-OFyrqpWBMgUKtt3x2AGif49WLtERPHnUxN5YHMQT8PQ/w310-h400/20231102_221033.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><p>The 41st National was in 2021, since they skipped 2020. Didn't put this together until I was writing this and had already taken the pics.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HgXcxe4axBAeB1wiHUejAXy917e2XAmusy4Us1Ev4GoM4w6kHgcY2MQCVprY-F2e38ap57Px_WzCEwCjMhqmfAFJIYvM1z188c9JGcgkuYY5Dx-RC1a5LSHw_v76QbPDlwgyw3LH5re_DlNFoAKu1dVUHuyOfDSCPTnr7qtGL3UPWV6bQw/s3328/20231102_220958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3328" data-original-width="2678" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HgXcxe4axBAeB1wiHUejAXy917e2XAmusy4Us1Ev4GoM4w6kHgcY2MQCVprY-F2e38ap57Px_WzCEwCjMhqmfAFJIYvM1z188c9JGcgkuYY5Dx-RC1a5LSHw_v76QbPDlwgyw3LH5re_DlNFoAKu1dVUHuyOfDSCPTnr7qtGL3UPWV6bQw/w323-h400/20231102_220958.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><p>Didn't go last year, so here's the most recent program. Not sure if the SMR's are obsolete at this point...</p><p>Hit me up if you'd like any of these. They'll join the water bottles and junk mail if you don't.</p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-12822769047329576502023-10-20T08:00:00.000-04:002023-10-20T08:00:00.131-04:002023 Ginter - Box 3: Not A Rainstorm, But It Is A Little Muddy<p>And now the third and final box of 2023 Allen & Ginter. If I said I was disappointed in this one, it would make it sound like it was a bad box - it really wasn't. Though the hits aren't nearly as exciting as the other two rips, I'm never just about the hits. I ended up with a complete base set <i>(except for Bo Jackson who went to my PC as I mentioned.)</i> and I recognized a lot of them came from this box. And I got a minimal but beneficial amount of duplicate inserts to trade.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9IjJBeB23aIe8hssYZAgp5KYEkMTNHb14fxXRPPe8QxczM_o4p1-t6f-tFgHOhzS0pwpTPUsH6s4y18OG7ELeqLEiBiUkavbzCXzaQZJOzwJcFBjcZyhhbfHPLkuAWbL4tIZ7IuxxgmVTE6syxvca9CBoYxY_vcKfLeNkh56Vql8gkShdw/s1400/20230927_203602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9IjJBeB23aIe8hssYZAgp5KYEkMTNHb14fxXRPPe8QxczM_o4p1-t6f-tFgHOhzS0pwpTPUsH6s4y18OG7ELeqLEiBiUkavbzCXzaQZJOzwJcFBjcZyhhbfHPLkuAWbL4tIZ7IuxxgmVTE6syxvca9CBoYxY_vcKfLeNkh56Vql8gkShdw/w299-h400/20230927_203602.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>Vladimir Junior leads us off. Wouldn't have minded an Only In... or an N43 just to mix things up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdajTH6HylGxKPAHwEugm1IjcZz9CRX-NJXS3beRA4T9Gx0zNCSsj_pUhna2-BUp18geA-a2T5v-ClC9S4dhm1efml8MTd4qM8Ozmq8bpQ-jzp2Ev6tIMnkRqjNbtw1I6z-DDAvcbo_QTtX1EbujtCATuXpNKWO-h2hjjLLehHKTyX2UKVA/s1400/20230927_214216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdajTH6HylGxKPAHwEugm1IjcZz9CRX-NJXS3beRA4T9Gx0zNCSsj_pUhna2-BUp18geA-a2T5v-ClC9S4dhm1efml8MTd4qM8Ozmq8bpQ-jzp2Ev6tIMnkRqjNbtw1I6z-DDAvcbo_QTtX1EbujtCATuXpNKWO-h2hjjLLehHKTyX2UKVA/w299-h400/20230927_214216.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>This guy's decent, right? Silver bordered Fiddle-Dee-Dee, or whatever they're called. <i>(Crappy crop job ~ sorry.)</i><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOluvyaNDJyenNKQ4PTXXZR9ext_DB-YOH3iFVidXaxGKSHSeaz9zFPSOeMlosTpxaH4VIB-eL_qhydwJPvDxT18v2ael53dpPv3aBpi1iErJ_dSyrzvIivTCkVgBII_7_cQwCmp3S65jPcrDpvpUuj_APvQ6ZRz4KQLibF3Mr84XjKCH7fQ/s1391/20230927_214236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1391" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOluvyaNDJyenNKQ4PTXXZR9ext_DB-YOH3iFVidXaxGKSHSeaz9zFPSOeMlosTpxaH4VIB-eL_qhydwJPvDxT18v2ael53dpPv3aBpi1iErJ_dSyrzvIivTCkVgBII_7_cQwCmp3S65jPcrDpvpUuj_APvQ6ZRz4KQLibF3Mr84XjKCH7fQ/w540-h229/20230927_214236.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><p>More cool minis. I really wish those Rarest of the Diamond ones weren't so rare. Those are the best insert in the set this year. I'm not doing the World of Wonders because that concept has been used several times already, but Yosemite is one of the coolest places I've ever been so that one will stay here somewhere. The food ones are educational since I've never heard of most of the dishes, but unless they were scratch-and-sniff, I'm not really into them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7g4CLSCSstMYhdKulmUZhpJ81gHClM5AeElMGCpN9FdgpeshOPfSsJp4HI757mvfrHJ4JpBDccRgr0mUZN0KBd3CuBl_C0k15a8d1XjfXpqEhGjUyjv8SRp4Hfdb_YoOGBG4vLg6hApj-omOIaL39cymxVfjMRO-IVUepGiVIfATfox7owQ/s1400/20230927_214145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1400" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7g4CLSCSstMYhdKulmUZhpJ81gHClM5AeElMGCpN9FdgpeshOPfSsJp4HI757mvfrHJ4JpBDccRgr0mUZN0KBd3CuBl_C0k15a8d1XjfXpqEhGjUyjv8SRp4Hfdb_YoOGBG4vLg6hApj-omOIaL39cymxVfjMRO-IVUepGiVIfATfox7owQ/w502-h376/20230927_214145.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><p>Here's the rest. I got three of the nice black minis, including Strasburg. And like I said, I filled out some more of the inserts. The hits, however...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0F2ackbkAnD3_-s44kpDgrfhIPS8k9FKArtyHyEhldOB42U65E0wHXP92E_IdY9PvOOOVVxViisOG6329z4XtH_kkzdP-9YbwjK3fY-6M_Lf4zMUNLYBw8V5_FZ-JbPu3X_hSCATD-NpW-nrqn8cVg_eiq2DoLlC4zF7DxUoRu-Mr5kJDg/s1400/20230927_214203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1400" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0F2ackbkAnD3_-s44kpDgrfhIPS8k9FKArtyHyEhldOB42U65E0wHXP92E_IdY9PvOOOVVxViisOG6329z4XtH_kkzdP-9YbwjK3fY-6M_Lf4zMUNLYBw8V5_FZ-JbPu3X_hSCATD-NpW-nrqn8cVg_eiq2DoLlC4zF7DxUoRu-Mr5kJDg/w503-h256/20230927_214203.jpg" width="503" /></a></div><p>Not white swatches at least. <br />Craig's kid is neat. <br />The auto is apparently the guy who <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/07/17/a-trip-to-the-secret-spot-with-baseball-s-mud-guy" target="_blank">supplies Major League Baseball teams with the mud</a> that the equipment guys rub down the new baseballs with. I mean, that's a cool thing and would make a great Ginter insert,....but a hit? *shrug*</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj903A5gvWFQvDNUQGLJq86lYicgKbHi0an-0lur7NhfhWB1_ajcFRKjtgeedO_JBlB0Jwfm-USFD_4w_zBHKMUHWxwa93Q4zxV_RnJOVxwrIeEjEoHlizBLvi22Wzfo_GH7InzTzild8lP9Bts0ci9vnMhnQvxFCdfHriLQMbS-hq9-W3Sjw/s1062/20230930_193130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="951" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj903A5gvWFQvDNUQGLJq86lYicgKbHi0an-0lur7NhfhWB1_ajcFRKjtgeedO_JBlB0Jwfm-USFD_4w_zBHKMUHWxwa93Q4zxV_RnJOVxwrIeEjEoHlizBLvi22Wzfo_GH7InzTzild8lP9Bts0ci9vnMhnQvxFCdfHriLQMbS-hq9-W3Sjw/s320/20230930_193130.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><p>So once I sorted out my base set, I stacked 'em up to see how the collation is. I'd say pretty darn good! The right hand pile is dupes from all three boxes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheK-VOEPH2CPL4eim5g0AXJCLWulpndOrRE_yoeuiVRutgvOkdfR8TCWRmRF_cFW3hECO578IJBql3J83jn9ffJpjvA4rQDWIaQIE7oNk-HOanRz2UZfMNX4FRvvMSJfu9HsoWessBUHSlrvkui4eOy6SSoUI5cUsS4j75NKNGvIVTTGL7TA/s1400/20230930_193151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheK-VOEPH2CPL4eim5g0AXJCLWulpndOrRE_yoeuiVRutgvOkdfR8TCWRmRF_cFW3hECO578IJBql3J83jn9ffJpjvA4rQDWIaQIE7oNk-HOanRz2UZfMNX4FRvvMSJfu9HsoWessBUHSlrvkui4eOy6SSoUI5cUsS4j75NKNGvIVTTGL7TA/w299-h400/20230930_193151.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>And this is the comparison of short prints to base cards. </p><p>The difference this year is that the SP's start at 301 like they always do, but for 2023, they go all the way to #400. And there are many players that are duplicated between the base and SP's. They are different poses/colors, etc. but the same player depicted. Not sure I mind that, but it'll cause a little confustion for some if they're looking for the SP of a guy and haven't seen the base card. Now you have to pay close attention to the numbers.</p><p>This last box didn't end my Ginter rip with a thud, but it brought it in with a safe, smooth landing. Looking forward to trading and filling in my insert wants.<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-28584380419101864692023-10-17T23:06:00.005-04:002023-10-17T23:06:40.735-04:00Ginter Gap Cards #3: Had To Do It<p>I was hoping to whip this up in a couple hours tonight just so I could break up the last two A&G box posts. But image editing with a program from 1992 just takes a lot of time. Plus I was starting from scratch since this subject has to be in the 2023 Ginter design instead of last year's, which I already had the templates made up for.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNwZRAAA0LdJx21BOW0N3ki0xzYjeBGjqawUgqpTyQCXh2pZkDNHpnWjPHtI7uGKtBQGytPiME5136tMWd_ib70zx7ciBeiE_0LYFRoQaiB87qfMjv78Kha6XveSxEBcgsX1KNTnW_eJwYZxtACW-9nqf2jyMIktnOjqMMSK_v6lcpUQgLA/s994/23A&G%20TayTay%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="724" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNwZRAAA0LdJx21BOW0N3ki0xzYjeBGjqawUgqpTyQCXh2pZkDNHpnWjPHtI7uGKtBQGytPiME5136tMWd_ib70zx7ciBeiE_0LYFRoQaiB87qfMjv78Kha6XveSxEBcgsX1KNTnW_eJwYZxtACW-9nqf2jyMIktnOjqMMSK_v6lcpUQgLA/w367-h505/23A&G%20TayTay%201.jpg" width="367" /></a></div><p>From what I've (briefly) read, the most popular couple nickname for Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift is "Traylor". But that was just one article. I kinda like mine - pronounced <i>"tray kay and tay tay"</i>. </p><p>Now I'm a metal head from the 80's so I'll never consider myself a Swiftie at any point. I don't know a lot of her songs, but she's geniunely and extremely adorable. Kelce seems like a bit of a frat boy, but he's goofy too, so I wish them well. There are hardly any good shots of the two of them together yet, so I had to fake it with these two images. Does it look legit?<br /></p><p>This 2023 design is tough to piece together. I took Max Scherzer's card (since he had the nice light colors) and eliminated his picture. Then I extended the upper background all the way across to make it easy to paste on top of it. But then I realized I had to separate the bottom half and make that so it would paste on top of the photo. Took some liberties with the edges, so they differ from the original. The name section is a bit narrow, but I'm rolling with it.</p><p>One of these days I'll learn PhotoShop for real and be able to manipulate layers much better and also make the photos look more like drawings so they blend better.</p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-57223579942721399532023-10-13T08:00:00.002-04:002023-10-13T08:00:00.141-04:002023 Ginter - Box 2: Judgement And Freedom<p>Box number two of three in my foray into 2023 Allen & Ginter. Another decent outcome. Let's jump in...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVjzQ6Y7Oeg2MiFR4O2vlPX2gkOMJlOFGraC29mwW990r629elM6OGgreKsXlGH1i4CguSjZ-zUVJpjWwZHv5RZ-F2hyzgy1_NhG_ypfkomJYAw73kwrAMwQbC8TbLcLZbhX_ph_EZ2Mnz7bsunxKYLd2G3crZqd-OeltWa5IrfKuesUPAA/s1400/20230927_191452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVjzQ6Y7Oeg2MiFR4O2vlPX2gkOMJlOFGraC29mwW990r629elM6OGgreKsXlGH1i4CguSjZ-zUVJpjWwZHv5RZ-F2hyzgy1_NhG_ypfkomJYAw73kwrAMwQbC8TbLcLZbhX_ph_EZ2Mnz7bsunxKYLd2G3crZqd-OeltWa5IrfKuesUPAA/w299-h400/20230927_191452.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>The Tawpa is <a href="https://thecollectivemind.blogspot.com/2012/07/heres-something-ive-been-thinking-about.html" target="_blank">Da Hawpa</a>!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8GEfjYfR2NgoURbNgOU9Wcl2S2LfqbASrdKUclfajpCq0tVm6ldsnSuAixfYZoWr8t3QPlwFcjHuuZcUcxSaWHHPwm_GOSYxNUJAwzg7GCcNvsVL9xdHU9P6dCBOMK1UnxMURziT3DkDUIHgpc-09Dlxy59pgdGcRa2eaqu9gCptnzSmsg/s1008/20230927_203233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="930" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8GEfjYfR2NgoURbNgOU9Wcl2S2LfqbASrdKUclfajpCq0tVm6ldsnSuAixfYZoWr8t3QPlwFcjHuuZcUcxSaWHHPwm_GOSYxNUJAwzg7GCcNvsVL9xdHU9P6dCBOMK1UnxMURziT3DkDUIHgpc-09Dlxy59pgdGcRa2eaqu9gCptnzSmsg/s320/20230927_203233.