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Newest Card Show Pickups - It's a little difficult to concentrate on cards and such these days given the fact that this country has gone to hell in a handbasket but I'm gonna give it...
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Time Flies... - I can't believe it has been a month and a half since I posted. There has been a lot of activity at ARPSmith base camp. Lots of changes at work with me ha...
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Evaluating '50s vintage - I'm not interested in graded cards or grading my cards. But I sometimes wonder whether I would be if I grew up collecting cards in the late 1980s or afte...
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Trading Up North - Friends. Unless you've been under a rock for the last couple weeks, you may have noticed that I've been under a rock for the last couple weeks. Crazy wor...
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Proliferation - In a paradoxical way, I'd say it's both easier and harder than ever to be a player collector in the current hobby. The sheer proliferation of cards avail...
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Sports Card Injury - Injuries are a part of sports. I'm not sure they apply to sports cards quite as often. However... w*here there is a will*, *there is a way*. And when yo...
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Was this REALLY the best photo available? - No, no it wasn't... I had saved this football card for a post along these lines for a while...somebody sent it to me but I don't remember who. Angus maybe...
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2018 Adventures in Repacks - Part 23 - More Cubism - The last one of these yielded a Young Guns of Auston Matthews in the packs. While I didn't expect any of that this time around, these are always worthy of ...
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I Just Don't Understand - There are plenty of things in this world that I don't understand. For instance, what is the meaning of life? Who really killed John F. Kennedy? What hap...
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1972 Icee Bear Project -- # 15: Walt Frazier SP, Slabbed A PSA 8 - Here's the fourth new card from that semi-long ago purchase of 1972 Icee Bear PSA slabbed cards that eBay bestowed upon me. This one also came at the low, ...
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The Vinyl Score: “The Miracle Mets” LP - Waaaaaaaay back in the day… before streaming video, before DVD’s, even before… *GASP*! …Before videotapes?!?!? Say it ain’t so, Joe! Say it ain’t so! Befo...
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The First Annual Puck Junk Awards - A.K.A. 6 NHL Awards We’d Like to See The 2018 NHL Awards take place tonight. Seeing the same great players over and over win trophies and make boring spe...
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Getting some help with 1982 Topps from past me (+contest update) - When I first got into card collecting in the early 90s, I bought a lot of 1982 Topps packs. My local card shop had a box on the shelf, among the oldest uno...
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Pitcher/Singer - *2015 Steven Brault Elite Extra Edition Auto /25* I'm still in recovery mode from the Flogging Molly/Dropkick Murphys concert. I had a little too much fun...
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Orioles Victory Card Number 20 - Orioles Victory Number 20: 10-4 over the Miami Marlins 2018 Topps Manny Machado 1983 Insert How about an insert from one of the best designed Topps sets ...
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Sports Card Tour 2018 - Philadelphia - Two-thirds of the Collector's Sports Card Tour is in the books. Today we're starting the third period in *Philadelphia*. The city of brotherly love is h...
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2017-18 Panini Essentials Value Pack - The NBA Draft is this week, which feels like a weird thing to say because the Finals just concluded. Panini keeps rolling out more NBA releases no matter...
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Taking the Scenic Route - Everyone's favorite White Sox blogger, Jeff of 2x3 Heroes, is in the midst of sending out his annual "Tis the Season" packages. I was excited when I got my...
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World Cup! - Anyone else been enjoying the World Cup since it kicked off a couple of days ago? I missed the Thursday night opener and the Friday slate due to work obli...
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One Card Mailday – Paul Finebaum - My mailday posts will be slowing down for awhile and this might be the last one for awhile. Time will tell! I’ve been wanting a Continue reading The po...
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Twitter sale starting shortly - I'm doing a huge card sale on Twitter this afternoon/evening for anyone that's interested. If you're interested to take a look, follow me on twitter @beans...
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Parade of 53-54 Parkhurst Day 3 - Dave Creighton - Next up in the parade is Dave Creighton. Much like one of my heroes Alex Delvecchio, Dave was born in what would be known today as Thunder Bay. Dave would ...
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Golden State Warriors Win NBA Championship - The Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavalier 4-0 in the 2018 NBA Finals. We knew going into the season this was the probable outcome. This ...
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PARKIE PROJECT - Well......Hello There!!! - Holy crap!!! It's been a over half a year since I've posted. Time has absolutely flown. A little bit of catchup. Work has been really busy - I was sent ...
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The swap outs are...... - Bo chimed in on #28, which is the stack of CUBS media guides that I posted a few weeks ago. Once a Cub grabbed #9 which is stack 2 of the vintage girli...
