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TheBloggess.com

If you got an email from me asking you for money, no you didn’t. - Argh. There are a ton of scams going around in the literary world right now (and I know because I get at least 10 a week myself) but one of the latest scam...
49 minutes ago
Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle

Going Back To The Same Old Well - A quick post on two recent sketch cards I treated myself to. Shockingly, it was only two. Not shockingly, they come from the Cryptozoic Archer set I abso...
9 hours ago
Mint Condition

4 Real? - So we have graduated from 'the NL Central has 5 teams over .500 looking good' to 'the NL East has 4 teams over .500 looking good and also the Mets'. I...
13 hours ago
My Sports and Sports Cards

Happy Birthday - Cameron McGrone - Cameron was born on this day in 2000, making him 26 today. NFL Debut - January 8th, 2023 (Colts) Years Active - - 2021-2022 (Patriots) - 2022-20...
13 hours ago
Night Owl Cards

Those missing managers - This is not a post about Topps' decision a decade ago to drop managers from card sets. But what a fateful decision that was. I know I would be able to i...
14 hours ago
Droidtrader's Sports Memorabilia

Joe Amalfitano and Claude Osteen Returns - Joe Amalfitano signed his 1962 Post for me in a little over two weeks. Like many of the cards, this one is cut poorly, but it's hard to find reasonably p...
19 hours ago
Mike Lynch Cartoons

What If STAR WARS Was Made Out of Cardboard? - Wonder no more. The Secondhand Movie Co. has created some STAR WARS scenes out of cheap cardboard. Cheeky and fun. More about them here.
19 hours ago
Red Cardboard

Trade Inventory Boost - Tiny show up 'round these parts. My goal was to increase my TCDB trade inventory. So I bought this: Big ol' box of parallels and inserts. Nothing amazin...
21 hours ago
Diamond Jesters

Time Travel Trading Update #114 - Welcome back to another exciting edition of Time Travel Trading! Over 30 new cards to show off this week, so let's get cracking! Greg (Night Owl Cards)...
1 day ago
Daily Autograph

Matt Snyder - I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2025. Matt...
1 day ago
Nachos Grande

TCDB Monday: I'm Back! - I spent a week on a family vacation (a cruise on Royal Caribbean's Star of the Seas). As such, I have quite the backlog of mail packages to go through fro...
1 day ago
CrazieJoe's Card Corner

Help For The Future - The 2026 Lot adds today are Topps base related.... Wouldn't mind seeing more 2013-2017 Topps sets in this lot, just hasn't been too much of these so far...
1 day ago
Semi-coherent thoughts

Can't escape the gothic - It's all around you, you know.
1 day ago
foul bunt

TTM Success - John Harris - Here are a couple early 80s cards that came back signed TTM by John Harris. He signed my 1982 Topps (above) and 1981 Topps (below). Harris (b. 1954) played...
1 day ago
Sportscards From The Dollar Store

2011-12 Heroes and Prospects Hobby Box Break * 2 - It may have taken me a bit of time to get to this, but let's finally show off the cards from these two boxes. I do like that they identified the players...
1 day ago
The Chronicles of Fuji

Hero, Role Model, & Friend - Happy Father's Day to all of the card collecting fathers out there! This post has been in the works for several weeks now as I finally get a chance to s...
1 day ago
Dion's Autograph collection

Southern Maryland Blue Crabs - I went to york for pre game autographs only had 6 players for S. MD was able to get 4 of them. I got 11 Cards signed by the 4 I did get. Below see pictu...
1 day ago
Tim Wallach

Bulletin Board Material - *Bulletin Board Material* The above is a photo of the bulletin board in my office. For years I've wanted to pin a Topps card from every year since '52...
2 days ago
WHEN TOPPS HAD (BASE)BALLS!

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION: 1980 DAMASO GARCIA - Fun card to add to the blog today,a "not so missing" 1980 card for All-Star infielder Damaso Garcia, who got his start in the Majors as a member of the New...
2 days ago
The Yount Collector

2026 Topps Series 2 - Yount checklist - On my first scan of the checklist I didn't see any Yount cards on it, but after some autos started showing up, I must have missed them. While Robin is ...
2 days ago
Snagging Cardboard

Let It Burn(s) - Usher once sang Let It Burn, I want to sing, Let it Burns with my latest two pickups.Brian Burns proved last season why the Giants made the bring trade for...
2 days ago
John's Big League Baseball Blog

Kazoo Card Show - Going to the monthly card show here in Kalamazoo this afternoon. No funds to buy any big cards, mainly going to look around and hang with Dennis and Jef...
2 days ago
The Topps Archives

Topps Topics: Studies in Uncut Sheet Arrays - 1965 to 1968 - Presenting part four of an ongoing series examining the use of short prints and double prints by Topps in their vintage era; part one can be found HER...
3 days ago
Base Set Calling

Half-off in the $ Box? C'mon Down! (10 cards #15) - Almost certainly the best thing in life for me this month is a wonderful sale down at my excellent LCS - 50% off for cards in the Dollar Box, & the 50¢ B...
3 days ago
Too Many Verlanders

2026 trade package #12: Sport Card Collectors - I've got a second June show to get to tomorrow, which will be another fun blogger/TCDb meetup, so before then why don't I catch up on my mail from May? ...
3 days ago
bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog

The 2026 Topps Series Two 600 Race Is Underway!!! - Geez, that title sounds like a NASCAR race title right? Sunday!!! Sunday!!! *SUNDAY!!!* At the AU Sports Speedway in beautiful Niles, Illinois, the 200...
3 days ago
Cervin' Up Cards

Impulse Knickerbocker Purchase - In case you haven't heard, the New York Knicks became NBA Champions for the first time in 53 years. After all of this time, they've finally done it. I pi...
1 week ago
think.stew

Crisscrossing Lines - sourceInsert mic drop emoji here. 😊 Dear friends, I have things to do and places to see and there will be no TV. As for my phone? Sidekick mode. Will sh...
1 week ago
Dawg Day Cards

Some Recent Card Show Purchases - I attended a local Ottawa card show last Sunday, and am going to share a selection of my purchases from the show. I would say the highlight of my purchas...
1 week ago
SECTION 331

