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TTM Success - Dave Hostetler - Here is another 1983 Topps that came back signed recently. Dave Hostetler signed his card in black Sharpie after I sent it out TTM. Hostetler (b. 1956) p...5 hours ago
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2025 trade package #23: Dawg Day Cards - Moving on to my second trade package of November, this one was actually hand delivered to me at a show (the first of two times that happened last month!)...7 hours ago
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NBA Advent Calendar day 12 - First half of the Calendar is now done. Good news today is I got my first card of Nique Clifford, bad news is that all today's cards got a slight curve ...9 hours ago
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2025 Topps Holiday Advent Calendar: Day 12 - Can you believe that we are halfway to Christmas, at least if you go by the standard 24-day Advent Calendar? That's right, after today, we will have finis...11 hours ago
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Contest Reminder and a PWE Round-Up - *Cards from little envelopes.* Before I get into today's crop of cards, here is your final reminder to go and sign up for the College Football Postseason...11 hours ago
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2025 Topps Chrome Update Series Baseball Parallel Guide and Image Gallery - A Guide and Image Gallery to 2025 Topps Chrome Update Series Baseball parallels and variations, showcasing the difference between patterns. The post 2025...11 hours ago
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Stories Of Darryl Sittler - What follows are four stories from the Hockey Hall of Fame NHL career of Darryl Sittler. Starting with his first NHL goal, we also look back on a huge pl...12 hours ago
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Navigating through a Japanese repack - *I was fortunate to be able to travel for a couple of weeks to Japan the past year* - mostly taking photo ops at various sighteeing sites. *When I could, I...15 hours ago
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Upper Deck Enhances the Collector Experience on e-Pack® by Becoming a Connected Retailer to The Authority™ Marketplace - Collectors on e-Pack® have the unique ability to decide when, where, and how they want to experience collecting. They can purchase, instantly open, and t...16 hours ago
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Wood vs. Wood #309 - Last time there was a 5-5 tie! Will there be a winner this time? Nothing but a clear blue sky (or blue backdrop) behind Moe Morhardt. Moe Morhardt's MLB ...18 hours ago
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Jake Eddington - I met him at a Minor League game at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida in 2024, when the Clearwater Threshers came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays. Jake sign...19 hours ago
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Uncustomed Heroes of 2025: Guardians - What the Guardians were able to do this season, despite the amount that was stacked against them fundamentally, was incredible. That Stephen Vogt got t...21 hours ago
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REVISIT: DEDICATED ROOKIE: 1974 KEN GRIFFEY Sr. - Thought it'd be fun to delve into the archives and revisit another ten-year-old post, this time my 1974 "Dedicated Rookie" for Ken Griffey Sr: Griffey beg...21 hours ago
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A Powerhouse Start - This is my second blaster box to open of 2022 AEW Upper Deck and I am hoping we will be able to continue on with the base set build and maybe get a few a...21 hours ago
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Topps Minus 50: 1975 Winter Meetings – Day 5 - This is the latest in my Topps Minus 50 series which addresses transactions and other events within Major League Baseball which might have had an affect on...22 hours ago
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Skye Blue at Squared Circle Expo 2024. - Squared Circle Expo VI is less than four months away. The excitement is building as is the wrestler guest lineup. Some of the names announced already are...22 hours ago
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Championship-Clinching Ball from Kobe and Shaq’s 1st NBA Title Nets $508,000 - Game-clinching basketballs, a pair of early Michael Jordan Nike shoes and a set of six Jordan-era Bulls championship rings were among the six-figure items ...1 day ago
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Jose Martinez stayed in game, pitched in 4 majors games - Pitching for the AA Wichita Wranglers in April 1994, Jose Martinez took a deflected comebacker off his cheek, The Wichita Eagle wrote. The play complete...1 day ago
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Last Week's Maildays - As I promised earlier, this is a much more diverse post. I received a lot of smaller TCDB trade packages. But yes, there are some Ceddanne Rafaela card...1 day ago
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Why I Sell Baseball Cards - In 1976, at the first-ever sports card show in the St. Louis area, I set up a table to sell some of my cards formally for the first time. I don’t think I s...1 day ago
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Mattingly Madness - Donnie Baseball time! I didn't get into baseball until 1990, so, having missed out on his 80s peak, I wasn't really a big Mattingly fan growing up. But s...1 day ago
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the days of archives - not quite "sands through the hourglass" stuff, but i spent a little bit of time on wednesday opening the blaster of 2025 topps archives that i ordered from...1 day ago
