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Some 1971 Topps Yankees Because - When I go to a regional card show – something that’s up in the air for me because the venue for my favored regional show closed down – I am armed for bear ...
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UPDATING THE -UPDATE: The PC update specifically....updated Saturday - *I just finished updating (even in TCDB) Arod. I have a lot of cards of him. According to TCDB I am ranked #6 with 1319 different. The PC binder however...
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Contest Time! March Radness Year 17 - *Fill out a bracket and win some cards.* March Radness is back for another year! You probably know the deal by now. Fill out a bracket in my contest grou...
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plain white envel-NOPE - Heads up for users of the online card marketplace *Sportlots* that "Loot" (seller-specific store credit) now expires after 90 days, and in case you haven...
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18-Inning Heartbreak and the Hunt for Young Guns - Game 3 was another fun matchup. I watched it until maybe the 8th inning and had to hit the hay. You know, work in the morning. I figured I’d save the hig...
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A Milwaukee Card Show!? - Am I too late to talk about a trip I took in June? Well, I am going to talk about it anyway. My wife had decided to go to an out-of-town event in Charlot...
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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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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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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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Throwback Thursday - 02.06.2020 - Every Thursday, I post a card showing a ballplayer wearing a throwback uniform from my collection. Hopefully, he will be wearing it well, with proper pants...
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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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Merry Christmas to you too Shane! I love that card and own like 8 of them. I even pulled a French version recently in a repack and love it that much more!
Hope you had a great day with you and yours and I look forward to another year of great posts. You are one of our community's best!
Thanks Dave! Hope you enjoyed your holiday as well, and looking forward to exchanging more cards with you and reading more Wax Stain Rookie posts in 2015!
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