ปรากฏการณ์สล็อตออนไลน์ที่กำลังเป็นกระแสในสื่อยุคดิจิทัล - ในช่วงไม่กี่ปีที่ผ่านมา PG Slot พื้นที่สื่อสังคมออนไลน์ถูกเปลี่ยนให้กลายเป็นแหล่งกระจายข้อมูลที่เคลื่อนไหวเร็วอย่างมาก เนื้อหาเกี่ยวกับเกมเสี่ยงโชคเชิงโต...
1 week ago
Baseball Card Breakdown

Vagabond Binder: Kenny Lofton - Man, my previous post-- re: the "We Didn't Start the Fire" binder-- was very well received. Felt great getting congratulatory comments from lots of folks...
2 weeks ago
| The Shlabotnik Report: Turning an accumulation back into a collection

He Played For The Braves?!? - A post on BlueSky featuring Garret Anderson in an Atlanta Braves uniform reminded me of a common complaint I’ve had over the past few years: “Ever player ...
2 weeks ago
Four Baggers and Foreclosures

Abandoned Banking! Tires! Windows! - Littleton, CO - Today we’re going back to that same small area of Littleton, Colorado, that I wrote about a couple of months ago. That story was about the Adams Rental and...
2 weeks ago
The Collective Mind

Getting There Is Half The Battle - And Less Now - Attended the National Battlefield Card Classic in Gettysburg over Memorial Day weekend. Held at the All-Star Sports Complex near the Eisenhower hotel, i...
2 weeks ago
Baseball Cards Rule

1994 Bowman's Best Refractors #R59 Barry Bonds - *1994 Bowman's Best Refractors #R59 Barry Bonds*
3 weeks ago
Cardboard History

The largest team upload ever! - Being that it's the first of the month, that means it's upload day, and I knew as of May 1st that the June upload would be the largest team update ever....
3 weeks ago
Padrographs; Abner to Zimmer

Coca Cola and FIFA World Cup - My drink of choice during the work day is Coca-Cola Zero. Last week while drinking a bottle I noticed that there was something on the inside of the lab...
5 weeks ago
Number 5 Type Collection

Cinco de Mayo team lots giveaway (almost done by June 22) - *June 22 update:* MLB teams are down to Astros and White Sox, plus several SI for Kids sports. *June 10 update:* MLB teams are down to Astros, White Sox,...
1 month ago
A Pack To Be Named Later

2026 Topps Heritage Fat Pack - Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well. We're a month into the baseball season, the NBA and NHL playoffs are moving into the second round, and the NFL dra...
1 month ago
Donruss 1982

Its May 3 and who gets a 2026 Topps rookie card - The cut off for 2026 Topps rookie card designation is fact approaching if it is not already here - so this is a look at some of the big rookies and wher...
1 month ago
Wax Pack Gods

A Larry Andersen Card for the Good Times - In the list of “worst trades in baseball history,” few names draw more ire than Larry Andersen. Line up the longtime reliever with the likes of Ivan de Jes...
1 month ago
Section 36

Was All That Really Necessary? - I've heard of teams firing their manager. They even sometimes fire their hitting coach. Or the assistant hitting coach. They don't fire their bench coach ...
1 month ago
RED SOX FAN IN NEBRASKA

What the Hell is Happening? - As of the time I am writing this, the Red Sox had a rather eventful day. After a horrific four-game losing streak, the bats came to life in a 17-1 drubb...
1 month ago
Cardboard Junkie

2026 NBA PLAYOFF PREFERENCES PART 2 - 8TH SEED GAMES ARE PLAYING WHILE I WRITE THIS SO THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OR TWO TEAMS ON HERE GETTING BOUNCED BEFORE I POST. I'M LESS GRUMPY TO...
2 months ago
Bump and Run Football Card Blog

Cards on Cards Contest Winnings--and a Well-Timed Trade - It has been well over two years since my last post. I have several reasons for putting the blog on hiatus, and I don't anticipate that I'll be coming bac...
2 months ago
MY HOCKEY CARD OBSESSION

OUTSIDE THE BOX - Baseball In Full Swing - I'm sure I was one of many who were swept up in the drama and excitement of the 2025 MLB Playoffs - and a World Series for the ages. I hadn't watched muc...
2 months ago
Clyde's Stale Cards

1992 Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (Mexican League) Estampas de Fotos Checklist - I have been in contact with the gentleman who started the fledgling blog 1992 Mexican Leauge Baseball Cards. He posted a link to some photos of ca...
2 months ago
LV's TTM autographs and Baseball Cards

March TTMs - Will Wilson Signed 2/2 Sent c/o Mariners ST 13 days Matt Brash Signed 2/2 Sent c/o Seattle Mariners 241 days
2 months ago
ENOUGH ALREADY

Alex Ovechkin hunting again in a box of 2025-26 UD artifacts hockey - https://youtu.be/9DfqJFfSTCM
2 months ago
I Feel Like A Collector Again

This Week In Mail - 3.8.26 - For the most part, it was a boring week via the mail. The top two items didn't show up until Friday and Saturday. Part of the "boring" start to the wee...
3 months ago
$30 a week habit

it's already been two weeks - It's been two weeks since I last posted, and a lot has happened. The stye in my right eye has decreased some, which does not require surgery. Thank g...
3 months ago
Fan-Attic Sports Cards Blog

RIP Maz - The man who will forever be known for hitting the greatest home run in baseball history - a game 7 walk-off in the World Series - Bill Mazeroski, died Fe...
4 months ago
The Diamond King

Hall of Fame and Hall of ... Mirrors? - OK, I didn't have a good way to tie these cards together with a nice title, but I tried. But I am giving them away!!First up is a strange card of recent ...
4 months ago
Infield Fly Rule

Ceremonial First Penguin - We're slightly closer to Opening Day than we are to Game 7 of the 2025 World Series. Baseball will soon return, and this year we have the World Baseball ...
5 months ago
Sports Card Blogroll

2026 Topps Design Has Been Released! - Topps released an image of the 2026 Topps Baseball Card design. Initial reaction: LOVE THIS!!! Large picture, easy to read nameplate, love the use of tea...
5 months ago
Royal Card Review

2025 Book Review (Mostly) - A couple years ago a fellow blogger named Jon told me I should read more. It wasn't a demand or anything, but I mean I had a lot of books, so why not r...
5 months ago
Cardboard Collections

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 ...
6 months ago
Thoughts and Sox

New Hobby? - Sorry all, once again a post with no cards, or at least minimal cards. I haven't acquired any new cards lately and since I just did a giant reorganizati...
6 months ago
Card Boarded

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...
7 months ago
So, Do You Like ... Stuff?