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C.A.: 2025 Topps Now Andy Pages, card #823 - *(Greetings on National App day. I can recall the carefree days when I didn't know what an app was. Now I am wondering if there is a National Delete Your A...1 day ago
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A Season in Autographs: 2021/2022 - From 1917/18 to 2021/22 a grand total of 8,325 people have played in the NHL. *2020/2021 * ...1 day ago
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Incoming continued PLUS my Negative ComC review - *I still have quite a bit of incoming cards to get to before resuming the Tampa show posts.* *2025 Topps 582 Montgomery....My Braves team set. ...1 day ago
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Capture the Flagg: Round 2 - The first playing of the game netted me a pair of inserts of the top draft pick and chase player (at least early on) in this set. What will this one cont...1 day ago
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2025 Topps Shoebox Treasures #15 "Sepia Autograph" #/50 - *Card Review: 6.5* I'm not much for autographs on cards, at least, ones that aren't obtained in person. That's actually a generous way of putting it...1 day ago
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2025 COMC BLACK FRIDAY BINGE BONUS POST - I'VE SHOWN OFF MOST OF THE COOL STUFF FROM THE BINGE* NOW HERE'S SOME OF THE SILLIER STUFF I PICKED UP ON BLACK FRIDAY WEEK. AND HOO BOY DID I BUY SOME G...1 day ago
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Does Condition Really Matter for Old Hockey Cards? - Especially When You Put Them in Pages? Last November, I purchased a complete 1970-71 O-Pee-Chee hockey card set at the Fall 2024 Sport Card Expo in Toro...2 days ago
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Happy Birthday - Carlos Rodon - Carlos was born on this day in 1992, making him 33 today. MLB Debut - April 21st, 2015 (White Sox) Years Active - - 2015-2021 (White Sox) - 2022...2 days ago
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Card Room Migration: Phase 3 - Paint - So the walls were all taped and primed, and now to add the color. What scheme did you guess? There were a couple comments that got it right. Yep, went...2 days ago
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Repack Haiku #438 (Al Pedrique) - *Pride or cowardice? * *Had staff walk Bonds all series * *To pause milestone hit* 1988 Donruss #361 Al Pedrique (RC) Pedrique was serving as the interim...2 days ago
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Juan Marichal TTM Return - 1968 Topps - Just one card in the mail today, but I'm happy to get it. Juan Marichal upgraded the 1968 Topps he signed for me previously, which had a slightly bad cor...3 days ago
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A Couple Surprises - I was away for work last week when I learned about a couple new items that I hadn't been expecting so here's a quick post to get us all up-to-date... - S...4 days ago
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Fun Cards: SSPC “Baseball Immortals” Jeff Kent - Jeff Kent had a Hall of Fame career as a second baseman. I’m shocked the BBWAA passed on him. He never even received 50% of the vote from the writers, desp...4 days ago
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Jackie Robinson Pickup: 1950-56 J.J.K. Copyart Postcard (Blank Back Edition) - If he wasn't a budget breaker I would collect playing-era Jackie Robinson stuff all the damn time. As a Dodgers' fan, a baseball fan, and a UCLA graduate.....4 days ago
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Box Break: 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter - 12/03/25 saw the release of the annual Allen & Ginter set. For me this was a long awaited day as Ginter is one of my favorite sets. Outside of Stadium ...5 days ago
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What’s Inside the Pokemon TCG Salamence ex & Reshiram ex Premium Collection Box? - I actually got a “deal” on Pokemon TCG cards a couple of weeks back. My local comic shop was having their 15th anniversary and they had a sale where most t...5 days ago
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The Bulk Box Keepers - It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon and I'm spending the majority of it on my back in an effort to let my lower back relax and return to normal. As I pr...6 days ago
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Saturdays Suds: Baseball & Beer #104 Hop Butcher Be Alert for Foul Balls - Had a beer recently that qualified for been quite a while since I did one of these posts. I recently went to the Michigan / Northwestern football game at ...6 days ago
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Wheel Of Confusion - Recently I posted about some of the 3-D prototypes that have popped up in various auctions this Fall, noting there was a little more that could be shown. ...6 days ago
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He played there? Hockey Edition: Part 3 - As I type these words, my oldest son is upstairs playing his guitar and it's making me smile. Thanks for joining me again for the next edition of "He pla...1 week ago
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New Years Check-In: Final Part - At the beginning of the year, I promised I would do some check-ins on my New Years hobby goals to keep myself accountable.Well, here we are. Final check po...1 week ago
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FINAL VOTING TAKING PLACE - *DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR YOU FAVORITE BLOGGERS AND TRADING CARD PRODUCTS IN NACHO GRANDES END OF THE YEAR AWARDS.* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...1 week ago
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2025 Topps Chrome Update - Yount Checklist - Robin has a few very limited cards to chase in this year's Chrome Update. And he just so happens to share the card with two other Brewer's Greats. ...1 week ago