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><p>I really like these Only In... minis. Hopefully they're not scarce at shows.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwb04w1pyJqmMiLlu6HvWBKenkldvny7sEbShfpDhna95ZGAGgsrh17k-1roRYrrNBNPgHReYkNjMWbnAKH3q6aGUkYr_ZSymaplqDV-mXRFBH62CWsI06kFvVlJc-WtAUKT1W1RxF08GLJ0uUP0CETH13NaJ7a6umL97wyJGVsBBITbgE6Q/s1400/20230927_203329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwb04w1pyJqmMiLlu6HvWBKenkldvny7sEbShfpDhna95ZGAGgsrh17k-1roRYrrNBNPgHReYkNjMWbnAKH3q6aGUkYr_ZSymaplqDV-mXRFBH62CWsI06kFvVlJc-WtAUKT1W1RxF08GLJ0uUP0CETH13NaJ7a6umL97wyJGVsBBITbgE6Q/w299-h400/20230927_203329.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>Another Filigree parallel. No idea who this dude is. <i>I assure you the bottom edge of this card is in fact straight.</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMwhRYB39K8L4L9bk8YgcII4mvi1CXBpb4aVHyKqBR7YCbN1vFR9uOPLHCYgqnob-19XWyKCQqScoc8ShGvvAxSnUUf9K9lKWqydKOoUnpYgwNTFZ84YbORT_MZ6WG8sjhflrXASkNq188fuIEdipionJDh0vHILpYyPIswzpFgijXmPGhQ/s1400/20230927_203220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1400" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMwhRYB39K8L4L9bk8YgcII4mvi1CXBpb4aVHyKqBR7YCbN1vFR9uOPLHCYgqnob-19XWyKCQqScoc8ShGvvAxSnUUf9K9lKWqydKOoUnpYgwNTFZ84YbORT_MZ6WG8sjhflrXASkNq188fuIEdipionJDh0vHILpYyPIswzpFgijXmPGhQ/w525-h394/20230927_203220.jpg" width="525" /></a></div><p>A nice box overall. Two black minis this time. And the majority of the inserts were different. That's always a big deal. Charm City Cards picks their boxes the right way out of the case. I haven't had problems with the same stuff out of two boxes from them ever.</p><p>I see you spying the hits! Pretty good names even though I had no clue about Olson until someone told me he led the majors in home runs. <i>(I just don't watch...)</i><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEuCWxdXucIV3JedDGlv4Pvn80VJ3Q5GSreduqGZYBClyDPGkLIeYZjmM91GAzn0V9fV4yg1xFJYMvvTQk0_ZS_OV0_jTzGgMvi1wKItWi0DX40MgKruokFMbEg__xWZWCeI7qXaaCIW-iF7z0RwGoF1c4Kxn19a4jyODwlwVssiq1GNj7A/s1396/20230927_203226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1396" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEuCWxdXucIV3JedDGlv4Pvn80VJ3Q5GSreduqGZYBClyDPGkLIeYZjmM91GAzn0V9fV4yg1xFJYMvvTQk0_ZS_OV0_jTzGgMvi1wKItWi0DX40MgKruokFMbEg__xWZWCeI7qXaaCIW-iF7z0RwGoF1c4Kxn19a4jyODwlwVssiq1GNj7A/w528-h257/20230927_203226.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><p>The biggest name comes on the smallest card. (Though I might say Pedro is more significant to me).<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwaqcxrwfDlejCHM2O73O1msfR81-5nzi0eZEmAAmxdIyGG3N2JYiZeTOwlUE8xGYrflifSJ3A_loYsPbJbE-AqK6pPeAyFqRwjTb3hA4cr6j5JrvyE-S46GMlyOqXBZ0HFr9Fr6EVrOmII-ZrjKiRoq5XHyCfk9NO_ozG8JJKzG4nzZgeA/s1400/20230927_193431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwaqcxrwfDlejCHM2O73O1msfR81-5nzi0eZEmAAmxdIyGG3N2JYiZeTOwlUE8xGYrflifSJ3A_loYsPbJbE-AqK6pPeAyFqRwjTb3hA4cr6j5JrvyE-S46GMlyOqXBZ0HFr9Fr6EVrOmII-ZrjKiRoq5XHyCfk9NO_ozG8JJKzG4nzZgeA/w299-h400/20230927_193431.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br />These mini relics are just classic this year. If it didn't involve Ohtani, Trout, A-Rod (twice), Jeter, Ichiro, KG Jr., and a few others I'd never find under three digits, I might try for these. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcQi0rijUA7gb0DuSfVpHil4MUYep_uHEnRhJfb2x8WhOp6nVBrohazjm206DhgxR1uBYD_LotDPZfa4oVCKB8Fr6xYror7JdPK5LiInmnhMyHNYiuaVeezrbRhwvKZ0iVUkfTZ8qqKRJvcYA4broAoA7WgZXqUoadaI3JSv9bBOoKopYRA/s984/20230928_172948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="984" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcQi0rijUA7gb0DuSfVpHil4MUYep_uHEnRhJfb2x8WhOp6nVBrohazjm206DhgxR1uBYD_LotDPZfa4oVCKB8Fr6xYror7JdPK5LiInmnhMyHNYiuaVeezrbRhwvKZ0iVUkfTZ8qqKRJvcYA4broAoA7WgZXqUoadaI3JSv9bBOoKopYRA/w400-h399/20230928_172948.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>The Rip card face design is intricate enough that I missed the 16/99 serial number above "Keep It" until after I opened it. Here's the initial stages of the edge cut. I slipped a couple times and came through the front. Still better than shredding the front or back face of the card.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw99ORKsj0mft2ZsygHb8i9DcWK9tPk6A8EbCVa7gbn7lT2eCxTX3PSts-UI5aBhSSp9jyYvDwVxuavsY5H951mE1bJcS5jbJeIp4EnEltZjiQjCINvrVGt2FMUZuKHdzXbZu7B_qHy97BlRxGmxPjn7QYejcEDQesOB8hZqfIv1S5oTpO1g/s816/20230928_173005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="814" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw99ORKsj0mft2ZsygHb8i9DcWK9tPk6A8EbCVa7gbn7lT2eCxTX3PSts-UI5aBhSSp9jyYvDwVxuavsY5H951mE1bJcS5jbJeIp4EnEltZjiQjCINvrVGt2FMUZuKHdzXbZu7B_qHy97BlRxGmxPjn7QYejcEDQesOB8hZqfIv1S5oTpO1g/w399-h400/20230928_173005.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><p>Peek-a-boo! Tip #2 ~ don't push the blade in so far that you hit the edge of the mini inside. No damage done, but it was close. The <i>(slightly fuzzy) </i>photo gives you an idea of the depth of the middle layers. </p><p>And inside....? <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGd3wH0G9eeIbbj8g6_5UCcdXETt2bbEDE2ULeLyYb6Y-Ck6aFutqQLKGIBt6zUfEakOEf-dMdqLfWFWgmY9lh7OgGkUcT916ckrt0UvPUntXnen5VyD3iqK5syWC_-LKA6srH9P2yyTUEEBikwl_AA2REcut_nYHgwhGomP1keS1ISnewkg/s1215/20230928_173033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="821" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGd3wH0G9eeIbbj8g6_5UCcdXETt2bbEDE2ULeLyYb6Y-Ck6aFutqQLKGIBt6zUfEakOEf-dMdqLfWFWgmY9lh7OgGkUcT916ckrt0UvPUntXnen5VyD3iqK5syWC_-LKA6srH9P2yyTUEEBikwl_AA2REcut_nYHgwhGomP1keS1ISnewkg/s320/20230928_173033.jpg" width="216" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNaGhL12bPYRgQDDK5-MS0TuP0tXfm7DdRKJ8hpcv_EDUn0F-O19iPYhttcVhAxL1gT810lMVqTQKEvzsMcLZGZHuvZQhxcqTErGWjV-cqWQr02tX7nLPYaHOiRX7t4knSGucGzBNZAzQPXK28XiFrju3iUzdEbAF8buOoBHarRt9QAbgzw/s1245/20230928_173057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNaGhL12bPYRgQDDK5-MS0TuP0tXfm7DdRKJ8hpcv_EDUn0F-O19iPYhttcVhAxL1gT810lMVqTQKEvzsMcLZGZHuvZQhxcqTErGWjV-cqWQr02tX7nLPYaHOiRX7t4knSGucGzBNZAzQPXK28XiFrju3iUzdEbAF8buOoBHarRt9QAbgzw/s320/20230928_173057.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><p>Teddy Ballgame!</p><p>Nothing earth-shattering, but nicer than a lot of what I could have pulled. Regular higher-than-high number exclusive. An appropriate prize inside a Pedro card.<br /></p><p></p><p>The Judge relic isn't going to last long enough to take offers here, and Olson is likely spoken for too. I'll have all my player minis available and some extra inserts. <br /></p><p>Last box will bring us full circle or my name is Mudd....<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-195196467987414512023-10-10T08:00:00.012-04:002023-10-10T08:00:00.145-04:00Jumping Into '62<p>With the completion of 1964 Topps, my next set build is 1962 Topps. Both sets (and some '63's) started with the same bargain lot I got at a shop in western Maryland a few years ago. I got over 300 cards for a net price of about 7¢ each that day. No big stars, but a nice starter lot for all three sets. </p><p><a href="https://thecollectivemind.blogspot.com/2023/08/in-zone.html" target="_blank">Earlier, I mentioned</a> my official start in on the classic wood bordered cards. I sure ended up with a lot of them by the end of my vacation. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eVzpgG0vFZawD2EGm9lhAmbOMW1_XyfNA76wkgWaNt2IaHGTSbOv2sRfJ7SbG8iHNvl4FFArmsAxhAkyIQucTIxkgQHohrfuYyWbAbEiomLDMaeocLV1aRnDElk5LmZ_SoTC8mhXruN3GdJBoJPwlHU1BGBksOVdncbRGy4VvdKbsYd4ng/s1416/Zone%2062s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1024" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eVzpgG0vFZawD2EGm9lhAmbOMW1_XyfNA76wkgWaNt2IaHGTSbOv2sRfJ7SbG8iHNvl4FFArmsAxhAkyIQucTIxkgQHohrfuYyWbAbEiomLDMaeocLV1aRnDElk5LmZ_SoTC8mhXruN3GdJBoJPwlHU1BGBksOVdncbRGy4VvdKbsYd4ng/w406-h562/Zone%2062s.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><p></p><p>After that, the bulk of these were obtained at the National. As before, these are grouped by vendor, but not in great detail in most cases.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopFSdASYlgmi0Q8o54iTyhq4C9yYoa5TCrfT_2fFlFc3lefdEdMluo9KPVdyEUDql8OvyhIBoETqfGfL2rQ-NT6a_UJlGPKWkZXHUikELKdnFe0wTaBXH7-GdFFZmEp993A5p427JDjNCazlmhvd6KbhF6VJxyyWheaOZ5SSkLGneoyipRQ/s1024/'62s%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1024" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopFSdASYlgmi0Q8o54iTyhq4C9yYoa5TCrfT_2fFlFc3lefdEdMluo9KPVdyEUDql8OvyhIBoETqfGfL2rQ-NT6a_UJlGPKWkZXHUikELKdnFe0wTaBXH7-GdFFZmEp993A5p427JDjNCazlmhvd6KbhF6VJxyyWheaOZ5SSkLGneoyipRQ/w465-h314/'62s%202.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><p>Curious that the bright red price tags scan just off white. Anyway, these are typical of my starter lot. Not pristine, but not too bad. The Win Leaders is a little more crooked than I like, but for $2 instead of two or three times that...sure.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiFfmI0YKTZ-KO2Ly45dA5IPLaP5b8KNxHONW661RnShqoFFQ274qmhbkYNALTPvAd8P67DKbGqiDafptcXX3Tro_bcwTjEvLOeOmUh1FeyOEVonp305PVDX7FmGb-Xt8bu7E8D3hwGWoGKdZDYLIueECeC85vn6hYDYGBQGN2P1z_blR5w/s1024/20231001_183042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="832" height="644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiFfmI0YKTZ-KO2Ly45dA5IPLaP5b8KNxHONW661RnShqoFFQ274qmhbkYNALTPvAd8P67DKbGqiDafptcXX3Tro_bcwTjEvLOeOmUh1FeyOEVonp305PVDX7FmGb-Xt8bu7E8D3hwGWoGKdZDYLIueECeC85vn6hYDYGBQGN2P1z_blR5w/w523-h644/20231001_183042.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><p>Some good names here. The first checklist is the error flavor, with numbers starting at 121 on the back instead of 34. Santo is a little rounded, but $8 isn't bad in Chicago. Sometimes I buy certain ones a little too fast. I think the Musial and World Series are good discounts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXSING9I5kBjtIIyGOQSy3eapRiYunittprdZO5CzyO9xIdwif2njQgS2ZSdOXKghkXInVkFmsJFegpng5aV43KChnvY6aakpzezKyD9XrwEYzXkfu-ChBOHVOMwM_XlpcQz6PO-bELqnV4BIXN_onFozzs8U-uHO6R_BYpUXFmSp95VdGg/s1072/20231001_183245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="832" height="689" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXSING9I5kBjtIIyGOQSy3eapRiYunittprdZO5CzyO9xIdwif2njQgS2ZSdOXKghkXInVkFmsJFegpng5aV43KChnvY6aakpzezKyD9XrwEYzXkfu-ChBOHVOMwM_XlpcQz6PO-bELqnV4BIXN_onFozzs8U-uHO6R_BYpUXFmSp95VdGg/w534-h689/20231001_183245.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><p>Even better discounts on these. They're from the "Half Price Wooden Box" I mentioned in the <a href="https://thecollectivemind.blogspot.com/2023/10/50s-vintage-from-vacation.html" target="_blank">previous vintage post</a>. $3 Team cards and World Series? All day....</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixB7ABmAudHio2i7uhS4J1YAvTdw4Mitjqd7rB6Gjdmgyh0AEwNzj9-k8TibePEyjJNHOCupa-i4wEBKVGhQSQHlTULjIsxN5hsJZo_ohaa6vQ14ppOko_JJO1Tk1WxUnCtW-dFIgzQ7azd35F5IhA3XeUEpwQoE1DnWwUWmuMioPP6JBrkg/s1264/half%20BMartin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="832" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixB7ABmAudHio2i7uhS4J1YAvTdw4Mitjqd7rB6Gjdmgyh0AEwNzj9-k8TibePEyjJNHOCupa-i4wEBKVGhQSQHlTULjIsxN5hsJZo_ohaa6vQ14ppOko_JJO1Tk1WxUnCtW-dFIgzQ7azd35F5IhA3XeUEpwQoE1DnWwUWmuMioPP6JBrkg/w264-h400/half%20BMartin.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br />Also from there, a Billy Martin for seven and a half. Again, fits right in with my set.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoXOGzY_A0RkK13VVQW1QHfPdzobIUQkx1QNkT76Hg_r-460R4SCo-lNtKTTweH6bIpRz75rqLFrVhwg3sDPZfxiqq5e7-A3ZOqIx5zbi7sKqTa1GIHAlh4SUsBVbH0uSFogjDXlriQXp-K-N250sObeG5Fq_Aio1GYtnzA2nUMMBZImRAQ/s1008/20231001_183326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1008" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoXOGzY_A0RkK13VVQW1QHfPdzobIUQkx1QNkT76Hg_r-460R4SCo-lNtKTTweH6bIpRz75rqLFrVhwg3sDPZfxiqq5e7-A3ZOqIx5zbi7sKqTa1GIHAlh4SUsBVbH0uSFogjDXlriQXp-K-N250sObeG5Fq_Aio1GYtnzA2nUMMBZImRAQ/w456-h317/20231001_183326.