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...
8 months ago
I need new hobbies.

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 ...
9 months ago
Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius

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...
9 months ago
Off Hiatus Baseball Cards

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...
9 months ago
A Penny Sleeve for your Thoughts

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...
11 months ago
The Cardboard and Me

Joe Paterson: Q&A - First post in a long time, but I have a very good reason for returning to the blog. Former NHLer Joe Paterson reached out to me after reading my post ab...
1 year ago
Waiting 'til Next Year

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...
1 year ago
Christopher Moore's Blog

Evolution of a Book Cover - I’ve been very fortunate to have some really great cover art on the covers of my books, and I appreciate the compliments from you readers, although I reall...
1 year ago
1978, The Year it all began.

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...
1 year ago
Tenets of Wilson

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...
1 year ago
Highly Subjective and Completely Arbitrary

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...
1 year ago
CaptKirk42s Trading Cards Blog

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...
1 year ago
Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey

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
The Collector

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
Wrigley Wax

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
The Junior Junkie: The Baseball Cards of Ken Griffey, Jr. and Beyond

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
Stale Gum

- Vladimir Guerrero, Sr. Checklist Updates 7/17/24 *BASE CARDS* 1997 Metal Universe: 156 1997 Studio: 151 1998 Topps Gold Label Class 2: 70 1998 Topps Gold...
1 year ago
Random Toy Reviews

JoeFest 2024 - Hot on the heels of attending the annual HeroesCon in my home town of Charlotte, NC, the next weekend the family headed down to Atlanta for a quick trip ...
1 year ago
The Hopeful Chase

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 ...
2 years ago
The Raz Card Blog

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...
2 years ago
Can't Have Too Many Cards

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...
2 years ago
It's like having my own Card Shop

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...
2 years ago
Remember The Astrodome

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…
2 years ago
Collecting Cutch

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
WWdN: In Exile

the best laid plans - The thing is, I was totally going to write today.
2 years ago
Swing And A Pop-Up

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...
3 years ago
Angry Card Collector

- The reason why I started AngryCardCollector as a site was because of this letter below. There was such a great reception from the letter ten years ago that...
3 years ago
20th-Century Topps Baseball

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...
3 years ago
Brad's Blog

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
Condition Sensitive

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
Packers Gab

An online writing service or personal writer can help with your paper - 99papers beats out the other well-known online paper writing service in the United States because of its high quality writers, easy customer service, and...
4 years ago
Japanese Sumo Wrestling Cards and Menko

Shohei Ohtani - Japanese BBM 2013 1st Version "Wing" Rookie Cards - Shohei Ohtani is having another great year and I thought it might be a good idea to dust this post off and update it slightly for accuracy. Ohtani's Japa...
4 years ago
UNDERACHIEVERSINK

The Root of the Problem - COVID had nothing to do with it. Raking, mulching, planting, grafting. Spring is a busy time of year here at the Orchard. We have a small window betwee...
4 years ago
Jason's Sports Card Blog

AMSTERDAM SIGHTS - No neighbourhood in Amsterdam is more 'Amsterdamish' than the Jordaan. Besides the legendary Johnny Jordaan Square, there's so much more that Amsterdam has...
4 years ago
Tomahawk Chopping - Cardboard & More!

7 Tips dan Cara Paling Jitu Mengatasi Laptop Lemot - Memiliki laptop yang berperforma tinggi tentunya menjadi hal yang sangat menyenangkan, karena kita dapat beroperasi dan menggunakan laptop kita dengan nyam...
4 years ago
This Card Is Cool - My Life in Baseball Cards

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...
4 years ago
The Lost Collector

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 ...
4 years ago
Cards from the Quarry

2023 Rockies Want List - Completed Team Sets - 130/885 = 14.7% COMPLETE red = pending arrival *2023 Bowman - COMPLETE* 2023 Bowman Sky Blue 15, 74 2023 Bowman Neon Green 15...
4 years ago
A Cracked Bat: Baseball Cards and a Hot Dog

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
Cardboard Hogs

Slingin’ Sammy Baugh - Today is St. Paddy’s day, but really…it’s the birthdate of the greatest Quarterback of all-time. Samuel ‘Slingin Sammy’ Adrian Baugh. Well, the greatest ...
5 years ago
Chavez Ravining

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...
5 years ago
2 by 3 Heroes

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...
5 years ago
Dodgers Blue Heaven

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
I Love the Smell of Cardboard in the Morning

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
Collecting the 1980s

1982 Burger King Atlanta Braves Collector Lids - *INTRODUCTION TO THE SET* Burger King as a concept began in 1953 in Jacksonville, Florida. Keith Kramer and his wife's uncle Matthew Burns began the compan...
5 years ago
ARPSmith's Sportscard Obsession

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...
6 years ago
Building a Better Collection

Opening Day, Topps Style - There was a time in my collecting career I would not have bought packs unless it was a set I planned on completing but a lack of space, time, and money c...
6 years ago
Ballcard Mania

Fernando Tatis Jr. Superfractor anyone? - What a pull. Could use some better pics but very nice indeed. Out of the 50+ cases of Heritage I have opened in the past 20 years, I have never been luck...
6 years ago
All About Cards

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...
6 years ago
Collecting Sandy Alomar Jr.

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 ...
6 years ago
Jenny's Card Collecting

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...
6 years ago
Tony's Sports Pub

Starting Lineup Figure Of The Day - Barry Bonds
6 years ago
My Cardboard Habit

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...
6 years ago
CMMDTO

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 (...
6 years ago
The Minifigure Collector

Minifigure Spotlight - Spider-man 2099 - I ended up picking up Lego set 76114 Spider-man's Spider Crawler, which by the way is a super cool build and set all around that included Spider-man, San...
6 years ago
Counting Blue Cards

Collecting Goals for 2020 - Here is my obligatory collecting resolutions for 2020. 1. Finish my 1980 Topps set. I'm sitting at 441 out of 726 for 60.7% completion. I bought graded cop...
6 years ago
Autographed Cards

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 ...
6 years ago
The Dutch Card Guy

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 ...
6 years ago
From a 1980s Baseball Card Collector

