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Getting 2024 Topps Archives Out Of My System - Before we get too far into this I’ll admit that I’ve generally lost interest in Topps Archives. To be fair, I’ve pretty much lost interest in a lot of cur...
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A product from one card company appearing on another brand's card - That's not something that happens often and I just discovered one while scanning. In this card, from 1995 Finish Line, Mark Martin is wearing a 1994 Ac...
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Awards and honors - I keep forgetting to acknowledge TCDB and their members for voting my blog as "Favorite Blog" again this year. This makes it five years in a row and six...
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Florida snow short lived - * Short lived indeed. Check out the Welcome to Florida sign yesterday. Go to the 2nd set of pictures and scroll right to the 2nd picture there too.* *W...
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2/14s from Sportlots - Yesterday, a pile of envelopes showed up courtesy of Sportlots' mailbox figure. A lot of the cards helped me put the final touches on my 2024 Score foot...
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Repack Haiku #394 (Dale Sveum) - *Shot by Robin Yount* *During a quail hunting trip* *Small ear injury* 1989 Donruss #146 Dale Sveum Sveum had just finished his first season as manager of...
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Trade Me Anything XVIII: #5 - A little bit of background here. This package actually arrived in mid-to-late December. I always post these in the order in which they are received, and ...
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Random Wax: 2022 Topps Hanger Box - 2022 Topps: The Blue Jays poor season overshadowed another great season by Vlad Guerrero Jr.2022 Topps gives us a simple design that I liked. Pretty clea...
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Back, sort of? - It's been almost *six years *since I posted here. I have far less time to post now than I ever did, yet my collecting life has been (dare I say it) bette...
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Canadian Football and a Big Contest Update - *Who will win the annual college football contest? Plus, cards! * We're getting really close to kickoff in the final college football game of the longe...
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Desperately Seeking Sasaki - Heartbreak is the word that best describes how I felt when I heard the news that Roki Sasaki picked the Dodgers. Obviously as a Padres fan, I wanted him...
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WALLET CARD - A Mello-Minty Smile - I've said it before and I'll say it again....my Oscar Gamble PC is the most fun project I've ever worked on in this hobby. Smile on my face - brimming wi...
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Winner of the Chili Peppers Custom Card Giveaway - Alright everyone, it's time for the results of the Red Hot Chili Peppers custom card duck race and giveaway! Here's the list of contestants who entered wi...
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Puck Junk Podcast: 2024-25 Upper Deck Series 2 Young Guns - Plus: Four Nations Face-Off Cards? Episode #209: January 18, 2025 In this episode, the guys talk about the 2024-25 Upper Deck Series 2 Young Guns checkli...
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Vagabond Binder: Kevin Mitchell - Some of you readers might remember my Vagabond Binder collecting project, yeah? Been a few years since I've done one of these, but to refresh your memory...
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Scoring from My Dealer - Bought some cards at a yard sale. They were mostly in clear plastic pouches, so I could see the top card and the bottom card in each one but not the ...
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Updating a 10-Year-Old Post: My Roy Campanella Rookie Looks Different - Ten and a half years ago I posted about acquiring a grail Roy Campanella card: his 1949 Bowman Rookie. I was absolutely thrilled to land it and since I hav...
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Skenes and a puppy - Another pick 'em for my loyal readers. If you want one, claim in the comments! One per commenter, PWE delivery....Row 1 card 1 - taken, card 2 taken, ca...
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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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2024 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail - Greetings! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas (and Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate as well)! Ol' Jafronius hosted the family at the Palatial E...
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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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Recent pickups - 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...
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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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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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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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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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Merry Christmas to you!
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