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1993 Topps Rookie Cup Team - This is an index to postings related to the 1993 Topps All-Star Rookie Team which honored rookies from the 1992 season. *1993 Topps #331 Kenny Lofton* ...1 week ago
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#113 Boogie Down Productions (+ Sublime bonus) - Here's a shot of KRS-One, the driving force behind the hip-hop group Boogie Down Productions, at card #113 in the '91 MusiCards set. This card has a re...1 week ago
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1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft - If you remember the Classic baseball cards (and game) from the late-1980s, this pack of hockey cards will seem familiar. And by the time the ear...2 weeks ago
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Incoming cards, another 1/1, and some changes - This will probably be the last post I get to before heading up to New Jersey for the rest of the year. I’ll start off with the cards first. I’ve been gett...2 weeks ago
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Abandoned Movie - Video Vision - Winona, MN - *“If it’s still there, we have to stop…”* Some places stand out and you never forget them. For close to 20 years, I only had vague memories, and hoped it ...2 weeks ago
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Hal Chase: The Dark Prince in Exile - He was the best first baseman anyone had ever seen—so good that he could alter a game’s outcome without anyone noticing. Though he was never caught, “Pri...2 weeks ago
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The Phillies Room: November Notes - 2005 Bowman Prospects #BP-116 2025 Choice Jersey Shore BlueClaws #25 2025 Choice Lehigh Valley IronPigs #12 2025 Topps #30 2025 Topps #582 *No...2 weeks ago
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THE BEST 2025 TOPPS CHROME BUYBACK PROGRAM is at SPORTS CARDS PLUS - *GET MORE for your 2025 TOPPS CHROME MVP BUYBACKS at Sports Cards Plus, a.k.a. The Super Hit Factory.* *--- See why we collected OVER $4000 in MVP BU...3 weeks ago
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I Should Never Make Plans On My Blog - In August I laid out plans for my blog.... then I stopped posting. Lesson learned. In that time since my last post I haven't done a lot worth writing ...3 weeks ago
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LINDEN CARD OF THE WEEK - 2024/25 Premier Old Style Signatures - It's a rare mid-week day off for me...and I'm welcoming it with open arms. A busier end to the calendar year has me energized and excited for what the ne...3 weeks ago
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One Off - I finally broke my hobby drought. After nearly 8 months of not adding a single card to my collection, I just bought what will be the 74th card in my sign...3 weeks ago
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YOU'RE FIRED! And Me TO? - No, I'm not fired. This is just the final post on this blog as I am stepping away from all blogging at year's end.However, NY Giants Head Coach Brian Dabol...4 weeks ago
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Topps Living Set NBA - Come here to see the NBA Topps Living Set photo checklist and print run information!5 weeks ago
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Gary Allenson - Winning and losing. I stayed up late watching game 7 of the World Series, which went into extra innings and was incredible from start to finish, two Hall o...5 weeks ago
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October TTMs - Van Snider Signed 1/1 Sent c/o Home address 15 days Mickey Weston Signed 2/1 Sent c/o Home address 15 days Tim Redding S...1 month ago
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2025 Score Football Set Added - The Score 2025 set of 400 cards is now part of the Football Card Gallery at the Card Cyber Museum. The Football Card Gallery at the Card Cyber Museum cur...1 month ago
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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...1 month ago
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Collection Update 2025 - Wow, it's been over three years since I posted on here. Time flies, I guess. This blog had been my primary passion project going back to 2009 and even th...1 month ago
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New Blog, New Location - For everyone who still has me on whatever lists I may be on, I am starting to blog again. I'm starting back up with my new blog, called A Most Adequate C...1 month ago
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My Pros and the Cons of this One Specific Card - So during the peak of my downsizing efforts there were some cards that I went over multiple times wondering if I wanted to move it or not. The fact that...1 month ago
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Mickey And Friends On MLB Topps Chrome Disney Cards - Disney magic meets the diamond in an awesome crossover: the launch of MLD Disney Topps Chrome with Mickey & Friends MLB cards in 2025.1 month ago
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Plus 1=1340 - Well I added a card to my Padrographs collection. Reginald Preciado signed by the Padres in 2019, he played in instructional ball for the Padres but wa...2 months ago
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Graphic novel - My wife grabbed my leg in church at almost the exact same time that I, too, noticed the collections usher was wearing a graphic T-shirt. At this point, i...2 months ago
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Collecting the Sox: Bobbleheads - Harry Potter Devers - If you're following me on Instagram (and really why aren't you?) you know I've been showing off my bobblehead collection periodically one by one. I reali...2 months ago