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
Hobby Cards Europe

Two Green make a Blue - I'm seeing double here.
6 years ago
1963 Topps Baseball

3rd Series Checklist (#191) - Many of the checklist posts I see on peoples' blogs are accompanied by statements like "I hate checklists", "Checklists are a waste of a card", or even "Wh...
6 years ago
A Cardboard Problem

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
Stale Gum

The Stale Gum Podcast: Episode #1 - Everyone else is starting a podcast, why not me? Give it a listen, tell me what you like and don't like about it. In this episode, I talk about my recent v...
6 years ago
The Card Papoy

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
Welcome to Borchert Field

On This Day - A Spouse Comes to Visit - On this day seventy-five years ago, the *Milwaukee Journal* published a "ballplayer and spouse" photo of the kind very familiar to baseball fans. But this...
6 years ago
Continued on the 2nd Page Following

TKO Presnets - Garth Ennis' Sara: A Review - A few months ago I started seeing mentions of Garth Ennis' Sara on some comic book groups on Facebook. I'm a huge Ennis fan and pretty much if it's got...
6 years ago
Supporting The Minnow

So much stuff - So I traded some tools I wasn’t using to a guy who had a “bunch” of cards and stuff to trade. I was mostly after some O-Pee-Chee Hockey cards, but got a lo...
7 years ago
Brew Crew Ball

Series Preview: Miami Marlins @ Milwaukee Brewers - The NL’s worst team comes to Milwaukee winners of 11 of their last 16 games The Miami Marlins have been, predictably, the worst team in the National Lea...
7 years ago
Acme Packing Company

Packers 2019 OTAs: Live updates and reports from June 4th practice - The final open OTA practice of the year is here. When the Green Bay Packers took the field for an open OTA practice last Wednesday, their head coach had...
7 years ago
Crackin' Wax™

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...
7 years ago
Bob Walk the Plank

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...
7 years ago
Boxbusters.net

How You Can Start Earning Money On The Net Being An Affiliate Marketer - The sphere of affiliate marketing royal blueprint review might be the quickest producing approach to generate profits on the net. Following all, billions...
7 years ago
I am Joe Collector

Y'all a bunch of idiots - Grabby title I'm sure but hear me out. I don't break anymore due to cost, though, and not to humble-brag, I have more available funds now than in my heyda...
7 years ago
My Cardboard Mistress

2006 Topps Allen & Ginter #250 - This might be the worst looking card in the entire set. Just kidding that belongs to Gustavo Chacin.
7 years ago
Thorzul Will Rule

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...
7 years ago
The 13 Tenets of Cynical Buddhism

Yet even more octopi.... - A couple gouche and ink octopi.
7 years ago
Things Done To Cards

1887 Tobin Color Lithographs - Many early examples of baseball cards are actually advertisements for different retail shops. The Tobin Color Lithographs stand out from others that came ...
7 years ago
Nolan's Dugout

2018 is gone, 2019 is 7 weeks in and finally, I write a blog post. Good news...the theme goes back to 1951 - It’s been over a year since my last post but I haven’t been absent from the hobby. I spend even more time on the road, if that’s possible, than I have be...
7 years ago
The Daily Dimwit

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...
7 years ago
Wax Stain Rookie

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 ...
7 years ago
Jaybarkerfan's Junk

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 ...
7 years ago
My Life In The Sports Card Hobby

MLB's Terrible Free Agency - Remember when big free agents didn't sign with a team until right before spring training? Not the case this year! Or last year as a matter of fact. The fr...
7 years ago
all the way to the backstop...

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...
7 years ago
Mark's Ephemera

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...
7 years ago
The Other World

Phillies Inkquest: A Re-Introduction and an Autograph Dead Zone List - The Phillies Inkquest is defined the quest to find certified autographed cards of Phillies for the following categories: World Series participant, HOFer...
7 years ago
1975 Baseball Cards

Top Reads of 2016 - This is a continuation of a list I started on Athletes with Phones. Below are some of my favorite card collecting-related reads from 2016… 5. Wrigley Wax’s...
7 years ago
thisadventurecontinues: Chasing birds, fish and shells around the planet!

- This's absolutely amazing! http://together.servitae.org/monday You can't miss it! John Rand
7 years ago
Rekindling the Cardboard Flame

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
1982 Topps Blog

Card #150: Ted Simmons - *Who Can It Be Now?* Ted Lyle Simmons was born on August 9, 1949, in Highland Park, Michigan. Simmons spent his youth in Southfield, Michigan, where he ...
7 years ago
Home Run Hockey

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
The Bunt List

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
Battlin' Bucs

The National, Part 1 - So things have been a little quiet on the blog. It's been a busy summer and my stacks of cards from the big Pittsburgh show in May are still waiting to b...
7 years ago
Card Stacks Blog

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
The Wax Revolution

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
Brewers 792

Thoughts on recent Topps Now and Living Set purchases - It's been awhile since I've posted anything here and I know better than to say I'll post more actively, but I am still collecting and I tend to stay more c...
7 years ago
Dawgbones, a Phillies Phan!

Hello, is this thing still working? - Hello my friends. How is everyone doing these days? I've been really slacking on the posting front, but have kept up with a lot of your posts, commenting h...
8 years ago
Keys to the Batter's Box

Everything Is Viewable - When I came up with the idea of Daily Autograph 5 years ago, I thought it would be a great site to showcase my collection, and then eventually continue it ...
8 years ago
Summer of '74

The Next Great Flagship Set Will be the One We Make Ourselves - The Topps Series II checklist came out today and - of course - it is the same old garbage we've all come to expect from Topps. My first outrage was seeing ...
8 years ago
Coot Veal and the Vealtones

Annual Infrequency: Summer Trading Call - Hello gang! As a teacher, this time of the year means I finally have a few moments to do more than grade and prep. I'd love to get a trade going with my ...
8 years ago
Once a Cub

Wroad to Wrigley Wednesday - Mark Zagunis and Justin Hancock - Just after last week's Wroad to Wrigley post went live, I found out that the Cubs were doing another roster shuffle that included outfielder Mark Zagunis ...
8 years ago
Pirates Treasure Room

My First Auto From The ColeTrain trade - Gerrit Cole has been absolutely ridiculous this year for the Houston Astros. He along with former Pirates teammate Charlie Morton are creating one of the ...
8 years ago
Hangin with Chuck

