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It's a gift - I am in that wonderful between period in which I've opened Christmas gifts but there are more to come. So I hesitated writing this post as there could b...
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One Eck of an Advent Calender Closer - Hope all of you had a very merry Christmas. Mine was filled with family, food, football... with some presents sprinkled in between. Today's post will co...
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Trade Me Anything XVIII: #3 - Just like Mrs. Arbuckle says that it just wouldn't be Christmas if the family put the star on the tree before the rest of the ornaments, it just wouldn't b...
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Cards from Santa - Got a pack of 2024 Topps baseball cards for Christmas. - Soto has not won a Gold Glove. - Donovan won a Gold Glove in 2022. - Swanson is a 2x A...
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Non-Random Team Review: 1983 Topps Pittsburgh Steelers (plus Weigh-In #83) - I’m in the process of highlighting something from my collection from different years. For 1983 I decided to feature my 1983 Topps Pittsburgh Steelers team...
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Christmas Cards 2025 - Guys, with this post I've bested my record (set last year) for *least number of posts on my blog in a year*. Hurray! It's a Christmas miracle; 2024 *wasn...
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2024 Christmas Goodies - Christmas was again a fun time. We did ours Monday and yesterday with the different kiddos so today should be fairly quiet. Santa was good to me with lot...
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Merry Christmas! - *Have a * *It's the best time of the year!**I don't know if there will be* *but have a * * of* Merry Christmas to all of you out in blogger-land!...
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Christmas Mischief! - Another year, another chance to show off Mischief's annual photo! And doesn't she look happy with the hat on her head? I do appreciate that the leash was...
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The end of the line: Last float in this parade. - *Kind of wishing I had scanned the other dozen Ornaments from this years release, but hey they'll be there next year.* *Wrapping up this year with the f...
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'Tis the Season for Trades and Contest Updates - *Recapping a mega card package and an embarrassing contest update. And yes, it's about that time! * Before I get into the cards (probably why you're her...
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pretty big hockey milestone - Although I have not had much motivation to write, I am still doing card stuff almost every day. And that stuff is mostly in the form of scanning, which ...
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A Smorgasbord! 1977 Burger Chef Fun Meal Discs - *From the 1970s through the 1990s, it seemed like you could find your favorite baseball stars on food product packaging everywhere you looked: supermarkets...
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MY COLLECTION - A Couple Linden Nuggets - As we head into the final few days of 2024, I spent a little time updating my Master Checklist of Trevor Linden cards. It's been a slow year - on more th...
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Puck Junk Podcast: The Re-Sold 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Case - Plus: The Return of Fanatics Fest NYC Episode #207: December 20, 2024 In the last Puck Junk Podcast of 2024, the guys talk about the 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee H...
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George Washington's Plastic Tomb - Here's an update to a post from 12.5 years (!) ago. I recently sent off a small non-sports sub to the fine folks at SGC. I can drop off at a local show h...
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2024 Parkside Indycar - Known for producing women soccer cards, Parkside produced Indycar's first set since 2008 (Rittenhouse). Released in their hanger pack form there are 25...
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I'm not a blogger - That's a strange title for a post on a blog, I guess. I'm blogging right now! It's more accurate to say that I'm not a good blogger. That much should b...
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Closing the doors (for now) - 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...
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Out of Ideas - 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 ...
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Mark on History Indeed: 1999 Upper Deck Challengers For 70 - It was 1999, a year after the whirlwind season wherein Roger Maris’ long-time single-season home run record of 61 was shattered by not one but TWO differ...
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Trading to Completion: Part 2 - 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 ...
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Franklin High Star Ron Santo - 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...
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2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Hobby Box - 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...
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Pandemic Pretender; or, Cards for Sale! - 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 ...
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Born in 1993 - Max Power - *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....
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Five Months of Mail Roundup! - 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...
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A Thunderous New Addition, Pt. 2 - 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...
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Sports Leagues Need to Give Out More Trading Card Licenses - Night Owl Cards published a post over on his blog talking about Target's decision to eliminate most trading card sales in their retail stores. In case yo...
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Closet Discoveries - 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...
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Weekly Round-Up - A New Endeavor & a Legend Takes a Break - Boy it's been a rough and challenging week on the work/professional front. Glad I have cards, this blog, this hobby and this great community to keep me ...
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Quarter Box Sale TONIGHT Live on my YouTube Channel - Just a quick note to my readers that I’ll be running a quarter box sale tonight on my YouTube channel (click for link to my Continue reading The post Qua...
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Recent pickups - Look - if I don't get something posted soon, I will never do it. I spent the past two days organizing my desk, and sorting out more mailings I need to g...
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Nick’s Super Stuffed PWE of Super Stuff - 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...
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The End of the 7 Day Trading Card Challenge Road - 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...
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The Joy of a Completed Team Set - 1996 Flair Giants - Every so often I go on a streak of trying to pick up Giants base cards to fill in gaps in my collection. I recently made a list of almost 700 base cards I...
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Kick Up Your Feet - 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...
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Meet the Brewers #44: Wayne Twitchell - As is usual in September for teams going nowhere, the 1970 Brewers called up a few guys from the minors to give them an opportunity to be around the big cl...
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HOBBY FAMILY – HELP OUT MILITARY MISSIONS IN ACTION - Yes, I'm still alive and kicking. It's been a busy start to 2019 and I don't see the rest of the year being any different. I've written three posts on Be...
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Boo - 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...
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Anyone interested in a box break? - 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 ...
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2016 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail - 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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The What Was I Thinking Files - 1994-95 Be A Player Autos - Have you ever forked over your hard earned money for cards you don't even really like? Odds are if you're a player or team collector you're familiar with ...
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