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They Still Work! 1970 Fleer Iron-Ons - I came across a video on Youtube from Rob Opens Wax opening a pack of *1970 Fleer Iron-ons*. It was fun to see Rob not only open the pack but th...2 months ago
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Going through a bulk baseball card box buy. - Thought I might post this here if anyone is interested. I'm incredibly lucky to have a great source for cheap bulk cards here in Anchorage. Don's Sp...2 months ago
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2015 Reds Autograph Baseball - Here's the latest addition to my autograph collection, a 2015 Reds team signed Opening Day Major League Baseball. There are 16 signatures on this basebal...2 months ago
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Indy Card Exchange Golf Outing - Indy Card Exchange held their first Annual Indy Card Exchange Charity Golf Outing presented by Best Card Shop on Monday at Gray Eagles Golf Course in Fishe...2 months ago
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A Grave(s) Situation - It’s been a long time since the last blog entry. I’ve retired in March (yay!), and we’ve made it a point to do some healthy travelling, including a month-...2 months ago
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For Sale or Trade! - This is just a placeholder post, until I start posting things for sale or trade. I’m going through a lot of my stuff at the moment, so the first couple of ...3 months ago
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It Was Thirty Years Ago Today. - Fans talk about "unbreakable" records all the time. They talk about Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak as though no one could ever break it. It i...3 months ago
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1997 Donruss Power Alley Baseball Cards - This is a set review of 2009 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards. The post 1997 Donruss Power Alley Baseball Cards appeared first on The Radicards® Blog.3 months ago
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1962 Topps Mars Attacks Needs List - 1962 Topps Mars Attacks Needs List Last updated: 08-31-25 *Bold* = Awaiting arrival/pending trade 1. The Invasion Begins 2. Martians Approaching 3. At...3 months ago
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Added Two This Week - Just two cards incoming this week. TCDB trading is on again off again. I think I have two more incoming next week. I miss getting mail. Small trade with ...3 months ago
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2025 National Updates From Friday - I spent about five hours at the show on Friday. I am sure I missed items, but here are some things that I did see. I bought three cards including a 197...4 months ago
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Roger That - You only have to win by one. Despite slogging through what has been a disastrous 2025 season, the Colorado Rockies scratched out an all-time great win las...4 months ago
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The Detroit Stars - The Tigers certainly have some new stars on full display this year, but only one of them is included in this post. No, I'm not deploying collect this, not ...4 months ago
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Extending my leave - I said in my last published post that I would be taking a break until March, or April, at the latest. Seeing as how it's now July, I was obviously a bit of...5 months ago
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A Fordham college leather from the 1910s - Hi y'all! It's been awhile since I've posted, but I haven't stopped collecting. In February 2024 I joined the collecting group Old Baseball Cards, which ...5 months ago
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Draft Years: 1973 - With the first pick (21st overall) in the 1973 MLB draft, the White Sox chose catcher Steve Swisher out of Ohio University. The Sox felt they needed to...6 months ago
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My Son's One Pack - Last night at my Son's end-of-year Little League team party, one of the coaches handed out one pack of 2025 Topps to each player. My son pulled thi...6 months ago
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My First Rip In Quite Awhile - I had an unexpected envelope arrive in the mail the other day, and I finally found a minute to dive in. There was a nice, handwritten note from a good b...7 months ago
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Bulldogs Meet & Greet/Autograph Signing - Back again y'all. On Feb 26. Brantford Surplus held a meet & greet/autograph signing with the OHL Brantford Bulldogs from 14:00-15:30. Odd time during t...8 months ago
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An Update of the Surviving Players from the 1952 Topps Set - Yeah, it has been a while since I've made a post. Is anyone still there? Anyhow, way back in the day, a guy named Bob Lemke had a running thread updati...8 months ago
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2023-2025 San Francisco Giants Fan Fest photo cards - It has been a few years, but the Giants have produced a new series of black & white photo cards for their yearly Fan Fest events. This design show...8 months ago
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Formula One 2025 - It's RACE WEEK FINALLY - Join my Racing Fantasy League - First off, yes, I WildWill the Budget Collector have succumbed to that demon that is Formula One. It all started with the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, the...9 months ago