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Break it down!! - I think I have only ever participated in one group break online with all those breakers you can purchase from via ebay or directly on their sites. Main rea...
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Admirable Autographs #7 - *#7 Paul Mokeski - Milwaukee Bucks* Need a big, slow, white guy? Mobility not an issue? Knee problems a plus? Well, the 1980s Milwaukee Bucks had just the...
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An Exciting Find at the Local Target - No, the title doesn't refer to Bowman Mega Boxes. Thus far, I haven't been lucky enough to find any of those. While walking around my 4th different Targe...
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Nice View! - I’m about 7 hours away from this place! My wife hiked it several years ago. I don’t really have the desire to ever go there, now or never did. But that w...
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Happy Mothers Day! - Happy Mothers Day! Here's a first day cover I picked up this year. It's a cool little piece of history. The American War Mothers organization was formed in...
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Cardboard Jones Sends Out Dairy Cards and Autographs - One of the first guys I ever interacted with and traded with is Steve a/k/a Cardboard Jones f/k/a The Chop Keeper. I especially appreciate his interaction ...
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Vintage Fridays: Pat Dobson, 1973 Topps #34 - Poor Pat Dobson. He pitched for the Orioles for two seasons, and had three Topps cards as an Oriole...and they were all highly unflattering. Since the O's...
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Quite the Sox Oddball - Hello all, been a while since I blogged but I felt todays pick up required some background info and it would be harder to do so through my usual Twitter fe...
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Completed Set - 2008 Topps Update - I have not purchased many cards lately...and nothing from the 2018 releases. Instead I've been trying to go through the mountain of unsorted monster boxe...
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1994 Milwaukee Wave Promo Pack - This pack was likely received as an arena giveaway. It's one of those things that my parents find in a shoebox when they're doing some cleaning, and they...
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Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions of 2017 Part 3: The Top Ten - Three posts in a row! Don't worry - I didn't get fired or anything... Just about every year when I make this list there is a magic number of cards that c...
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It's and there's still pack searchers at Target. - Cards are back! Baseball is almost back! So yeah found some 2018 Topps last Tuesday a day early. I didn't pull this card, Tony L of Off Hiatus sent it to...
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Italy Fails To Qualify for 2018 World Cup - with a draw today versus Sweden, Italy has failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958. That is all.
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Final Parkie Post...... for now. - So here is the final post of my recent Parkhurst purchase. I hope to find more soon. There is a big show here the last weekend of September, *fingers cros...
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Moving On - Sad to say, but the sands in my blogging hour glass are dwindling. I've barely got the time to sit down and compose anything worthwhile, and I've become...
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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 ...
My Pack Rips
- 1977-78 Topps Hockey
- 1978-79 Topps Hockey
- 1982 Donruss The Dark Crystal
- 1982 Topps Baseball (Rack Pack)
- 1982 Topps Football
- 1983 Topps Football
- 1984 Topps Masters of the Universe
- 1987 Topps WWF Wrestling
- 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
- 1989-90 Topps Hockey
- 1990-91 Topps Hockey
- 1991 Fleer Football
- 1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
- 1991-92 Upper Deck Hockey
- 1992 Upper Deck High Series Baseball
- 1993-94 Fleer Ultra Series 1 Hockey
- 1995 Topps Embossed Baseball
- 1996 Upper Deck Collector's Choice
- 1996 Upper Deck Series 1 Baseball
- 1997 Topps Stadium Club Series 2 Baseball
- 1997 Upper Deck Series 1 Baseball
- 1998 Topps Stadium Club Baseball
- 1998 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Series 1 Baseball
- 1998 Upper Deck Series 3 Baseball
- 2000 Skybox Metal Baseball
- 2002 Donruss Originals Baseball
- 2002 Topps Ten Baseball
- 2007-08 In the Game Between the Pipes
- 2008 Goudey Baseball
- 2008 Upper Deck A Piece of History Baseball
- 2008 Upper Deck Heroes Baseball
- 2008 Upper Deck Spectrum Baseball
- 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
- 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (Rack Pack)
- 2008-09 Upper Deck Champs Hockey
- 2008-09 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey
- 2008-09 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey
- 2009-10 Fleer Ultra Hockey
- 2011-12 Upper Deck Victory Hockey
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5 comments:
MVP of the Olympics...Period.
best goalie to not win the gold?
Ironic the parallel is called gold medallion.
A star has arrived....now is the time to gobble up Ryan Miller cards.
Jeremy, that's exactly why I picked the card! Too bad it didn't pan out, but what a game nonetheless.
Cardboard pucks, nice picture!
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