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><p>And inevitably, between those two batches, I ended up with two of the same checklist. This time the 3rd Series variety, which has some variants too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDst7mmNNd1LE3YCCy3Ns_Qe4lDxvbMF5EXDy3O9nBxgdipEBoIhVj3VdLn2AGtV7M0EpYHwPujbOcwUKkzH1GUWtOMF31MGoB_1vtGkMkuDNisg4Ctk5SLuzMgcSlYWQPS4NIxSOFdLa0eI-QJOb55K4vblqUc8iHwDWqOHzFzScfXwDlGg/s1024/20231001_183333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDst7mmNNd1LE3YCCy3Ns_Qe4lDxvbMF5EXDy3O9nBxgdipEBoIhVj3VdLn2AGtV7M0EpYHwPujbOcwUKkzH1GUWtOMF31MGoB_1vtGkMkuDNisg4Ctk5SLuzMgcSlYWQPS4NIxSOFdLa0eI-QJOb55K4vblqUc8iHwDWqOHzFzScfXwDlGg/s320/20231001_183333.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Both of these are the "with comma" version, denoting itself at card 192. There is another version without the comma. But there's more...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pIthSBDFJXGpmESYrg7v2k05ZtzSL4Y38pHUyQwhJiA_OX51NTuMUpkSEfWHbYWquVTVw30peJa__OFt3xMO3390t0ULPWm_HrVdARm65ha3PcbBbloiAPRCE5FP8I39qCTSn47Zv7tU95G9vipS5A56lGoqg42Cee401NaxbjvarqtdnA/s1016/20231001_183436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1016" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pIthSBDFJXGpmESYrg7v2k05ZtzSL4Y38pHUyQwhJiA_OX51NTuMUpkSEfWHbYWquVTVw30peJa__OFt3xMO3390t0ULPWm_HrVdARm65ha3PcbBbloiAPRCE5FP8I39qCTSn47Zv7tU95G9vipS5A56lGoqg42Cee401NaxbjvarqtdnA/s320/20231001_183436.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>On yet another copy I got elsewhere, the black shadow appears to overlap the white panel (error on left), and behind it properly (on right). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhs4a92VReHOUuHQ40OTnz7OjmkI8SvSkagX-0E5nHX8uTK54IclNts5ccvPMXdwxBPBAy7znE79no8Qm4xrGttH0TMRPKFsunFb1R0YCS0Tn_9JSSsfycfR4zRKEW5l-E-A2wnC5iuKANEMAmZg6YBK8hMmyJsfqTkyuWdcbGY3FR9Bc8Fg/s1406/'62s%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhs4a92VReHOUuHQ40OTnz7OjmkI8SvSkagX-0E5nHX8uTK54IclNts5ccvPMXdwxBPBAy7znE79no8Qm4xrGttH0TMRPKFsunFb1R0YCS0Tn_9JSSsfycfR4zRKEW5l-E-A2wnC5iuKANEMAmZg6YBK8hMmyJsfqTkyuWdcbGY3FR9Bc8Fg/w466-h640/'62s%201.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><p>Moving on, some more stars at nice prices. All of which are about half of what you'll typically find these in this condition on sale for.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUnPBDUdgwCQMRGgotInZvGqeW6Me2ZqCX020DzeOs2Qa_hbXChL-JoD7z9G39NGeGKIN-e4nt12h7LNm2O92LYiDJvwnlP3XoJo1jvPqtTICHr8IVsMIzpPl5-hlquUSQnC8080HrbTDvX5eVIjCaoI_CqvSUjmHkwm3otsCcEF5gFT_-A/s1024/20231001_184432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUnPBDUdgwCQMRGgotInZvGqeW6Me2ZqCX020DzeOs2Qa_hbXChL-JoD7z9G39NGeGKIN-e4nt12h7LNm2O92LYiDJvwnlP3XoJo1jvPqtTICHr8IVsMIzpPl5-hlquUSQnC8080HrbTDvX5eVIjCaoI_CqvSUjmHkwm3otsCcEF5gFT_-A/w533-h426/20231001_184432.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><p>A few heavy hitters from my pal Marv. He just sent me a huge lot of '62's from his stock that I hadn't found, including some massive stars. You'll have to wait for those. They'll be the nicest ones yet. I do like that Mathews a lot, though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGNJ96EVE8WkBgYqYk8oIQhPqrK2puzdxO3c_tYruiKrBbaLumYZjpN_kxv9Daq1eyI4Sqpepnrbeg8Qoa70vkQTzGF_IJz1w4gVyDib5p-8FW4SMKdbGKhLoz-wkumuPsaL2sH5VSjoD4lsZdmbr65JWSOfG26CcYi7MZz9yr-dj0-vNcw/s1344/half%20maybe%2080%20Ruth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1344" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGNJ96EVE8WkBgYqYk8oIQhPqrK2puzdxO3c_tYruiKrBbaLumYZjpN_kxv9Daq1eyI4Sqpepnrbeg8Qoa70vkQTzGF_IJz1w4gVyDib5p-8FW4SMKdbGKhLoz-wkumuPsaL2sH5VSjoD4lsZdmbr65JWSOfG26CcYi7MZz9yr-dj0-vNcw/w400-h243/half%20maybe%2080%20Ruth.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Big Bad Bambino. From the big holder with the marker price, it feels like this one was on the 80% off table I hit at the National, but I might be wrong. Could have just been half price. There are several on COMC right now at about $10-15 in slightly worse condition.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLZb5ZchOWxr3hz1OPSyt9i28qedSclnAGOOCPzVHZ3QukR-Fd5955pNBuuej5gB32Z6hlgfFHo1IsCiwFAM3-O8Mtx5SQx5_guJ-eydfBuMz3LZqrAU4QeV68RJI9HB7nwWI1BNQQG0KKUGV0smch_sQr6cnGOtA8MAhzRIIFtFTRZZbRA/s1312/20231001_184109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1024" height="669" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLZb5ZchOWxr3hz1OPSyt9i28qedSclnAGOOCPzVHZ3QukR-Fd5955pNBuuej5gB32Z6hlgfFHo1IsCiwFAM3-O8Mtx5SQx5_guJ-eydfBuMz3LZqrAU4QeV68RJI9HB7nwWI1BNQQG0KKUGV0smch_sQr6cnGOtA8MAhzRIIFtFTRZZbRA/w523-h669/20231001_184109.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><p>For the flourish at the end - these are all from the same dealer on the last day we were at the National. All of them were a dollar a shot. Mostly commons, but a lot of rookies. I pulled out some of the more well known names. Not bad for team cards and minor All-Stars, eh? I got both the regular and green tint samples of Mr. Drake up in the corner. I won't be persuing all the green tints, they're too hard to distinguish most of the time.</p>All these got me down to 276 cards needed out of 598. Marv is about to cut that down another 30-40%. Stay tuned!<br />GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-75518639002030394022023-10-07T08:00:00.001-04:002023-10-07T08:00:00.142-04:002023 Ginter - Box 1: Diving In, But The Water's Fine<p>At this point, the only new product I look forward to each year is Allen & Ginter. Heritage is moving through the iconic 70's, but a lot of that has been preempted by the ever-redundant Archives. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOHWtoNJddshnwNHsvatjcsDUOrPtwAEaSbNdgG39s2_NZmOMutUeK9CplO1Uc4dDthSGdXjFiI5uE9llWfe-Znb2dnWWN4YCS3QAaL4WuCCepqvPWPJ8Epdz1OzZQWx13ZjPP3_2jIJ2KC019nfiRq6GhUyzBvX7SaJCqiGYufdmRW0rjQ/s1400/20230927_171005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOHWtoNJddshnwNHsvatjcsDUOrPtwAEaSbNdgG39s2_NZmOMutUeK9CplO1Uc4dDthSGdXjFiI5uE9llWfe-Znb2dnWWN4YCS3QAaL4WuCCepqvPWPJ8Epdz1OzZQWx13ZjPP3_2jIJ2KC019nfiRq6GhUyzBvX7SaJCqiGYufdmRW0rjQ/w400-h300/20230927_171005.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I got three boxes this year even though I had some reservations about the base design and the insert themes. But once I got them in hand, I was glad I took the plunge.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIcoHPncTM9Kk2uGDHbSGa1eSqqwM4S8I0vvHyHVAvHdbazI0OQUgmTGSBhpQJFufVQVPX0pgwU5KzV6IKZcNqGoQcMKplAm0YaKwyXLGAD0gxzw844aU18P1RYDVF1DQzs9VU1LQ1BZDI356h5TrAHwDWVruYjLbQ156xvyfhewZpsodOA/s1400/20230927_171113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIcoHPncTM9Kk2uGDHbSGa1eSqqwM4S8I0vvHyHVAvHdbazI0OQUgmTGSBhpQJFufVQVPX0pgwU5KzV6IKZcNqGoQcMKplAm0YaKwyXLGAD0gxzw844aU18P1RYDVF1DQzs9VU1LQ1BZDI356h5TrAHwDWVruYjLbQ156xvyfhewZpsodOA/w299-h400/20230927_171113.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>First box topper - Mookie Betts. These aren't bad looking. I won't be going after the rest of them though. <i>Hey Night Owl, you don't usually get excited for these, but you got first dibs, of course...</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYF_PmiTr7_BKGmkzfYQ8okJR-sWjTqmVwIXlvgyfj8SX62S7S1dUwAmE6lMQ40gZZIb8epjcZuUtO3SSTvOwZkPpqJMuevwFdV4ESb5AAgqxLUGKlLBK6S7EPBGlN61_TI6g7zD0BAXSsGEGPINl5EacPJcio7yktDsDwp0BBpvkRg72Cg/s1400/20230927_171145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYF_PmiTr7_BKGmkzfYQ8okJR-sWjTqmVwIXlvgyfj8SX62S7S1dUwAmE6lMQ40gZZIb8epjcZuUtO3SSTvOwZkPpqJMuevwFdV4ESb5AAgqxLUGKlLBK6S7EPBGlN61_TI6g7zD0BAXSsGEGPINl5EacPJcio7yktDsDwp0BBpvkRg72Cg/w299-h400/20230927_171145.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>First card is....an Oriole! Sweet! Don't really know who he is, but it's nice to pull my favorite team <i>(that I haven't watched at all, even though they're dominating)</i>. Base design was a lot brighter than I expected. I think the first examples I saw had darker colored backgrounds and the borders didn't show bright white. They're a little less busy than my initial impression too.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPW-gVSDhx2H7_RnGhptX2BO-HuChf-cBGBBE_he0us2on4u6iTAk-VC3I_280e4eF2VVuwdHDQe72AECkBVcpkiBaDVwGSNZT6QIHuuQV2WqY_hCPCJbV87JgNY_VyhY1Cwg-x9evNATUxuKTIbt4LQ5iC-TOlHqNNdeXTF9vByLFJU5w5g/s1400/20230927_171257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1400" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPW-gVSDhx2H7_RnGhptX2BO-HuChf-cBGBBE_he0us2on4u6iTAk-VC3I_280e4eF2VVuwdHDQe72AECkBVcpkiBaDVwGSNZT6QIHuuQV2WqY_hCPCJbV87JgNY_VyhY1Cwg-x9evNATUxuKTIbt4LQ5iC-TOlHqNNdeXTF9vByLFJU5w5g/w458-h342/20230927_171257.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><p>First pack has TWO Oriole rookies. <i>(Not that I care about rookies ~ don't faint, I know that's sacrilegious in this hobby)</i>. And I appreciate Da Hawpa more than the other rookies in the pack too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYpzvbhxAcVw8IL6wUmADEPp54ZPHIqdgTHkJZoCBLc7B4twrz6F5zAQ6wl_g0NHCHS9GGaftJrkNGoJ11e47nBEPtQa6KIXbi5jlwvs-a0MFhI1jDsv3FdhGH6QROBeqy_xQV_uzSmAB8OfJcaNgaoWshdpqJoNnKxNmHi2069ogjWNCSw/s1016/20230927_171405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYpzvbhxAcVw8IL6wUmADEPp54ZPHIqdgTHkJZoCBLc7B4twrz6F5zAQ6wl_g0NHCHS9GGaftJrkNGoJ11e47nBEPtQa6KIXbi5jlwvs-a0MFhI1jDsv3FdhGH6QROBeqy_xQV_uzSmAB8OfJcaNgaoWshdpqJoNnKxNmHi2069ogjWNCSw/s320/20230927_171405.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><p>Edmonds mini is an A&G back... My player minis are generally trade bait.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw4LIf8sY4Pa0eKLF3pllWiMEwQFVmC6ke0uTUwZX3obxD2_bvO3_3z04hOK-dIzu0vV8Os01BOHWA2k6i4Vkk11cYPw2beEKTZgKax9ApogzihJjDu0DjW8CjCP97MBnzNIBipq5tjXkNBDdH0oTCEmFgjISS_Vm_GmrRcv5fthf9WCWfw/s1400/20230927_172538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw4LIf8sY4Pa0eKLF3pllWiMEwQFVmC6ke0uTUwZX3obxD2_bvO3_3z04hOK-dIzu0vV8Os01BOHWA2k6i4Vkk11cYPw2beEKTZgKax9ApogzihJjDu0DjW8CjCP97MBnzNIBipq5tjXkNBDdH0oTCEmFgjISS_Vm_GmrRcv5fthf9WCWfw/w478-h640/20230927_172538.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><p>First hit came about halfway through. <i>(Most of them showed up in this area in all three boxes.)</i> Moncada grey swatch....OK.... Kershaw insert. Those Spotless Spans inserts are nice looking.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsE1ayh2nNG_fPUM5N-Z5uvxgLbBDyB46ebsPIlKGp_rAoULy4FUBSwNNpYwYzcwRS93KODA7y4V6xtpYD8rU2Wq5DlzEQuFjXNpTw8kTOQJztAR2xppd2fuTWyJK3kjZ7LifHjgQ5D1SUKWZVW1tSJ8MabryqvwvdAoAOz0dhRMW9LOM8Nw/s1043/20230927_172817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="1043" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsE1ayh2nNG_fPUM5N-Z5uvxgLbBDyB46ebsPIlKGp_rAoULy4FUBSwNNpYwYzcwRS93KODA7y4V6xtpYD8rU2Wq5DlzEQuFjXNpTw8kTOQJztAR2xppd2fuTWyJK3kjZ7LifHjgQ5D1SUKWZVW1tSJ8MabryqvwvdAoAOz0dhRMW9LOM8Nw/w483-h477/20230927_172817.jpg" width="483" /></a></div><p>Second one came a pack or two later. <i>(I open packs in layers, not stacks)</i>. This one struck me funny because it appeared in what I called an Avian Hot Pack. It fell between <span style="color: #ffd966;">Hawk</span> Dawson, Chris <span style="color: #ffd966;">Fowl</span>er, and a <span style="color: #ffd966;">Peregrine Falcon</span>. Gonsolin is also trade bait. (Mr. <span style="color: #ffd966;">Owl</span>....?) Does that mean he's for the birds?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwQOTsjmNj7a4HjSfwpOVKwbPmt9Y5mod4TM0YJZr11GwkfuQ-DxeEF6_07MhuxUfics5CVhWGt8cn0GznsXSHYI7k3ngMkjyUDIOVdcE3LhEXYhGE62lqzPSf2iJV5xh5cOr-DSYkYiDoA5BFoVhsTpe529B-JNfebSTx9sHqxvee3AkXg/s1400/20230927_173056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwQOTsjmNj7a4HjSfwpOVKwbPmt9Y5mod4TM0YJZr11GwkfuQ-DxeEF6_07MhuxUfics5CVhWGt8cn0GznsXSHYI7k3ngMkjyUDIOVdcE3LhEXYhGE62lqzPSf2iJV5xh5cOr-DSYkYiDoA5BFoVhsTpe529B-JNfebSTx9sHqxvee3AkXg/w299-h400/20230927_173056.