2014/15 Court Kings Box Break - I picked up this box during Black Friday last year and some how had the patience to not open it until this last week. I was chasing a Jabari auto for my PC...
8 years ago
Topps 1971

no. 752 - dick drago - *Who is the man:* Dick Drago pitched 240 innings for the Royals in 1970 as one of their starting staff mainstays. He won 20 games for K.C. in its first ...
8 years ago
Chef's Cards

Hidden Grace - Still going through that box of 5000 cards I bought online. Fun. Weird. Filled with commons and strange runs of consecutive cards every now and then. And,...
8 years ago
Penwasser Place

This Is It - For reals. I've decided the time has finally come to shutter *Penwasser Place* for good. I fully acknowledge that I've put you all through a "...
8 years ago
plain gray swatch

trading stains with p-town Tom - I started kicking around here a few months back, and after my previous tenured with plentiful trades, I wasn't exchanging any cardboard with y'all. Tha...
8 years ago
Waxaholic

Italy Fails To Qualify for 2018 World Cup - with a draw today versus Sweden, Italy has failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958. That is all.
8 years ago
Voice of the Collector

Have You Heard? December 9th is National Hobby Shop Day!! - Many of you may know *Michael Fruitman*. Mike is the owner of *Mike's Stadium Sportscards* in *Aurora, Colorado*. You can follow him on *Twitter* here. A...
8 years ago
Justin's World

Justin's World of Softball announces new website - Justin's World of Softball is proud to unveil justinsworldofsoftball.com, the new online home for all of JWOS' critically-acclaimed softball coverage. As w...
8 years ago
Varsity Trading Cards News

Make Your Own Football Cards — Varsity Trading Cards - CUSTOM TRADING CARDS FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Those Friday night lights are shining bright, and we’re right in the middle of Homecoming season. If you pl...
8 years ago
The Wearing Of the Green (and Gold)

Infographic: Bengals/Packers Preview - After a disappointing game in Atlanta, the Packers return home to Lambeau Field. Packers.com has the infographic preview:
8 years ago
Wish They Still Came With Bubblegum

Flea Market Card Show - Went to my monthly flea market card show last weekend and got stuck in one vendor's boxes. He had a bunch of 2017 Stadium Club for 5/$1. I loaded up as I...
8 years ago
The Prowling Cat

Experiencing Some Goodwill - Although I hit atleast one Goodwill a week. The hobby room has gotten quite filled so finding treasures has become something that happens less often than t...
8 years ago
That 90's Sport Card Blog

Goosebumps - The Origins Of A Cardboard Addict: My Origins Gave Me Goosebumps ^^ Follow link to see this 90's item^
8 years ago
The Card Bin

Goosebumps - The Origins Of A Cardboard Addict: My Origins Gave Me Goosebumps ^^ Follow link 2 check out this 90's item
8 years ago
Dodger Penguin

Card of the Day - 2016 Topps Now : Clayton Kershaw 1st Ever MLB Save Base Autograph (145/199) BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5 - I couldn't possibly only own the relic version of this card and not pare it up with the non one right? Nope I couldn't and finally one of these popped u...
8 years ago
Capewood's Collections

Mike Schmidt - The Wall - I'll get back to the 30-day Baseball Card Challenge on Monday, but first this... A few days ago I saw the movie "Pink Floyd The Wall" on TV. I wasn't buyin...
8 years ago
TheLostCardsFile

Hey Fwiends... Shit got real - If you're reading this THANK YOU I had a great run writing on this blog and through it traded with people all over the country and was read by people a...
9 years ago
Trading John Elway

ANOTHER NEW TO ME ELWAY - HAVEN'T HAD A NEW ELWAY IN 6 WEEKS. SPEED VARIATION.
9 years ago
Paul's Random Baseball Stuff

I have too many hobbies… - I miss blogging. I do not miss blogging about baseball every day. My reasons for going into semi-retirement remain: I don’t get to go to enough Atlantic Le...
9 years ago
The Oddball Card Collector

1986 Leaf Baseball - *Donruss, everyone's favorite card company during the mid-1980s, licensed the release of four baseball card sets to the Canadian market from 1985 throu...
9 years ago
The Card Hobbyist

Sorry I'm Late - First off allow me to apologize to Robert from $30 a Week Habit because he was gracious enough to send me some cards for a contest under the notion that I ...
9 years ago
My 2008 Topps Set Blog

Wanted - 2017 Topps Rediscover Topps 2008 Buybacks - Hey guys. If anyone finds any of the 2008 Rediscover Topps Buybacks in their 2017 Topps cards, please keep me in mind. Thank you! P.S. Still not dead
9 years ago
Chronicles of Amber

Manfaat Jeruk Nipis untuk Kesembuhan Penyakit - Jeruk Nipis (Citrus aurantifolia) telah dikenal sejak lama sebagai tanaman yang kaya manfaat. Buahnya berasa pahit, asam dan sedikit dingin, tetapi manfaat...
9 years ago
Mirco’s virtual refrigerator

Chauncey Basset - A commissioned portrait of a dapper dog named Chauncey I painted over the Holidays Oil on Wood
9 years ago
addiction as therapy

2017 Collecting Goals & an A&G Rip Card - 2016 is long gone and the new year will bring several new sets. I’ve broaden my collection from the Topps Main release and Topps Heritage to now include Gy...
9 years ago
Bob Lemke's Blog

Holmgren didn't make either the Cardinals or Topps cuts - This is the fifth in a string of "football cards that never were" that I've created in December. It's likely to be my last football custom for a while; ...
9 years ago
Sportscard Mask-a-Rade

Ending The Maskarade And Beginning The Insanity - Well it's been quite awhile since I posted anything to this hideous little blog, and after a long time away I've gotten the itch again. But not here, not n...
9 years ago
Just A Bit Offside

Perhaps the best ever.... 1956 Montreal Canadiens - This is the last in the three part series of my card show team photo buying spree. Today's shows the Publicity shot given out to celebrate the 1956-57 Mont...
9 years ago
MY BASEBALL CARD COMEBACK

- *MOOKIE BETTS COLLECTION* *Anything not on this list I need. * *2013* *PANINI * 2013 Panini Prizm Draft Picks #46 Panini Classics #169 *2014 * *BOWMAN...
9 years ago
The Sassy Curmudgeon

Nine - I left Lilly Tomlin in because we don't have a pet, and sometimes I pretend she's my mom.Today, Jeff and I have been married nine years. [Hold for applaus...
9 years ago
This Way to the Clubhouse...