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Cardboard Season: Pre-Spring, March 6, 2025 - It has been years since I've followed college football closely. But when I was younger, I could have told you every starting quarterback and leading r...9 months ago
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Emotion Recap - Page 26 - Masters #4 Tony Gwynn Masters #5 Kenny Lofton Masters #6 Greg Maddux Masters #7 Raul Mondesi Masters #8 Cal Ripken Masters #9 Frank Thomas Masters #10 M...9 months ago
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Test post - Hmm it seems that this blog has been hijacked. I am writing a test post to see it that makes a difference. UPDATE: (Monday 10 Feb 2025) Hmm seems to be ...10 months ago
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Tommy Brown 1927-2025 - I have once again been absent with this blog, logging only 1 entry across all of 2024. In a way, that is a good thing, as one of my primary focuses now...10 months ago
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Super Bowl LIX Projection, Divisional Sunday - Philadelphia over Buffalo I didn't realize until just now that I only had 3 teams on top of the NFC all regular season, and it only transitioned twice, fro...10 months ago
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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...11 months ago
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2024 Some Sales YAY! - This past year for my card sales over at Ebay I only sold one item an Adrien Peterson relic card. In attempts to get things to sell on Ebay a few time...11 months ago
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2024 Topps All Star Rookie Selection !!!!!! - Since 1959, Topps has selected players for their annual All-Star Rookie Team. It usually consists of C, 1B , 2B, 3B, SS, 3 OF, LHP, RHP. In 2010 they...11 months ago
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Bobby Hull – Comic Book Hero - Everything you wanted to know about Bobby Hull in Comic Book form. These little booklets were in 1971-72 O-Pee-Chee sets. There is a French version as well...1 year ago
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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...1 year ago
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106. - Blake Snell number 106 is just a red herring to make two other announcements. Announcement #1- I have not written very often in this space during t...1 year ago
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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 ...1 year ago
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Five Random Cubs Cards - I've got 21,904 Cubs cards from 317 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past severa...1 year ago
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2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball: Complete Prospect Analysis - Hello Readers. Below is my 2024 Bowman Chrome review. The tricky thing about this release is that it includes a ton of the new international signings. So p...1 year ago
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Massacre Girl EDH Deck Tech - By Serena L. Hey guys! It’s Serena, back again! Let’s talk about killing. Specifically, killing creatures in a commander game. That’s the whole game plan...1 year ago
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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...1 year ago
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The Main Event II – What to Expect When the Biggest Night of Wrestling Cards Returns! - Coming into the NSCC last year, our planning committee for the Main Event was nervous. We had a number of reservations, we had an incredible space to do ...1 year ago
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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 ...1 year ago
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Recent Meanderings - I mentioned in my last post that I was going out of town for a bit. The short version is that my dad and I went to Russia to hunt bears. We were successf...1 year ago
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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...1 year ago
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Am I crazy for giving these cards away? Probably! - Hey there everyone! Just wanted to let everyone here know of a contest I am doing right now through my YouTube channel. @case.loaded (Cases Loaded with Dan...1 year ago
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So This is the New Year - Alright, we made it to 2024. And hey, look! It’s an actual post on this darn blog! As far as goals go, I’m throwing all…1 year ago
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Grandes Nachos (and More!) from the Third Floor - Even though I haven't been very active on the blog and I put my trading on hiatus, I've still got a few cards from my fellow bloggers delivered into my m...2 years ago
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Is this thing still on? - It has been nearly a year since my last post. Over the past year a lot has happened both personally and in terms of collecting. For those of you that fo...2 years ago
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Another '59, and is the Niekro an accidental upgrade? - Took a couple of evenings away from the blog, was getting a bit tough writing after 10PM each night. I have had a couple of cards I wanted to show for a...2 years ago
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Cardboardicons turns 15; a list of 10 tips for veteran collectors to stay positive with new hobbyists - This week I unceremoniously celebrated the 15th anniversary of this blog. It feels a bit disingenuous to celebrate such things since I’ve been relatively s...2 years ago
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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...2 years ago