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>The last hit was the best - maybe of the whole break as far as I'm concerned. I PC Carlton Fisk so this one was a "hell yeah!" moment. I'd have saved that for last, but it shows in the total box shot...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lTz7JPfKBqEkt4mc71i_th6gL1hV0KqOGgdZpuLRMU06EmQ8L7tXSU-qRXQNMbN4OQecXJsR-FrnAvZfpWIbmjq6tKeN9jy8SaWhGZtNve5g4Oqk7LYROkDCft8Pb8Xf1niqnNm-RkS8oyimdxd6a1mWSH95gZxcMzALFzr3_wV805kSGg/s1400/20230927_174403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1400" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lTz7JPfKBqEkt4mc71i_th6gL1hV0KqOGgdZpuLRMU06EmQ8L7tXSU-qRXQNMbN4OQecXJsR-FrnAvZfpWIbmjq6tKeN9jy8SaWhGZtNve5g4Oqk7LYROkDCft8Pb8Xf1niqnNm-RkS8oyimdxd6a1mWSH95gZxcMzALFzr3_wV805kSGg/w490-h368/20230927_174403.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><p>Here's everything from the box sorted out. Bo base card goes to my PC, so I'll need another. One each of the Allen, Dessert, and Only In... minis, and one black player mini. If I knew the players better, I might go for those. <i>(Though I'm still working on the black ones from 2012 GQ, so unless I find a big lot somewhere...) </i> Got two of the World of Wonders mins <i>(also too many to chase)</i> and the shiny bordered Filigree base parallels...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCMivnncV5lTSwJgyAhusU8VpRo2CBClNzC7SYY63mMx3_eblUvEup6fOzK5dWMm6f6UO6HeOut2J_ONxVdAWKDs00MN-gIzZnXD7ylGwpAKEiWkuVYXSZ16juzEyQyesyzB-rjrJIgkVfCMlYp58zBRznpZhfdZPliZ6Pzpr5q6nPiZTJQ/s1400/20230927_174455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1400" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCMivnncV5lTSwJgyAhusU8VpRo2CBClNzC7SYY63mMx3_eblUvEup6fOzK5dWMm6f6UO6HeOut2J_ONxVdAWKDs00MN-gIzZnXD7ylGwpAKEiWkuVYXSZ16juzEyQyesyzB-rjrJIgkVfCMlYp58zBRznpZhfdZPliZ6Pzpr5q6nPiZTJQ/w450-h337/20230927_174455.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><p>A couple great names too! Only got one of these in the other boxes, so I guess Walker is a bonus.</p><p>Yankees and Pirates tend to be spoken for, but I'll detail my extra inserts and minis at the end of the third box rip. </p><p>The next "rip" will be even more interesting. And continue the team trends so far.<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-91147404378704969192023-10-04T22:05:00.001-04:002023-10-04T22:05:06.729-04:0050's Vintage From Vacation<p>I promised to show the rest of my haul from this summer's trip to Michigan shops and the National in Chicago. Sorry it's taken me a whole additional month to put up, but here ya go.</p><p>The bulk of my baseball purchases can be separated into two main parts - Older vintage, including '50 Bowman, '57 Topps and the final card I needed to kill my '64 set, and (because I finished '64, I could jump headlong into...) 1962 Topps. This is the first part.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EU4V-a7KGOLviRSo3e-BnAqovtCnGYLtEsvKjROCuy_M43b1VkGH-W0peBC2LxmbAtl4Keuki2K-DGFZYwcmsEKKASpbVrB-cAB45G7XhD85JzLve0O5jTYl9VgBW-axd7G550qpRyE0-SwmUhCUQmkKXbtA15GM03JClh-Vwe-nf4XoEQ/s2540/50Bowman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1630" data-original-width="2540" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EU4V-a7KGOLviRSo3e-BnAqovtCnGYLtEsvKjROCuy_M43b1VkGH-W0peBC2LxmbAtl4Keuki2K-DGFZYwcmsEKKASpbVrB-cAB45G7XhD85JzLve0O5jTYl9VgBW-axd7G550qpRyE0-SwmUhCUQmkKXbtA15GM03JClh-Vwe-nf4XoEQ/w498-h319/50Bowman.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><p>I'm really whittling this set down to the big cards. Which translates to: they keep getting more expensive. I won't rattle off the prices here, but these were all in holders marked $12. I don't think that's what I actually paid for them, though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_crDGzhO5y24izzIIN04j7HD3djNDxtreR2tW2P7ER7mVR0kgvhhIcJXlR-qaS0aXs9uxfE3gf-YGJJTGtr7NsjDwtLWv0alAbNaI_KNwWFpjoOHZCXKauMwePDM03V0T9kS8g9SN9bU2bvOCPTqcPy1bjYT2s07OYPOz0JLRN8jck7t6dw/s780/50Bowman%20backs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="754" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_crDGzhO5y24izzIIN04j7HD3djNDxtreR2tW2P7ER7mVR0kgvhhIcJXlR-qaS0aXs9uxfE3gf-YGJJTGtr7NsjDwtLWv0alAbNaI_KNwWFpjoOHZCXKauMwePDM03V0T9kS8g9SN9bU2bvOCPTqcPy1bjYT2s07OYPOz0JLRN8jck7t6dw/s320/50Bowman%20backs.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><p>The higher number ones that I'm still hunting are mostly the "no copyright" variations. They have no date and company notations on the back. Luckily they don't generally cost any more for either version.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99ekTJpJMuy8jAmYtaL0lNQHOtbF5tujd1jrqDgYq3-AXU4zninBp7HfVfMUSrY-KZednXw8m9pMY_Ayn0ziu22SfYa2cEGhRxxxjXAMHm3RuUs91SPdCxrLybhEp71ZTuQlbVqmTU778Sr5B7pC2bDpCaWCA-RNTFalNCIsCIw3fOxQ-xQ/s1024/57s%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="1024" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99ekTJpJMuy8jAmYtaL0lNQHOtbF5tujd1jrqDgYq3-AXU4zninBp7HfVfMUSrY-KZednXw8m9pMY_Ayn0ziu22SfYa2cEGhRxxxjXAMHm3RuUs91SPdCxrLybhEp71ZTuQlbVqmTU778Sr5B7pC2bDpCaWCA-RNTFalNCIsCIw3fOxQ-xQ/w533-h248/57s%202.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><p>Moving on to '57, I'll show them in batches grouped by dealer (denoted by different price stickers). I have no idea of most of the dealers' names or anything.</p><p>I've mentioned before that I don't mind paying $3 or a little more for common singles from this year. They're worth it for their age. Commons from the 60's shouldn't run above that unless they're high numbers, in my opinion.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzbD2GT9Ppw6_rICzlHUw2gzWMrD2aAgaaK5Y9SI_eJPBTVcCx-pcS44Y_KLLDh31C1Jys46Pu3l_Dp4AHnIBIhOeHupd-BAL2r9-G34Sir8ufRYeDlBhLSqTHb2Djia2b4dRfatV-F1bOVEAriYV2zkFz9BL1QTF4Dk_9OCT_Ua_gvn7-A/s1024/20231001_184513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="1024" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzbD2GT9Ppw6_rICzlHUw2gzWMrD2aAgaaK5Y9SI_eJPBTVcCx-pcS44Y_KLLDh31C1Jys46Pu3l_Dp4AHnIBIhOeHupd-BAL2r9-G34Sir8ufRYeDlBhLSqTHb2Djia2b4dRfatV-F1bOVEAriYV2zkFz9BL1QTF4Dk_9OCT_Ua_gvn7-A/w563-h261/20231001_184513.jpg" width="563" /></a></div><p>Got these from my man Marv who is a local dealer that I know well. Paid a bit of a premium for these since they're hometown Tigers, but two of them are also the scarcer series. ('57 high numbers aren't the rare ones, it's the fourth series out of five that are the tough ones.) And Hoeft was a 20-game winner the previous year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdg5ol7JYAACOP8Gur4fGmBVHji32CzhGHVL-0Ocmrg0EK7M_P-ni6ctDF6Ijw3tzQV5wXXVNCQVR9YPcE0GKUV7IiDIMAejpDz_IvnBj0AAi_LUREG0uSt3MSdHwPsTu-f4dgBvBTNmfVCluwl0O2nayk46VlP0jSeWRVuRdh5yAaLF0Eww/s2510/57s%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="2510" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdg5ol7JYAACOP8Gur4fGmBVHji32CzhGHVL-0Ocmrg0EK7M_P-ni6ctDF6Ijw3tzQV5wXXVNCQVR9YPcE0GKUV7IiDIMAejpDz_IvnBj0AAi_LUREG0uSt3MSdHwPsTu-f4dgBvBTNmfVCluwl0O2nayk46VlP0jSeWRVuRdh5yAaLF0Eww/w573-h294/57s%201.jpg" width="573" /></a></div><p>Found these nice stars for terrific prices at the National. I don't look for perfection with this set, but decent centering and nice appearance are a must. Think I got it with this trio.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrXqLaW3mfLhY4xenxkCfsQ6rIilMvBCbWpI8KynkCmZu0fw9vmzbzv_UDjtOSUNsK1fZ6Mg1Gnu6h6IgNAqIDTx-CzOKHJeMA-Eecz4zbdMfnnHO9z3eKRpUMASdhZxPdbyyOxPoINkQNfKpFzI9ctXDmjMZrM4xnnevmx3TJ3Fz7h8sRQ/s1024/20231001_175158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1024" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrXqLaW3mfLhY4xenxkCfsQ6rIilMvBCbWpI8KynkCmZu0fw9vmzbzv_UDjtOSUNsK1fZ6Mg1Gnu6h6IgNAqIDTx-CzOKHJeMA-Eecz4zbdMfnnHO9z3eKRpUMASdhZxPdbyyOxPoINkQNfKpFzI9ctXDmjMZrM4xnnevmx3TJ3Fz7h8sRQ/w571-h556/20231001_175158.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><p>Hit a bunch of nice ones from this dealer too. A wide range of prices, but nothing crazy. My PC guy Willie Jones at lower left. Most of these are basic poses, but there's something cool about the on-field ones. They just look different then other years. Maybe it's the full bleed photo with nothing but text obscuring the image.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwvc5dzTpHF6PB4ExJ2rLUWAmZXdmPXrQzLzWwtSG0g1APzXhnlC_CBT6KbdleGTMNipk9xjpXDSrtCNkaWI63TWS7zbzavsUb6JQ-n7GfDvrrVo1c6G2UJqKurGQdOAuc4cHpwKnQR9ftRHSVv5b25DXOKvcXntmhvMfyDPcaxOFAiq9bQ/s1024/20231001_180251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="1024" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwvc5dzTpHF6PB4ExJ2rLUWAmZXdmPXrQzLzWwtSG0g1APzXhnlC_CBT6KbdleGTMNipk9xjpXDSrtCNkaWI63TWS7zbzavsUb6JQ-n7GfDvrrVo1c6G2UJqKurGQdOAuc4cHpwKnQR9ftRHSVv5b25DXOKvcXntmhvMfyDPcaxOFAiq9bQ/w557-h495/20231001_180251.jpg" width="557" /></a></div><p>Another big batch from another National dealer. Probably got some discount on these too. Nice specimens all around.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtPb4_ANX3SeDrVgk6z0_56upSTKfH0wdmL8ImMYzpNE633pHWHb_OtaUoLGuZNjozYS2NvEe-bY-aOyoLLqRXTBkt40VJg65fIh3cPP6kqCpp_S7b1WzQkjEcxY1nOAVNuzq7I_36wZF4HQaDbE5jGxH5ApqeFB87LQe6-H0CPc4u8K12A/s1280/half%20JoeAd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="924" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtPb4_ANX3SeDrVgk6z0_56upSTKfH0wdmL8ImMYzpNE633pHWHb_OtaUoLGuZNjozYS2NvEe-bY-aOyoLLqRXTBkt40VJg65fIh3cPP6kqCpp_S7b1WzQkjEcxY1nOAVNuzq7I_36wZF4HQaDbE5jGxH5ApqeFB87LQe6-H0CPc4u8K12A/w289-h400/half%20JoeAd.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><p>And finally, this upgrade to Joe Adcock that I got from what I'll call the "Half Price Wooden Box". You'll see more from the same box/dealer in later posts. You've already seen a couple football cards from there. I got quite a variety of cool stuff out of that box. The dealer had showcases full of graded vintage and one 3-row wooden box with a hinged lid of off-condition cards. They were marked with the white stickers with red dots and some had notations written in marker. This one says "wrinkle", but I'll be dipped if I can find one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituBV99BA3LbHrNoUoc9HrTdYjYQXafkhSNBSJHQuD8YJNoei_bdqDRNF-MlVu_YDY1YcX36-V-yNimahATsHkMB2ag7JAdHfmRHPJfsOknVHCSLgUVWHZ1vsd66clhQ2a6MlRmXcp2OLIBXosQxTMkxloCMcPZMJwZyUctEUBEA8rcYtSBQ/s1266/20231001_182634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1024" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituBV99BA3LbHrNoUoc9HrTdYjYQXafkhSNBSJHQuD8YJNoei_bdqDRNF-MlVu_YDY1YcX36-V-yNimahATsHkMB2ag7JAdHfmRHPJfsOknVHCSLgUVWHZ1vsd66clhQ2a6MlRmXcp2OLIBXosQxTMkxloCMcPZMJwZyUctEUBEA8rcYtSBQ/w291-h359/20231001_182634.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><p>See if you can find it. I looked under the light with a magnifier on both sides and I can't see a flaw. I mean, it's not Gem Mint Gradeable Perfect, but it's pristine enough for me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPSXCgoeduo4z_Q0CUEvt7w5_sLSWHbvYUWktTTsZQYLZGPzcuu4DOZ_GfXOMJSU_1v6Wf0CvQD0kUlnrXhuTMiWnHpzC6H9m8OO50b1lNMyKkB-1znLJtIlxVMMMrsrdK8uVIsq-7Sg7qZcQWOq5MucuYr3EtMBhSmjw9Nxe_vpQmhTENA/s1280/Houk%20white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="896" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPSXCgoeduo4z_Q0CUEvt7w5_sLSWHbvYUWktTTsZQYLZGPzcuu4DOZ_GfXOMJSU_1v6Wf0CvQD0kUlnrXhuTMiWnHpzC6H9m8OO50b1lNMyKkB-1znLJtIlxVMMMrsrdK8uVIsq-7Sg7qZcQWOq5MucuYr3EtMBhSmjw9Nxe_vpQmhTENA/w287-h410/Houk%20white.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><p>Also from the same source, my first white letter variation from the 1969 set. I'm not pursuing these, but for $7.50, how could I pass it up? It's off-center, but I wouldn't call that VG.</p><p>Finally, the best purchase I made at the National and really the whole week:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3FIxrQB8XoXI_5xMa0KmHmHEg6K1UQ2as7FSBY7539JS8MmSuYpwn32MXLqr8qZ0u6TvWv2ZmYIXOM73HWxjeO1LxOlefsQSPAIqkvoKzw0Pvs72_x9zYnulXVyElBQKvJdZUuu51opd7m9v6CgTPeDQeU-UbuwpyCicvItF8s6IBfgZLQ/s1136/Uecker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="800" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3FIxrQB8XoXI_5xMa0KmHmHEg6K1UQ2as7FSBY7539JS8MmSuYpwn32MXLqr8qZ0u6TvWv2ZmYIXOM73HWxjeO1LxOlefsQSPAIqkvoKzw0Pvs72_x9zYnulXVyElBQKvJdZUuu51opd7m9v6CgTPeDQeU-UbuwpyCicvItF8s6IBfgZLQ/w303-h432/Uecker.