I'd Like to Buy a Vowel (aka Cards from Big Tone) - So, maybe you know Tony, aka Big Tone of the fun blog, Tony's Sports Pub? I know of Tony because A.) He's a fellow Mets fan, B.) he's a fellow baseball...
9 years ago
Play at the Plate

Time for the Medal Ceremony - With the 2016 Paralympics set to begin September 7th and run through September 18th, but the winner of the contest decided, I thought you might like to se...
9 years ago
Cubbies are Good! The Life of a Cubs Fan

Collecting Matt Szczur - Matt Szczur is one of my favorite under dogs on the Cubs (Kyle Hendricks is #1) and for an under dog he actually has quite a few auto and relic cards. As ...
9 years ago
1980 Topps Baseball

#386 Darrell Jackson - *Who is this player?* Darrell Jackson, starting pitcher, Minnesota Twins As the 1980 season began for the Twins, Darrell...
9 years ago
Nunaka Valley Farm

Building beds....raised beds. - I've had a garden wherever I lived whenever I could. When we bought our house a couple years ago it was a forgone conclusion that I would be trying to pu...
9 years ago
Andrews Baseball Cards

2015 Topps Museum Ozzie Smith Framed auto - I was able to pick this very affordable 2015 Topps Museum Collection Framed card of Ozzie Smith /15 not to long ago off of eBay. I have wanted to own one...
10 years ago
Sparkplug Books

Closing & CAKE - SPARKPLUG BOOKS IS NO LONGER OPEN. Please visit Alternative Comics for updates and to purchase our books. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SUPPORT! {If you ...
10 years ago
Yankees and Jays.

The 5th Wave (2016) - 2304933
10 years ago
Fantastic Catch

Going Green - 2015 Bowman. That is some crazy stuff right there. Especially the retail. Both myself and my best friend Andrew can attest to that claim. Before I get to...
10 years ago
The Cardboard Examiner

CARDBOARD PIZZA - CELEBRATE OPENING DAY IN STYLE. I'd eat crappy pizza without being guaranteed a pack of baseball cards. Promise me some and I'll eat pizza served on a car...
10 years ago
6,000,000 Cards and Counting...

Fleer Ultra Prototypes Discovered! - Happy Easter everyone! I picked up some MEGA awesome stuff for my collection and have a fun story to go with it. Check it out at www.tanmanbaseballfan.co...
10 years ago
The Common (Card) Man

New Year, New Griffeys - Long time, no see! It's been a long time since I've posted, but I definitely wanted to check in this week since I'm expecting big news for my boy Griffey! ...
10 years ago
Triple Play Autos

Joe Torre - Almost exactly 4 years to the day to get this HOF success back!
10 years ago
Trader Crack's Card Blog

Trade List > Hockey > 2015-16 - The following cards are available for trade. If you see anything that interests you, please feel free to drop me an email. *2015-16 Upper Deck*: 2, 3, 5,...
10 years ago
Lowering the Bar

Insane Clown Posse Wins Appeal - Last Thursday, the Sixth Circuit reinstated the lawsuit by ICP and certain Juggalos (the group's fans) challenging the FBI's classification of Juggalos—col...
10 years ago
I POST PICTURES OF BASEBALL CARDS

FORCED - *1989 Donruss #153 Ted Power* HOLD A SMILE, YOU ASK? I'M THE KING OF HOLDING A SMILE. KING OF THE SMILE HOLDERS, STANDING RIGHT HERE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF YO...
10 years ago
Big 44 Sports Cards

Marte Par-tay - Judson over at My Cardboard Habit and I were able to work out another easy deal. The plan was essentially: "Hey Judson I really want that Marte auto..." A...
10 years ago
the middle child

Maklon Kosmetik - *Maklon Kosmetik* - Apa itu *Maklon Kosmetik* ? Maklon merupakan Perusahaan yg bergerak di bagian jasa produksi, & Kosmetik adalah salah satu factor yg mut...
10 years ago
The Diabetic Card & Comic Geek

My 2015 NSCC Wrap! - Well, the 2015 Nation Sports Card Convention (NSCC) has come and gone. Much like every other year, we spend 51 weeks waiting for it, and then the week FLY...
10 years ago
Funner Here.

36th National Sports Collectors Convention - Hi everyone. What a great time to resurrect the blog! Tomorrow I will be leaving for Chicago for the National Sports Collectors Convention, and I couldn't ...
10 years ago
Old Foul Cardboard

Underdog never disappoints - Zach is back... Not sure if he was really gone but I seemed to lost track of him. Zach was one of the first to send Kyle some Doc Good"ness" seen here This...
10 years ago
Ryan's Pitch

2015 Gypsy Queen - I Shall Build Thee - It dawned on me the other day that I was much more passionate about new release cards back in 2011. Inspired by the pending arrival of my son that July, I ...
10 years ago
it's never too late to save a hopeless case

if i had a nickel for every panic attack... - my anxiety has been more or less constant for like a week. i was really excited about last weekend. i had bought tickets to a mets game for friday night, w...
11 years ago
One Man's Junk (Wax)

Maybe its just me - I haven't blogged in awhile. Man, its been over two weeks. Sheesh. I've been spending my time compiling the Regional rounds of past small college World ...
11 years ago
Von' Cards

Where Did I Go? - One year ago, I posted a card of Cubs legend Ernie Banks in anticipation of another great baseball season. I got up the next day and tuned in to watch the ...
11 years ago
View from the Skybox

A Day in the Life of Jim Smith, (Fictional) GM of the 1915 Brooklyn Robins - Nothing can replace baseball cards as my hobby of choice, but one thing does come close. Out of the Park Baseball. The 2016 version was just released this...
11 years ago
Baseball By The Letters

Outfielder Jim King's quiet excellence - One autograph. Not a word more. I know that I'll never hear from 100 percent of the former players I contact with questions. However, I'm never sure when ...
11 years ago
Two Packs A Day

November 25, 2013 - 1993 Leaf Update and 2010 Topps Opening Day - 1993 Leaf Update 490 Marc Newfield Mariners 464 Mike Lansing Expos 479 Dave Gallagher Mets 469 Ryan Klesko Braves 456 Willie Greene Reds 446 Sherman O'Band...
11 years ago
The Sexy Geek's House of Swag