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2023 Bowman Baseball Review - Back in my day … oh boy, you know when someone starts off a sentence that way, you’re in for a grumpy, “old head” review. Let me rephrase that a little bet...2 years ago
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148 - Gregg Jefferies - 148 - Gregg Jefferies Front: Sliding Back: Running. Better side: I do like the horizontal photo with the arms outstretched to the side, but the runni...2 years ago
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1957 Topps Baseball Cards – 15 Most Valuable - When discussion turns to the most beautiful set ever issued, 1957 Topps baseball cards always feature heavy in the conversation. With bright, clear photos ...2 years ago
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1985-1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 2, 3, 4 - Okay, I know these are not baseball cards. They are Topps cards though. GPK's are really a niche collector's item that I think impacted only a small sub...2 years ago
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2022 Bowman Draft Baseball Cards - 2022 Bowman Draft Baseball is the third act in the overall Bowman lineup for the year. Formats again include Hobby Jumbo, Super Jumbo and Lite.3 years ago
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Rest in Peace - Catching up from the past year... - If you're new to the blog, I like to make it a point to recognize the passing of those players (and managers) who passed away from the 1984 season. I ha...3 years ago
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1992 Topps #998 Rich Monteleone - Today's missing 1992 Topps card is #998 Rich Monteleone. Rich made his Major League debut in 1987 with the Seattle Mariners. After spending the '87 seaso...3 years ago
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2000 Upper Deck Ionix -- Master Set Complete - Several years ago I decided I wanted to chase a true master set. I wanted all the parallels and inserts and autos. I wanted something attainable but hard...3 years ago
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RLC Custom Card Project: Andrew Brown - Andrew Brown was selected off waivers by the Rockies after playing one season with the Cardinals. In his lone season with Colorado he would play 46 games...3 years ago
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Shohei Ohtani TOPPS Rookie Cards: A Comprehensive Look - On my YouTube channel I recently created a video on Shohei Ohtani Topps rookie cards. One of my viewers reached out to me and asked about his image varia...3 years ago
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It all works out for the best - Have you ever had something happen that seemed like somewhat of a bummer at the time, but in reality, turned out to be a good thing at that particular m...3 years ago
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2022 Topps Series 1 - *2022 Topps Series 1Base, Rainbow Foil (1:10), Royal Blue (1:10), Gold #/2022, Green Foil #/499, Advanced Stats #/300, Orange Foil #/299, Red Foil #/1...3 years ago
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Seven Bucks Went a Long Way (The Finale) - Okay, let's wrap this up. Through 11 packs, we've had ups and downs. Looking over at the piles of cards from this endeavor, I'm pretty happy so far. Sur...3 years ago
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Thanks for the ride - Today is my blog's 11th anniversary. It's also my last post. I've been thinking about this for some time, but it has become increasingly clear to me over ...3 years ago
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SHE'S ALIVE!!!!! ALIVE!!!!!! - If anyone out there still cares, I'm alive and well in this world and hope the same for you! Whew, the time away has been quite relaxing. My spring an...4 years ago
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Willie Mays: Topps Living 2020 - This summer my father got the Topps Living card for Willie Mays. He got two of them and gave me the extra one. Note: he's knows full-well how I feel abou...4 years ago
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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...4 years ago
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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...4 years ago
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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 ...4 years ago
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Cheap Wax Wednesday - Episode 306 - 2013 Pinnacle Baseball - Pinnacle rises from the dead, at least for one year.4 years ago
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Heritage from 2020 but not 2020 Heritage (well, one) - This week I received a few trade packages from fellow friends and bloggers, my first of 2021. Considering it's been nearly six months since I last saw card...4 years ago
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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...5 years ago
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Joan Jett Custom Cards From Baseball Card Breakdown - Aloha, everybody, Check out these beautiful custom Joan Jett baseball cards from Baseball Card Breakdown. There were also a couple of other surprise cus...5 years ago
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Blog Kiosk: 9/15/2020 - Dodgers Links & News - Some Odds and Ends - I missed this recent release from Topps yesterday. Featured here is a Topps *2020 Turn Back the Clock* online exclusive card made available yesterday, an...5 years ago
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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...5 years ago
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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...5 years ago