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><p>The elusive 1964 Bob Uecker. I searched and searched for this card before (and the first day or two of) the National and was disappointed nobody had one. I asked my favorite seller - those of you who have been to a lot of shows already know where this one is from: Uncle Dick - if he had one. To my delight he had just bought three of them the day before! I got this one for about 70% less than I had expected based on the online prices I had been seeing. Getting such a sought-after card from the best dealer around just made it that much more gratifying.</p><p><i>(And then my friend Stuart came running up to me after failing to reach me on my cell phone. Now I have two....*sigh*)</i><br /></p>Next post will be one of the three boxes of 2023 Allen & Ginter I busted, but after that get ready for wood grain borders ~ and not those damn '87's either....<br />GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-91772167836144504802023-09-28T20:36:00.001-04:002023-09-28T20:36:43.499-04:00The Heart Of Baltimore...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqmwwbNSa8W265MSwZF7FVesv8LSQs4uJKGl9j-SUHIJtqgqygIg2Q1EEqrvvI974v7U0krdDfIPQimTv7gO_MJEocyu3vaMkxBwFJz6-2mfXviMioDeG_g7hqiEnSfsr3t2_7A7YXErhZZIFPUoBAbQIa6SVZWAHroXHri1B8oEbfL1QoQ/s751/BRob%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="603" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqmwwbNSa8W265MSwZF7FVesv8LSQs4uJKGl9j-SUHIJtqgqygIg2Q1EEqrvvI974v7U0krdDfIPQimTv7gO_MJEocyu3vaMkxBwFJz6-2mfXviMioDeG_g7hqiEnSfsr3t2_7A7YXErhZZIFPUoBAbQIa6SVZWAHroXHri1B8oEbfL1QoQ/s320/BRob%20photo.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />I don't have a lot to say about the passing of Baltimore Orioles legend Brooks Robinson that isn't going to be said in all <a href="https://markwhicker.substack.com/p/the-true-lord-baltimore-says-goodbye" target="_blank">the tributes</a>. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">As I've mentioned before, this autographed photo was obtained at a signing at a sponsor gas station in my home town.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNrZrfN42Y6UNjmpxu3gUGwgFw6FvtmedMMzGGnb3MIhdsY5WQobVMMiNVVn3KZFdyGr2FbXenJX95kXkbXZ7_wjaLL2ZlGWCz1VjLcOPjLIm58c4Tbc7EUqWstHPfsaA4hW2BfY-X-qTTSDdIMHTJJ-Fn9EfVxkPDIFJpTwpaAHe6KvmWA/s1417/BrooksPg1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNrZrfN42Y6UNjmpxu3gUGwgFw6FvtmedMMzGGnb3MIhdsY5WQobVMMiNVVn3KZFdyGr2FbXenJX95kXkbXZ7_wjaLL2ZlGWCz1VjLcOPjLIm58c4Tbc7EUqWstHPfsaA4hW2BfY-X-qTTSDdIMHTJJ-Fn9EfVxkPDIFJpTwpaAHe6KvmWA/w462-h640/BrooksPg1.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">These are the Brooks cards I have in my star binder. It's an assortment of HOF'ers and other name players that I don't keep with the sets. There's really no rhyme or reason on which ones go in there or which ones go in the set binder...</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm57QD_AKWCPcnh3RD4J15Xgt8obMtQVukEprQpgqX8Q_l0XId2CT8AgRAGXdxTPOb1TbQMdkqWJN47vb9FL-rKbPajGgdpSVXbrORmw2THiDs0rRurBefzUXNMuRmUVR6f8C3HvGmou9I1mlpKYXCwjhIhS8gbolFnpoCY1tGeV2uiW-Dg/s1420/BrooksPg2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm57QD_AKWCPcnh3RD4J15Xgt8obMtQVukEprQpgqX8Q_l0XId2CT8AgRAGXdxTPOb1TbQMdkqWJN47vb9FL-rKbPajGgdpSVXbrORmw2THiDs0rRurBefzUXNMuRmUVR6f8C3HvGmou9I1mlpKYXCwjhIhS8gbolFnpoCY1tGeV2uiW-Dg/w462-h640/BrooksPg2.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Marquee and the Triple Threads are ones I had sitting around that didn't have a home otherwise. Thick cards like that aren't the best in sheets...</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4tBS_e8tmZv_Auoral3YIM7ZrawN5y3OMwJ69nHRT3mVLkWMN0uUUFnAnOLB5wRjmsDcyoJndL1SmhmUYoeRBU5Cq5l5-SjF4WtBrg0Fl6Uo7MvuSa5W68Ueq-uovIeNfs3XThvNaHDEXJSCpJOCsgUqOWpFzkcmgQlMlGq7Xxoso7hDYw/s1389/BrooksPg3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4tBS_e8tmZv_Auoral3YIM7ZrawN5y3OMwJ69nHRT3mVLkWMN0uUUFnAnOLB5wRjmsDcyoJndL1SmhmUYoeRBU5Cq5l5-SjF4WtBrg0Fl6Uo7MvuSa5W68Ueq-uovIeNfs3XThvNaHDEXJSCpJOCsgUqOWpFzkcmgQlMlGq7Xxoso7hDYw/w472-h640/BrooksPg3.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shucks, I meant to straighten these scans out before I posted. Oh well. The certificate goes with the Front Row set...</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like I said, I have other Brooks cards in their sets - '59, '64, even '68 (no idea why since the combo is here), '72, '77. But you'll see those on other blogs, etc. too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The guy was an amazing player with an incredible range on the field, but his heart was much bigger than that. </span></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-9569346902829815492023-09-19T22:30:00.001-04:002023-09-19T22:30:05.768-04:00Ginter Gap Cards #2<p>The half dozen people that responded favorably to my custom A&G
cards of Malika Andrews inspired me to create some more. I'll call them
Ginter Gap cards, since they are subjects that Ginter didn't include.</p><p>This time, it's the new owner of the Washington Commanders. He's already brought good fortune on the franchise - they're 2 and 0 on the season so far. There are also reports that a new stadium is in the works. Not to mention that he replaced the dark cloud over the team in general.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-NwZk7FvP6Pcetsq54hOYlpktDF4YNbWW_UWBtC_umrDQGkX8W-OAYa8jLO_-Ia_JkAIGSsLKKpE8T-8gxjV25wyUM7L2qd-8bszACgKL41Oqrt-c-yRMZJnKRwIVDcUrMB8hEkPDtUC-8_jZ1MSQbi_I0gPnCrXkKIkfOQSPjiL9L55jQ/s798/JHarris%20Ginter%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="570" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-NwZk7FvP6Pcetsq54hOYlpktDF4YNbWW_UWBtC_umrDQGkX8W-OAYa8jLO_-Ia_JkAIGSsLKKpE8T-8gxjV25wyUM7L2qd-8bszACgKL41Oqrt-c-yRMZJnKRwIVDcUrMB8hEkPDtUC-8_jZ1MSQbi_I0gPnCrXkKIkfOQSPjiL9L55jQ/w393-h549/JHarris%20Ginter%201.jpg" width="393" /></a></div>Guess I could have waited a few days for the new 2023 A&G to come out, but so far I like this base design a whole lot better.<br /><p></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-80842193105419654892023-09-10T01:03:00.001-04:002023-09-10T01:03:50.570-04:00Vintage NFL (New Football Loot)<p>Since it's the first weekend of the NFL season, it's the perfect time to show the vintage football I got on vacation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7q7MUnNvdy5W5wBCZhMcy-qQokEELyMesaxZ5DRDQdbsgS3_Q3jtWrBj6Ui3vUmwH3aPPzyftwCZuopt19BpedhaoEjcLBlqV0slNjAwMIYfKgNAWy66EVw1vKXOGRSUc_oPFN4lporo3I9U6oMKDip1ngiAyUdE6M009DmttRAqy-lZqQ/s1184/20230910_002858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="983" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7q7MUnNvdy5W5wBCZhMcy-qQokEELyMesaxZ5DRDQdbsgS3_Q3jtWrBj6Ui3vUmwH3aPPzyftwCZuopt19BpedhaoEjcLBlqV0slNjAwMIYfKgNAWy66EVw1vKXOGRSUc_oPFN4lporo3I9U6oMKDip1ngiAyUdE6M009DmttRAqy-lZqQ/w532-h640/20230910_002858.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><p>It's not a whole lot, but there are some cool cards.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC9C750mZVn6oNV-itq-ctECPq-bNz3knGTQ6Ko4dlAwgDmJr3Ma4DiUS-QjCcFI48yxTbDt7nymliKcKlgiqfqiCzrHHbin_7m_A75_BJMjMZH-gdlWLTVLrt51H5_li5XaKqDEO39DJ_y69afFB14OLcTdPbBueelRzaXaVeDjVupCBig/s1245/20230910_002915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1245" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC9C750mZVn6oNV-itq-ctECPq-bNz3knGTQ6Ko4dlAwgDmJr3Ma4DiUS-QjCcFI48yxTbDt7nymliKcKlgiqfqiCzrHHbin_7m_A75_BJMjMZH-gdlWLTVLrt51H5_li5XaKqDEO39DJ_y69afFB14OLcTdPbBueelRzaXaVeDjVupCBig/w522-h241/20230910_002915.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><p>Finished my '71 Topps Game with these four. Sorry about the glare on Bradshaw. Most of these were found at the National.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzMSSce1Wmj72tgnaEwz_vhugNKZjtAaUNTFFzZD284E6W_5ZU7hAeJJRzgSAhK9o5QSAk53KWYa2SA3v4HG0-DnwTxuvSbXrGPKwcpD1AMHzYs4qLowE2udxpGENe38prMyi6BR_QC-AQkUqJ9afZGnVqxTc2cVJhcNHrIe1etmQoNGR4w/s1205/20230910_002927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1205" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzMSSce1Wmj72tgnaEwz_vhugNKZjtAaUNTFFzZD284E6W_5ZU7hAeJJRzgSAhK9o5QSAk53KWYa2SA3v4HG0-DnwTxuvSbXrGPKwcpD1AMHzYs4qLowE2udxpGENe38prMyi6BR_QC-AQkUqJ9afZGnVqxTc2cVJhcNHrIe1etmQoNGR4w/w503-h406/20230910_002927.jpg" width="503" /></a></div><p>Some big names in the '68 Topps set. I should have shopped around for most of these, I ended up finding better centered copies for a lower price not long after I snagged these. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBz7PEZi_YyCxZyPwj1Xp7CJg33J3uWtjcM-wGSJagI-Tu4ucp6FNBUlt9VrfJGu1Sbz0YsLyu2luE_POtNU9EjDLBHq1LVCb1rzfHsHi4w4azdrDZqqSLijC9wtnJsTGVgy2-GhYWmMBJrpnevnBh2Ydy27cQT6cGk01FiQFOQzs8As6Lw/s1193/20230910_002947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1193" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBz7PEZi_YyCxZyPwj1Xp7CJg33J3uWtjcM-wGSJagI-Tu4ucp6FNBUlt9VrfJGu1Sbz0YsLyu2luE_POtNU9EjDLBHq1LVCb1rzfHsHi4w4azdrDZqqSLijC9wtnJsTGVgy2-GhYWmMBJrpnevnBh2Ydy27cQT6cGk01FiQFOQzs8As6Lw/w456-h328/20230910_002947.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><p>Have really been shopping more carefully for the last few '57s. Glad to find these nice ones for a good price. Of course, that Brown guy is gonna be a bitch to find cheap... <i>(Again with the glare. it's just not possible to take pictures of cards in holders in this house.)</i><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuEWd5uBf-Wyqrj9kaRrmQl7g9Y2GUoX8b4-u2TzVZMNjALTW2STmSlo4wLKNXIoG1ioXWp-zzcXBV3Ge3gfBtQxkFJJhZfNBZD1m8AiIX8FtruDQquANX5OFTynb1Cp9BLLFJYcpdTBFvrBppa1MY-rrZlDy6DWiJx2ocoGP_aJE8wLohw/s982/20230910_003001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="982" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuEWd5uBf-Wyqrj9kaRrmQl7g9Y2GUoX8b4-u2TzVZMNjALTW2STmSlo4wLKNXIoG1ioXWp-zzcXBV3Ge3gfBtQxkFJJhZfNBZD1m8AiIX8FtruDQquANX5OFTynb1Cp9BLLFJYcpdTBFvrBppa1MY-rrZlDy6DWiJx2ocoGP_aJE8wLohw/s320/20230910_003001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>These aren't really vintage at 1988, but they're throwbacks nonetheless. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnH5evXhZmCq26HqPIiy-zvvsyaXxSOQ8IMhram_uog8z6o1ATkrvtZjzAqX_CnjJpmP7BSFRpFy45Yl37CBnptDQkGcA02gDln_mneqeuSLW8DnKPYWFH-6v-IJhiI5Iduq2y-M2p-icjGayivOXwSt2XRlynC3OOUu-TBpi1v8s31kB0Lw/s1076/20230910_003010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="785" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnH5evXhZmCq26HqPIiy-zvvsyaXxSOQ8IMhram_uog8z6o1ATkrvtZjzAqX_CnjJpmP7BSFRpFy45Yl37CBnptDQkGcA02gDln_mneqeuSLW8DnKPYWFH-6v-IJhiI5Iduq2y-M2p-icjGayivOXwSt2XRlynC3OOUu-TBpi1v8s31kB0Lw/s320/20230910_003010.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><p>And neither is this one (1999 Fleer), but it depicts a cover from the 1970's. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSag49d6UTfqe1wr3V6D8CkuM-mlMjcJ1YFAjhwdh8DTJUYjITQCIaLoLOZhENjRWfSN0a54GhWCrj_oAvvj2smwy3lWH_89zVc5_pkPiExaMGK1UpcurquePO_OoQA6uig-ewi4sHENCpwKHC9psVbEabjei3wIJT5T1LD00EcyPwx2M6Q/s1320/20230910_002956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSag49d6UTfqe1wr3V6D8CkuM-mlMjcJ1YFAjhwdh8DTJUYjITQCIaLoLOZhENjRWfSN0a54GhWCrj_oAvvj2smwy3lWH_89zVc5_pkPiExaMGK1UpcurquePO_OoQA6uig-ewi4sHENCpwKHC9psVbEabjei3wIJT5T1LD00EcyPwx2M6Q/w299-h400/20230910_002956.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p>And finally, I got this one at half the sticker price, along with a bunch of vintage baseball I'll show later. How many of you know what this is? It's a 1972 Topps high number. There were a couple more in the same box I pulled this one from, but they were either a lot more or a lot lower condition. It was the first time I've seen one in real life. They aren't all All-Pros, but the first 23 are. I don't have any illusions on getting the rest of them, but it was nice to add at least one to my set.