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Trade Me Anything XIII: #2 - Like clockwork, Shane from Shoebox Legends hopped on the TMA train and sent an overly generous box of stuff. Let's have a look-see. Giving: *#US282 Natha...
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Random Hockey Mix! - How about a random smattering of hockey cards on a Monday? Sure, why not! While I don't chase them much any more, there was a time when I was really into ...
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The Crown Jewel of My Roberto Clemente Collection: 1966 Kahn's Wieners Hand-Cut PSA Authentic! - My Roberto Clemente Collection is modest and there are plenty of more important/sought-after cards to chase but the below is by far my favorite Roberto tha...
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Time Travel Trading Update #36 - Last month, I put four cards on the proverbial chopping block. No one wanted them, so they have been pulled from the trade stack and joined the rest of ...
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Chronology - Although I'd been in a group break of Chronology before, I really didn't land any notable cards (at least for myself) in those that were worthy of a solo ...
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Too Good To Pass Up - After hitting up the Branham Flea Market on Saturday, I made a pitstop over at my buddy Ben's house. He asked me if I wanted to buy the rest of the low-e...
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Blake’s Takes: The Rise of Rookie Defensemen - This week was an exciting one in the NHL. Three major milestones were hit, all on the same day. I’ll dive deep into those milestones and will highlight ...
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A Not-So-Arbitrary Arbitrary Collection - 1980s - Moving into the 1980s now, having featured the 1950s, the 1960s, and the 1970s over the past month. These card designs were very familiar to me in my chi...
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All-Time Teams: Indians - The Packers are off today so let's squeeze in another All-Time Team. Here's the *Cleveland Indians*: Manager: *Mike Hargrove* Home: *Municipal Stadium* ...
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Now, the junior circuit - Ever since Mike Trout has come into the majors, I've had no problem pulling his cards. I've tried to complete only one Topps flagship set since Trout's 2...
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2018 Contenders Football Fanatics Exclusive Blaster Box - 2018 Contenders Football: The Blowoutbuzz Blog alerted me to these Fanatics.com exclusive blaster boxes. As a fan of Contenders I jumped on one. This b...
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Here's to Linemates - The record shown on this card escaped my knowledge for all this time: 1981-82 O-Pee-Chee Record Breakers #391 Details on the back: I've got to admit,...
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Shadow Shots - Let's throw down 3 quick shadows. Bankhead: I see a bird on a stump. Tucker: Manta Ray Mets: Well, i could go with the multiple shadows, but the one on...
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Gavins in Pro Ball - 2019 Recap - As I like to do each year around this time as the calendar winds down, let's take a look at active professional baseball players named Gavin and how they p...
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A rare Ebay purchse knocks one of my most-wanted Non-Sports sets off my Missing Sets list - I don't do ebay too often. It's not that I have anything against the platform, but most of my online card purchasing is on COMC. I like paying only one shi...
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Keeping It Three: Photobombing Capitals - My hockey collecting activities have fallen into three main categories lately… From most to least conventional they are: Filling in my Washington Capital...
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The Darvish Whisperer - The other day, I waxed more poetically about a random 2012 Heritage single than had ever been done before. Today, it's going to be more the same as I delv...
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The (Second) Dime Box Frankenset, Page 57: Numbers 505-513 - *Frankenset Page #54 WINNER *-- *1996 Collector's Choice #484 Rex Hudler (14 votes)* Card backs aren't usually the driving force behind my frankenset pi...
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1990-91 Skybox Basketball Series 2 - The inaugural set of Skybox basketball was out of the world different. The set screamed 90s going artsy on the cardboard. It was hottest set at the time w...
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Target Coupon Code for 25% off Toys & Cards - Thanks to the awesome Twitter card community, I found out about a Target coupon that will get you 25% off one toy. The good news Continue reading The pos...
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In the Nick of time - Just last week I was bemoaning the fact that I hadn't added anything to my PCs in quite some time. Then came a completely unexpected and very neat surprise...
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Busting Some Packs of Tim Horton's Hockey Cards - Ahhh...the annual fall/winter trip to Canada. For the last two years, Hall of Fame inductions have transported me north of the border in early November. Wi...
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McCovey Monday #100 - 2005 Prime Cuts MLB Timeline Jersey Number 16/25 - *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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Back, With Buybacks - 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...
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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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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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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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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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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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