Great news today as the Boston Bruins locked up my personal favorite active hockey player David Krejci to a multi-year deal. While the terms have not been disclosed yet, it's great to know that this talented young player will be a Bruin for the forseeable future. Hats off to the B's management for signing him before he became a free agent later this summer.
Blog Bat-Around: Junk Wax Favorites
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Twenty months ago... way back in June of 2023... Night Owl wrote a post
about his favorite baseball sets of the Junk Wax Era. As a collector who
was heavy...
The Grift Is Working
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Scored some free cards from Brett, of the Garden State.
- Pro Bowler in 1956. AFL All-Star in 1961.
- 2x Pro Bowler. All-American for Virginia in...
Random Wax: 2024 Topps Baseball
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2024 Topps: Fernando Tatis Jr. is only 25 years old. I forget he is still
so young. An outfielder now, he's another guy I want to see healthy for an
enti...
Some from Ormond
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*There will be a lot of posts from the two days at Ormond. I will start
off with some cards from day 1.*
*I did buy the complete 2024 Topps Chrome Gal...
Team MVPs: 2015 Topps
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I was surprised to see that I haven't written a post from this series in a
year-and-a-half. That's long enough that I probably need to provide a
refreshe...
Radness is Coming; A PWE Round-Up for Monday
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*Look for a new contest sign-up next week! For now, let's check out some
cards from plain white envelopes.*
It's time to recap a few of the sneaky white ...
Payday Pack - Flipping Out!
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I got paid, so it's time to play! I picked up another hanger pack of the
new base set last week. As I was flipping through the cards to find the
best ones,...
“In Transit To Next Facility”
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By now I was hoping to start sharing some cards from my latest COMC
shipment, but the package seems to be stuck in USPS purgatory. I got a
couple of days ...
Giveaway Win from Retro Robbie Cards and Coins
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For a content creator on YouTube, reaching 1,000 subscribers is a big
milestone. It means that you can be part of the YouTube Partner Program,
which gives ...
Puck Junk Podcast: 2024-25 Synergy Hockey Cards
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Episode #213: March 8, 2025 In this episode, the guys give their review of
the 2024-25 Synergy Hockey set – which could be the last-ever Synergy set.
Oth...
2023-24 Panini NBA Sticker Collection (European)
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We're back again with another packet of stickers. This one is from a much
more recent release than the last post, and should look very similar to last
su...
My latest customs
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The new printer has been working out pretty well other than sometimes
having trouble getting on the Wi-Fi without turning it
off-and-then-on-again. I owe...
Unexpected mail days are the best mail days!
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With the wrist injury I've been dealing with for 2+ years now I haven't
been trading so mail days are pretty few and far between. I wasn't
expecting any...
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...
1 comment:
Good news. Now its Kessel's turn. They may have to deal Sturm to get this under the cap.
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