</p><p>Hope your team does well this season - real and fantasy. <br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-64386746570349389662023-09-02T15:45:00.001-04:002023-09-02T15:45:54.590-04:00Hitting The High Points<p>I've got a few more batches of shop & show loot to put on display, but I don't really have many more images of where they came from. So I'll just post them by type, rather than source.</p><p>This may be the only post in this series that the typical modern collector will pay attention to. It's all about the hits, and the shiny serial numbered stuff. There are other autographs, etc. in what I bought, but this is the bulk of them. If you know me at all, you know this isn't what I go after.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqCzB-SkulYFo1bAfTmqMLvVz7JwnQqYrMRzHNzRpghFisYMhUUs4v2XjquU8ZH7CcnUD7MsTV1e1Ysfp_TLlmlI-_eRRHfELbkRwkGkzPmLfv8_lpNPrCul0Ne2Ipd2S-m8WMHCy1h1ef234-6TMvt6Zq7mE1BFqdxzg-Fa9JbRkDaENog/s1160/20230902_115921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="976" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqCzB-SkulYFo1bAfTmqMLvVz7JwnQqYrMRzHNzRpghFisYMhUUs4v2XjquU8ZH7CcnUD7MsTV1e1Ysfp_TLlmlI-_eRRHfELbkRwkGkzPmLfv8_lpNPrCul0Ne2Ipd2S-m8WMHCy1h1ef234-6TMvt6Zq7mE1BFqdxzg-Fa9JbRkDaENog/w461-h549/20230902_115921.jpg" width="461" /></a></div><p>As you can see, this lot crosses three sports. Not all of them are jerseys or are numbered. I focused instead on the thickness of these cards.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTt6cfejVloMgCsGQBIa2LphuAx357xoEzFCB23iVsGA2K0a-BK1uL6fDH9s-Ka2PSk8DIOdNMa_7ufMBEh9yVUzjClqC61ROSAybHluKgCtDZLGRhhGSPU2lqY2SDYUmfkNQlzqi0aOanauRZsbIEm33DFskXGHZnd5UyPtQjts4EtXwpw/s1316/20230902_120157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1316" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTt6cfejVloMgCsGQBIa2LphuAx357xoEzFCB23iVsGA2K0a-BK1uL6fDH9s-Ka2PSk8DIOdNMa_7ufMBEh9yVUzjClqC61ROSAybHluKgCtDZLGRhhGSPU2lqY2SDYUmfkNQlzqi0aOanauRZsbIEm33DFskXGHZnd5UyPtQjts4EtXwpw/w460-h201/20230902_120157.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><p>They've all got a significant point size. Later shots will be on a darker background so the white edges show better.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEzZhPN7ovYFaXBmG2LnEja4-RIvEAxDlG3Cf89fzE0Ok5yUUWDY4l3SK1TMIKHhzhcb1o10TvTe1hFET98mfQd1sbymzglJSwBbIWHFGXBZn0T9ponVPetyZBpH0DZG6aTzH-Rz7mctDrQZuq4SHMSD2JydQjbScoVtxQ5Mv7npnj5t-cw/s1220/20230902_120039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="898" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEzZhPN7ovYFaXBmG2LnEja4-RIvEAxDlG3Cf89fzE0Ok5yUUWDY4l3SK1TMIKHhzhcb1o10TvTe1hFET98mfQd1sbymzglJSwBbIWHFGXBZn0T9ponVPetyZBpH0DZG6aTzH-Rz7mctDrQZuq4SHMSD2JydQjbScoVtxQ5Mv7npnj5t-cw/s320/20230902_120039.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><p>The thickest one is this UD the Cup Kuznetsov, numbered to 249. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXiJYsFwE9jdgkDjIkNJX5AVi5Q2otHrTrFMLxrqm0jH0EvaHGtpoionlTYFsM4AF1UhmMsILh2Du5QSRqqNAT3XPEtAL-hRxhXcLlMD87uE0yo38F-CfdfCbTVLbpcztVu-FbBZs4FE3udMz0dIbC6PP181REqNaSQbu5aMQbr-mS-A45A/s1320/20230902_122945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="1320" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXiJYsFwE9jdgkDjIkNJX5AVi5Q2otHrTrFMLxrqm0jH0EvaHGtpoionlTYFsM4AF1UhmMsILh2Du5QSRqqNAT3XPEtAL-hRxhXcLlMD87uE0yo38F-CfdfCbTVLbpcztVu-FbBZs4FE3udMz0dIbC6PP181REqNaSQbu5aMQbr-mS-A45A/w468-h153/20230902_122945.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><p>Here he is next to a regular 1978 Topps card.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqFhQ-Tfu_iQiBS3EGayY1dJOANfBgHq1oVt-breT9CLslsGhSwPI_F1SKd4VvdVLXzMnArBnqa0XLPdWsJKi_NSG0tp0w1voYfZr84f2OXW1YaNRObc2k7wwad-t_s2aSb14Jadej4oC1unIWYTO3w0_BzFsBcQMj3tNwQNIUyKx7Kgmgw/s1048/Kuzy%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="748" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqFhQ-Tfu_iQiBS3EGayY1dJOANfBgHq1oVt-breT9CLslsGhSwPI_F1SKd4VvdVLXzMnArBnqa0XLPdWsJKi_NSG0tp0w1voYfZr84f2OXW1YaNRObc2k7wwad-t_s2aSb14Jadej4oC1unIWYTO3w0_BzFsBcQMj3tNwQNIUyKx7Kgmgw/w253-h355/Kuzy%20back.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><p>And the back. I picked this one up with a few of the others in this batch at a table in the Lansing Mall show. Pretty sure it was a dollar box.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicREypYrNFzWKA2-0x5WngoBzDZZF1Q8ntFlUTnzhKkyQ1KTVxjETjK_0yP_h7rds11Amh-7caRYXBVDTFAve4ASyML4CGsS7B-dGZtm5-x8I2pAohKZ82d6kZkKBsAAWuldZ7gX8jQPh9oHA4Yd_gOGPPTikY0o1rQrdnQZOmog11lsupVA/s1206/20230902_120027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="834" height="545" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicREypYrNFzWKA2-0x5WngoBzDZZF1Q8ntFlUTnzhKkyQ1KTVxjETjK_0yP_h7rds11Amh-7caRYXBVDTFAve4ASyML4CGsS7B-dGZtm5-x8I2pAohKZ82d6kZkKBsAAWuldZ7gX8jQPh9oHA4Yd_gOGPPTikY0o1rQrdnQZOmog11lsupVA/w376-h545/20230902_120027.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><p>On to baseball and a couple player collection additions. Can't recall exactly where I found these, but they're both bonus pickups. Fisk is a manu-relic, which isn't attractive in itself, but it is in the 1980 design, so sentimentality won out. Jones isn't even a player collection of mine, but I have a mini-collection of his relics in consecutive years, and this will be a nice "header card" if you will.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kiPdfkUYna9j1aIA2xUsvNAaiv2F5-VJj73oND-yYZjPFt-LQQeFhoYcXRG3Ib99mt__PIzdst33zr2q6-gjZVvUKS8emCE-1dgxMJpbWwtjTcHMNP_3yT6esv6zIpOL-CTYymtpYCHa6vyXr5mwkp2pP8kXGPDN_PtfPj0b3aIAKz7s6A/s1318/20230902_123049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="1318" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kiPdfkUYna9j1aIA2xUsvNAaiv2F5-VJj73oND-yYZjPFt-LQQeFhoYcXRG3Ib99mt__PIzdst33zr2q6-gjZVvUKS8emCE-1dgxMJpbWwtjTcHMNP_3yT6esv6zIpOL-CTYymtpYCHa6vyXr5mwkp2pP8kXGPDN_PtfPj0b3aIAKz7s6A/w454-h169/20230902_123049.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><p>Fisk is a little washed out because I left the sleeve on him, but you can tell it's several times the height of the normal card.</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniy2nxq6gDC1joHCHjgHYpm_Oh6YvK-pYKZHIYwgyKDlLYD9K16ghzZOdTVKyKCnZau4rLy3sRsaTcyrwYWz4nrMoo2cOt24OaxIY7iCMaWX1X1c5y_qj6MVgtzWbl2p1QAtv-gFDGbMMBd2AAv1Tit09jy4WqCmO9H7zfXfL1278X6ozVQ/s1048/fisk%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1048" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniy2nxq6gDC1joHCHjgHYpm_Oh6YvK-pYKZHIYwgyKDlLYD9K16ghzZOdTVKyKCnZau4rLy3sRsaTcyrwYWz4nrMoo2cOt24OaxIY7iCMaWX1X1c5y_qj6MVgtzWbl2p1QAtv-gFDGbMMBd2AAv1Tit09jy4WqCmO9H7zfXfL1278X6ozVQ/s320/fisk%20back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmzQmmSNj-KOuAUrg79Ze_k5ky24afr6_KYDKMfoJkasr5M_rhs_7T8-0b7r_1CXtAqYUeKP3AjNOuqtnNIOzwSUqB6J7LJvaFqUrKkvkNxDLQLskQZRNWTn5clHwk9rqSYbO3OYVyfl6XbkwBpy6mzi2RqHqRCDhhwPAK9rYXln7NfWqNQ/s1046/Adam%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1046" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmzQmmSNj-KOuAUrg79Ze_k5ky24afr6_KYDKMfoJkasr5M_rhs_7T8-0b7r_1CXtAqYUeKP3AjNOuqtnNIOzwSUqB6J7LJvaFqUrKkvkNxDLQLskQZRNWTn5clHwk9rqSYbO3OYVyfl6XbkwBpy6mzi2RqHqRCDhhwPAK9rYXln7NfWqNQ/s320/Adam%20back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And the backs... Those Bowman Best are nice, but it's peculiar that the backs have the frame around them too. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyjN_jne4IvLvW72JYlSdlfJwRsMyF9PaIwTByh7GwlxAQ5lVn8y1PKDb0JP6VUXUrcf0KBzHCwB05sbXPpNLOzj0LIF-WsPVJ8sbFEmINXqABwmWcx3WyGLTwBZZQdS28zzSVxD7Z3zQaYgJ_MnrFwnDFBRHYnj93MZLnVYv_phOQb9jYA/s1302/20230902_120008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1302" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyjN_jne4IvLvW72JYlSdlfJwRsMyF9PaIwTByh7GwlxAQ5lVn8y1PKDb0JP6VUXUrcf0KBzHCwB05sbXPpNLOzj0LIF-WsPVJ8sbFEmINXqABwmWcx3WyGLTwBZZQdS28zzSVxD7Z3zQaYgJ_MnrFwnDFBRHYnj93MZLnVYv_phOQb9jYA/w485-h240/20230902_120008.jpg" width="485" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />These Inceptions left their seller along with the Kuznetsov. These are pretty, but I will only likely obtain them as singles. Boxes are $200 and up if you can catch them. Each card is numbered to a different figure, but the price was the same - one lucky buck.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceEVQXpCL78fvLgtWdc5MRuBXgqvNez7XpiveVaKh-EQLMIeKs_qVG9irG_ulTQtNQ4_Qas_td30JYVbxZCZiPYTDZC_bTc2fG0Yd_QxBGdBDSeiOg6-5vEwlbuV101sSYw8nx1j1F9AfGaWliHjoYwnPpHxzO4UQsF7SeL8Tx2IoYb-0cA/s1320/20230902_123134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceEVQXpCL78fvLgtWdc5MRuBXgqvNez7XpiveVaKh-EQLMIeKs_qVG9irG_ulTQtNQ4_Qas_td30JYVbxZCZiPYTDZC_bTc2fG0Yd_QxBGdBDSeiOg6-5vEwlbuV101sSYw8nx1j1F9AfGaWliHjoYwnPpHxzO4UQsF7SeL8Tx2IoYb-0cA/w400-h300/20230902_123134.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>They're probably the thinnest of the bunch, but are still multi-ply.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaUmVx7bK68kNPQB9YlqzEnxgEAqWhqH_OIdqpQIUXVdlb3KwjbhfK7fcUBCYpbYTAKrUn5Mly3TTGdSoVdo6ZBYUBs3EgljrNC7KbSfzs_ydgaLiiHhnw5B9X4DTbXLlI_GxqjNVQAuw2XqL_IwUnO0XIncL9Uba9geSHxDHys8NhLLrYw/s1036/Josh%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaUmVx7bK68kNPQB9YlqzEnxgEAqWhqH_OIdqpQIUXVdlb3KwjbhfK7fcUBCYpbYTAKrUn5Mly3TTGdSoVdo6ZBYUBs3EgljrNC7KbSfzs_ydgaLiiHhnw5B9X4DTbXLlI_GxqjNVQAuw2XqL_IwUnO0XIncL9Uba9geSHxDHys8NhLLrYw/s320/Josh%20back.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><p>I didn't scan the backs of the Inceptions, nor did I separate the Doctson jersey, so I'm skipping to the back.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoQu6-UCRKZp2tVot_hH3zpr_1BhDCU1fzyZsrAb62IW3aDn7mvbq2R_XoV_rP1kI6XamHM-2By36T9NpFh4ZVSdlFYqAHhCXjbiG8KhORL5Rr0ocmeS9fC7lk1VAvkKplcIwV8xlVl5NU8kNHojMpRtwphPWAwFhzvEN6csWX9RTerWNUw/s1226/20230902_115944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="1226" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoQu6-UCRKZp2tVot_hH3zpr_1BhDCU1fzyZsrAb62IW3aDn7mvbq2R_XoV_rP1kI6XamHM-2By36T9NpFh4ZVSdlFYqAHhCXjbiG8KhORL5Rr0ocmeS9fC7lk1VAvkKplcIwV8xlVl5NU8kNHojMpRtwphPWAwFhzvEN6csWX9RTerWNUw/w516-h184/20230902_115944.jpg" width="516" /></a></div>You saw the Illusions quarterbacks in the preview post. I found the McLaurin quad at the same dealer at the National. They were less than ten bucks each.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0iiTzldHUk7ujNvvDOcVSvAsTRfusbR095qNt4--jiUj4qFVcaStVijIhyedDu7PYeCmlEb6ii_D6UsrVMDxHVsblwR5a1HqLbsGqHhqj3H-Pq5sKTe8n6octqznmpoVvQZmcQ596TpjdTSP5Mzk9DrdVpTkryxSrydqTMMbV8O7mXtHvA/s800/20230902_124001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0iiTzldHUk7ujNvvDOcVSvAsTRfusbR095qNt4--jiUj4qFVcaStVijIhyedDu7PYeCmlEb6ii_D6UsrVMDxHVsblwR5a1HqLbsGqHhqj3H-Pq5sKTe8n6octqznmpoVvQZmcQ596TpjdTSP5Mzk9DrdVpTkryxSrydqTMMbV8O7mXtHvA/s320/20230902_124001.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>Terry is numbered to 299 and the swatches vary by color and whatever workout equipment this striped piece comes from. The gold scanned green on the closeup tilted toward the light.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRr-yaPB_4eVI7Nemhb0AG_R9SwiFCFjLVMfUQ2HjgO7LZKc75vMfOb_AYj4y8kMh60e1sb54M5TpSjn-9elwg9-sYOXy8R4j78t1UZSv_CdCKeiVZhqOSqSAtv2Yd5mwRN-qK8ynYIUUElF04wsuJiV3wVZZjgarBLazowE1z2cvd3AaSg/s1044/terry%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1044" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRr-yaPB_4eVI7Nemhb0AG_R9SwiFCFjLVMfUQ2HjgO7LZKc75vMfOb_AYj4y8kMh60e1sb54M5TpSjn-9elwg9-sYOXy8R4j78t1UZSv_CdCKeiVZhqOSqSAtv2Yd5mwRN-qK8ynYIUUElF04wsuJiV3wVZZjgarBLazowE1z2cvd3AaSg/s320/terry%20back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Of course, there is no explanation of what they are on the back. