for being elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday! The league's selection committee elected the maximum of 4 players this year, and it's hard to argue against any of these 4 selections. On a side note, Brett Hull joined his father Bobby as the only father-son tandem to both be inducted.
Musical Melee - Round Two
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48 hours to get your vote in.
Beatles
AC / DC
U2
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Genesis
Fleetwood Mac
The Doors
Guns N' Roses
The E...
Raptors in the Mail
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I have another envelope to recap, this time a Cards on Cards bubbler. I'm
covering the stack of Raptors in this post, with a future post showing off
ever...
New People scanned in March 2025
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It was a light month. The year started strong- perhaps too strong, as I
scanned over 2000 cards in January...which burned me out. I still did card
stuff...
Don't fall for any of those tricksters.
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*Time for another birthday Holi-date binder post. April Fools Day. below
you'll find a handful of athletes from baseball, football, Hockey,
basketball, ...
Random Draws From The 2025 COMC Box, Part 4
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The general idea behind this series of posts is that I literally draw cards
out of a box I got from COMC, and then I write about them. I’m tagging
each of...
Random Wax: 2020-2021 Illusions Basketball
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20-21 Illusions: Some of Donovan Mitchell's numbers are down slightly this
season but the Cavs are the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference. I hope they
do ...
The underlying reason
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From the beginning, I was not impressed.
Trying to collect three sets was a lot. This was the new world in 1981,
after collecting nothing but Topps fo...
Not Your Ordinary Boring Monday
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Mondays usually suck. Today was a huge exception. First up... no work in
honor of Cesar Chavez. If that weren't amazing enough... I became the proud
o...
new cardart: Silhouette Cards
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I haven't really shared any new art projects of mine so far this year, but
I've been tinkering on a project for the past few months. All the Christmas
tr...
2024 Panini Prestige Value Pack
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Greetings!
Hope everyone is doing well. Yes, baseball season and March Madness is
upon us, but I had taken pictures of this pack of football cards with th...
Cards from Oren and a Final Contest Reminder!
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*Don't forget to fill out your bracket! And let's check out some terrific
cards from Oren. *
We're less than 24 hours away from the start of the big NC...
Organizing and Reorganizing
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Watching card content on social media and YouTube these days, I feel like a
total Old Guy. So many folks got back into collecting during COVID--at the
sa...
Tom Silardi? A show recap.
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The recent card show produced some pretty fun stuff. Here's a sampling:1
Beltre refractor, #d /660. This kind of card I would take all day long.2
Teddy ...
Trade Me Anything XVIII: #6
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Trades like the one I'm about to share are actually my favorite. A few
cards sent, a few cards gained, and I get to delete a little bit from my
want list....
WALLET CARD - A Mello-Minty Smile
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I've said it before and I'll say it again....my Oscar Gamble PC is the most
fun project I've ever worked on in this hobby. Smile on my face - brimming
wi...
2025 Wallet Card Junior Ortiz
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Here's the new Wallet Card for me in 2025:
Ortiz was a member of the Twins' 1991 World Series winning roster, in the
role of a backup catcher, and the p...
Closing the doors (for now)
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This is a post I knew was coming, but dreaded writing.
Let's take the band-aid off: I've decided to close up shop on "Dime Boxes"
for the foreseeable fut...
Out of Ideas
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A few months ago I saw a sell sheet for 2023-24 Skybox Metal Universe
hockey. I've never been a fan of the Fleer/Skybox Metal Universe sets
(though I do ...
Trading to Completion: Part 2
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So, after a couple of months, how is this project going? Eh, like most of
the projects around these here parts, slowly (still haven't finished any of
...
Franklin High Star Ron Santo
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Fandom and it's associated collecting is a strange thing. When I first
became a Ron Santo fan I was young boy. Ron was in his prime, smashing
home runs...
2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Hobby Box
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Looking for something cheap and new to open (this obviously is one of those
older unfinished posts), I chose 2022 Topps Heritage minor league. It was
$59.0...
Pandemic Pretender; or, Cards for Sale!
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Hey everyone - well, yeah, it has been quite a few months since I last
spoke up in this space, and during that time I pretty much came to the
conclusion ...
Born in 1993 - Max Power
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*You're watching the Simpsons with your daughter the other day...*
"Oh! I bet you'll like the Max Power episode." I said to my daughter.
"Let's see....
Five Months of Mail Roundup!
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2021 and the start of 2022 has been busy for me and I've once again
neglected the blog. I've still been buying, selling, and collecting, and
I've got som...
A Thunderous New Addition, Pt. 2
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Been a while since I checked in here. Life's been busy, lots of big life
changes, figuring out this whole parenthood thing, the Cubs have been a
whole b...
Closet Discoveries
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I've been on a cleaning/reorganizing/purging binge lately and I attacked
my hobby closet earlier this week. I opened four boxes from the upper
shelves a...
Nick’s Super Stuffed PWE of Super Stuff
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It seems like Thursday is becoming my regular posting day. I hadn’t really
intended it to be that way but with work being incredibly busy right now,
it’s...
The End of the 7 Day Trading Card Challenge Road
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Here I am, I've come to the end of the line for my 7 Day Trading Card
Challenge. There have been twists and turns...planned and unplanned pauses,
but the j...
Throwback Thursday - 02.06.2020
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Every Thursday, I post a card showing a ballplayer wearing a throwback
uniform from my collection. Hopefully, he will be wearing it well, with
proper pants...
Kick Up Your Feet
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Here's another look inside my recent collecting habits.
I've found that there has been a fair share of hockey cards featuring guys
warming up on the bench...
Boo
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Well hello there old friends. Didn't mean to scare you.
It's your old friend Matt providing a proof of life.
Thought it was an appropriate time to provide...
Anyone interested in a box break?
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Hey all! Like I have mentioned previous I have been very active on Twitter
in lieu of posting on here which has been both good and bad. I am still
working ...
2016 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail
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Repack box pack time.
Let's tear in.
Top to Bottom:
141 Colin Rea
144 Matt Holliday
BL-11 Ted Williams Baseball Legends
142 Jake Arrieta Mini
310 Patrick...
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Stevie Y's in the hall! WOOOOOOO! (throws octopus)
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