I Think This May Be Bigger Than A Womp Rat - Ever since I was 6 years old, Luke Skywalker has been my favorite Star Wars character. Whenever I would get Star Wars toys as a kid, somewhere in the ...
11 years ago
Cardboard Heaven

Baltimore Ravens: Who Has The Most To Prove In 2015? - *Re-Blogged From: ProFootballSpot.com* *The Baltimore Ravens have a slew of solid veterans on the roster, but mixed in with the core of the team are ...
11 years ago
The Sexy Geek's Sports Room

Joltin Joe DiMaggio Came In A Tin Case - As a Yankees collector, I get a lot of Yankee related gifts from some very generous people. One of my team collectors, I forget who at this point, sent ...
11 years ago
Bonus Cantos

First ripped pack of 2015 - and it's... soccer! - Zusi! Well, if you are a soccer fan, then you know that the first card I saw when I opened my first pack was a pretty darn good one! And even if you are ...
11 years ago
Wax Heaven

Canseco Completist Pt. 1 - The origin of Wax Heaven was a blog called ‘Canseco Completist’, a site dedicated to scanning and talking about all 1,000+ Jose Canseco cards in my colle...
11 years ago
MR. POTTER'S FUNTIME BLOG

10 QUESTIONS FOR MARK PINGITORE - 10 QUESTIONS FOR MARK PINGITORE On sale this month is the first issue of the Garbage Pail Kids Puke-tacular comic book by IDW Publishing. IDW also publishe...
11 years ago
Emerald City Diamond Gems

I'm here, but not completely - Am I back? I never really left, but I wouldn't say that I'll be posting everyday. Life has been a journey lately to say the least. I have watched my son ma...
11 years ago
The Sandlot

Big Box of Trade Bait ft. '75 Yount RC #I'mStill Alive - Hello world! It's been over 9 months since my last post and some of you have gotten sporadic emails from me for trades but I'm ready and raring to get bac...
11 years ago
30-Year Old Cardboard

’30-Year Old Cardboard’ – The Curtain Call - ’30-Year Old Cardboard’ – The Curtain Call Tonight, I say good-bye. My blogging days are done and my ride of 12,268 articles written will come to an end. ...
11 years ago
A Rookie (baseball) Card Collector

BASEBALL BLOGGER SECRET SANTA! (SIGN UPS) - I started this a few years back and people seemed to enjoy it. I dropped the ball on the last couple of years but decided it would be fun to bring back a...
11 years ago
Uncle Doc's Card Closet

My Long Lost Thorzul Halloween Entry - Since it is almost Halloween, I thought I'd share my long lost entry into Thorzul's once annual Horror Card Contest. Several years ago, I made the follow...
11 years ago
mojo & beardy's fantastic card blog

Best of the best, HOF rookies collection… - Here is a little video showing off my collection of vintage rookies cards I made a gaff in the video, I said Bill Russell has a rookie in 1969 Topps, I mea...
11 years ago
Baseball Card News by DeansCards.com

Recent Collection Purchased From 1958: The Topps All-Star Collection - *1958 Topps Baseball* At Dean's Cards, we buy hundreds of vintage baseball card collections every year. These collections range from cards acquired dur...
11 years ago
Chipp 'n' Dale

Blog Update. Final Post? - It's been a long time. Too long. I haven't blogged since I can remember (Blogger tells me it was late May), and haven't been meaningfully writing for...
11 years ago
Contrary Guy

David Carpenter - Born on today's date, David Carpenter. "If you think a guy can foul a ball off and then at the same time hit the catcher on the backswing on purpose, you...
11 years ago
Playing With My Cards

Please Read This Post. Thanks. - Here's the short version: Please don't send me any cards until further notice because 1) I won't be able to send anything out myself until late in the fall...
12 years ago
Dinged Corners

My Encounter with Johnny Antonelli - Hello everyone. We’ve not posted for a long while as life has become more byzantine. For instance, now we work full-time and you’d be amazed how that ja...
12 years ago
Troll Might Rule!!!

3 Walk-Off Wins in 3 Days? Are You Kidding ME???? - True story. Saw it with my own eyes... Even I was starting to doubt my Team a little, but this is exactly what this team and it's fans needed... Much appr...
12 years ago
Condition: Poor

Happy Opening Day! - After a long and particularly brutal winter, it’s finally here – Opening Day 2014. It just rolls off the tongue. A day of renewal. A day of hope. A day whe...
12 years ago
The Adventures of Napkin Doon

Thank You All!! - It wasn’t until the other day that I made the connection. I was talking to the Lovely Wife about my father passing away 3 years ago. The anniversary of h...
12 years ago
Cool Breeze Baseball Buzz

2014 Donruss - There back.....9 years ago was the last "regular" Donruss set that was around. Now there back better than ever. Oh...wait....that's right, no team logos. OK...
12 years ago
The Pack Prodigy

Catching Up - Hey, readers. It's been a month, and I've yet to post in that period of time. With 20youksox being away at college, I'm on my own for a while. That has pre...
12 years ago
Tru School Sports

Farewell Blogger..... - They say all good things must come to an end and that is very true here. Tru School Sports will be leaving blogger and switching to Wordpress so that mea...
12 years ago
Nomo's Sushi Platter

The Holiday Spirit - The month of December is a very festive time of year in every neighborhood across America. The blog world itself is also a bit more cheery and generous. ...
12 years ago
Garage Art Studios!