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatfEc9jsWHBGC95fr3XSyllF8lFfIvhlVsFdxuwj64UR-4QiuxopNmO2CUtAZ9I1aiv27lK7_Iq09OifKWJEF1U3WgI9bCjke8eBtg4dZqFDRPuKQxtVYyMErgTtOD_X2GDsDPe_CSfBxf6sah_qqTtZTklE8Di7upvbR6cuAUmPBXDAGUQ/s1050/qbs%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1050" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatfEc9jsWHBGC95fr3XSyllF8lFfIvhlVsFdxuwj64UR-4QiuxopNmO2CUtAZ9I1aiv27lK7_Iq09OifKWJEF1U3WgI9bCjke8eBtg4dZqFDRPuKQxtVYyMErgTtOD_X2GDsDPe_CSfBxf6sah_qqTtZTklE8Di7upvbR6cuAUmPBXDAGUQ/s320/qbs%20back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The quarterbacks one is pretty trippy.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6yB2xu1agQ1Yv8p1s8sw65Isv081I_WFzCzWbpkaF-xlnrX7-pFTigHJTtYkKjjcqBetLXTdrVZnSii4KXVC3FzlyzQo2_ftPLfXWaGDw_t6TB6aZteCdiWUruCfqXw69X8jTlegGSrXMOYvyuo8hLU4GToNDR76t6xW7Prlrc2PgcjKVQ/s1224/20230902_120034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="824" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6yB2xu1agQ1Yv8p1s8sw65Isv081I_WFzCzWbpkaF-xlnrX7-pFTigHJTtYkKjjcqBetLXTdrVZnSii4KXVC3FzlyzQo2_ftPLfXWaGDw_t6TB6aZteCdiWUruCfqXw69X8jTlegGSrXMOYvyuo8hLU4GToNDR76t6xW7Prlrc2PgcjKVQ/w269-h400/20230902_120034.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><p>This one I do remember distinctly. A very pleasant dealer at the mall show asked what kind of thing I was looking for, and was appreciative that it wasn't the same as the usual. I was thankful he took my offer of $15 for it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUDlBp7zvmPN950RZaBwx9VCzZGDgYjS_JNvVAAZc_z278GfPX3JFE2YgtMyVYjq-1IP3wfglqR2dmwgOFHCFqKbwUq9hq8p5CBa5HQFO-1W7VtbDuqKDt8wWVAskM6gdLgiAy1TTktgJRGFfoG2j9pGCl4OAlvLaD4txcQELPQTfMwvvwQ/s1050/Priest%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUDlBp7zvmPN950RZaBwx9VCzZGDgYjS_JNvVAAZc_z278GfPX3JFE2YgtMyVYjq-1IP3wfglqR2dmwgOFHCFqKbwUq9hq8p5CBa5HQFO-1W7VtbDuqKDt8wWVAskM6gdLgiAy1TTktgJRGFfoG2j9pGCl4OAlvLaD4txcQELPQTfMwvvwQ/s320/Priest%20back.jpg" width="227" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTwSNemiUYqv3csNbzmvjCCOdmD8ck_DkKR5NrwwnIRl1NHY2ToRxmpSMomF2FdhY9XpQPcXnHGzDazgKcnrKUDb_qzvGYjvxN39LYjzfOeCiXi6y6TNh41kP_MtNfDI3KmSlagmOZt8NnYHFHMMuTsHz9H_AF679Gh0DVUb9KThG0weJkA/s799/20230902_124123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTwSNemiUYqv3csNbzmvjCCOdmD8ck_DkKR5NrwwnIRl1NHY2ToRxmpSMomF2FdhY9XpQPcXnHGzDazgKcnrKUDb_qzvGYjvxN39LYjzfOeCiXi6y6TNh41kP_MtNfDI3KmSlagmOZt8NnYHFHMMuTsHz9H_AF679Gh0DVUb9KThG0weJkA/s320/20230902_124123.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>Rear view and closeup of the low serial number.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuK1Pq-5bMGyUtT4lsRKUNJjTveBWYEv5ypQVWfewHUbmdTwv3BQW3EP_9OOET2g4QD5rHrOzswT_q8LxJUEO8RVYFe4vL7NUOBNO4FAXsNKUoDSZo7RVKeE2Q7DovloN21ncSZYSERJQkU2Pl2WEKCLts1NHg64Gc3kzoHW97HFzDYwAkfQ/s1320/20230902_123331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1320" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuK1Pq-5bMGyUtT4lsRKUNJjTveBWYEv5ypQVWfewHUbmdTwv3BQW3EP_9OOET2g4QD5rHrOzswT_q8LxJUEO8RVYFe4vL7NUOBNO4FAXsNKUoDSZo7RVKeE2Q7DovloN21ncSZYSERJQkU2Pl2WEKCLts1NHg64Gc3kzoHW97HFzDYwAkfQ/w400-h261/20230902_123331.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Here's how the whole batch stacks up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpUrFkIFgLNumVkt1ke13iXsvmsxQPOMVA2OyordtotMDljBeokH0Voibq3K8WNpt-kfzKFMNbX4tREk9kRf8jWloedUIEISVXYmjjjHfdYrJ2qUprZhUGGV70Pn06-sF38lk9GVCAMhMTus47TP07SD9Cwd9PYz8C_K0Z6Om5wBAuV6bGg/s1320/20230902_123613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpUrFkIFgLNumVkt1ke13iXsvmsxQPOMVA2OyordtotMDljBeokH0Voibq3K8WNpt-kfzKFMNbX4tREk9kRf8jWloedUIEISVXYmjjjHfdYrJ2qUprZhUGGV70Pn06-sF38lk9GVCAMhMTus47TP07SD9Cwd9PYz8C_K0Z6Om5wBAuV6bGg/w400-h300/20230902_123613.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Luckily, most of them came in top loaders of the appropriate size, so I only have to spend two or three of my new ones.</p><p>What would you like to see next? </p><p>Vintage, or other newer miscellaneous things? Let me know below. I'll try not to take all month to show this stuff.<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-59501868439125489862023-08-23T21:42:00.002-04:002023-08-23T21:47:01.031-04:00Suite Experience At Camden Yards<p>While I was on vacation, one of my co-workers (who is always after a deal) arranged for a few of us to see an Orioles game with one of our vendor companies. But this wasn't going to be just another evening in the stands making runs to the food counter and souvenir shop. </p><p>It was the <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401472717" target="_blank">August 8th matchup</a> with the Houston Astros. We left work around 4:30 and arrived about an hour before first pitch. The first bonus was a parking pass that put us really close to the home plate entrance.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Tkh3scX7s8EmjSDpm_HzkMOQA94un_-TszJcEt_Migc4HxGB3gYsH_zNHkQzhbWw2f69tf5QLqmwhRusgcO-Em02DocA_3bfMtJW-sBCr6QwHYPZDYfaz_CAHow3HgtP3b-oMguPE-pEEaZcY6iqtBipHZjKqWh3n11KNKnDnNkqnNnqRg/s1100/20230808_174803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1100" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Tkh3scX7s8EmjSDpm_HzkMOQA94un_-TszJcEt_Migc4HxGB3gYsH_zNHkQzhbWw2f69tf5QLqmwhRusgcO-Em02DocA_3bfMtJW-sBCr6QwHYPZDYfaz_CAHow3HgtP3b-oMguPE-pEEaZcY6iqtBipHZjKqWh3n11KNKnDnNkqnNnqRg/w515-h386/20230808_174803.jpg" width="515" /></a></div><p>It was the first time I had used an app for tickets to an event. The MLB Ballpark app is pretty much about tickets, even though it talks about following any player, and other things. It's about the tickets. Anyway, we went in the door and then in the elevator to the fourth floor.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC05rS0fqyRfI7p3mysdfGmkzVUKxcMwq3QVCABreXhISJqjx1KXKQU7PBg-6uDcmMyGODuKuQsZEDtIolUby1R00bEz66Ft7hkQhqHX_NdxHVvV78Y3tij8z15xZUt8QicjlO4bbD5CXMeoGm7_CnerZBKWzmwklBdWgxjRbmB01GptknEQ/s1171/20230808_175943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1171" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC05rS0fqyRfI7p3mysdfGmkzVUKxcMwq3QVCABreXhISJqjx1KXKQU7PBg-6uDcmMyGODuKuQsZEDtIolUby1R00bEz66Ft7hkQhqHX_NdxHVvV78Y3tij8z15xZUt8QicjlO4bbD5CXMeoGm7_CnerZBKWzmwklBdWgxjRbmB01GptknEQ/w519-h367/20230808_175943.jpg" width="519" /></a></div><p>We stepped off into what felt like a hotel lobby. It's the Club Level. There's a reception desk and tons of historical information, artifacts, trophies, and artwork about the history of the Orioles on every wall and in the hallways and lounges all the way around this floor of the building.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdfEbdQMgBhRG5XZyRSx51jEJ_lnVX8mt3pyStmD0vyKDdVr_Vf8VOj54bad9CNgssMbGQ9gWDc9GqtyyUHyYFeTDTWDTUuvnGSZsewWiONR6QgCTq5l7I9zohu6M70p_g276P_OEtia9ygPDrGFWucmqtklsEIZqrCPg6etRd8cL2oTHjg/s528/stock%20shot-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="528" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdfEbdQMgBhRG5XZyRSx51jEJ_lnVX8mt3pyStmD0vyKDdVr_Vf8VOj54bad9CNgssMbGQ9gWDc9GqtyyUHyYFeTDTWDTUuvnGSZsewWiONR6QgCTq5l7I9zohu6M70p_g276P_OEtia9ygPDrGFWucmqtklsEIZqrCPg6etRd8cL2oTHjg/w400-h400/stock%20shot-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This is a stock shot I took off the internet to show some of the other areas. I snapped the rest of the pics, but stuck to the stuff that interested me. I haven't asked my friends to send me theirs yet. I'm sure they shared them on social media.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqP7X7JL8Po1qIWAOICTh0SNwc7d5ULz00Bm12UGmAkS_z0cGg7fVVtc7F_H5s9rcskdu_jsAG_MxWpcw9XImlfS8PpFgWhNT7GQ8umNzfJFyTJsVjIzf1OXGMy7zZpzPfma3fiG5YdIFMNmOPn0AGGoTrgPmfZJElNiDtecuRIMIxSsL3Q/s1320/20230808_180024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqP7X7JL8Po1qIWAOICTh0SNwc7d5ULz00Bm12UGmAkS_z0cGg7fVVtc7F_H5s9rcskdu_jsAG_MxWpcw9XImlfS8PpFgWhNT7GQ8umNzfJFyTJsVjIzf1OXGMy7zZpzPfma3fiG5YdIFMNmOPn0AGGoTrgPmfZJElNiDtecuRIMIxSsL3Q/w400-h300/20230808_180024.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>These jerseys were right behind the main lobby.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2znQ41BLAFZC1Y650pT4H6-0OV_G5niqGCFvmsYEo4SU7cECn-mvYkUsgrsQLQSV3cf-s2-yXMoxNh5f7vdGlKnRdsy0DLuxRZT1T7NXoKfML8iV7EeGVnRxIKh3Q365RIXZ7AgPHXxakasa0sYQy5WwGst55Qf1J4BPdTIvs2hRbMckHgQ/s1320/20230808_180146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2znQ41BLAFZC1Y650pT4H6-0OV_G5niqGCFvmsYEo4SU7cECn-mvYkUsgrsQLQSV3cf-s2-yXMoxNh5f7vdGlKnRdsy0DLuxRZT1T7NXoKfML8iV7EeGVnRxIKh3Q365RIXZ7AgPHXxakasa0sYQy5WwGst55Qf1J4BPdTIvs2hRbMckHgQ/w426-h571/20230808_180146.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p>This Frank Robinson panel was down one of the walkways to the upper seating sections. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXML2HRJfYH-jvqW57yShUSHUcjIwIfjlnx3mXFF_cP6g1VfAJL0jjfHpN_ZgwKfW93actSkkt1J-F8yh1qFvIksyuJUBPuPgk1GdFEX5F_T-WnvwvnLaxbfOGgGUISamI9vJYmClOVz-4ur14BKE0ggdwWWuzSWLqpX-mf-2WdvhfJzYD4w/s1100/20230808_180803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1100" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXML2HRJfYH-jvqW57yShUSHUcjIwIfjlnx3mXFF_cP6g1VfAJL0jjfHpN_ZgwKfW93actSkkt1J-F8yh1qFvIksyuJUBPuPgk1GdFEX5F_T-WnvwvnLaxbfOGgGUISamI9vJYmClOVz-4ur14BKE0ggdwWWuzSWLqpX-mf-2WdvhfJzYD4w/w515-h386/20230808_180803.jpg" width="515" /></a></div><p>This side room was all about Cal Ripken. I don't think these were the original numbers that hung on the side of the warehouse when he was breaking the streak, but I could be wrong. Seems like they'd be a lot bigger.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtpmDeasJyeNAz92siL3MBtB4debmylY_FaKhbbcmSC1Tj-c_Cmgdjo6ZrbmBiN6GFX2BxLOmlqYPBfrFJnhlQ1hyqeAdNzFHcHjh2_jrCrrqcxtituv10rNhDQBN9n7hWv9qCJHj4PdL6sFWWi-Mswp8bzWBP8mtB6Q1VAmAEIb8Mtpkew/s1320/20230808_181228.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtpmDeasJyeNAz92siL3MBtB4debmylY_FaKhbbcmSC1Tj-c_Cmgdjo6ZrbmBiN6GFX2BxLOmlqYPBfrFJnhlQ1hyqeAdNzFHcHjh2_jrCrrqcxtituv10rNhDQBN9n7hWv9qCJHj4PdL6sFWWi-Mswp8bzWBP8mtB6Q1VAmAEIb8Mtpkew/w400-h300/20230808_181228.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This painting was in our actual suite. There were cafe tables, couch seating, the buffet (quesadillas, hot dogs, salads, sodas, adult beverages, the whole works!), a private rest room, and a glass wall with two sliding doors that lead to the outside seating. You sat in rolling office-style chairs outside. Here was our view:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4n4xoEfGibLDJpjLt7dmyUfOnzq7xdhzl8-mpvMcT7wBbT7JygLfvN_1payq88vfW04h3pQqppH3cSPfUiRpHIeCsH7deTk2cbO7kU1zHOn2A0poka55aCtrttNxTur-WHFexJ-nuKJFdr7goPy3zt3vaoVGJS-5s-mnbr6h5rzx1lSi9w/s1100/20230808_181258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1100" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4n4xoEfGibLDJpjLt7dmyUfOnzq7xdhzl8-mpvMcT7wBbT7JygLfvN_1payq88vfW04h3pQqppH3cSPfUiRpHIeCsH7deTk2cbO7kU1zHOn2A0poka55aCtrttNxTur-WHFexJ-nuKJFdr7goPy3zt3vaoVGJS-5s-mnbr6h5rzx1lSi9w/w495-h371/20230808_181258.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiea6IUlgRrAnUW7Wt_5MwtwI7fMa_ENf9piOGBj0XQ6s0wMol9T3BwTxGYC0LjHsIK3Om4JUkkn4rTIF71AbbZEeHsJSsx-VjlD9cinDGPOFGSsgkyTMf0wiSYG9YuT6yavm3bmdUXcDYc9m-7aXF5M1uATc0L-j-UVHPRoEIbkSAeyy5wbg/s1100/20230808_181304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1100" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiea6IUlgRrAnUW7Wt_5MwtwI7fMa_ENf9piOGBj0XQ6s0wMol9T3BwTxGYC0LjHsIK3Om4JUkkn4rTIF71AbbZEeHsJSsx-VjlD9cinDGPOFGSsgkyTMf0wiSYG9YuT6yavm3bmdUXcDYc9m-7aXF5M1uATc0L-j-UVHPRoEIbkSAeyy5wbg/w501-h376/20230808_181304.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><p>We were up the third base line. It was a great evening to watch a game. Not too hot or cold.