Today's post is just a quick homage to 5 trades I've made that all saw me receive just 2 or 3 cards, which for me works just as well as bigger trades, but I don't have to stand in line at the post office to send PWE's.
The 3 cards I received above were my first trade with someone from Slovakia! I remember him telling me that the trade might take a little longer because he's in Europe, and I thought to myself it's not a big deal, I was only sending a few cards so why not?
I received the cards in a little over 2 weeks, no different than if they came from Canada. Fabulous.
Loving the chase for the '85 inserts from this years flagship, and the two trades above netted me an extra card for a pair of player collections. A fairly large need for the Olerud collection are cards that feature him as a Met, Mariner, Yankee or Red Sox player. 70% of the collection features him as a Jay, even though half his career was spent elsewhere...
I was going to chase the series 2 set this year, but the card insanity at the retail stores, and the brick and mortar shops selling boxes at $120 (really!) has made me think twice. I grabbed the McCutchen in a trade and that will be all for Series 2. Meanwhile the 2019 GQ green release keeps chugging along, and it will certainly be part of the next 10 sets that I work on once '74 Topps is done.
Haven't really shown off a lot of vintage on the blog in recent weeks, so a trio of '72 Topps I'm sure is a welcome sight for some. I really haven't looked at this set much recently in trades, and now that I've worked my towards the semi-high and high numbers, this will probably stay slow for a while. There's a long way to go though, as the set is only 55% complete.
Still have more trades to show off, mostly player collection stuff which I've taken some time to enhance my want lists on the TCDB website. These will be more of the 7-9 card variety, filling those Ultra Pro pages in the PWE's quite nicely.
Enjoy the hobby!
Robert
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