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Scenes from P-town - Plenty of solid dudes on the ol' cardsphere, but none more solid than P-town Tom. He's the type of guy where if he found a 1/1 card in a dimebox, he'd brin...
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Don’t Like Allen & Ginter? GET OVER IT! - It’s Allen & Ginter time and we all know what that means. There’s a bunch of bellyaching and whining happening on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Continue...
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Move on, haters - I was watching a video the other day of one of those box breakers who opens cases of every new product. I don't do this a lot but when there's a new set ...
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Page Three - At The Bat Rack Frankenset - The Legend Continues! Page Three of the "At The Bat Rack" Frankenset is here. Page One Page Two Rules - 9 different players 9 different card sets 9 diff...
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Right in front of my face - One of the many things I truly appreciate about this hobby is that no matter how long you've been collecting or how many cards you have, there'll always,...
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More return fire - Chris from OCT (he sent the Hostess last week) sent another PWE. This time with........ a pair of mid high number 72's. #538 and 583. Seems like there...
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Buyback Franken-set: Updating a Couple of Pages - It's Friday, it's hot as hell out, and it's Buyback Franken-set time! Today's batch is a bunch of random pulls from my backlog, sourced from all over the ...
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Rookie Anthology - Box 9 - As I approach the double digit point of the break, here's the Rookie Selection found within this box. While the signature itself is fairly minimalist, it ...
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Tanquilty Base...The Eagle Has Landed - July 20, 1969. There are a handful of other dates in our history that hold as much significance, but this may be the most inspring. There were nearly nine...
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Random Wax: 2019 Topps Series II Baseball - Some Random Wax here in the form of 2019 Topps Baseball Series 2. I'll start off with the big guns and Chris Sale. If the Red Sox are going to get back ...
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Orioles Victory Card Number 29: Not much to say today - Baltimore Orioles Victory Number 29: 9-2 over the Washington Nationals 2007 Upper Deck Brian Burres Not going to lie, we're at the point of the season whe...
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Tan, Thin, and Gorgeous - Last month, I showcased my recently purchased 1970 Topps Booklets set and Henry over at Cardboard Greats left a comment regarding his fanfare for the 1970 ...
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Old Edition - via GIPHY Did you know that Johnny Gill played baseball? The former member of 80's/90's R&B mainstays, New Edition, and accomplished singer, songwrite...
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My New Wantlist: Time, Focus, Discipline… - It’s been six days since my last post. At one point I posted every day. Lately I’m doing well if I post 3-4 times a week. And now, here we are. Part of it,...
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Reds and Donruss from Tom - Recently, P-Town Tom at the "Waiting for Next Year" blog offered up a ton of junk wax to any suspecting victims. While there was a lot available, there was...
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Pete, Peter, Pedey - Here are some more of *my favorite things*... This is Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy bassist and songwriter. I knew his name before I knew anyone else in the ba...
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I'm Still Alive (and Older Than When Last I Blogged) .... i.e. Happy 30th To Me! - Why hello there. I seem to remember writing much more frequently in this space. It's actually something I've been meaning to do for the last five months bu...
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Chronicles Blaster Review, an overview of the largest NBA sets ever - I'm actually excited about a Panini set. I'm still going to criticize them in this post, but the new Chronicles set is actually a really interesting concep...
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Hockey Cards That Need to Be Made - Ideas Beyond Jersey and Autograph Cards My boss once gave me some advice during a performance review: “Don’t come to me with problems, come to me with so...
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Card Show Pickups - I went to my first card show in awhile on Sunday. The show took place at Leaside Gardens in midtown Toronto. Apparently there hadn't been a card show there...
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Completed Set: 1987 Kay Bee Superstars of Baseball - Today's post features one of the many boxed sets of baseball cards that were released by retail outlets during the 1980s. (And featured by bloggers lately....
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2019 Bowman Platinum - I wasn't planning on picking up any Bowman Platinum, but I needed some socks, so I stopped by Wally World and the sports cards were justing being restocked...
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PWEs, Accompanied by Song - I decided to write a post tonight comprised of recent PWEs that I've received in the mail lately accompanied by songs that have been randomly going around ...
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The Acting Bug - I picked up this small group of Exhibit cards recently. Exhibits are a fun collectible and usually very affordable. Sometimes it's hard to date these thing...
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Seinfeld Collected - So over the past week I've dug out my old Seinfeld DVDs in an effort to watch the entire series from the beginning. That first season is a bit rough around...
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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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Is Two Days Too Long Between Posts? - A very quick post as I trudge through the stacks of cards hidden away in the "Bottom Drawer". The festivities begin with a 2013 Bowman Chrome Austin Maddo...
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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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My First Big 1957 Topps Pick Up - After picking up a couple of nice player cards (Ted Kluszewski and a Rocky Colavito RC) and a majority of the team cards from 1957 Topps in a local estate ...
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PARKIE PROJECT - Edmonton Summit Pickups - A busy month on the work front and a slow collecting month changed drastically when I made the last minute decision to make the trek up to Edmonton for the...
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Pull the Trigger 20.20 ($30) - *1970 Topps Luis Aparicio* This is one of the cards I picked out of a dollar box a couple of weekends ago. Turns out I already had it, so now I'm happy to...
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Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions of 2018 Part 3: The Top Ten - Last year I made up some nonsense about these Top Acquisitions of the Year lists each having a “magic number,” that being the number of cards at the top ...
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Cards from Orland, OH - Hey - the titles to the posts can't all be winners, folks. Nice try.So if you read Dimebox Nick's blog, and if you don't maybe you need to visit a doctor, ...
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Next Pack of Topps Heritage, featuring cartoon backs - This is my third pack of Topps Heritage. The first couple of packs have been pretty boring. That's partially because I've pulled nothing of interest to me,...
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The Quest for a White Whale Comes to an End - This quest was a long and frustrating one, but after 17+ years it is finally over. Way back in 2001, Topps released a 10 card insert set featuring some of ...
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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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Singing The Blues - I've been really into the IIHF World Juniors; because of my brief venture in collecting 2017 NHL Draft autographs a while back, I'm familiar with a lot of ...
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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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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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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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1 comment:
I love that Tony Esposito card--I got one signed by him a long time ago.
If you're into creepy masks, you should check out "The Hockey-Mask of Death"
http://www.puckjunk.com/article.php?artid=20070012
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