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwilyQIUravrPFvOTlHWhAsk5G3iB8eTod3v7K-7uJ1pMttfFj6EkCxZLKEfbHn-Fg7mrnMpHCDRiDKPInw6wmdA2NDLyQVYOsjSY-wgBLGVfHwSIb4Nw7XdonGwnZfp2NGjrpFLWCtAjkttScIzYihSrMBek9sEe83EFMcbz3JZh8jr8Gg/s1320/20230808_185949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwilyQIUravrPFvOTlHWhAsk5G3iB8eTod3v7K-7uJ1pMttfFj6EkCxZLKEfbHn-Fg7mrnMpHCDRiDKPInw6wmdA2NDLyQVYOsjSY-wgBLGVfHwSIb4Nw7XdonGwnZfp2NGjrpFLWCtAjkttScIzYihSrMBek9sEe83EFMcbz3JZh8jr8Gg/s320/20230808_185949.jpg" width="239" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXk0Ae-M2JaEhx6V7XxH_qVda0KMkFuWpE0kB1tFTchbW0k82fkIlvLBuvg_RKlqtjHBr6gmDVzQ_xZfHixDFYBZRD8Xki9CIoWZxZRdTmw3X1CVikLvuK5STYWyXqEGadQ0k4vzUFjEeWyU2DfmLMCgIjx_O3WX5J80qG1SoOQIBoBALr9g/s1320/20230808_190443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXk0Ae-M2JaEhx6V7XxH_qVda0KMkFuWpE0kB1tFTchbW0k82fkIlvLBuvg_RKlqtjHBr6gmDVzQ_xZfHixDFYBZRD8Xki9CIoWZxZRdTmw3X1CVikLvuK5STYWyXqEGadQ0k4vzUFjEeWyU2DfmLMCgIjx_O3WX5J80qG1SoOQIBoBALr9g/s320/20230808_190443.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>I snapped pics of the starting lineups.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I7cwfCP9L_TzQBUvckYCAXsNQA5Q2cVV2x4-1yGS8d9znsHDvx-lsy52rO-Do2NZV2773DxC-lKDqk6CV-TNi29scqFjrduQXleeXjSGSmUpBrw12loOlytehIpIbgynpT48ZhwEQMZx3Ex_kibh7YFMcy2Fgs0XXNCcDNWrI8X8O8GqNA/s1100/20230808_200538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1100" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I7cwfCP9L_TzQBUvckYCAXsNQA5Q2cVV2x4-1yGS8d9znsHDvx-lsy52rO-Do2NZV2773DxC-lKDqk6CV-TNi29scqFjrduQXleeXjSGSmUpBrw12loOlytehIpIbgynpT48ZhwEQMZx3Ex_kibh7YFMcy2Fgs0XXNCcDNWrI8X8O8GqNA/w499-h374/20230808_200538.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><p>The O's got off to a rousing start with two home runs from Adley and Mountcastle. They built a <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401472717" target="_blank">6 - 3 lead into the 9th inning</a>. Unfortunately, the closer Bautista, who came into the game with great fanfare ~ flashing lights and dramatic music ~ couldn't get anyone out and they lost in the top of the 9th. Stupid Astros...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69R3ltXE4eQ692WV60XoHIqsPwJKZnsdj8Y8tinqaeeJTq2LJ-grOLztFXRsIuc_FAL_lopTxHs8C8kDaWXaFpEU-rjb4p07EII02PfLPjutXctnIIHShxEY_AVn3P_eihDtKkul5yMjiZQaZ5AT5eEkMozrtVBX2aI2M2jHo6JxTj2AVNQ/s1100/20230808_220125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1100" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69R3ltXE4eQ692WV60XoHIqsPwJKZnsdj8Y8tinqaeeJTq2LJ-grOLztFXRsIuc_FAL_lopTxHs8C8kDaWXaFpEU-rjb4p07EII02PfLPjutXctnIIHShxEY_AVn3P_eihDtKkul5yMjiZQaZ5AT5eEkMozrtVBX2aI2M2jHo6JxTj2AVNQ/w503-h378/20230808_220125.jpg" width="503" /></a></div><p>Other than that it was a stellar experience. One of the hosts knew the Orioles Alumni Director, who came by and brought Larry Bigbie in to meet our group and sign autographs. (I passed.) The other company that sponsored the event bought several different hats for everyone. They were nice. I got a regular O's hat with the Jackie Robinson 42 patch on it. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiililh0N-U8yr9oo8_Tafm7y_KZM3BkQll8IgzXAo96_ngoVr_MpizMx59tpM7McB9I504zAAXY1mM8X8wPY9pCLbCil2XBZJ-mFvdKVC00VwUvQzFT7xtP79jt_cIA3UMnGglMMRxACuSwqgPBJnqml42Jd7IjfhxZLgVqEV7PH26TO2R3g/s996/Image1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="996" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiililh0N-U8yr9oo8_Tafm7y_KZM3BkQll8IgzXAo96_ngoVr_MpizMx59tpM7McB9I504zAAXY1mM8X8wPY9pCLbCil2XBZJ-mFvdKVC00VwUvQzFT7xtP79jt_cIA3UMnGglMMRxACuSwqgPBJnqml42Jd7IjfhxZLgVqEV7PH26TO2R3g/s320/Image1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hopefully, we can do that again before the season is over. </p><p>I still haven't watched more than a few games this year. I should pay more attention since they're going to be in the playoffs. I'll watch more of them then.<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10932266.post-35073963447517616652023-08-14T21:51:00.001-04:002023-11-21T14:39:40.708-05:00In The Zone<p><i>UPDATE: Unfortunately, Dave has put out notice that the shop will close 31 Dec 2023. </i><br /></p><p>In recapping my card hunting in the various shops, flea markets, shows, and antique malls in Michigan, I'm not going to go in chronological order, nor am I going to cover every card. Mostly because I don't remember exactly and am lucky to keep straight what I got where.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6nqMXhafnSkRnpJFf9IzC9xqDGxCdOkrE4UT5zHyo6wds9pXczKAI3C5cv75Ru2Bqbq0qHtAEGc2I6krnINVn_h5D_1azkw3aUKRWKOlMoWWaTG3gk0jyaQfI65EWmk8sni7qhtP3-yIb37NaOD-0MIfmsJnKt3jYoOheRGDBw5HtTpVtg/s1320/20230721_124648.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6nqMXhafnSkRnpJFf9IzC9xqDGxCdOkrE4UT5zHyo6wds9pXczKAI3C5cv75Ru2Bqbq0qHtAEGc2I6krnINVn_h5D_1azkw3aUKRWKOlMoWWaTG3gk0jyaQfI65EWmk8sni7qhtP3-yIb37NaOD-0MIfmsJnKt3jYoOheRGDBw5HtTpVtg/w400-h300/20230721_124648.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The Collector's Zone, <span class="LrzXr">1425 Wildwood Ave, Jackson, MI wasn't our first visit, but it was pretty early in the week. It's paired with a jewelry store, and has a large selection of comic and gaming materials along with cards. My host Stuart and I had been there a couple times before. The proprietor, Dave, is always friendly and willing to negotiate pricing. He doesn't organize and store everything perfectly, but believes in just having it all available for customers to dig through. But it's relatively neat compared to some shops we've been to.<br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JR1c7MXDaxS0hi6aKYvgi3m7SsNAJ1nvbNgkT3FyrEQv4lTdGoxG6bBdvWvXaBzBtiY8_EqFw5zXt87U4vsP_OJlvebSQ00P86GUBiBHpIXl-1jcIwrkIt_bJEVZ7UKgfRp1DiSaiSw8mWmUT_9JbmxZV-BkX_ejlrJITvVT4t15G4dIsw/s1320/20230721_124453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1320" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JR1c7MXDaxS0hi6aKYvgi3m7SsNAJ1nvbNgkT3FyrEQv4lTdGoxG6bBdvWvXaBzBtiY8_EqFw5zXt87U4vsP_OJlvebSQ00P86GUBiBHpIXl-1jcIwrkIt_bJEVZ7UKgfRp1DiSaiSw8mWmUT_9JbmxZV-BkX_ejlrJITvVT4t15G4dIsw/w477-h261/20230721_124453.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><br />He had a few boxes of new arrivals on the tables (in the right part of the photo) that we dug through first. I found several football set needs in there. One box was all vintage baseball, including a lot of '62 Topps, which will become a recurring theme in these posts. We also found a few other odd baseball items that hit some of my other lists.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNTJHtuNdGmMhS_GrtWmL6MMbBtSIF1Th91V5mpRczR_PEhpqr3H-8fe9a3USdGZvwgBCkzgENWrTdEHuIPxus4_69la7TZp0WjmMYHHu5hi_bixrspBVwToCD7foNwMvhvYUKDg1kB9qS3wcV-nHY2jFpYLtuWWQhXWIPy95OQs1fmEK4A/s3880/20230814_210408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2780" data-original-width="3880" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNTJHtuNdGmMhS_GrtWmL6MMbBtSIF1Th91V5mpRczR_PEhpqr3H-8fe9a3USdGZvwgBCkzgENWrTdEHuIPxus4_69la7TZp0WjmMYHHu5hi_bixrspBVwToCD7foNwMvhvYUKDg1kB9qS3wcV-nHY2jFpYLtuWWQhXWIPy95OQs1fmEK4A/w437-h313/20230814_210408.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><p>I'm leisurely collecting the 2011 sparkly legends...the Gullett is an OPC upgrade...Mattingly is a set need....Nettles is the Craig back variation. The others are the start of my official set build, before it became official. More on that in a later post.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrB1qSLeGXsKD0l2ESPSwNZIe7tR2VFgROTBrTh8MLqsAei2ubROsGZ-HSFkPTioDYXaz2WMGIEiQY8M6t-lzBNBgrfhUR8PJAbKFjXCSYXTvaCTvlRNiSSOB1OEvx5CQlB2p0h0ZJek6S9_TYY17VJMD4-hqYyXLO8cCUtYacbZpRGdvrg/s1212/20230814_210018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrB1qSLeGXsKD0l2ESPSwNZIe7tR2VFgROTBrTh8MLqsAei2ubROsGZ-HSFkPTioDYXaz2WMGIEiQY8M6t-lzBNBgrfhUR8PJAbKFjXCSYXTvaCTvlRNiSSOB1OEvx5CQlB2p0h0ZJek6S9_TYY17VJMD4-hqYyXLO8cCUtYacbZpRGdvrg/w422-h640/20230814_210018.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><p>Dave also had a couple boxes of the typical shiny football I kept running into at about every shop we visited. I tried hard to meticulously pick these out and not get anything I already had. And then I went back through them and put back the duplicates. Of course, I missed one as you can see. <i>(Hint: third row).</i> The first row of Bowman are all serial numbered except for the last one.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQX6rL4_JDU2JFshOVK7ro9MvhKaaZs7fw2noOtVka6b0TNrRt5_Wk_7nVz4r7e7i9nQjORE4iTPmQTSpaRopOb9imwoNSApiFhfjnEsHYaiTkIiYqB6dr-Vk2aVdOcyg6FTxQ3QLD2UF0TNN9MADmhcdofAKu3ZyRh2PWCET8Juu1HIGUw/s495/Popset.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="393" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQX6rL4_JDU2JFshOVK7ro9MvhKaaZs7fw2noOtVka6b0TNrRt5_Wk_7nVz4r7e7i9nQjORE4iTPmQTSpaRopOb9imwoNSApiFhfjnEsHYaiTkIiYqB6dr-Vk2aVdOcyg6FTxQ3QLD2UF0TNN9MADmhcdofAKu3ZyRh2PWCET8Juu1HIGUw/w318-h400/Popset.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><p>One of the more unusual finds was among several stacks of non-sport cards. I have been looking for sets or boxes of this particular set for a while. Most of the time the boxes are outrageous, and actually very impractical since this is only a 40 card set. I keep thinking these are from the '90s, but they're actually <a href="https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/98711/2008-PopCardz?PageIndex=1#6880813" target="_blank">2008 PopCardz</a>. The above photo is not mine, I snagged it off the internet to save time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KsxKsq_q6gSqIIQvprUUuIv_zYVpUlPCcj8qUvtLYfulY_kNpDnvTDDjLxCZy-1wFA6ervZjMxg-JRR-jcFQFWpjmF8gmU_zkTQ4TfvhEO78ACHk8Q034Sw9_nczOrsTZV9UiI-zTH4_XJd3vonOSbDwahR2ukVMohLlc8znLT5Kw8tNAw/s1034/Popback.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KsxKsq_q6gSqIIQvprUUuIv_zYVpUlPCcj8qUvtLYfulY_kNpDnvTDDjLxCZy-1wFA6ervZjMxg-JRR-jcFQFWpjmF8gmU_zkTQ4TfvhEO78ACHk8Q034Sw9_nczOrsTZV9UiI-zTH4_XJd3vonOSbDwahR2ukVMohLlc8znLT5Kw8tNAw/s320/Popback.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><p>Here is a sample back. The info is rather whimsical, but interesting. As you might guess, I just got them for the gorgeous gals. I don't even know who a few of the dudes even are.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3pWQ7rqFir9snJBxNSH6xxdYQ-D0wFmpun33PdQROMYsout3q0wP2V_atxvzIHHfqPecudOIoq03_3fVWnl041WT19ZiAZKUNFQ4g1jFyCN7X4ehs75Mnhl_pNJqEtTUbi-ZSeNhW5iNS7yTADoi4WafocUppkC_vSl7UWl62aRVR4idVg/s1255/PopFaves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1255" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3pWQ7rqFir9snJBxNSH6xxdYQ-D0wFmpun33PdQROMYsout3q0wP2V_atxvzIHHfqPecudOIoq03_3fVWnl041WT19ZiAZKUNFQ4g1jFyCN7X4ehs75Mnhl_pNJqEtTUbi-ZSeNhW5iNS7yTADoi4WafocUppkC_vSl7UWl62aRVR4idVg/w557-h312/PopFaves.jpg" width="557" /></a></div><p>Here are my top picks. I threw in Anton since he was in the alternate universe Star Trek movies. But the women outnumber the men by about three to one in the checklist. Perfect!</p><p>So as we were settling up, I mentioned to Dave that I was an aspiring Priest Holmes collector. He said he had something I would like and pulled this out: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_v1M0ssn_amxys4K1Wj4FXh8aX_yfkB-U3znq8B1dlqULCjjlj3OD96jlvvc6XmCAjuZVe1eTzbhw-2KI112LXT3D1v1uszb8-3RiFjKnowWcWInpSLQr1sQ6qtob6ZWtdNT5p4BhEb3xLs2giT75jU8raLG07VeJX5ILpIPE7SuoP6vYqw/s1200/20230814_201541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="801" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_v1M0ssn_amxys4K1Wj4FXh8aX_yfkB-U3znq8B1dlqULCjjlj3OD96jlvvc6XmCAjuZVe1eTzbhw-2KI112LXT3D1v1uszb8-3RiFjKnowWcWInpSLQr1sQ6qtob6ZWtdNT5p4BhEb3xLs2giT75jU8raLG07VeJX5ILpIPE7SuoP6vYqw/w360-h538/20230814_201541.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>It's 5 x 8 inches and is a deluxe addition to the other two I have that are just plain red or white swatches. This one's a sick patch that appears to me to be the upper left corner of his nameplate (the bottom of the H in Holmes) and the top corner of the 3, all turned 90°. What a surprising find that was!<br /></p><p>We actually returned a day or two later to see what else we could dig up, but I don't recall which of this stuff I got on which trip. Thanks again to Dave.<br /></p>GCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.com10