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This is the end guys here... New website! - This is the end guys! As you can see, it's been a while since I posted here. For some of you who didn't know, but I build a new website for my collection. ...5 years ago
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First Error Card In 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball Gets Pulled and It's Juan Soto - If you are a regular visitor to our site you know the only thing we LOVE more than each year's new release of Topps Heritage Baseball is the new batch of e...5 years ago
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Mr. Votto - If I had to pick one Reds player who just plays the game the way it should be played, who loves the game and has fun with it, I’d have to pick Joey Votto (...5 years ago
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Some Exciting Updates - There's been a lot going on here at the corner of *Ashburn Alley & Yawkey Way*. Collections wise, we've been relatively quiet. I've had a couple return...5 years ago
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Again? - Yep. This one was added because I tried to get the same one in years past. I absolutely love this action shot. And seeing Alomar's signature right at ...5 years ago
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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...5 years ago
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Another Focus to my Hobby - Sometimes with my collection, ok majority of the time, I feel like I am all over the board in what I want to collect! I pretty much want to do it Pokémon s...5 years ago
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Sports Card Super Bowl X - It is Super Bowl Sunday and once again the cards are going to make their prediction. Surprisingly the cards are 6-3 predicting the winner of the last 9 Su...5 years ago
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2020 - Honestly, I’m not even sure where the fall went. I guess I was a little burnt out on posting the High Heat set and after I finished I just said “I’m going ...5 years ago
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I'm Still Here - It has been six months since I last posted. Six. Months. When I started this blog, I intended to post three or four times a week. Now it seems that I'm lu...5 years ago
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2019 Topps Museum Collection Meaningful Materials - I picked up this 2019 Topps Musuem Collection Meaningful Materials Paul Goldschmidt Copper Relic numbered to 35 in December for $1.99 plus $3.26 shipping (...5 years ago
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1952 Topps, Carl Erskine - #250 Carl Erskine For no apparent reason, I haven't posted a card on here for two weeks. It is Christmas time and my weekends off have been dealing with ...5 years ago
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Topps Redemption - Yesterday I received a nice envelop from Topps in the mail, a nice Topps redemption card. Although I was happy with the card I did realize that apparently ...5 years ago
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New to my unopened collection: 1986 Sportflics - I said that I've purchased a bunch of Sportflics, and am continuing to post them. There are two main thrusts of this: the 1986 Sportflics Decade Greats set...6 years ago
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Cards are in the Mail! - If you signed up for my Pack A Daily do-over mailouts, the first round has been mailed!! Note that I had (and still have) mailers that were already put t...6 years ago
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Night Owl Sends Cards - I found an unexpected package in my mailbox the other day that arrived from the one and only Night Owl. Somehow, I find it very appropriate to get cards f...6 years ago
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2002 Fleer Greats Autograph - Year: 2002 Manufacture: Fleer Set: Greats Card Number: NNO Card Type: Insert, Autograph Insert Set: Autographs Card Attributes: Autographed (on card) Ther...6 years ago
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2019 Mets Debut Autographs - Hope for Fall Springs Eternal As the Mets’ roller coaster season entered the final stretch, there was a glimmer of hope mixed in with the most brutal of lo...6 years ago
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Trading Cards: Where do you get your checklists? - We need checklists for our collections. It's the guiding post that let's us sort through the cards we are looking for. But one thing I've learned is there ...6 years ago
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Classic 4 sports - The nice thing about holidays is that I have time on my hand. The problem about holidays, is that I have time on my hand and end up checking Ebay listings a...6 years ago
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Aaron Whitefield - 2018-19 Adelaide Bite - Unfortunately, the ABL's change to a conference system during 2018-19 along with personal travel meant that there were a number of teams I didn't get photo...6 years ago
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Prepping for the 2019 NSCC - (insert usual comments around "sorry for not posting in awhile" and "will try to be better")Now that we have that out of the way, I am PSYCHED for the 2019...6 years ago
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#hobbylove - This post is just going to be about the joy or collecting. It’s about the fun of the hobby and why I got into it. It can be easy to get wrapped up in dram...6 years ago
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#132T - Checklist, Cards 1T-132T - *What a card: *Welcome to the final card in the 1985 Topps Traded set, the final card of this blog. *My observation on the front: *For the Traded sets o...6 years ago
