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- 1981 Fleer - #646 - Red Sox Checklist
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A Panini Press Triple Break! - The hype train is making stops at Arbitrary Nation thanks to another Triple Break, headed up this time by Kevin from The Card Papoy. Kevin shared 2018 Di...
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Baseball's back and here's a post that's not about baseball - What can I say? Baseball takes four days off and I find something else to do. Don't do that, baseball! On the occasion of finding my first packs of Allen...
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You're Crazy (acoustic) to pass up a Tom Seaver 2nd-year card for $1.75 - I recently won an auction for a Garry Templeton auto I had been searching for, then checked out the seller's other auctions. Ended up with some good stuf...
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What's YOUR Cardboard Bucketlist? - Recently, I talked about how I've always wanted to get to the National, more properly known as the National Sports Collector's Convention. As I was typing,...
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Warming Up the Stove - Now that the much anticipated Manny Machado trade has finally been completed (never a sure thing when the Orioles are involved, after all), the constipated...
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2018 Topps Allen and Ginter Hobby Pack - I stopped into my Local Comic Book Shop Bosco's on Wednesday for New Comic Book Day and decided to pick a couple packs of new product up. I will start thi...
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Mailbag: Bob Walk the Plank - He might no longer be blogging, but that doesn't mean that great packages aren't heading in my direction. This package was small in volume, but strong in c...
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Sports Card Tour 2018 - Tampa - The Collector's Sports Card Tour is making one more stop in the Sunshine State. Today we're in *Tampa*. Tampa is home to two pro sports teams - the Ligh...
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Random Wax: 2018 Gypsy Queen (Beating the Odds) - Picked up two packs of the 2018 Gypsy Queen baseball. Again this is another solid offering from Topps and these packs delivered. The Missing Team Namepl...
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Card of the Week: Gary McAdam - Out of the Motor City and into the Flames It’s been a while since I’ve made fun of a bad hockey card — so here are two hockey cards that are bad on many ...
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The National Sports Collector’s Convention Throwback: NSCC 2014 - This post on The National was written by collector Richard Hardy (@BossHardy202 on Twitter), who is well-known in the collecting community, or at least t...
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Cheaper by the (dime box) dozen - Believe it or not, starting a blog has forced me to become a more organized collector. I know "organization" is probably one of the last things that come...
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Bronze Age of Baseball Cards - On one of my trips down to Las Vegas to visit my parents, I noticed that the upright freezer in their garage was gone. That freezer had been a part of our...
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A Mystery Stash of Cards - Supposedly this box held a 1992 Topps factory set. I say supposedly because I got it out to sort it and page it up but as soon as I opened the box, I not...
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I NEED THE H. JON BENJAMIN AUTO FROM 2018 GINTER....HELP ME OUT! - I will trade heavily in your favor if any of you out there reading this happen to pull or come into possession of an H. Jon Benjamin auto from 2018 Allen &...
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My Favorite Athletes By The Numbers; Part 2, from 34 to 99 - Just like Part 1, this post features my favorite athletes who were associated with numbers from 34 to 99 (I say “associated” because NASCAR drivers don’t r...
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Wes"fully" Wednesday - Another week and more to show from Wes. I did have most of the Braves base cards Wes sent. But, many did go over to the set builds. These on the o...
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Five For Fighting - I've read some blogs lately that revolved around a Blog Bat Around-ish theme..."Which aspects of your collecting would you keep if you were limited to five...
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I'm the top - One of the great parts of the blogging community is the immense number of contests that are active. One blogger after another is either celebrating an anni...
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Orioles Victory Card Number 28 - Orioles Victory Number 28: 6-5 over the Texas Rangers 2017 Topps Updates Jonathan Schoop. Well, Orioles fans we made it to the All Star break. It was a lo...
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Big League Surprise - For several weeks, I've been hot on the trail of retail Stadium Club and each time I've searched another Target or Walmart for those elusive blasters/jumbo...
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Congratulations France! - What a fantastic World Cup that was. I watched almost the entire thing, from the outset of the group stage right through today's thrilling final. I'm ver...
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LINDEN CARD(s) OF THE WEEK - Fantastic Cameo(s) - In my previous post I shared a great gift I recently received from a fellow Linden collector. What I didn't mention in the post is that he included a few ...
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A Gift from the King - Not so long ago I happened to catch a Twitter post where someone was giving away small lots of cards of each team in Major League Baseball. That someone wa...
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The Topps Binder Project - I have lots of cards. Sometimes I feel I have too many cards. My wife might agree with that last statement, as I’m sure many your significant others would ...
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Happy Independence Day! - Hope you're having a great holiday. This postcard is from the late 1930's/early 1940's. Today is the 79th anniversary of one of the most bittersweet moments...
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Parade of 53-54 Parkhurst Day 6 - Bert Olmstead - Next up is Dirty Bertie. The one award that was always out of reach for Bert Olmstead was the Lady Byng and I am more than sure he was fine with that. Ever...
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Bob Walk the Plank is Retiring - You may have noticed I haven't been commenting on blogs as much nor have I been trading. The last couple of months I've had some drastic shifts in my job t...
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RIP Dwight Clark - I returned from my cruise to hear the sad but unfortunately expected news of the passing of Dwight Clark. Clark was a 49er legend whose "Catch" propelled ...
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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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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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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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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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