New paint job
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I don't have a lot of time today. I've been squeezing in the last few day
trips before vacation ends. Also, we added a new roommate yesterday.
That's...
2023-24 Panini Donruss Optic Basketball
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One of the latest Panini NBA offerings is a short and sweet one. I picked
up a loose pack of their most recent Donruss Optic set for the low, low
price o...
2/14 Hockey
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Opening up the to-be-posted box today, and all the new 2/14 content that
will be entering into the hockey binder.
This definitely counts as a "How the sam s...
The 2024 Blogger National
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The National Sports Collectors Convention is a bucket list item that I hope
cross off one of these years. Unfortunately there are a few roadblocks
that I'...
Random Wax: 2022 Topps Archives Blaster
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2022 Archives: I've seen this Griffey Jr. photo before and I've never
cared for it. Not sure why but it's not for me. Still, he's a legend and
I like hi...
Mysteries of the universe
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There are many great mysteries of the universe, one of which is the
question of why I still have a Twitter account.
I rarely use Twitter. I don't intera...
Disney trip: Day 2....Animal Kingdom
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*My brother and I finally won 1st place at the new trivia place (started
in February here). It all came down to the final/championship question
which is...
National Bound!
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I first learned about the National Sport Collector's Convention-
colloquially known solely as the National, around 1998 or 1999, back when I
used to rea...
Faster, Higher, Stronger
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Previous commenters only.
U.S. addresses only.
Two chances to win:
1. Pick the top medal-winning country at the 2024 Summer Olympics for each
of th...
Visit Puck Junk at the National This Week
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Drop by Booth #700 and Get a Free “Bad Hockey Card” Set I will be at the
National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland later this week to sell
some ...
ESPN's Latest List Is Lousy
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This week, ESPN revealed their ranking of the 100 greatest athletes of the
21st century. I do not trust their rankings ever since they put a horse
ahead of...
The $1.99 Goodwill Grab Bag
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The other day I was out thrifting and I hit up one of the Goodwill stores
in town. In addition to finding some all-timer hip-hop CDs that never show
up at...
Padrographs Delivers!
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*A heaping helping of Cardinals from the renowned Padres autographs
collector! *
A few months back, a big fat package landed on my doorstep from fellow ...
2003 Topps Retired check-in (surprise Part 2)
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Yep, more of these shiny cards from a simpler time!
Reggie Jackson is pretty cool. He was my first "top guy I collect" back in
the day and he's still on...
Mays to the rescue
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If anything was ever going to get me out of my funk and do an actual post,
the passing of Willie Mays is probably it. All the good stuff about Mays
will ...
Trading to Completion: Part 2
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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
...
Franklin High Star Ron Santo
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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...
Still Kicking
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Figured it was time to throw something up here to stop the blog from being
sent to the abyss. I will say that I use the blog a lot more for research
pur...
2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Hobby Box
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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...
Pandemic Pretender; or, Cards for Sale!
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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 ...
Born in 1993 - Max Power
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*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....
1991 Topps: the Desert Fox
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I don't think Topps made a more iconic flagship set in the '90's than this
one. And it's not just the photography, although that did take a huge leap
for...
Five Months of Mail Roundup!
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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...
A Thunderous New Addition, Pt. 2
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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...
Closet Discoveries
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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...
Recent pickups
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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...
Top 30 NHL Players of All-time: #27
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So what you don't know is this is round 2 of this post. As a flash back to
the early days of this blog, Blogger decided to vomit out my post when I
hit pub...
Nick’s Super Stuffed PWE of Super Stuff
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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...
The End of the 7 Day Trading Card Challenge Road
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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...
Back, With Buybacks
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It's been awhile, so who knows if anyone will even see this. I'd been
posting everything on my other site, Bean's Ballcard Blog, for awhile.
Then there w...
PWEs, Accompanied by Song
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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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Just a quick three pack show and tell for this evenings post. Not entirely
sure why I decided to take a gamble on SPx for the second week in a row but
here...
1994 Milwaukee Wave Promo Pack
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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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