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Trade with Paul

Steve — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:46:35 +0000

Although I’m still too busy to pay much attention to my card collection, I managed to squeeze in a trade with Paul. He sent me some 90′s Topps cards I needed in exchange for a some 2009 Upper Deck cards.

Thanks for the trade Paul!

A Couple Trade Acknowledgements

Steve — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:40:40 +0000

Thanks to Carah H. for sending about 75 1986-1989 Topps base cards that I needed for my sets in exchange for about 30 (mostly) Brewers cards that I didn’t need.

Another thanks goes to Justin M. for giving me 3 2008 Topps base cards that I needed for my set in exchange for a Thomas Diamond rookie card.

New Acquisitions

Steve — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:14:34 +0000

Here are some special shout-outs to people and entities who helped me acquire some awesome new cards…

Special shout-out to Topps Million Card Giveaway for sending me this 1958 Topps #151 Ken Lehman along with 15 other pre-1979 cards:

Special shout-out goes to Steve D. for trading this 2001 Topps Traded Dual Jersey Relics #TTR-MR Manny Ramirez (Dual Jersey Relics), a Randy Johnson Upper Deck rookie card, and 24 base cards I needed for 20 Yankees cards:

Another loud shout-out goes to Plaschke, Thy Sweater is Argyle for trading this 1989 Topps #206 Roberto Alomar along with 138 other cards I needed for completing my sets, in exchange for a John Ely autograph and 7 other Dodgers cards:

And finally, a shout-out goes to eBay Bucks for letting me pick up this beautiful 2010 Topps National Chicle Autographs #NCA-JF Juan Francisco certified on-card autograph for about $5:

A Very Much Belated Thanks

Steve — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:38:21 +0000

Well I finally got around to adding a bunch of base cards that I needed into my card database. About 5 months ago, I received many Topps base cards that I needed from Mr. T. Anderson and Mr. S. Drennan, but hadn’t had a chance to acknowledge it here or add the cards to my collection until today. So Mr T. and Mr. S., if you’re reading this, thanks for the trade!

The cards have been officially added to my collection.

Trade with “é rayhahn, rayhahn”

Steve — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:01:33 +0000

This post is just a quick shout-out to “é rayhahn, rayhahn”. We just completed a trade of 8 Minnesota Twins insert cards that I had for 32 Topps base cards that I needed for my sets. Thanks for the trade, and I’m liking the blog name… very Tolkien-esque.

Cards from Lynette

Steve — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:23:54 +0000

I got about 50 cards in the mail last week from someone named Lynette who was packing to move and couldn’t bear to throw her nephew’s baseball cards away. They are junk wax, but I promised to find a good home for the cards if she decided to send them over to me instead of discarding them. She chose to send them, and true to my word, most of the cards are 1994 Topps that will go towards completing my set. Other cards included a 1988 Donruss Jose Mesa, a 2002 Nestle Ice Cream Ichiro, and four 2002 Post cereal cards.

You might wonder, what do I do with junk wax? Well Topps base cards go towards completing sets. I hope to eventually own complete sets of Topps 1979 to present. Other cards go into my junk wax boxes where I hope to eventually give them away to whoever will take them. They also might make good Geocaching treasures (sometimes I put unopened wax packs into geocaches).

Either way, there were quite a few 1994 Topps cards that I needed in this package. Thanks Lynette!

Trade with Crinkly Wrappers

Steve — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:38:04 +0000

I just entered 96 cards that I needed to build my sets into my card database. The cards came courtesy of Crinkly Wrappers. Since they were all base cards, I won’t bore you with the details, but here’s the breakdown of the new cards in my collection:

7 of 1985 Topps

22 of 2008 Topps

1 of 2008 Topps Update

1 of 2009 Topps

3 of 2009 Topps Update

62 of 2010 Topps

That means I only need 24 more cards to complete my 2010 Topps Series 1 set. For the record, I’ve never completed a set before, but with the new cards and the 2010 Topps Series 2 jumbo box I bought, 2010 Topps might be my first. Thanks Crinkly Wrappers for helping me out!

In return, I sent him all 8 of my 2010 Topps Gold cards, a 1987 Topps card he needed to complete a set, and as many Blue Jays as I could muster.

Trade with Mr. Kahn

Steve — Tue, 25 May 2010 06:05:23 +0000

A few weeks ago Mr. Kahn e-mailed me asking me if I wanted a few cards I need to help complete my sets. I agreed and asked him to pick out a few cards from my collection that I could send him in return. I ended up sending him 4 cards:

2009 Topps Update Propaganda #PP29 Vladimir Guerrero
2009 Topps Turkey Red #TR99 Vladimir Guerrero
2009 Topps Topps Town #TTT29 Derek Jeter
2009 Topps Topps Town #TTT11 Nick Markakis

In return, he sent me:

2007 Fleer #23 Brian Schneider
2008 Topps #132 Ramon Vazquez
2009 Topps #333 Jeremy Sowers/Aaron Laffey (Classic Combos)
2009 Topps #541 Jason Bay
2009 Topps #596 Radhames Liz
2009 Upper Deck #474 Cristian Guzman (Team Checklist)
2010 Upper Deck #539 Mike MacDougal

I thought the coolest card in the bunch was the Mike MacDougal — not because of the player or even because he was a National, but because I never thought I would ever own a 2010 Upper Deck card. It’s a nice clean design that makes me feel some sympathy for Upper Deck’s demise. Of course the reason for their demise is clear from the card. That’s obviously a Washington logo on his hat. Maybe they figured partial logos are okay to display.

Anyways, thanks Mr. Kahn for the cards! These get me a few cards closer to completing my sets.