Sakais Auctuion Update - Artwork is rolling in for the *HELP STAN SAKAI AUCTION*. This photo is just some of the amazing stuff that's showed up at the studio these past few weeks....
12 years ago
no one's going to read this blog

Trade with Democratic Roadkill - Quite a few months ago I received another large package from Duane at Democratic Roadkill. This is probably the 2nd or 3rd time that we have traded. ...
12 years ago
Sports Card Report

How Good Were Sports Card Black Friday Sales? - Sports card retailers were in full force on Black Friday. Popular quasi-wholesalers Blowout Cards and DA Card World offered specials on boxes and cases. He...
12 years ago
The Baseball Card Snob

2x3 Heroes Swag - So here is a small sample of what Jeff at 2x3 Heroes sent me. Some set and Yankee team set material, and some Mo and Paul for their individual collectio...
12 years ago
Cards Beyond Oceans

Good tips To Develop Strong Positive Self Esteem - In the event that Apple claims that their Mac Book Pro battery way of living is 9 - 10 hours, (which is an as an alternative tall claim indeed), you should...
12 years ago
Hyperbole and a Half

Menace - Power is intoxicating. Everyone loves having the ability to make their decisions into reality — to think "this should be something that happens," and the...
12 years ago
Joe Average Card Collector

Griffey Jr Card Arrived From Topps! -
12 years ago
Classic Card Collector

As Suddenly As It Started - For about three years, I returned to collecting cards, primarily focused on finishing my T-206 set, which I managed to do back in January. I used to reall...
12 years ago
Those Crafty Gringos

Southeast Asia Bike Tour Pictures - Here are some photos from our bike trip through Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. I finally got around to weeding through them all and picking out my favour...
12 years ago
Baseball Nerd

The Greatest eBay Sales Pitches Ever - At the outset let me point out that there’s very little I can add to either of these authentic stream-of-conciousness sagas of Hall of Famer Eddie Mathews,...
12 years ago
CARD CONTESTS, BOX BREAKS, ETC

Random 10-Box Baseball Mixer - ------------------------------ Mixer. Not in the sense that we'll be mixing sports or other products. Mixer in the sense that I will be purchasing 10 comp...
13 years ago
SPOKE BAIT AND THE GAME

FOG DELAY? Not for the NL Central - The above picture is a snap shot I took of the current Reds @ Cubs game. They are currently playing ball in what may the worst fog conditions ever to r...
13 years ago
Sketch Card Art!

Star Wars Galactic Files 2 and Revenge - Thank you for the scans, Sonia Lai!
13 years ago
Sara Swears a Lot

Quarter Life Whatever - I've heard a lot about the famed "quarter life crisis" but never thought it would hit me right in the fucking face. I swear, I've been totally cool about w...
13 years ago
The Card Investor

Bowman Blue Wave Is Back With 2013 Bowman Baseball - For the second year running, Topps has decided to bring back their Blue Wave Wrapper Redemption program that has proven to be immensely popular last year....
13 years ago
The Call of Cardboard

Uh Oh. - Got the itch again. Anyone watch to trade?
13 years ago
League Leader in Italics

2013 Topps Yu Darvish - Here I am, not even a month nito the blog and I'm breaking my own rules. Yu Darvish was not a league leader in 2012 according to the back of his Topps roo...
13 years ago
Baseball Picture Cards

Super Pretzel Mike Trout Custom - In yesterday's paper, I ran across a coupon for 50 cents off any Superpretzel product and featured Mike Trout endorsing the product. That got me wondering ...
13 years ago
If I were God...

No, that's not all - I was all set to run the table on this blog challenge days ago when real life came crashing in. I found out my brother was suddenly feeling very strange ...
13 years ago
Cardboard Zoo

Report SPAM. Please help. - Spam blogs are a big problem on the internet. They steal others' posts to drive traffic to their sites, and then they add advertisements or phony links to...
13 years ago
No Relics Pulled

Trade with Dhoff pt. 1 - The next card I will highlight is one that spent a long time on my want list. Well not this kid exactly, but the base will work just as well. I didn't want...
13 years ago
Et tu, Mr. Destructo?

The General's Fiction: A Military Internment of Literature — No. 2 - Note: Today, we, the good people of Et tu, Mr. Destructo? turn for insight to General Rehavam "Gandhi" Ze'evi, former Israeli Minister of Tourism. Having f...
13 years ago
Clear Cut Cards

David Wright Extended - So today Mets fans got what I consider good news as David Wright was extended and probably made a Met for life. In addition, it made these cards which I p...
13 years ago
My Autograph Card Collection

1994 Topps, Skeeter Barnes - # William Henry "Skeeter" Barnes School:University of Cincinnati Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft. Debut: Se...
13 years ago
7 Hours From Tampa Bay

Same Card Different Color. - Bowman Platinum 2012 The same card in four delectable shades.
13 years ago
Vintage Sportscards

It's Campy...Really - This 3-inch plastic statue features Brooklyn Dodger star Roy Campanella. Really, it does: Molded in 1956 and sold through Dairy Queen stores that year, C...
13 years ago
Crinkly Wrappers

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Sports Syzygy

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13 years ago
Potch Wheeler and The Cardboard Heroes

The Defiance Treasure, Part II - I just have to provide a link to this cool story from the local paper - a follow-up to the one from yesterday for those who missed it. Defiance, Ohio, whe...
13 years ago
Get the bat off your shoulder!

May need to re-dedicate this blog... - When I grew up in Orange County, California, we watched many, many Angels' games. We held season tickets from '73 to '76 - back when they cost about $500 f...
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Channeling The Old Lady Within

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13 years ago
Drinking The Orange Kool-Aid

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14 years ago
My First Dictionary

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14 years ago
Stax Of Wax Pax

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14 years ago
Hey, That's Mine!

From Lonestarr to the Lonestar State - Man, time sure flies by when you're busy. I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted anything. Too many swimming, baseball and soccer practices ...
14 years ago
Hand Collated

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14 years ago
Baseball Cards, Sports and Life

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14 years ago
Red Means Go!

Wanted - A haunting sense something important's been missing has been gnawing at my thoughts lately and refused to let go until the issue is resolved. In retrospect...
14 years ago
St. Louis Cardinals Cards

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14 years ago
Reds and more...

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14 years ago
Rants, reviews and fandom

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14 years ago
catfish jim's jamboree

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14 years ago
Blackberries to Apples

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14 years ago
The Great American Baseball Card Blog & Box Break Headquarters

Card of the Day #5: 2009-10 Panini Prestige #222 Bonus Green Shots TYLER HANSBROUGH RC Serial #18/25 - And you can bid on this rare serial numbered rookie card right here or you can bid on the regular version of the card without a serial number here
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Detroit Tigers Collector

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Away From My Desk: Hiding out in Africa

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14 years ago
Grand Cards

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14 years ago
Baseball Obsession-itis

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14 years ago
Hed Above Water

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14 years ago
Closet Full of Cardboard

Unexpected Rays!! - A few weeks ago a package arrived in my mail box from the author of Night Owl Cards. Seems like he was up late looking through his piles and piles of Dodg...
15 years ago
Ultimate Baseball Card Set

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Harvey's Shoebox

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Heather Thamm's Photo Journal

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentine's Day!!