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October 2026 New People - October was an unusual month for cards. I didn't get any until the 14th, but then my birthday came around on the 18th and the new cards piled up quickly...
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Match the song title: Breakfast in America - I am a member of Generation X. Known for being independent, cynical, loyal and less career-oriented, that mostly describes me. But I often feel out-of-...
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Wacky Wednesday - *Hump day again. Also trivia night. * *Straight to the interesting cards for this week.* *A little fun above. I am thinking that the Allensworth might...
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2/14 on the Gridiron - Today, a whole bunch of football additions to the 2/14 collection as I wrap up that portion of my COMC mailer, with just the miscellaneous stuff to go. ...
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Video: 2025-26 Clear Cut Hockey Box Break - Sal Barry of the Puck Junk Podcast opens a box of 2025-26 Clear Cut Hockey cards. Each box contains one premium autographed hockey card. What do you thi...
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Repack Haiku #485 (Mike Kingery) - *Hits out of nowhere!* *Career year with the Rockies* *Placed third in batting* 1987 Topps Traded #58T Mike Kingery Kingery was a career .268 hitter over...
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They Fell off the Truck - The grift is working. In this latest edition, I scored some free cards off Matty K. - I used to own an old school Broncos helmet. Morton finis...
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Naugatuck, Connecticut is Calling... - Here's another fun Al Rosen pickup. It's also yet another I may keep long-term or may part with as I continue to condense my collection and assess what I...
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Random Wax: 2018 Donruss NASCAR Blaster with Relic - 2018 Donruss: Rusty Wallace is my favorite all-time driver, and also a 1X Champion (1989). He's 12th on the all-time wins list with 55 and was top 10 in...
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Completed Set: 1991-92 Score Canadian Bilingual, Series 2 - Back in 2025, I completed . . . (this is going to be a mouthful) . . . 1991-92 Score Canadian Bilingual hockey, Series 1. I'd been given a wax box fo...
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Haunted Round Up - Time to catch up with some recent non-purchased additions to my collection. (Still sorting a nice haul from Rod last weekend which will get its own post ...
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Good Luck Ducks, Week 9: Rebuilding Mode - *It's time to ponder what's next.* Last week, Oregon fell on their faces again, going scoreless in the second half after putting up a competitive first h...
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Flea Market Finds #193: Older Periodicals, Cards, and a Stack of 45's - There were a pair of card shows in San Jose on Saturday, October 17th. One was about 20 to 30 minutes away. The other was less than 3 miles from my doo...
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2026 Topps Now Card 810 - Yount Checklist - What the what?? Robin Yount get's his first Topps Now card!!! I'm glad I just happen to pop over to Topps.com and notice this was up. I think I had le...
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Disney/Not Disney: Muppets From Topps Chrome Disney - A couple of weeks ago I was at a card show where few dealers had anything I was interested in. There was one dealer that I almost passed by until a bit of...
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OUTSIDE THE BOX - Baseball In Full Swing - I'm sure I was one of many who were swept up in the drama and excitement of the 2025 MLB Playoffs - and a World Series for the ages. I hadn't watched muc...
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This Week In Mail - 3.8.26 - For the most part, it was a boring week via the mail. The top two items didn't show up until Friday and Saturday. Part of the "boring" start to the wee...
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Hall of Fame and Hall of ... Mirrors? - OK, I didn't have a good way to tie these cards together with a nice title, but I tried. But I am giving them away!!First up is a strange card of recent ...
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Merry Lynchmas! - *And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round them: and they were sore afraid.*
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18-Inning Heartbreak and the Hunt for Young Guns - Game 3 was another fun matchup. I watched it until maybe the 8th inning and had to hit the hay. You know, work in the morning. I figured I’d save the hig...
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A Milwaukee Card Show!? - Am I too late to talk about a trip I took in June? Well, I am going to talk about it anyway. My wife had decided to go to an out-of-town event in Charlot...
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2025 Wallet Card Junior Ortiz - 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...
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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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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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Throwback Thursday - 02.06.2020 - 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...
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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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As a Tigers fan, I hate the Yankees....but as a Tigers fan, I am fearful of the O's in the next round....very torn on this one!
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