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2018 COMC purchases: PC potpourri - It's almost time for me to say goodbye to 2018 and the purchases I made last year on this fine evening in...MAY?! Yeah, it's taken me far too long to post...6 years ago
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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...6 years ago
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2019 Topps Gold Label Details Released - 2019 Topps Gold Label will arrive later this year, and the details have me intrigued. Find out why in the latest installment of Cardboard Corner! Watch t...6 years ago
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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...6 years ago
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2006 Topps Allen & Ginter #250 - This might be the worst looking card in the entire set. Just kidding that belongs to Gustavo Chacin.6 years ago
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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...6 years ago
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Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2018-19 Spectra Basketball (Gallery) - Panini America's Spectra Basketball franchise first made a name for itself years ago by taking the company's fabled Optichrome printing technology to the n...6 years ago
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A Little Trip to the Monthly Card Show - Hey everyone, last weekend we had our monthly card show at the Radisson here in Colorado Springs. It's a pretty small show, with one or two big vendors. On...6 years ago
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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 ...6 years ago
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CLOSING TIME - Well, the time has come. The final mega break packages made it to the post office today. Today is the last blog post I will be making. It's also the end ...6 years ago
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New Year Pack Break: 2018 Topps Fire - I had this pack with me the last couple of days, but never got around to opening it. But it's Monday, a bit late in the afternoon, and I forgot to pack a l...6 years ago
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552nd Place - Rene Gonzales - *Card #98* I think Topps missed a golden opportunity to let Rene's card number (98) match his jersey (88). So close! 2019 is off to a rough start relate...6 years ago
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Favorite Card(s) of 2018 - Hey, long time no see! This blog has been pretty dormant since... uh, well... I guess a lot has happened in the past few years, but mostly, my blog writing...6 years ago
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Edward Vila Glicée of Orel Hershiser - 11 months ago I hit up ebay and purchased this limited edition (numbered to 50), giclée card of Orel Hershiser. It was less than half the cost of a blaste...6 years ago
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2018 Card of the Year - It's that time of the year! P-Town Tom of Waiting Til Next Year is again holding a contest for bloggers to show off their favorite card of the year. Last ...7 years ago
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Plain… Blue Envelope? - Shipping cards is one of the most contentious hobby-related issues I have seen on social media. PWE, bubble mailer, pony express, armored car with heavily ...7 years ago
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2018 Clubhouse: Washington Nationals - 146. Bryce Harper 147. Anthony Rendon 148. Max Scherzer 149. Stephen Strasburg 150. Trea Turner Here's the possibly/probably final Clubhouse card for ...7 years ago
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We have a winner - After many moons the Commissioner is ready to announce a winner to the GACX event of the year. With 127.5 points, it is our artist in residence, Spankee. ...7 years ago
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Terry Sawchuk - *Terry Sawchuk* - Played senior baseball and had interest from the Majors before becoming an NHL star. *The card:* 1954/55 Topps *What it says about base...7 years ago
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My Biggest Problems With Topps Huddle Release Strategy - When I first really started spending a lot of money on Huddle, it was for one reason – things were fun. I had so much fun playing along with and writing ab...7 years ago
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First pack of 2018 - It's been awhile since my last card activity. Adding a baby, now toddler to the mix can have that effect. I'm sure a good many of you can attest. I've foll...7 years ago
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Night at the Museum - A week last Friday another of Topps‘ high end releases dropped in the middle of a very crowded release period. 2018 Museum Collection is a glorious looking...7 years ago
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Upcoming Appearance: Rick Monday - Click *here* for more info. For other upcoming signings, scroll down and on the left side of this blog, you will see "Upcoming Appearances". Click the nam...7 years ago
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Still here! - Hi Everyone, I am still here and will be back in the saddle after I go incognito for a couple of more weeks. I am missing the Serramonte show today-but for...7 years ago
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1953 Topps #105 - Joe Nuxhall - Youngest player ever in the bigs? Yup. Ok, so it was a publicity stunt during WWII, and he got lit up for 5 runs in 2/3 of an inning (67.50 ERA for the y...12 years ago
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