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Cards from Canada - This past weekend's Signature Sundays post was brought to you by my longtime hobby buddy Douglas, who blogs at Sportscards from the Dollar Store. As I ind...
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Roy Campanella Oddball Pickup: 1953-55 Dormand Postcard, PSA Authentic - Today's post features one of the remaining Roy Campanella cards I need to complete my player collection of the Brooklyn backstop. Basically everything I ne...
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Payday Pack - Smokin' Hot! - Showing off a pack of Stadium Club today. I must say, this is probably one of the better packs I've opened this year. 3rd Place 2019 Stadium Club - Rainbo...
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2019 Adventures in Repacks: Part 27.4 - A Week's Worth - Today and tomorrow see a switch to baseball. 2011 Heritage Minors - Andrew Brackman - What's an easy way to get me to pick a certain repack? A visible Herit...
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Keeping It Three: 1957 Topps Commons - I tend to get overly ambitious on this blog, and it’s done a fine job of completely derailing me. I often start off with a modest idea, but then I think “O...
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Random Wax: 2019 Topps Baseball - 2019 Topps Baseball: We have more American League Championship Series action tonight thanks to the rain out Wednesday so now is as good as any to look at...
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Thirty Years Ago - Earthquakes happen every day. According to the National Earthquake Information Center, an average of 50 earthquakes take place each day around the world. ...
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Joy of a team set: chapter 16 - I was perhaps a little harsh on the Yankees at the end of yesterday's post. Not that I care -- still fully want them to lose by many runs tonight -- but ...
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2019 Bow Chro & Her. minors - Some of my newest Braves. I almost cleared all of the Braves from Bowman products for this year. Flagship, Chrome, Prospects, Top 100's, etc. Pretty su...
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80s dimebox - More highlights from my dimebox dig at last weekend's card show, now we're up to the 1980s. These are mostly PC pickups and/or cards for sets penciled in f...
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Blake’s Takes: There’s a New Captain in Vancouver - It’s so easy to fire off hot takes when the season is rolling. Last week, we saw another major market team announce their newest captain. I’ll share my t...
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The (Second) Dime Box Frankenset, Page 31: Numbers 271-279 - *Frankenset Page #23 WINNER *-- *1960 Topps #204 Ryne Duren (12 votes)* In rare (but glorious) cases, I think about the objects associated with a certain...
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Set Build Update - This sort of thing doesn't mean much to anyone else but sometimes I need to pause and take stock of where I am in my set building. It helps me to zero in o...
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1995 Skybox Impact Football - Another pack from Houston Sports Connection with 1995 Skybox Impact football cards. It's their second year set with NFL on FOX onboard. There are 12 cards...
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In the Mean Time and In Between Time ... - "In the meantime and in between time, that's it for another episode of Stampede Wrestling. Bye now." That's how legendary pro wrestling announcer Ed Wha...
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A Custom Card with a Custom Backstory - Today's custom card was inspired by an obscure Major League pitcher, and features a man with special powers who *tried* to spend some of his younger days i...
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Reexaminating the 1989-90 Hoops set on it's 30th Anniversary - The 1989-90 Hoops set turns thirty this year! While that may not seem like a big deal, it was. This set was truly revolutionary and has more than a few fir...
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1994 Topps All-Star Rookie Catcher Javy Lopez - The 1994 Topps All-Star squad picked a great catcher for their squad, even though he played about half a season his rookie year. In 80 games for the Brav...
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McCovey Monday #99 - 2019 Hits Cards Allstars HOF Jumbo Memorabilia 8/10 - *My favorite player of all time is Hall of Famer Willie McCovey. I have amassed a collection of almost 1400 different McCovey cards since I started colle...
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My Pastime Marketplace Graded Card Case - I finally picked up a graded card case, and I love it. My video and post is LONG overdue. This thing has multiple benefits and Continue reading The post ...
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Orioles Victory Card Number 54: Topps Stadium Club Review - Baltimore Orioles Victory Number 54: 9-4 over the Boston Red Sox 2019 Stadium Club Mark Trumbo At this point in my collecting career I'm more interested ...
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Mystery Box - A few weeks ago I got a message from the site sportscards.com asking if I was interested in a free Mystery Box of cards from their company. They came ear...
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All-Time Teams: Orioles - All this month, The Collector is celebrating 150 years of professional baseball with the All-Time Teams series - a 25-man roster of the best players by pos...
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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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2019 Topps Chrome Box Break on YouTube - I'm trying something a bit different with a video box break that I posted on YouTube. I bought a box of 2019 Chrome that I opened over the weekend. I got...
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An Adequate Substitute - I don't know about you, but my wife and I have been trying to cut down on pop. I'm training for the Chicago Marathon and, as such, my better half and I a...
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Postcards Anyone? Join Me at David Does Deltiology - I've finally made a blogging home for my postcard collection. It will probably have a lot of Chicago history but many other things as well including sport...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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